And as promised here are all the lyrics of AD ASTRA and all the translations.
Let me start by saying that, as you know, I heard them live at Radio Italia and I liked the songs immediately.
Now, calmly, having to translate for you, I have savored the beautiful lyrics and the excellent accompanying music, we are certainly not talking about backing tracks created on computers and with few musical instruments, here we are talking about real orchestrations.
If any of you think that the beautiful voices of Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca are not valued, you are wrong, the live voices can be heard very well and certainly have a more pop sound, but always highlighting their particularities.
I think that certainly the one who has had to suffer the change the most is Piero, but don’t worry, we will hear his lyrical voice in concerts and solos and then he has yet to realize his dream of singing an entire opera.
I also remind you that Ignazio Piero and Gianluca admitted that three songs were written with the feelings of each of them and so try to guess which songs are. I’ll tell you what I think:
Gianluca = L’INFINITO Ignazio = SUCCEDE Piero = OPERA
Since shortly before the album was released, our guys on Tik-Tok released short videos explaining the songs, I thought I’d attach and translate them.
Enjoy, now you can sing along with them too.
PER ASPERA (intro)
PIERO= PER ASPERA opens the album. Somehow it sums up this sonic journey, with this instrumental overture, of this wonderful album, which is entitled AD ASTRA.
GIANLUCA= It’s a contemporary classical symphony that embodies a bit of the meaning of our new album, the great opening of this album in a sonic, emotional journey, which describes our emotions that we have experienced in the last year and half.
IGNAZIO= It was a great musical research, we combined the sound of the orchestra, the strings with electronic music, with slightly more pop, British music, we combined many influences. It’s a very interesting record.
CHIARO DI LUNA
GIANLUCA= CHIARO DI LUNA is a song that celebrates life. It’s a majestic pop beat, very compelling with these overwhelming strings and we can actually say that, thanks to this song we want to describe life and its eternal presence, in a very strong way, which is our message, especially with this of our disk.
PIERO= In some way the text speaks of daily human frailties, but it invites us to reflect on the beauty of life.
Guardo il mare sulla riva Penso a te, dove sei? Come stai? Un’onda muore e un’altra arriva Come te, come me, come noi Vedi, la vita è strana Che non sai mai la trama Quando non hai più scelte A un passo dalla fine come sempre Poi le nuvole si aprono E la notte è uno spettacolo Fa svanire la paura L’anima è una piuma al chiaro di luna E noi, dentro quest’attimo Siamo pezzi di un miracolo Per destino o per fortuna Risplendiamo ancora al chiaro di luna Persi in mezzo alla corrente Nelle strade di un’altra città Tra i ritorni e le partenzе A cercare nella gеnte quello che ci manca e non ci serve Vedi, la vita è strana Vivendo la si impara E quando non hai più scelte A un passo dalla fine come sempre Poi le nuvole si aprono E la notte è uno spettacolo Fa svanire la paura L’anima è una piuma al chiaro di luna E noi dentro quest’attimo Siamo pezzi di un miracolo Per destino o per fortuna Risplendiamo ancora al chiaro di luna Al chiaro di luna lasciarsi illuminare Al chiaro di luna sentire quanto vale Restare uniti mentre tutto cade Sappiamo noi come si fa E le nuvole si aprono Per salvarsi, basta un battito È l’amore che ci cura L’anima è una piuma Al chiaro di luna E noi dentro quest’attimo Siamo pezzi di un miracolo Per destino o per fortuna Risplendiamo ancora al chiaro di luna
MOONLIGHT
I look at the sea on the shore I think of you, where are you? How are you? One wave dies and another arrives Like you, like me, like us You see, life is strange That you never know the plot When you have no more choices One step away from the end as always Then the clouds part And the night is a spectacle It makes fear disappear The soul is a feather in the moonlight And us, inside this moment We are pieces of a miracle By fate or by luck We still shine in the moonlight Lost in the current In the streets of another city Between returns and departures To look for in people what we lack and don’t need You see, life is strange By living you learn it And when you have no more choices One step away from the end as always Then the clouds part And the night is a spectacle It makes fear disappear The soul is a feather in the moonlight And we are in this moment We are pieces of a miracle By fate or by luck We still shine in the moonlight In the moonlight let yourself be illuminated In the moonlight feel what it’s worth Standing together while everything falls We know how to do it And the clouds part To save yourself, all it takes is a heartbeat It is love that heals us The soul is a feather In the moonlight And we are in this moment We are pieces of a miracle By fate or by luck We still shine in the moonlight
CAPOLAVORO
Io che sto seduto dentro a un cinema A sognare un po’ d’America e un po’ di casa tua E mi chiedo sempre quanto durerà Questo amore infinito che infinito non è Io che mi sentivo perso, una vela in mare aperto E all’improvviso tu, tu Cadi dal cielo come un capolavoro Prima di te non c’era niente di buono E come se, tu fossi l’unica luce a dare un senso E questa vita con te è un capolavoro Guarda come sta piovendo, ma è stupendo averti qua Maledetto tempo che ti da e poi ti porta via Io che mi sentivo perso come un fiore nel deserto E all’improvviso tu, tu Cadi dal cielo come un capolavoro Prima di te non c’era niente di buono E come se, tu fossi l’unica luce a dare un senso E questa vita con te è un capolavoro Cadi dal cielo come un capolavoro Prima di te non c’era niente di buono E come se, tu fossi l’unica luce a dare un senso E questa vita con te, sì la mia vita con te È un capolavoro
MASTERPIECE
Me sitting inside a cinema To dream a little of America and a little of your home And I always wonder how long it will last This infinite love that is not infinite I felt lost, a sail on the open sea And suddenly you, you Fall from the sky like a masterpiece Before you there was nothing good And as if, you were the only light that made sense And this life with you is a masterpiece Look how it’s raining, but it’s wonderful to have you here Damn time that gives you and then takes you away I felt lost like a flower in the desert And suddenly you, you Fall from the sky like a masterpiece Before you there was nothing good And as if, you were the only light that made sense And this life with you is a masterpiece Fall from the sky like a masterpiece Before you there was nothing good And as if, you were the only light that made sense And this life with you, yes my life with you It’s a masterpiece
FRAMMENTI DI UNIVERSO
GIANLUCA= FRAGMENTS OF UNIVERSE is perhaps the song that best represents this metaphysical journey of ours.
