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1950–1981 Italy
Salvatore Antonio Rino Gaetano (1950 – 1981) was an Italian musician and singer-songwriter. He is famous for his satirical songs and oblique yet incisive political commentary.
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Who throws the bomb and who hides their hand.
The effendi is that gentleman who habitually consumes a cup of petroleum at five in the afternoon.
The next piece I'm doing [Aida] is the story of the last 50 years in Italy, told through the loves and moods of a woman named Aida.
There are people who are paid to report news, others to keep it hidden, and others to falsify it. I am not paid to do any of these things.
I think that Luigi Tenco died of boredom ten years ago because for twenty-eight years Sanremo has always been the same, because there is no real intention to change it.
Ahó, look, songs are not political texts and I don't give speeches. This is just a joke. In short, for me, ‘'Nuntereggae più’' is the lightest song I've ever written.
I try to write songs inspired by the conversations you can have on the tram, among people, where you immediately realize the state of society. I don't want to teach, I just want to be a chronicler.
Sanremo means nothing, and it is no coincidence that I participated with ‘Gianna’, which means nothing. (p. 46)
After three days in captivity, he is released, pictured here with his wife and children, and the Hanoi government declares a state of emergency in the areas affected by American bombing.
Even when I was singing at Folkstudio, I was at the center of certain discussions... in short, many didn't want me to perform my songs because, they said, it seemed like I was making fun of everyone.
But the festival remains a catwalk, and like all catwalks, it gives you three minutes to make a speech that you would normally make in a two-hour show. So you have to find a way. For my part, I chose the path of paradox, a bit like Carmelo Bene.
Aida is not one woman, but all the women who tell their stories, each for five minutes. The result is the story of the last seventy years of Italy. (p. 33)
(Talking about ‘'Sfiorivano le viole’') The meaning of the song is: let's get a move on; while I was waiting for her, everything happened in the world and I didn't notice. Everything happened while I was waiting for you.
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