Franco Battiato "L'era del Cinghiale bianco"
I was hipped to Battiato by my friend Franceso at Dissensus. The seventies stuff is amazing, but I'll be going into that in some detail on my forthcoming "Italian Progressive Rock Mini-Primer". However, his eighties work is not without its highlights. "Up Patriot to Arms" is brilliant, but my absolute favourite is the stunning "L'era del Cinghiale bianco", which I was delighted to find a video of on YouTube. YouTube, I mean who needs television?
I can't do the funky YouTube link supported by Blogger and LiveJournal but you can watch it here. Franco must have the most remarkable profile in Pop. You thought Pete Townsend had a big hooter.
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being turned on to Za and Clic in the ND Magazine household, I remember buying this album when I was in Italy and hating it outright. I was expecting more weird neo-classical noise, not new wave pop. maybe I'll watch the video though.
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July 27, 2006 11:54 PM