Once again Amadeus has chosen 25 songs suitable for the general public and any age group. The general level is good with some radio track that is a candidate to become a catchphrase. FqMagazine he previewed the songs competing at the next Sanremo Festival, starting on February 1st. In this first listening, judgments and first impressions will be given. Much will depend on the dress rehearsals and performances of individual singers on the stage of the Ariston Theater. In the texts there is a lot of sentiment, a lot of love, lightness as if to counter the difficult historical moment linked to the pandemic.
From the first plays they particularly impressed Rkomi – top artist among the best-selling albums in 2021 – with his rock song “Insuperabile”Could reserve surprises on the podium, as well as the intense ballad of Mahmood with Blanco and Elisa. Still on the ballad side, Irama stands out with his Sanremo song “Wherever you will be”, very difficult to sing, the intensity of Noemi (“I love you I don’t know how to say”). Elegant, refined, outsider Massimo Ranieri with “Letter beyond the sea”, just as elegant is the piece by Matteo Romano (“Virale”). Watch out for the surprise-podium effect with Dargen D’Amico (“Dove si balla”), The representative of the list (“Ciao ciao”) and the radio station “Chimica” of Ditonellapiaga with Rector.
A little curiosity about the authors of the songs. The very young Alessandro La Cava stands out above all, the co-author of ‘Malibù’ the most listened to song of 2021, (Rkomi, Noemi, Sangiovanni, Matteo Romano) and Davide Petrella (Giusy Ferreri, Achille Lauro, Emma, Elisa), for the piece by Matteo Romano is also signed by Federico Rossi.
EMMA – “EVERY TIME IS THIS” – (Davide Petrella, Emma Marrone)
Ten years after “It’s not hell”, Emma offers a power ballad and an invitation to her loved one: “Give up tonight”. The song has an excellent arrangement on the music of Petrella and Faini that presses minute by minute up to the recording. Emma with her voice does the rest, interpreting every word to perfection. Cult phrase: We are saints or whores and you don’t want to stay here or run away
MASSIMO RANIERI – “LETTER BEYOND THE SEA” – (Fabio Ilaqua)
The return to Sanremo after 25 years for Massimo Ranieri. The piano introduces the powerful voice of Massimo Ranieri. A refined, delicate ballad for a great artist who is set like a diamond in the event. Cult phrase: Love, see how dark this sea is, too big not to tremble
SANGIOVANNI – “BUTTERFLIES” – (Sangiovanni, Alessandro La Cava)
At 19, he aspires to freedom in everyday relationships and the normality of healthy and non-toxic relationships. “Farfalle” is an uptempo produced by Zef and Itaca, the Merk & Kremont production team. A radio track that will immediately appeal to younger audiences and beyond. Cult phrase: You are a shot of oxygen in the midst of industry
IVA ZANICCHI – “I WANT TO LOVE YOU” – (Emilio Di Stefano)
The lady of the Festival collects the legacy of Orietta Berti from last year to propose a ballatona about a woman madly in love and with a great desire to scream it. A classic that cannot be more Sanremo than this. Cult phrase: And if one day I discover one more wrinkle in my heart, it will be you
ACHILLE LAURO – “SUNDAY” – (Achille Lauro, Simon Pietro Manzari, Davide Petrella)
Achille Lauro returns to the sounds of ‘Rolls Royce’ in a more pop version. The song is radio and tells in images a Sunday between dogs, cats, “sinful cities” and “dangerous women”. You can bet that the singer will propose a “shock” performance to push the song even more. Cult phrase: She swallows me like a boa, she says ‘how dare you’
AKA7EVEN – “SO PERFECT” – (Aka7even, Vincenzo Colella)
Piano tour and then the incessant rhythm between drums and bass starts. Aka7even offers the Festival a song that immediately captures the first listen and that is perfect for radio. A good business card for the great Sanremo audience. Cult phrase: You taught me to fight even when the urge to cry was suffocating me
MICHELE BRAVI – “WINTER OF FLOWERS” – (Michele Bravi, Cheope, Alex Andrea Raige Vella)
Humanity, empathy and sharing. These are the three fundamental words that link Michele Bravi’s love song. An elegant song, uptempo, which gives a new artistic phase of the singer-songwriter. Cult phrase: You teach me how to learn happiness
GIANNI MORANDI – “OPEN ALL DOORS” – (Lorenzo Jovanotti)
The piece is linked to the atmosphere of “L’allegria”, indeed it is its worthy heir. Cult phrase: Burn all the supplies let the sun in
ANA MENA – “TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND HOURS” – (Rocco Hunt)
Quote Latin disco in the height of summer. Cult phrase: When the night comes he loves me he loves me not a flower Latin America A Cuba Libre love
ELISA – “OR MAYBE YOU ARE” – (Elisa Toffoli, Davide Petrella)
A piano accompanies Elisa who thus introduces her beautiful song “It will be time then in the end it just doesn’t touch us”. The artist gives Sanremo an intimate, delicate, powerful song. Among the most beautiful songs of the Festival. Cult phrase: It will be that among all the mess it seems spring, it will be that vertigo does not scare me anymore
RKOMI – “UNBEATABLE” – (Rkomi, Alessandro La Cava)