We wanted to transcribe our personal, emotional and artistic growth into songs and this song perhaps represents our growth in a much more evident way. It’s a song that put us to the test, it’s a song where we tell what our sensations are, our emotions, but above all that we are “fragments of the universe”.
PIERO= It touches on universal themes, it’s a bit like the search for happiness, and we brought it to music
IGNAZIO= It’s one of the songs that comes closest to Britt-pop, it was a very beautiful experiment…
PIERO= Also vocal.
IGNAZIO= …also vocal for the first time, I can’t wait for you to listen to it.
Scende la notte, tra gli alberi Brilla la luna, e i pianeti Appesi, come miracoli sospesi, sospesi Dentro agli occhi di un bambino Tra la reti dei cortili Aspettando la felicità, la felicità Siamo sogni nel vento, siamo nuvole Sorrisi che resistono alle lacrime Potessimo un’ora, da ora Rubare il mantello agli eroi Siamo segni nel cielo, siamo fulmine La strada sotto i fari delle macchine Qui a chiederci ancora, se ancora Possiamo fidarci di noi Frammenti di universo È forse il canto di un angelo O è solo pioggia sui vetri Poi ci sentiamo più fragili e indifesi, indifesi Come i fiori sui balconi Gatti sotto i temporali Se piovesse la felicità, la felicità Siamo sogni nel vento, siamo nuvole Sorrisi che resistono alle lacrime Potessimo un’ora, da ora Rubare il mantello agli eroi Siamo segni nel cielo, siamo fulmine La strada sotto i fari delle macchine Qui a chiederci ancora, se ancora Possiamo fidarci di noi Frammenti di universo Di silenzi e di cose non dette Frammenti di universo Che si giurano amore per sempre Siamo sogni nel vento, siamo nuvole Sorrisi che resistono alle lacrime Potessimo un’ora, da ora Rubare il mantello agli eroi Siamo segni nel cielo, siamo fulmine La strada sotto i fari delle macchine Qui a chiederci ancora, se ancora Possiamo fidarci, possiamo fidarci di noi Frammenti di universo Frammenti di universo, uoh
FRAGMENTS OF THE UNIVERSE
Night falls among the trees The moon shines, and the planets Hanging, like suspended miracles, suspended Inside the eyes of a child Among the nets of the courtyards Waiting for happiness, happiness We are dreams in the wind, we are clouds Smiles that resist tears We could an hour from now Steal the mantle of heroes We are signs in the sky, we are lightning The road under the headlights of the cars Here to ask ourselves again, if again We can trust ourselves Fragments of the universe It is perhaps the song of an angel Or is it just rain on the windows Then we feel more fragile and helpless, defenseless Like the flowers on the balconies Cats under thunderstorms If it rained, happiness, happiness We are dreams in the wind, we are clouds Smiles that resist tears We could an hour from now Steal the mantle of heroes We are signs in the sky, we are lightning The road under the headlights of the cars Here to ask ourselves again, if again We can trust ourselves Fragments of the universe Of silences and things left unsaid Fragments of the universe Who swear love forever We are dreams in the wind, we are clouds Smiles that resist tears We could an hour from now Steal the mantle of heroes We are signs in the sky, we are lightning The road under the headlights of the cars Here to ask ourselves again, if again We can trust, we can trust ourselves Fragments of the universe Fragments of the universe, uoh
SATURNO E VENERE (feat. Irama)
PIERO= SATURNO E VENERE is among the most pop songs on the album.
It’s a romantic ballad in which Irama’s voice fits perfectly, harmoniously, with our voices.
GIANLUCA= I believe it is an authentic song, because the most beautiful things are born when there is mutual respect, and that is what happened with Filippo – Irama. I believe the key that can open people’s hearts is precisely this contrast between Irama’s cry of suffering and our vocal power.
IGNAZIO= The experience in the studio was very beautiful and interesting. It’s the first time we collaborated in the studio, we wrote in the studio with an artist and doing it with a friend, as Gianluca says, is always more beautiful and therefore we are very…
GIANLUCA= Proud.
IGNAZIO= …very proud and happy with what came out.
Facciamo giri all’infinito Senza riuscirci a prendere Io qui e tu dall’altro lato Come Saturno e Venere Parole che si dovevano trattenere Promesse un po’ troppo grandi da mantenere Lo vedi, io fino ad oggi ci ho provato, con te Per me sei come l’universo Solo un grande immenso punto di domanda E mentre piove sul cemento io rimango qua Mi lasci in bilico E ora, ora, ora, ora Forse precipito e sento il cuore sottosopra E tra un miliardo di altre persone Soltanto tu che mi togli il sole che ci vuole Per ricominciare ancora Ho camminato all’infinito Fino a sentirmi debole Con una mano sul tuo viso Soffiando via la cenere E credi che mi basti un attimo Per cancellare tutto di te Fino a gridarlo in faccia a un angelo Che sono solo E tu sei come l’universo Solo un grande immenso punto di domanda E mentre piove sul cemento io rimango qua Mi lasci in bilico Ora, ora, ora, ora Scusa se scivolo e sento il cuore sottosopra E tra un miliardo di altre persone Soltanto tu che mi togli il sole che ci vuole Per ricominciare ancora Mi dimenticherai E mentre mi odierai Io ti cancellerò Ma non ci riuscirò Bastava così poco Ora, ora, ora, ora Sottosopra E tra un miliardo di altre persone Soltanto tu che mi togli il sole che ci vuole Per ricominciare ancora
SATURN AND VENUS (feat. Irama)
We go around endlessly Without being able to catch us Me here and you on the other side Like Saturn and Venus Words that had to be held back Promises a little too big to keep You see, up until now I’ve tried, with you To me you are like the universe Just a big huge question mark And while it rains on the concrete I stay here You leave me hanging And now, now, now, now Maybe I fall and feel my heart is upside down And among a billion other people Only you who take away the sun I need To start again I walked forever Until I feel weak With a hand on your face Blowing away the ash And you think all I need is a moment To erase everything about you Until you shout it in the face of an angel That I’m alone And you are like the universe Just a big huge question mark And while it rains on the concrete I stay here You leave me hanging Now, now, now, now Sorry if I slip and feel my heart upside down And among a billion other people Only you who take away the sun I need To start again You will forget me And while you hate me I will erase you But I won’t succeed So little was enough Now, now, now, now Upside down And among a billion other people Only you who take away the sun I need To start again
L’INFINITO
IGNAZIO= L’ INFINITO is an emotional journey, where through music and words, they try to touch, to touch, to show all the nuances that may exist in a relationship, when a person is willing to do everything, even to stay together with another person.
