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Yes, of course! I believe we have very fine singers and musicians, here in Italy.
I will add to my answer during the week, as right now I don;t have much time.
Let me start with Lucio Dalla, that sadly died just recently.
-- Nuvolari ;
-- Itaca ; -- Ulisse Coperto Di Sale ;
-- Anna e Marco ;
-- Caruso (1985) (many people think this is one of the best Italian songs ever;
lyrics and English translation are here:
url: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruso_(song)
-- Futura
-- Cosa sara` ?
-- Mela da scarto (1975) Quite a peculiar song, I just love it! It has
a moving 'fisarmonica' sound in it; it is a simple and nice tale about how
life could go turn in the wrong way.
(some sentences need an explanation, but they are beautifully constructed; note: Ferrante Aporti is the name of a juvenile detention-educational centre near Turin - Torino)
-- Amore disperato (he used to sing this song with the great female singer Mina)
Italian lyrics may be easily found, for instance here:
a) www.lyricsmania.com/lucio_dalla_lyrics.html
b) www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/lucio_dalla
--- Caterina Caselli: Nessuno mi puo` giudicare (1967, yes before the moon 'landing' ! in 1969)
-- Tiziano Ferro (metallaro?) : Ed ero contentissimo (2006?)
-- Ivano Fossati : La Volpe (a beautiful and short love song; quite easy to understand the words, I think)
-- Ivano Fossati: Il canto dei mestieri
-- Ivano Fossati: La Costruzione di Un Amore
-- Ivano Fossati: Notturno delle tre
-- Ivano Fossati: L'orologio americano
-- Enrico Ruggeri: Primavera a Sarjevo
-- Enrico Ruggeri: Contessa
-- Franco Battiato: Perduto amore
-- Franco Battiato: Cuccurucucu
-- Franco Battiato: Atlantide
-- Donatella Rettore: Donatella
-- Little Tony: Cuore Matto (1967)
-- I Nomadi: Dio e` morto (writer: Francesco Guccini); don't fear, resurrection is also cited in the song.
Beautiful songs also from Lucio Battisti, Fabrizio de Andre' (more to say later)
I will add to my answer during the week, as right now I don;t have much time.
Let me start with Lucio Dalla, that sadly died just recently.
-- Nuvolari ;
-- Itaca ; -- Ulisse Coperto Di Sale ;
-- Anna e Marco ;
-- Caruso (1985) (many people think this is one of the best Italian songs ever;
lyrics and English translation are here:
url: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruso_(song)
-- Futura
-- Cosa sara` ?
-- Mela da scarto (1975) Quite a peculiar song, I just love it! It has
a moving 'fisarmonica' sound in it; it is a simple and nice tale about how
life could go turn in the wrong way.
(some sentences need an explanation, but they are beautifully constructed; note: Ferrante Aporti is the name of a juvenile detention-educational centre near Turin - Torino)
-- Amore disperato (he used to sing this song with the great female singer Mina)
Italian lyrics may be easily found, for instance here:
a) www.lyricsmania.com/lucio_dalla_lyrics.html
b) www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/lucio_dalla
--- Caterina Caselli: Nessuno mi puo` giudicare (1967, yes before the moon 'landing' ! in 1969)
-- Tiziano Ferro (metallaro?) : Ed ero contentissimo (2006?)
-- Ivano Fossati : La Volpe (a beautiful and short love song; quite easy to understand the words, I think)
-- Ivano Fossati: Il canto dei mestieri
-- Ivano Fossati: La Costruzione di Un Amore
-- Ivano Fossati: Notturno delle tre
-- Ivano Fossati: L'orologio americano
-- Enrico Ruggeri: Primavera a Sarjevo
-- Enrico Ruggeri: Contessa
-- Franco Battiato: Perduto amore
-- Franco Battiato: Cuccurucucu
-- Franco Battiato: Atlantide
-- Donatella Rettore: Donatella
-- Little Tony: Cuore Matto (1967)
-- I Nomadi: Dio e` morto (writer: Francesco Guccini); don't fear, resurrection is also cited in the song.
Beautiful songs also from Lucio Battisti, Fabrizio de Andre' (more to say later)
I liked so much this old song influenced by the american funky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BIgf-kXaxhE#!
others pleasant singers are the "La Cruz":
http://www.muzu.tv/it/lacrus/mentimi-music-video/231894/
http://www.muzu.tv/it/lacrus/ad-occhi-chiusi-music-video/878286/
if you like a cavalcade you should hear "Pertanto" by "Pan Del Diavolo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HISKAnB7wa0#!
