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deep_lost is doing an ABCMusic thingie over at her lj and today she recced Vanilla Sky's cover of Umbrella. I was so excited to see Italian music mentioned by someone who's not Italian and we started talking about it and then she asked me to rec her some other artists from Italy.
So I went and put together a mix of Italian music for her. Since it came out ok (I think) I'm going to share it with you all, too :)
Italians Do It Better (sometimes)
1. Tutti i miei sbagli by Subsonica: title means "All my mistakes". Subsonica is pretty much my favourite band ever. I discovered them when I was 16 and this is actually the first song among their stuff that I listened to. This is a case of love at first listening.
2. 666 (feat. Linea 77) by Subsonica: another Subsonica one. This one is a collaboration with Linea 77. Subsonica does lots of collaborations, and most of the band have side projects. Linea 77 is not my cup of tea when they work alone, but I like them a lot when they mix their sound with someone else's.
3. Funzioni Primarie by Velvet: title means "primary functions". Velvet started their career with a song that was titled "Boyband". It was supposed to be a teasing song about boybands and the way that the members' look was vital to the success of the music. The funny thing is that with that song their fanbase got a sudden influx of heart-eyed teenies. Funzioni primarie is a more serious song with very nice lyrics.
4. Nessuna Certezza by Tiromancino: "No Certainty". Although the song is credited to Tiromancino, the female voices belong to Meg and Elisa. Meg was in a band called 99 Posse and she sang in Naples dialect. I think Elisa, who has always sung in English, is known abroad for her song "Dancing" which was used in the soundtrack for the movie "The Last Dance".
5. Rock Your Soul by Elisa: Elisa is my favourite italian singer. I like her lyrics and her music. She started her career when she was 16, I think, but she's still very shy in interviews. Recently, she has published an album in the States that is a collection of her hit singles.
6. Fumo e Cenere by Finley: I don't like Finley particularly, but this song (whose title means "Smoke and ashes") is really nice, even if it's a bit haunting. From what I gather, I think they have fans in Germany and Spain, but I could be wrong.
7. L'amore Conta by Ligabue: Ligabue is some sort of rock god here in Italy. His early works were really blunt, with lots of energy. Now, the energy is still there but his lyrics are more refined.
8. Magnolia by Negrita: I could never listen to a whole Negrita album, but this song is pretty nice (and has also a sexy subtext that you won't catch unless you speak Italian).
9. In Bianco e Nero by Carmen Consoli: Carmen is know in Italy as the Singstress. She has a waily voice and often sings in dialect (she's from Sicily). Her song "L'ultimo Bacio" ("the last kiss") was part of the soundtrack for the movie of the same name by Muccino.
10. L'isola che non c'é by Edoardo Bennato: "Neverland" is one of my favourite songs, mostly because Bennato plays harmonica on it and I'm a sucker for harmonica-songs. It's a really nice piece of Italian music. (fun fact: Velvet did a cover of one of Bennato's early songs and he liked it so much that he asked them to please make him participate to the recording).
11. Dicono di Me by Cesare Cremonini: Cremonini was part of a band called Lunapop. Lunapop's first and only album "Squerez" was the first album my mum bought for me. I actually like his solo work better. He plays the piano and has a really nice voice. This song is from his latest (and third) studio album "Il Primo Bacio sulla Luna" ("The Fist Kiss on the Moon"), but I think I like his second album more.
12. Domo Mia (feat. Eros Ramazzotti) by Tazenda: I put this one on the mix pretty much becausedeep_lost told me she likes Ramazzotti, but Tazenda is a very peculiar band. They are from Sardinia and all their lyrics ar in Sardinian. For those of you lucky bastards who don't have the curse pleasure of knowing a bit about Italian dialects, just know that Sardinian has been recognized as a co-official language because it is that different from Standard Italian (to make it clear the Sardian word "conche" has the same meaning as the Italian word "testa" and both mean "head").
13. Aria by Gianna Nannini: Gianna has the kind of raspy voice that makes me shiver.
14. Maisha by Modena City Ramblers: this band is also known here in Italy as MCR, which made my friends who didn't know about the MCR lift an eyebrow or two when I said that I was going to Milan for a MCR concert. They didn't understand why I would hop a plane for a folk band. Anyway, most of their work is inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novels. They are very politically oriented and many of their songs are used during demonstrations to rouse the crowd (I know from personal experience).
If you want any of them and don't want to download the whole folder, or you want more songs by one of those people up there, just ask and I'll upload them :)
Now, if you read all that you won't mind me lenghtening this post a little more to ask you for a favour, right? Right.