GIANLUCA= I think this is the most intimate song on the album, where in some way we want to show that with our voices we don’t necessarily want to look for virtuosity, but also a certain emotionality and intimacy that perhaps we have never shown in our songs.
La nostra storia è una sfida Il giorno prima diciamo: “Ti amo”, quello dopo: “È finita” Anche a dividere il cielo dal mare c’è sempre una riga Invece tra di noi qualche stupida parola Una frase detta male, siamo tutti ragazzini E la vita è vera scuola Se l’infinito con te è una strada stretta Girerei il mondo in bicicletta E quando sarai triste, pur di sentirti ridere Farei qualsiasi cosa, cosa, cosa Come aquiloni che sfidano l’altezza Assomigliare ai fiori se poi cadremo a terra Gridare le canzoni e perdere la voce E dopo litigare, solo per fare pace E scusa la mia presunzione Ma non esistono altre due persone come noi La nostra storia è una sfida Così preziosa e così delicata, un Picasso a matita Che a rovinarlo, ci basta soltanto passarci le dita Ma non rinunciamo mai a metterci alla prova Se l’infinito con te è una strada stretta Girerei il mondo in bicicletta E quando sarai triste pur di sentirti ridere Farei qualsiasi cosa, cosa, cosa Come aquiloni che sfidano l’altezza Assomigliare ai fiori se poi cadremo a terra Gridare le canzoni e perdere la voce E dopo litigare solo per fare pace E scusa la mia presunzione Ma non esistono altre due persone Che come noi sanno ridere e piangere Che stanno insieme e non c’è niente di simile Per far sorridere te farei qualsiasi cosa, cosa, cosa Come aquiloni che sfidano l’altezza Assomigliare ai fiori se poi cadremo a terra Gridare le canzoni e perdere la voce E dopo litigare solo per fare pace Scusa la mia presunzione Ma non esistono altre due persone come noi
THE INFINITY
Our history is a challenge The day before we say: “I love you”, the day after: “It’s over” Even dividing the sky from the sea there is always a line Instead, a few stupid words between us A phrase said badly, we are all kids And life is real school If infinity with you is a narrow road I would travel the world by bicycle And when you will be sad, just to hear you laugh I would do anything, anything, anything Like kites that defy height Look like flowers if we then fall to the ground Shouting songs and losing your voice And then argue, just to make peace And excuse my presumption But there are no other two people like us Our history is a challenge So precious and so delicate, a Picasso in pencil That to ruin it, we just need to run our fingers But we never give up on testing ourselves If infinity with you is a narrow road I would travel the world by bicycle And when you will be sad, just to hear yourself laugh I would do anything, anything, anything Like kites that defy height Look like flowers if we then fall to the ground Shouting songs and losing your voice And then argue just to make peace And excuse my presumption But there are no other two people Who like us know how to laugh and cry That they’re together and there’s nothing like it To make you smile I would do anything, anything, anything Like kites that defy height Look like flowers if we then fall to the ground Shouting songs and losing your voice And then argue just to make peace Excuse my presumption But there are no other two people like us
OPERA
PIERO= The protagonists of OPERA are two boys who dodge rain and lightning as if they were two boxers.
There is a lot of energy in this song and in singing it we will also try to convey it live.
GIANLUCA= It’s the song that perhaps absolutely represents pop-lyrical 2.0 on this album.
IGNAZIO= Yes, let’s say, the influence of the title can bring us back to what our career has always been, what we are known for, but listening to it is exactly what you don’t expect.
GIANLUCA= OPERA is the meeting between our past with a look to the future. The orchestra in the foreground, but with a rhythm that can surprise.
We had never used this rhythm in our songs, pounding, almost a very suggestive up-tempo and almost “makes you dance”, and therefore it’s a way to show that pop-lyrical music has no limits from every point of view.
Opera, opera, opera Opera, opera, opera Giorni, mesi, anni E non ti ho mai perso Sarà che siamo bravi entrambi A prendere il meglio dal peggio E a riconoscere ogni volta Ad occhi chiusi ciò che conta E a schivare insieme pioggia e fulmini Come due pugili E anche se spaventa un po’ Comunque so Che la vita è bella come un’opera Un canto straordinario che si libera In una semplice giornata anonima E per te, per me, anche se A volte brucia, almeno illumina Prima che il vento poi ci porti via È come una poesia, come la musica Perché la vita è bella come Un’opera, opera, opera Opera, opera, opera È una follia È come una poesia, come la musica Perché la vita è bella come L’ho vista ancora ridere in faccia alla paura L’ho vista sopravvivere, anche se a volte è dura Nelle rughe di mia madre, nelle case e per le strade L’ho trovata e l’ho sentita scorrere Su di me, su di te E anche se spaventa un po’ Comunque so Che la vita è bella come un’opera Un canto straordinario che si libera In una semplice giornata anonima E per te, per me, anche se A volte brucia, almeno illumina Prima che il vento poi ci porti via È come una poesia, come la musica Perché la vita è bella come un’opera Perché la vita è bella come un’opera Un canto straordinario che si libera In una semplice giornata anonima Perché la vita è bella come Un Opera, opera, opera Opera, opera, opera È una follia È come una poesia, come la musica Perché la vita è bella come Opera, opera, opera
OPERA
Opera, opera, opera Opera, opera, opera Days, months, years And I never lost you Maybe it’s because we’re both good To make the best of the worst And to recognize every time With eyes closed what matters And to dodge rain and lightning together Like two boxers And even if it scares a little However I know That life is as beautiful as a opera An extraordinary song that frees itself On a simple anonymous day And for you, for me, even if Sometimes it burns, at least it illuminates Before the wind takes us away It’s like poetry, like music Because life is as beautiful as A opera, opera, opera Opera, opera, opera It is madness It’s like poetry, like music Because life is as beautiful as I saw her laugh in the face of fear I’ve seen her survive, even though it’s hard sometimes In my mother’s wrinkles, in the houses and on the streets I found it and felt it flow About me, about you And even if it scares a little However I know That life is as beautiful as a opera An extraordinary song that frees itself On a simple anonymous day And for you, for me, even if Sometimes it burns, at least it illuminates Before the wind takes us away It’s like poetry, like music Because life is as beautiful as a opera Because life is as beautiful as a opera An extraordinary song that frees itself On a simple anonymous day Because life is as beautiful as A opera, opera, opera Opera , opera, opera It is madness It’s like poetry, like music Because life is as beautiful as Opera, opera opera.
IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO
IGNAZIO= IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO is one of those songs that idealize a perfect world, an ideal world for everyone.
PIERO= In some way the text is a text of hope, especially in a historical period like the one we are experiencing now. We try to give a positive look to the future, we have tried to describe it with the text of IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO, hoping that it can be a good omen for an ever better future.
GIANLUCA= It’s an overturned world where we are invited to look beyond conventions, somehow we find the stars under our feet.
There is also a poetic inspiration in all this, which wants to send an important message.
Trattieni il respiro In piedi su un filo Il mondo è impazzito E noi dobbiamo correre per non cadere Ci vuole equilibrio Il buio è cattivo Nel sole fa il giro Gioia e tristezza sono fasi alterne Immagina potessimo cambiare noi le ombre del destino Togliere al fondale le conchiglie E fare annegare le ingiustizie Sarebbe straordinario Un mondo all’incontrario Dove noi, dove noi parliamo E le stelle le calpestiamo Sarebbe straordinario Gridare in uno stadio Dove noi, dove noi vinciamo La felicità, la felicità Trattieni il respiro Tempesta in arrivo Se chiedi a un bambino La guerra è un gioco che si perde sempre Ti immagini potessimo cambiare noi le ombre del destino Aprire le finestre nelle stanze Fare entrare il cielo e le speranze Sarebbe straordinario Un mondo all’incontrario Dove noi, dove noi parliamo E le stelle le calpestiamo Sarebbe straordinario Gridare in uno stadio Dove noi, dove noi vinciamo E te lo immagini se avessimo due ali Sorvolare il mare come gli aeroplani Per capire da lontano se esiste un piano Per tutti questi esseri umani Te lo immagini sparissero le lacrime E si potesse solo ridere E ogni errore lo perdoniamo Un mondo all’incontrario Sarebbe straordinario Gridare in uno stadio Dove noi, dove noi vinciamo La felicità, la felicità
THE WORLD IN CONTRARY
Hold your breath Standing on a wire The world has gone crazy And we have to run so as not to fall It takes balance Darkness is bad In the sun it goes around Joy and sadness are alternating phases Imagine if we could change the shadows of destiny Remove the shells from the bottom And to drown injustices That would be extraordinary A world in reverse Where we, where we speak And we trample the stars That would be extraordinary Shouting in a stadium Where we, where we win Happiness, happiness Hold your breath Storm in arrive If you ask a child War is a game that always loses Can you imagine that we could change the shadows of destiny Open windows in rooms Let the sky and hopes in That would be extraordinary A world in reverse Where we, where we speak And we trample the stars That would be extraordinary Shouting in a stadium Where we, where we win And can you imagine if we had two wings Fly over the sea like airplanes To understand from afar if there is a plan For all these human beings Can you imagine the tears disappearing And we could only laugh And we forgive every mistake A world in reverse That would be extraordinary Shouting in a stadium Where we, where we win Happiness, happiness
SUCCEDE
IGNAZIO= Surely if we have to think about the elegance and delicacy of this album, SUCCEDE is one of those songs.
It’s a song that talks about love, one of those slow loves that you don’t notice and come suddenly.
GIANLUCA= Yes, it is a poem set to music that has great emotion and as the text says at the end, “love cannot be seen, but it happens”, so when it happens suddenly, without ever looking for it, it is even more beautiful.
PIERO= So you can safely dedicate it to the person you love.
IGNAZIO= When you see Michelangelo’s name (producer) on SUCCEDE you think: “Oh God what is this?”
PIERO= More than anything else the name of Michelangelo is associated with Il Volo (Michelangelo is an Italian producer who deals with very different music from that of Il Volo).
IGNAZIO= It was a beautiful experiment and we were surprised, because Michelangelo did a great job when the prod arrived and we were shocked.
GIANLUCA= He managed to sculpt in marble….
PIERO= (he sings a verse from a song by Michelangelo)
IGNAZIO= We recorded this in the studio so that Michelangelo had it, like he does with rappers.
PIERO= And I did it for him in a symphonic version!
Io non lo so Come si vince la paura Mi perderò In una notte senza luna La pelle piena di ferite Ma vive meglio chi sorride A me con te succede Io non lo so Cosa mi aspetterà domani E tremo un po’ Come nel vento i tulipani Ma dopo arrivi piano piano Un terremoto, un uragano Come le gocce sulle pietre Perché l’amore non si vede, sì, però Succede Che ci sia solo il temporale in fondo fa lo stesso E questa casa sai che resterà per sempre un posto Dove tu potrai tornare Dove io potrò tornare Perché l’amore non si vede, sì, però Succede Io non lo so Dove ci porterà il cammino Perché non ho Un buon rapporto col destino Ma tra le cose inaspettate Come una pioggia in piena estate arrivi tu Succede Che ci sia solo il temporale in fondo fa lo stesso E questa casa sai che resterà per sempre un posto Dove tu potrai tornare Dove io potrò tornare Perché l’amore non si vede, sì, però Succede Va tutto bene se stiamo insieme Niente, non esiste niente che ci può far male davvero E, giuro, mi vedrai tornare E so che ti vedrò tornare Perché l’amore non si vede, sì, però Succede
HAPPENS
I do not know How to overcome fear I’ll get lost On a moonless night Skin full of wounds But those who smile live better It happens to me with you I do not know What awaits me tomorrow And I’m shaking a little Like tulips in the wind But then you arrive slowly An earthquake, a hurricane Like drops on stones Because you can’t see love, yes, though Happens The fact that there is only the storm at the end does the same And this house you know will always remain a place Where you can return Where I can return Because you can’t see love, yes, though Happens I do not know Where the journey will take us Because I haven’t A good relationship with destiny But among the unexpected things Like a rain in the middle of summer you arrive Happens The fact that there is only the storm at the end does the same And this house you know will always remain a place Where you can return Where I can return Because you can’t see love, yes, though Happens Everything is fine if we are together Nothing, there is nothing that can really hurt us And, I swear, you’ll see me come back And I know I’ll see you come back Because you can’t see love, yes, though Happens
WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
AD ASTRA (outro)
(I couldn’t find the video of the guys explaining AD ASTRA (outro), so I’m attaching this review made by the newspaper NewSic.)