First time in Sanremo for the artist in the promo place among the best-selling discs in 2021 with “Taxi Driver”, a lucky title that is mentioned in the text. “Insuperabile” is a rock song with a sustained bass line and capture from the first notes. It could hold some surprises on the podium. Cult phrase: T.i squeeze my hips, love it’s you, the last curve
DITONELLAPIAGA AND DONATELLA RECTOR – “CHEMISTRY” – (Ditonellapiaga, Donatella Rector)
The return to Sanremo after 27 for Rector. Electro-pop from the 80s with an engraved pun on ‘Chemistry’. A winning generational combination on paper and one that the radios will like a lot. Cult phrase: And I don’t need words for a little pleasure, it’s just a question of chemistry
MAHMOOD AND BLANCO – “THRILLS” – (Mahmood, Blanco)
A ballatona that will surprise the fans of the two artists. Perhaps the most beautiful love song of this Festival. Cult phrase: And I’d like to steal a pearl sky from you and pay to leave
GIUSY FERRERI – “MIELE” – (Davide Petrella, Takagi and Ketra, Federica Abbate)
A song with a vaguely country flavor for the return of Giusy Ferreri who sings a nostalgic love with a taste of honey. The scratch of Takagi and Ketra, Federica Abbate guarantees the song a radio force. Cult phrase: Che what it is up to here without you, it is a blade that tastes of honey
GIOVANNI TRUPPI – “YOUR FATHER, MY MOTHER, LUCIA” – (Giovanni Truppi, Marco Buccelli, Giovanni Pallotti, Gino De Crescenzo “Pacifico”, Niccolò Contessa)
The most complicated piece of the Festival, not immediate. But Truppi with his intense pen – together with four other authors – tells a picture, a film, a dialogue of love. To be listened to several times. Cult phrase: I know that for what we want to do, one percent is love and everything else is gritting our teeth
FABRIZIO MORO – “YOU ARE” – (Fabrizio Moro)
“Love is the only way out, it is useless to go around it”. Fabrizio Moro explains it clearly and roundly and sings it with a song that reflects his powerful style full of pathos. Cult phrase: You are the one who crosses my oxygen when you touch me
HIGHSNOB AND HU – “TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF” – (Michele Matera, Federica Ferracuti)
The “strange” couple of this Festival proposes a lightly light hip hop ballad that tells of a finished love and the desire, hope, to start over. One of the weakest and most predictable songs in the race Cult phrase: I enjoy feeling pain like shibari
IRAMA – “WHEREVER YOU WILL BE” – (Irama)
A poignant ballad for Irama who finally shows off her most romantic soul at the Sanremo Festival, also showing off her excellent vocal skills. The singer-songwriter turns to his distant or disappeared love “wherever you will be, wherever I will be in every gesture I will look for you”. A classic Sanremo song, intense. Cult phrase: If I am on the ground you will raise me, if it is cold you will burn
THE LIST REPRESENTATIVE – “HELLO HELLO” – (Veronica Lucchesi, Dario Mangiaracina)
An encore on the Ariston stage that will not disappoint. A song full of rhythm with an incision that will remain as a catchphrase “With your hands, with your hands, with your hands, Ciao Ciao”. A seemingly light-hearted song, but with some reference to today’s society. Cult phrase: While I am reading a stupid newspaper in the city, the world war has broken out
NOEMI – “I LOVE YOU I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SAY” – (Alessandro Mahmoud, Alessandro La Cava)
A power ballad about accepting the risk of change to live love to the full. The record turns with a powerful beat and bass loop. A song that enhances the romantic soul but also the exquisitely pop one of Noemi. Cult phrase: I’m not afraid of feeling empty inside a sea of words lost on the seabed
DARGEN D’AMICO – “WHERE TO DANCE” – (Dargen D’Amico, Edwyn Roberts, Gianluigi Fazio)
The “cantautorapper” is making his debut on the Ariston stage. “I like dance music” he sings and demonstrates it with the most modern song of the Festival which could reserve some surprises for the general public. The radios will marry “Dove si balla”. Cult phrase: I don’t talk to my dog but there is a good bond
THE VIBRATIONS – “A LOT” – (Roberto Casalino)
The band sings about the opportunities that are lost when you are not in touch with yourself and the indelible scars that remain inside. Vibrations show up with a nice song and will make a good impression on stage. Cult phrase: There was a house, a sofa and gaps to fill and a beautiful black flower is my present
YUMAN – “NOW AND HERE” – (Tommaso Di Giulio)
The winner of the New Proposals proposes a classic ballad that does not give particular flickers and flattens out when listening. Cult phrase: Nights hanging from a screen at six … Six!
TANANAI – “OCCASIONAL SEX” – (Alberto Cotta Ramusino, Davide Simonetta, Paolo Antonacci, Alessandro Raina)
The artist coming from the New Proposals presents himself with a disturbing uptempo on a conflictual relationship. Among the most interesting songs of the Festival. Cult phrase: Let’s find a home and never end up in casual sex anymore
MATTEO ROMANO – “VIRAL” – (Matteo Romano, Alessandro La Cava, Federico Rossi)
A dignified, beautiful, engaging song. Excellent proof for Matteo Romano who presents a love song also in line with his age. The music of Dario Faini, La Cava and Federico Rossi are powerful and will hit the mark at the Ariston. To keep an eye on. Cult Sentence: And let go that your heart falls down and love reappears
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