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Titolo: W la stampa maltese!

Per ora non ho notizie di sorta su come sia andato il concerto di ieri sera
al Mediterranean Conference Centre di La Valletta, ma in compenso ho scovato
un altro articolo maltese - veramente bello - recentissimo (5/12), dedicato
alla carriera di Claudio in un modo ben più completo, intelligente e
rispettoso del suo presente artistico rispetto a quanto abbiano dimostrato
di saper fare i vari Mollica, Mentana & Co., che a mio avviso dovrebbero
arrossire dalla vergogna al confronto.
Ci voleva un giornalista maltese per ricordare che la sua carriera non si è
fermata vent'anni fa, tutt'altro ... :-)
Ciao:-)
Alberta
http://217.145.4.56/ind/news.asp?newsitemid=25255
Claudio Baglioni – The legend of Italian music
by Stephen Calleja
 
Many know him for his 1972 masterpiece Questo Piccolo Grande Amore, a song
that was crowned Song of the Century in Italy.
But there is more to Claudio Baglioni than this particular song, with which
he exploded onto the Italian scene after previous efforts had not been
well-received, and which the singer, years later, seemed to want to distance
himself from.
It’s not that this romantic melody had passed its time or that the singer
wants to discard the song that, after all, shot him to fame. This song is
still being played regularly on Italian radio stations, and sometimes on
local ones too, because it is still considered as an extraordinary
interpretation.
But Baglioni has moved on since then, and wants to be remembered for other,
probably better, contributions he has made to music over a career now
spanning nearly 40 years.
Naturally, his earlier interpretations – those of the 1970s and early 1980s,
are still the most popular. It was the time when a young Baglioni, still in
his 20s, was at his peak.
When he recently took part in a Domenica In programme conducted by Pippo
Baudo, all his contributions came from the earlier albums, and one could see
the audience present in the studio accompanying him all throughout.
The same Pippo Baudo had once remarked that he was fascinated by the fact
that during a Baglioni concert he had seen, most of the crowd of fans were
singing along with Baglioni, “and this in spite of the fact that the lyrics
are not easy to remember and sometimes quite complicated”.
In those early years, after Questo Piccolo Grande Amore was issued, Baglioni
was quite a regular producer of songs, issuing albums almost every year
until E tu come stai? in 1978. In those years, he came up with great songs
like Sabato Pomeriggio, E tu… (with which he won the Festival Bar in 1974),
Amore Bello and Solo.
Even at that time, Baglioni was not a singer who only wrote love-songs,
although these made up quite a good chunk of his albums. His very famous
Poster, for example, deals with solitude and the wish for a better life.
Such interpretations became more regular in the albums that followed in the
1980s – a time when the second part of the Baglioni career started. Love
songs were still included, but his lifting of excerpts from every day life
and putting them into his interpretations, became more frequent.
For example, his Strada Facendo (1981) narrates his younger days in short
pieces all throughout, and the song which gives the album its title is an
encouragement for people not to give up on life. In this album, another song
which still remains popular is I vecchi, which speaks of the difficulties of
the older generations.
After this, in 1982 Baglioni issued another masterpiece – a single called
Avrai which was dedicated to his newly-born (and only) son Giovanni.
His appearances grew further apart and his fans had to wait till 1985 for La
vita e’ adesso to be published, and again it was another effort to move to
another dimension – love-songs, yes, but also songs which dealt with daily
issues and problems. Uomini persi, for example, speaks of men who are “lost”
to crime.
Baglioni’s sporadic appearances continued with albums like Oltre and Io Sono
Qui, to be followed up with the more recent publications of Viaggiatore
sulla Coda del Tempo and Sono io, l’uomo della storia accanto.
Viaggiatore coincided with Baglioni’s taking part in a series of television
programmes with presenter Fabio Fazio.
Most of these latter songs might not be as popular as the ones issued in the
1970s, but with regard to the themes chosen and the type of music played,
Baglioni’s metamorphosis continued.
Mille Giorni di Te e Di Me, Fammi Andar Via and Tutto in un Abbraccio are
not simply love-songs, but express the bitter-sweet feeling of relationships
that is so hard to understand and, more so, to write songs about.
All through this time, Baglioni has issued other albums by and large taken
from live interpretations during his many concerts. Starting off with Ale
oo, he repeated the exercise in other occasions, including Assolo, which
followed a series of solo concerts similar to the one he will be performing
in Malta on Saturday.
His latest effort, called Tutti Qui 1967-2005, is a collection of all his
famous songs, covering nearly 40 years of a career that is still riding
high.
Claudio Baglioni’s concert will be held on Saturday at the Mediterreanean
Conference Centre in Valletta at 8.30pm. Tickets may be bought from the MCC.
 
 
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Un articolo davvero, davvero eccellente.
Finalmente!
Il "filo" col quale lega 1000 gg., fav e tiua, poi... dimostra davvero di 
conoscere ciň di cui parla, questo giornalista!!
Ciomplimenti ai maltesi... ma guarda un pň... :o)
Grazie, come sempre, Albč.
Ciao.
Ale 

 that is so hard to understand and, more so, to write songs about.
Chapeau! Ora capisco perchč la lira maltese vale piů dell'Euro
:o))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Faccio una proposta. Dovremmo inoltrare questo articolo (ciascuno di noi
cosě non possono dire di non averlo letto) agli indirizzi email di Mollica,
Mentana e a chi vi viene in mente.
Io spero di riuscire a trovare il tempo di connettermi anche oggi, e
compiere l'impresa :o)))))
Baciotti a tutti!
Cix