AD ASTRA (outro) is a rebellious song, devoid of rules and conventions. More than just a song, it is an experience that challenges the boundaries of music to become a modern work of art. A progressive suite that constitutes the outro of the album, but which at the same time suggests that it is not the end, but rather a new beginning. The perfect embodiment of the idea that creativity is born from contrast, just as the very structure of the album suggests, which invites you to reach for the stars despite the difficulties encountered along the way: per aspera ad astra just a handful of stars in your pocket.
Quanti passi fai Proprio come me Senza darti mai Risposte all’invisibile Risposte all’invisibile Qualcosa ci accomuna, non lo vedi? Siamo milioni di atomi e desideri Sbattiamo come fulmini al tramonto E chissà perché siamo venuti al mondo Le gocce come lame sulla pelle La pioggia però, non spegnerà mai le stelle Mostrami tutti i tagli, le debolezze Tanto lo so che, in fondo, sono le stesse Le mie, le tue, le sue, con le stessе paure La strada non la sa nessuno Quanti passi fai Proprio come mе Senza darti mai Risposte all’invisibile Senza darti mai Risposte all’invisibile Risposte all’invisibile Continui a calcolare e a prendere la mira La vita è tutto quello che non pensi prima Una sorpresa, trovarsi a metà senza uno schema In fondo quelli come noi non hanno mai pace Toccano l’ombra prima della luce Come bambini fanno domande Messe da parte, autocondanne Tutto si, tutto si, tutto si scioglie Le nostre colpe qualcuno perdonerà Per aspera ad astra Solo un pugno di stelle in tasca Per aspera ad astra Un salto, io e te Per aspera ad astra Solo un pugno di stelle in tasca Per aspera ad astra Il dubbio e la risposta Per aspera ad astra Solo un pugno di stelle in tasca Per aspera ad astra Un salto, io e te Per aspera ad astra Solo un pugno di stelle in tasca Per aspera ad astra Il dubbio e la risposta Il dubbio e la risposta Per aspera ad astra
TO ASTRA (outro)
How many steps do you take Just like me Without ever giving you Responses to the invisible Responses to the invisible We have something in common, can’t you see? We are millions of atoms and desires We strike like lightning at sunset And who knows why we came into the world The drops like blades on the skin The rain, however, will never extinguish the stars Show me all the cuts, the weaknesses I know that, deep down, they are the same Mine, yours, his, with the same fears Nobody knows the way How many steps do you take Just like me Without ever giving you Responses to the invisible Without ever giving you Responses to the invisible Responses to the invisible You keep calculating and aiming Life is everything you don’t think about first A surprise, finding yourself halfway without a plan After all, people like us never have peace They touch the shadow before the light Like children they ask questions Set aside, self-condemnation Everything yes, everything yes, everything melts Our sins someone will forgive Per aspera ad astra Just a handful of stars in your pocket Per aspera ad astra A leap, you and me Per aspera ad astra Just a handful of stars in your pocket Per aspera ad astra The doubt and the answer Per aspera ad astra Just a handful of stars in your pocket Per aspera ad astra A leap, you and me Per aspera ad astra Just a handful of stars in your pocket Per aspera ad astra The doubt and the answer The doubt and the answer Per aspera ad astra
How sweet is this short video that contains the moments with the authors, during the composition phases, thanks Gianluca!
Your words that accompany it are also beautiful. ❤️
Ad Astra is the journey of all of us.
Not only the result of talent, tenacity and passion, but the courageous story of those who choose to descend into the depths of the soul.
Ad Astra wants to be the testimony of our history and that of all those who find in music a language to discover themselves and express the hidden part of themselves.
“Can’t you see something we have in common? Show me all your cuts and weaknesses because I know that deep down they are the same, mine, yours, with the same fears, no one knows the way…”
I hope that Ad Astra today can mean for you what is a symbol and victory for us: a harmony that can guide you towards new horizons.
Thanks to you who made all this possible. I love you. ✨
And this is the exact moment of the launch of the CD, midnight on March 28th, after singing on Radio Italia, the boys had dinner together with all the authors and producers, waiting for midnight to celebrate the release of AD ASTRA. How nice to see the camaraderie between our guys and their writers and producers!!
🥰🥰🎉🎉🍾🍾🥂🥂💫💫✨❤️❤️❤️
And now, after this long post, you know the meanings of the various songs. In my opinion they made a beautiful product both in terms of lyrics and orchestration. I want to hear your opinions, whether positive or negative, because it is not possible to please everyone. Write me your favorite song and the one you don’t like and tell me which songs you pair our favorites with. But I want you to be sure of one thing, that Il Volo from before has not been cancelled, it is always there waiting for us at the events where, as always, Gianluca, Ignazio and Piero will give their best, for us fans who adore them.
And so their first CD of unreleased songs was released.🥰
For Il Volo it was an exhausting week for the launch of the CD, interviews and appearances everywhere and we were also in the pre-Easter week, in short, intense days.
I was very lucky that two events were taking place not far from where I live and with great joy I participated in both together with my husband!!
The first event was Thursday 28th in Cologno Monzese, home of Canale 5 and also of Radio Italia where the meeting took place.
The second, the next day, March 29, was the signing of the CD at the Bussolengo shopping center in the province of Verona.
Both events were about 100 km (62 miles) towards Milan for Cologno Monzese and the other towards Verona, in short Brescia remains right in the middle of these two places, how lucky!! 😉🤪
I didn’t go to Radio Italia through the Fan club, but I asked Radio Italia directly to be able to participate as an audience in the event and after a couple of days Radio Italia responded to me confirming entry for me and another person, therefore my husband was also admitted, naturally we had to send all our personal data. We had to show up at the entrance of Radio Italia at 7:00 pm and therefore we left on time and arrived at our destination without problems. There was already a queue of people waiting, entry was slow, because everyone had to fill out an authorization to use their image, given that the program was recorded and was broadcast on TV.