So, I'm going to the FOB date in Milan (YAY!!!) and they just announced that The Sounds will open the show. My problem is that I don't have the faintest idea what songs they're more likely to perform. I have a bunch of their stuff, but since I really like to sing along during shows, I'd like to know what songs I have to "rehearse". Any ideas?
deep_lost is doing an ABCMusic thingie over at her lj and today she recced Vanilla Sky's cover of Umbrella. I was so excited to see Italian music mentioned by someone who's not Italian and we started talking about it and then she asked me to rec her some other artists from Italy. So I went and put together a mix of Italian music for her. Since it came out ok (I think) I'm going to share it with you all, too :)
Italians Do It Better (sometimes)
1. Tutti i miei sbagli by Subsonica: title means "All my mistakes". Subsonica is pretty much my favourite band ever. I discovered them when I was 16 and this is actually the first song among their stuff that I listened to. This is a case of love at first listening.
2. 666 (feat. Linea 77) by Subsonica: another Subsonica one. This one is a collaboration with Linea 77. Subsonica does lots of collaborations, and most of the band have side projects. Linea 77 is not my cup of tea when they work alone, but I like them a lot when they mix their sound with someone else's.
3. Funzioni Primarie by Velvet: title means "primary functions". Velvet started their career with a song that was titled "Boyband". It was supposed to be a teasing song about boybands and the way that the members' look was vital to the success of the music. The funny thing is that with that song their fanbase got a sudden influx of heart-eyed teenies. Funzioni primarie is a more serious song with very nice lyrics.
4. Nessuna Certezza by Tiromancino: "No Certainty". Although the song is credited to Tiromancino, the female voices belong to Meg and Elisa. Meg was in a band called 99 Posse and she sang in Naples dialect. I think Elisa, who has always sung in English, is known abroad for her song "Dancing" which was used in the soundtrack for the movie "The Last Dance".
5. Rock Your Soul by Elisa: Elisa is my favourite italian singer. I like her lyrics and her music. She started her career when she was 16, I think, but she's still very shy in interviews. Recently, she has published an album in the States that is a collection of her hit singles.
6. Fumo e Cenere by Finley: I don't like Finley particularly, but this song (whose title means "Smoke and ashes") is really nice, even if it's a bit haunting. From what I gather, I think they have fans in Germany and Spain, but I could be wrong.
7. L'amore Conta by Ligabue: Ligabue is some sort of rock god here in Italy. His early works were really blunt, with lots of energy. Now, the energy is still there but his lyrics are more refined.
8. Magnolia by Negrita: I could never listen to a whole Negrita album, but this song is pretty nice (and has also a sexy subtext that you won't catch unless you speak Italian).
9. In Bianco e Nero by Carmen Consoli: Carmen is know in Italy as the Singstress. She has a waily voice and often sings in dialect (she's from Sicily). Her song "L'ultimo Bacio" ("the last kiss") was part of the soundtrack for the movie of the same name by Muccino.
10. L'isola che non c'é by Edoardo Bennato: "Neverland" is one of my favourite songs, mostly because Bennato plays harmonica on it and I'm a sucker for harmonica-songs. It's a really nice piece of Italian music. (fun fact: Velvet did a cover of one of Bennato's early songs and he liked it so much that he asked them to please make him participate to the recording).
11. Dicono di Me by Cesare Cremonini: Cremonini was part of a band called Lunapop. Lunapop's first and only album "Squerez" was the first album my mum bought for me. I actually like his solo work better. He plays the piano and has a really nice voice. This song is from his latest (and third) studio album "Il Primo Bacio sulla Luna" ("The Fist Kiss on the Moon"), but I think I like his second album more.
12. Domo Mia (feat. Eros Ramazzotti) by Tazenda: I put this one on the mix pretty much because
deep_lost told me she likes Ramazzotti, but Tazenda is a very peculiar band. They are from Sardinia and all their lyrics ar in Sardinian. For those of you 13. Aria by Gianna Nannini: Gianna has the kind of raspy voice that makes me shiver.
14. Maisha by Modena City Ramblers: this band is also known here in Italy as MCR, which made my friends who didn't know about the MCR lift an eyebrow or two when I said that I was going to Milan for a MCR concert. They didn't understand why I would hop a plane for a folk band. Anyway, most of their work is inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novels. They are very politically oriented and many of their songs are used during demonstrations to rouse the crowd (I know from personal experience).
If you want any of them and don't want to download the whole folder, or you want more songs by one of those people up there, just ask and I'll upload them :)
Now, if you read all that you won't mind me lenghtening this post a little more to ask you for a favour, right? Right.
So, I'm going to the FOB date in Milan (YAY!!!) and they just announced that The Sounds will open the show. My problem is that I don't have the faintest idea what songs they're more likely to perform. I have a bunch of their stuff, but since I really like to sing along during shows, I'd like to know what songs I have to "rehearse". Any ideas?