But a classical and typical italian song is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qw3nCvFZK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVAu4fCuflk&feature=related
Bye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BIgf-kXaxhE#!
others pleasant singers are the "La Cruz":
http://www.muzu.tv/it/lacrus/mentimi-music-video/231894/
http://www.muzu.tv/it/lacrus/ad-occhi-chiusi-music-video/878286/
if you like a cavalcade you should hear "Pertanto" by "Pan Del Diavolo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HISKAnB7wa0#!
But a classical and typical italian song is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qw3nCvFZK0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVAu4fCuflk&feature=related
Bye.
Some that I like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQZ-osi0NUk&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5bbxIQ630&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFNPSEOpPJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7blmE_3sR4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nnkcASrVb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8WgICeUofY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFYu_IZ9dUU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f6qwSbDT5Q&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlOO-EkdTCM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyy6TeBjtBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS4W0KIv65o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSea1YPxK1c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POYSaOzBvjA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK4SoWQB7uU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_glBOd4slM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTCwbVHIeIM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERD4CbBDNI0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZcF9vtiBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewq8xessMFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO_4Rro8Nwg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDm_dbfAH0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwnsRPGwAD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41FOoL5gaFc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ONYgYV5woY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmjSj5cpc6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW28pJBSdss&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSc8vwrUZuY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrlew2G6nvA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQZ-osi0NUk&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5bbxIQ630&ob=av2e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFNPSEOpPJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7blmE_3sR4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nnkcASrVb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8WgICeUofY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFYu_IZ9dUU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f6qwSbDT5Q&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlOO-EkdTCM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyy6TeBjtBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS4W0KIv65o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSea1YPxK1c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POYSaOzBvjA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK4SoWQB7uU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_glBOd4slM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTCwbVHIeIM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERD4CbBDNI0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZcF9vtiBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewq8xessMFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO_4Rro8Nwg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDm_dbfAH0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwnsRPGwAD0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41FOoL5gaFc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ONYgYV5woY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmjSj5cpc6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW28pJBSdss&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSc8vwrUZuY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrlew2G6nvA&feature=related
(I like to write in Italian language, not in the /http/, youtube-link-url mixed up language), except for occasional integration.
The songs by Enzo Jannacci maybe require some understanding
of Italian 'way of life', obviously I really like, what I am suggesting you!
-- Enzo Jannacci : se me lo dicevi prima ...
-- Enzo Jannacci : quelli che
-- Enzo Jannacci : vengo anch'io, no tu no
-- Massimo Ranieri: se bruciasse la citta`; beautiful voice, quite inspired words.
-- Renato Carosone: Pigliate 'Na Pastiglia (some words are in Naples's dialect)
-- Rino Gaetano: Ma il cielo e` sempre piu` blu
-- Rino Gaetano: I tuoi occhi sono pieni di sale
-- Rino Gaetano: E cantava le canzoni
-- Rino Gaetano: Visto che mi vuoi lasciare
Rino Gaetano had so many things in his heart, and good music in his mind;
his life was too short to tell us all .
Lucio Battisti: Anima Latina
Lucio Battisti: La canzone della Terra (quite a unique piece!, a day, and a night, of an Italian peasant -- contadino)
Lucio Battisti: Dove arriva quel cespuglio
Lucio Battisti: La compagnia
Lucio Battisti: Anche per te
Lucio Battisti: Dieci ragazze
Lucio Battisti: Io vivro`
Lucio Battisti: Anna
Lucio Battisti: Prigioniero del Mondo
Lucio Battisti: La Canzone del Sole
Lucio Battisti: Non e` Francesca
Any lines from the lyrics hard to understand ?
Just ask please, maybe me or some other Ital[k]ian fellow could help!
The songs by Enzo Jannacci maybe require some understanding
of Italian 'way of life', obviously I really like, what I am suggesting you!
-- Enzo Jannacci : se me lo dicevi prima ...
-- Enzo Jannacci : quelli che
-- Enzo Jannacci : vengo anch'io, no tu no
-- Massimo Ranieri: se bruciasse la citta`; beautiful voice, quite inspired words.
-- Renato Carosone: Pigliate 'Na Pastiglia (some words are in Naples's dialect)
-- Rino Gaetano: Ma il cielo e` sempre piu` blu
-- Rino Gaetano: I tuoi occhi sono pieni di sale
-- Rino Gaetano: E cantava le canzoni
-- Rino Gaetano: Visto che mi vuoi lasciare
Rino Gaetano had so many things in his heart, and good music in his mind;
his life was too short to tell us all .
Lucio Battisti: Anima Latina
Lucio Battisti: La canzone della Terra (quite a unique piece!, a day, and a night, of an Italian peasant -- contadino)
Lucio Battisti: Dove arriva quel cespuglio
Lucio Battisti: La compagnia
Lucio Battisti: Anche per te
Lucio Battisti: Dieci ragazze
Lucio Battisti: Io vivro`
Lucio Battisti: Anna
Lucio Battisti: Prigioniero del Mondo
Lucio Battisti: La Canzone del Sole
Lucio Battisti: Non e` Francesca
Any lines from the lyrics hard to understand ?