We had also been warned that there were no seats, but we already knew this having already been to a similar event, again with Il Volo in 2019.
When we all entered, an entertainer explained to us how the filming worked, once Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca entered, they would sit on the edge of the small stage and be interviewed by the two presenters: Manola Moslei and Daniela Cappelletti, the short interviews they would have been one after the other, but then edited at different times in the video.
They also asked us if any of us had never attended an Il Volo concert and about ten people raised their hands.
And then they came in, beautiful as the sun, smiling, dressed casually and they smiled at everyone. 😍😍😍
I knew that their new CD was officially released the next day but I was hoping, since the show would be broadcast the next evening, that they would let us hear the new songs.
And in fact it was like this, they told us we could take photos and videos, but they recommended not to release the videos of the new songs until midnight.
I took several photos that I will publish starting with these:
As you can see we were really close to the stage, a few meters separated us from them and after the interviews, they went up on stage and allowed us in the audience to get closer to the edge of the stage itself.
What can I say, we witnessed a real mini-concert. Ignazio Piero and Gianluca didn’t hold back, they immediately sang seven new songs, starting with Capolavoro and then, at the end, they sang another four songs that we know very well, namely Il Mondo, Se Telefonando, Musica che Resta, Grande Amore.
Ernesto Ginoble and all the authors and producers were also present in the room.
Gianluca Piero and Ignazio were calm but, by their admission, very excited because it was the first time they sang the new songs in public and they really wanted to see our reaction.
And what about the new songs…. WONDERFUL!!!! ❤️
I assure you that if you listen live they are beautiful, the lyrics are very beautiful, and the music is fantastic, very well orchestrated, certainly not ridiculous and repetitive songs with some basic chords done on the computer!!!
Congratulations, a job done really well, this is my opinion, of course, and I am very happy to note that Il Volo did not let itself be carried away by the pop and rap songs that are now in fashion here in Italy, songs that are super popular with kids, but which they have no artistic value, on the contrary, the more they are full of false notes and autotune, the more they are admired. Il Volo is not this and it shows in this production of theirs. Il Volo has not changed its nature, it has become more pop, but always remaining true to itself. Of course we don’t think we’ll find singing virtuosity, which they know how to do very well, but which they will always offer us in their concerts. 😉
Now I’ll tell you a couple of things that you won’t see during the official video.
The boys were singing and it was hot, at the end of a song, while Piero was talking, Ignazio in a corner, not in the frame, took off his jacket and when they were about to start the song, the technicians stopped and told Ignazio to put his jacket back on because otherwise the people on the video would have seen that first he was wearing the jacket and then after the jacket had disappeared . Ignazio said: “But I’m dying of heat,” and so they told him he had to put it back on and let them see him undress it. So in the video you will see that as soon as one of the songs starts, Ignazio immediately takes off his jacket and throws it in the air!! 😂😂
Another moment that you won’t see:at the end of the recording, the boys said goodbye to everyone, but before getting off the stage, the direction checked that everything was ok, but they saw that a song hadn’t come out well due to technical problems, so the guys told us if we were sorry they had to redo a song……but NOOOOOO. 🤪🤣🤣🤣
Then, after having redone the song, and with the cameras off, Gianluca said: “Let’s do Capolavoro again,” and so it was and we were all singing at the top of our lungs. Gianluca noticed a child in the audience who was singing loudly and invited him to go on stage, all three boys tried to convince him, but the child didn’t want to go up, he sent them a kiss and that was it.
But I must say that Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca were really very kind and nice, and their voices did not betray us, fantastic as always.
Overall it was a beautiful mini concert, indeed, an intimate mini concert, because we were about 200 people, and completely free!! 👏👏👏
None of the audience was able to have direct contact with them, because in the end Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca went to the back stage, but I would say that we can be happy like that.
And now I’ll give you the entire official Radio Italia video, enjoy!!
MANOLA= Isy Bank Music Place packed for a new episode of Radio Italia live. These very young boys started and it seems incredible 15 years ago, they were three kids and it is already a great indication.
DANIELA= Yes, yes, but then they toured the whole world with their music, they filled arenas and arenas I think on every continent .
MANOLA= My goodness!
DANIELA = This summer they will be everywhere in the world again, but this evening we have them right here on Radio Italia live, soon we will have a chat with them, we are Manola Moslehi and Daniela Cappelletti, but first let’s find out who they are with our card. Later! (the presentation sheet starts)
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca enter the stage, Capolavoro begins! ❤️❤️❤️
(my husband and I are in the audience, on the far right of the stage, just starting the right wall. We know where we were and therefore we were able to see each other but for you, it is very difficult to recognize us)
PIERO= And now we will sing our album of unreleased songs for the first time, here at Radio Italia. We will sing some songs, most of the songs from the CD, we will start with CHIARO DI LUNA. It’s exciting for us, being able to sing songs for the first time, it’s the litmus test…(a girl lets out a little scream)
IGNAZIO= I would like to understand why you scream if you don’t know the song..😂😂…. (the song begins)
GIANLUCA= Luca Faraone (one of the authors and producers) has just arrived, a round of applause to the producer and great musician, to the great Edwyn who has just arrived (Edwyn Roberts, another author and producer) and we also want to thank Cheope who wrote this song with Stefano Marletta and Michael Tenisci (they are all authors).
IGNAZIO= This next song….
PIERO= However one thing is important, sorry (to Ignazio). Often we must not fall for social consensus, we live a daily life in which we always need to have the consent of others. Tonight, like never before, we need your consent , did you like it? (loud applause from the audience).
IGNAZIO= So we started well. The next song, personally it is one of my favorites on the album, is one of those songs where you have to put your headphones on, and dedicate it to the person you love and so if you have someone you love, dedicate it to them. L’INFINITO.
DANIELA= Their album AD ASTRA was released today and this evening they are making us feel, like a gift, to play the songs from this new album. At the Isy Bank Music Play of Radio Italia , there is Il Volo!!
