Simone Baldelli: From Forza Italia Deputy to Singer-Songwriter

Silvio Berlusconi wanted it and launched it into the political arena many years ago, but Checco Zalone, seeing it in action at a dinner in Rome, was prophetic: «Simone, you are wasted for that world», and the comedian I fall from the clouds and Tolo Tolo, at that moment, was very serious. Who knows what the Apulian director would say now listening to the latest album by Simone Baldelli, ex deputy of Forza Italia, but also cartoonist, writer, imitator, painter and generically we could say artist, without omitting however his activity as adjunct professor and president of the Parliamentary commission of inquiry into the protection of consumers and users. Now, above all, singer. In fact, his latest song has just been released, which is entitled “Roma Rio” and makes you want to travel and go on vacation. In the video, the former vice president of the Chamber sings and dribbles on the beach, in shorts and a white shirt, and it doesn’t matter if the sea behind him is that of Ostia and not Copacabana: he too says it in the verse, after all the important thing is fly with the imagination and the piece is a candidate to become a summer catchphrase, it is already spinning in the chats of politicians.

ROME-RIO AND BRAZIL
«And now you know that I can’t find my passport, I haven’t left for an eternity, but I already see myself there, you already know the truth… So I take a Rome-Rio, Rome-Rio flight», to then conclude with «Romario it’s me», a curious assonance, which came up a bit by chance and a bit for fun, with the former Brazilian striker who, after his splendor on the pitch, presented himself in the elections and became a parliamentarian in his country.

Baldelli is not thinking of taking the opposite path of the Barcelona bomber and embarking on a sports career which at 50, despite his still handsome physique, would be too late. Nor is he unaware that the world of entertainment is closed, which is why he now has to settle for being heard on platforms such as Spotify, but the passion for Italian and Latin music has always been in his DNA (Luis Miguel one of his references, but also Califano, Ligabue and Laura Pausini), and the songs composed so far, in addition to the unreleased ones, would be good for an entire album, which in fact is ready. Any titles? “You know why”, written with Filadelfo Castro and Stefano Paviani, “Dov’è” and “Sereno”. In 2021 he also created a guitar and vocal version of “Besame mucho”. Where does Baldelli want to go at the Sanremo Festival? “Semi call I’m ready, I have the right song,” he replies to Libero this time without imitating the voice of Sandro Bondi or Giulio Tremonti, two of his flagships from the golden age of the Polo delle Libertà.

GENIUS OF REGULATIONS
Man is like that. Versatile, playful and eclectic like few politicians and capable of reinventing himself if in the last elections he happened to remain off the lists. Colleagues describe him as rigorous in the Chamber when it was necessary to decipher the most difficult regulations of the Chamber and ensure the quorum to prevent the Berlusconi government from going under, as a brilliant showman worthy of TV outside Montecitorio, where Baldelli was simply Simone and the party was guaranteed. Also for noble purposes, because in the past he performed for charity to help people in difficulty and now he plans to do the same for the flooded populations of Emilia Romagna. The Cav in the preface of a book by Baldelli (who was in charge of the young people of Fi) wrote that, due to his talents, his then pupil would have had the opportunity to choose between a political career and one in the world of entertainment . Next year, in addition to Sanremo, there would also be the European Championships and Baldelli’s question arises spontaneously: given the choice, what would he prefer? For now, he is passing over and thinking about a duet in the future with his daughter Luna, who is 8 years old, but has already inherited the love of singing from her father. «I have dreamed of her for years and for her I have also created a band:“ Fathers of daughters ”». If they’re roses they’ll bloom.