Just ask please, maybe me or some other Ital[k]ian fellow could help!
Franco Battiato: E piu` ti amo (the words are easy to follow, originally a French song)
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmNcMqigR5k
lyrics:
angolotesti.leonardo.it/F/testi_canzoni_franco_battiato_127/testo_canzone_e_piu_ti_amo_868489.html
The Great 'Giovanni Lindo Ferretti' and his first band: CCCP: Annarella
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rykdYjE1rNQ
lyrics: www.elyrics.net/read/c/cCCP-lyrics/annarella-lyrics.html
Giovani Lindo Ferretti founded other bands: PGR, CSI, etc.
Nada: Ma che freddo fa
(nice sound here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUULLdjtwI)
(video clip of 1969 here, but sound is bad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H79MGnkgfw)
Dalida: Bang Bang
(sound here is not really crisp: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtnvtFKSjUs )
Sergio Endrigo - Il Mondo
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikoUgouskJc )
Stormy Six (Italian band) - Stalingrado La Fabbrica
(this song is dedicated to the victory of the people of Staligrando, now Volgograd, and the Russian soldiers in 1943 against Nazi's invasion, sadly allied with Italians)
music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oknpuHdJ4s
lyrics 1: www.maxilyrics.com/stormy-six-stalingrado-lyrics-d01c.html
lyrics 2: www.maxilyrics.com/stormy-six-la-fabbrica-lyrics-ac6f.html
Francesco De Gregori: Pablo
Francesco De Gregori: La Donna Cannone
Francesco De Gregori: Adelante, Adelante
Loredana Berte` : E la Luna busso`
Loredana Berte` : Per i tuoi occhi
Loredana Berte` : Non sono una signora
Riccardo Cocciante: Quando finisce un amore
Riccardo Cocciante: Margherita
Riccardo Cocciante: Cervo a primavera
Riccardo Cocciante: Per un amico in piu`
Riccardo Cocciante: Sincerita`
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmNcMqigR5k
lyrics:
angolotesti.leonardo.it/F/testi_canzoni_franco_battiato_127/testo_canzone_e_piu_ti_amo_868489.html
The Great 'Giovanni Lindo Ferretti' and his first band: CCCP: Annarella
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rykdYjE1rNQ
lyrics: www.elyrics.net/read/c/cCCP-lyrics/annarella-lyrics.html
Giovani Lindo Ferretti founded other bands: PGR, CSI, etc.
Nada: Ma che freddo fa
(nice sound here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUULLdjtwI)
(video clip of 1969 here, but sound is bad:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H79MGnkgfw)
Dalida: Bang Bang
(sound here is not really crisp: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtnvtFKSjUs )
Sergio Endrigo - Il Mondo
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikoUgouskJc )
Stormy Six (Italian band) - Stalingrado La Fabbrica
(this song is dedicated to the victory of the people of Staligrando, now Volgograd, and the Russian soldiers in 1943 against Nazi's invasion, sadly allied with Italians)
music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oknpuHdJ4s
lyrics 1: www.maxilyrics.com/stormy-six-stalingrado-lyrics-d01c.html
lyrics 2: www.maxilyrics.com/stormy-six-la-fabbrica-lyrics-ac6f.html
Francesco De Gregori: Pablo
Francesco De Gregori: La Donna Cannone
Francesco De Gregori: Adelante, Adelante
Loredana Berte` : E la Luna busso`
Loredana Berte` : Per i tuoi occhi
Loredana Berte` : Non sono una signora
Riccardo Cocciante: Quando finisce un amore
Riccardo Cocciante: Margherita
Riccardo Cocciante: Cervo a primavera
Riccardo Cocciante: Per un amico in piu`
Riccardo Cocciante: Sincerita`
Here are two of the finest voices amongst Italian singer, please trust me and listen
to Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and Ginevra Di Marco singing a song by Franco Battiato (E ti Vengo a Cercare);
by the way, the words are perfectly spoken;
links:
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=egw8eD0Litk
lyrics: angolotesti.leonardo.it/C/testi_canzoni_csi_47004/testo_canzone_e_ti_vengo_a_cercare_828982.html
to Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and Ginevra Di Marco singing a song by Franco Battiato (E ti Vengo a Cercare);
by the way, the words are perfectly spoken;
links:
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=egw8eD0Litk
lyrics: angolotesti.leonardo.it/C/testi_canzoni_csi_47004/testo_canzone_e_ti_vengo_a_cercare_828982.html
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