IGNAZIO= We talked about the producers and this next song was written and produced in part by a great Italian producer who if a few months ago his name was associated with ours they told us: “you are crazy”, and we are talking about Michelangelo (producer)
PIERO= (he hums a song by Michelangelo)
IGNAZIO= The song talks about an elegant love, therefore: SUCCEDE
PIERO= It’s a very strange feeling tonight. This year, as you know, we are celebrating 15 years of our career and we have experienced……. (applause)..thank you…we have experienced many sensations, many emotions. Tonight is a new, very strange feeling, because we had never sung all these unreleased songs for the first time, we have always been used to singing well-known songs, we have based our career on bel canto, on the cultural heritage that we have all inherited. Really in life, never say never, this album has arrived and we are really.. I am moved, excited….😍
GIANLUCA= You know why, this is beautiful….. it’s beautiful because the beauty of our work is that we can convey emotions with our voices and this album talks a bit about us, about what we’ve experienced in the last year and a half, and our relationship has also strengthened, because 15 years is a long time but we are like a family and it is important to try to send this positive message too, it is important to do what you like most and express yourself, to be you yourself and convey authentic emotions to the audience that listens to you, so we would like to thank you for all the support you have given us over all these years, and it is exciting to sing these songs that speak about us deeply, for the first time to you this evening .
MANOLA= The Isy Bank this evening is truly a place full of energy and warmth because the occasion is special, there are three guys we know, three incredible artists: Il Volo!!
IGNAZIO= Hello, hello everyone.
MANOLA= Welcome back, this is your home by now you know it, but it’s always a pleasure to meet you. What a beautiful day today! It’s special because it was released – AD ASTRA.
IGNAZIO= Today AD ASTRA was released, we have been working on it for a while, many monts if not a year and a half and we are very happy because in any case after 15 years we are working on a totally unreleased project, we have matured and reached an artistic maturity and it gave us the opportunity to have very concrete content in each song. In fact, with the songs we address themes that we feel are very close to us, such as love but also doubt, life, why we are in the world and also a little about the world as it is going at the moment in these years, that’s it.
MANOLA= How do you decide the songs to include in your first album of unreleased songs, I imagine you’ve done a skimming…
IGNAZIO= Making punches…😂😂😂
PIERO= It’s the first time and we are proud of this album, because we have put together a team of authors who have somehow coexisted with us, they listened…
MANOLA= Shall we name some names?
PIERO= Yes, then.. we have Stefano Marletta, Edwyn Roberts, Michael Tenisci, the applause also started..
IGNAZIO= Federica Abbate …
MANOLA= In short, a good team.
GIANLUCA= Yes, but then the beauty is that we are interpreters, we have never worked on an album entirely of unreleased songs, always making projects that have led us to become who we are today. We have to thank these people who gave us the opportunity to make our thoughts and emotions tangible, not by writing ourselves in the first place, so we made friends and thanks to them we can be ourselves with our songs, so thank you…….🥰
PIERO= So now that the album is out the friendship is over. 🤣
MANOLA= It’s not true, it’s impossible not to be your friends 😍
GIANLUCA= So we really want to thank them, they are here, please give a round of applause to these wonderful guys and artists first and foremost.
MANOLA= This thing is very beautiful because we are used to seeing the final result, so the album and the work behind it is often and willingly, I won’t say is underestimated, but put a little in the shade, so the fact that you underline how far you have come together, as a team effort, it is very beautiful, very very beautiful. 🥰 There is also a featuring with Irama, the first and only featuring in this new album, in SATURNO E VENERE, how did this collaboration come about?
PIERO= We had already collaborated with Irama last year in the concert we did at the Arena. This year we were in the recording studio, we felt the need for a duet and I must tell you that it is one of our objectives to play a bit with the possibilities that music gives us, to bring together these opposite worlds, and with Irama, perhaps it is also unthinkable to combine a voice like Irama in a duet with Il Volo and I must tell you that the strength of the music…
IGNAZIO= A quartet..
PIERO= A quartet, I have to tell you that the strength of the music allowed us to live an experience in the studio together with Filippo (Irama), his way of working, of recording, of writing music which is all his, is truly incredible , I wish you one day to be able to see Filippo in the recording studio while he writes the songs, he is truly fascinating, and we thank him for participating and accepting the collaboration.
MANOLA= In fact on paper, given Filippo’s vocality, it was particular to imagine as a duet, and instead the final result is truly extraordinary.
IGNAZIO= Did you hear it?
MANOLA= Yes. I did, of course, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to talk to you tonight, right? 😁 What questions are you asking me, Ignazio?.🙄.. he’s still him anyway…🤪
PIERO= He wants to put you in difficulty..😁
MANOLA= Of course, by now, I know that guy like the back of my hand! 😉
Piero, before, spoke about the Verona Arena, you want to talk about it again, because there is something very important that will happen soon at the Arena.
IGNAZIO= Breaking news is that out of four dates, three are already sold out.
MANOLA= Wow. Four concerts at the Verona Arena, you have actually already performed there, but bringing your work, your album of unreleased songs will be something else.
GIANLUCA= Already singing them live for the first time tonight is exciting, not only for some of you, but also for us because obviously listening to them in headphones and singing them is totally different, so we will give our best and we can’t wait to bring it to tour because it will be quite long, we will start from China and Japan, then we will go to the Arena and then until next year, until mid-2025, so it will be a trip to ASTRA, exactly.
MANOLA= You said 4 dates, three sold out, one is missing, in my opinion the other will be sold out very soon too, I’ll tell you.
IGNAZIO= Yes, they’re running out.
MANOLA= I’ll tell you, we at Radio Italia bring luck.👍
IGNAZIO= Oh yes?
MANOLA= Yes.
IGNAZIO= Good.
MANOLA= So we thank you because, in short, it is the first time that you are performing with your unreleased songs here at Isy Bank Music Place. Show it Piero (Manola is holding an AD ASTRA vinyl)
PIERO= Ah, the one with the most beautiful colour.
MANOLA= It’s blue.
PIERO= Look how beautiful!
GIANLUCA= It’s an object to keep at home, beautiful, it’s a piece of furniture, look, it’s wonderful.
MANOLA= Let’s say for those who are listening to us on the radio that you have just shown the color of the vinyl which is blue.
PIERO= Where is the camera? It’s here, look how beautiful it is.
MANOLA= Cobalt blue is this.
GIANLUCA= Even those who are not fans of Il Volo can take this, just for objects.
MANOLA= For objects…..it’s a bit of a fetish if you want…
GIANLUCA= A fetish, yes…
MANOLA= So guys I want to continue…
PIERO= This is Ignazio’s hand (he is looking at the back of the vinyl cover) “who continues to hope… close that window!”
MANOLA= Again for those who are listening on the radio, we are talking about the B side of the vinyl…
IGNAZIO= In what sense?
MANOLA = The cover, side B, practically has the hand of Ignazio.
IGNAZIO= They took it while I was running away and I said HELP….
GIANLUCA= In reality they chose Ignazio’s hand because it is the most beautiful of the three…😁
MANOLA= Oh well….
GIANLUCA= I won’t show you mine because you’d run away.
IGNAZIO= But Piero’s is nice too, just nice…😁
MANOLA= Guys, all three of you are beautiful, in any position, as you put on you are beautiful and you stay beautiful. 🥰
PIERO= I injured myself this morning in the walk-in closet (he has a plaster on his finger), I was about to put on a jacket and there was a sheet metal edge….
IGNAZIO=…….and we don’t care..😂😂😂…Were you saying? (to Manola)
MANOLA= Too many things, you have to make a selection. No, let’s close, I want to hear you sing again, okay? (to the audience) – YES – and so I’ll leave the stage to you. This evening in the Isy Bank Music Place three extraordinary voices: Il Volo!
IGNAZIO= This next song is bel canto 2.0, we can say.
PIERO= So, there was a dear journalist who commented on this song saying after listening to it: “You have made bel canto more contemporary”. I think it was one of the best compliments we received and it was also our goal, and it’s also difficult to sing it.
IGNAZIO= It’s difficult to sing it, but above all we are happy with the message it sends, because with this album we wanted to send messages that talk about great themes and there is a song that we will sing after which is called IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO which talks about the desire to hope, to dream, in a better way…
PIERO= Ideal..
IGNAZIO= Ideal, and this song instead invites you to enjoy life, enjoy every moment of life, because life, in the end, is as beautiful as a work which is not intended as just a work of music, but can be anything, a work of art, anything, so we wanted to say this to all the guys of our age, but of all ages, to take advantage of every second, every moment of life, because no one gives it back to us and then “Today won’t come back anymore”. 👏👏👏
PIERO= Thank you, thank you all. The next one is the last unreleased song we will sing, but not the last of the evening.
We can’t leave you like this! 😍
IL MONDO ALL’INCONTRARIO, the lyrics of this song, imagine an ideal world, imagine this stage and each of us inside this stage shouting this desire, it is truly a utopian text, but hope is the last to die.
DANIELA= Not only the successes of the last album but also those that made them famous all over the world, this evening at the Isy Bank Music Place, again for us: Il Volo!
IGNAZIO= Now let’s go into the world that has accompanied us until today.
GIANLUCA= This is a song that we wrote about ten days ago and we decided to add it to the repertoire the day before yesterday. 😂😂😂
PIERO= I wrote the lyrics and the refrain goes: “Gira il mondo gira nello spazio senza fine”… I was inspired. 🤣🤣🤣
GIANLUCA= You know this one well, so let’s all sing together at the top of our lungs: IL MONDO!
PIERO= I heard a beautiful joke these days, did you hear that joke (addressing Ignazio)
IGNAZIO= No, it depends on which one?
PIERO= Il Volo is separating!!! 😂😂😂
IGNAZIO= Ahhhhh I have certain jokes….
PIERO= But my son, alone, I say, one two three (Gianluca Ignazio Piero), alone, we don’t even get to Monza..😂😂😂.. (Monza is the closest city to Radio Italia and Piero means to say that alone their success wouldn’t even reach Monza), I’m not saying Switzerland 🤣 (which isn’t very far away), but we won’t even get to Monza.
What’s next? Ah, this is nice, with this song we participated in Sanremo 2019.
PIERO= We would like to remember that the lyrics of “Musica che resta” were written by the great Gianna Nannini.
DANIELA= Welcome back here to the Isy Bank Music Place, evening at Radio Italia live together with Il Volo. Hello lads .
I+P+G= Hi, hi.
IGNAZIO= How are you?
DANIELA= I’m fine, and how are you?
I+G+P= Good, good.
DANIELA= Are you ready for some questions, you are always around, I already told you, I envy you so much, because you see so many wonderful places in the world.
IGNAZIO= Well, whenever you want we’ll wait for you and take you with us.
DANIELA= I’m on my fourth Volo, but I can’t sing.
IGNAZIO= Don’t worry, let’s do a radio tour…
GIANLUCA= Radio Volo.
DANIELA= I’m in!
PIERO= We will do a tour with interviews in between.
DANIELA= Oh, are you calling me?
PIERO= Yes, of course.
DANIELA= Promise! Ok, then I’m good to go.
PIERO= You have to learn Chinese, Japanese…😁
DANIELA= But I know!!
PIERO= Look, she’s thrilled….😁
DANIELA= I do.
IGNAZIO= From tomorrow he will start studying all the menus of the Japanese restaurants in Milan.
DANIELA= I already know, I think so.😁 Let’s talk about travel, how does your life on tour work? Do you also have some time to enjoy the trip or is it just work?
IGNAZIO= It depends, for example now in mid-April we leave for China and we have seven days of promotion first, then on the 20th we will do the concert in Shanghai therefore we will have the opportunity to visit it, also because it often happens that many promotional activities are carried out in the cities themselves, not only within an office or a studio, or a hotel, so in that case, we have an opportunity to see. In Japan we have seen a lot because we were lucky enough last year to be the first artists after the renovation of this very famous temple, a UNESCO heritage site, Kiyomizu-dera. We are the only artists who have given a concert there, they chose us as the inauguration of the temple and it is a magical place there, very exclusive….
PIERO= From now the Temple is called Il Volo…😁
DANIELA= What was her name before??
IGNAZIO= Kiyomizu-dera.
DANIELA = Kiyomizu-dera ….now Il Volo, you’ve combined the names, beautiful.😁 So every now and then you enjoy it a little.
PIERO= But then do you know what they call Il Volo in Japan? Il Vro.
DANIELA= Really?
PIERO= I swear…
IGNAZIO= Il Vro, Il Vro …
DANIELA= It’s so cute! 🥰
PIERO= Too cute!
DANIELA= It’s particular. I want to give you a little quiz, a little game, are you up for it?
GIANLUCA= Go.
DANIELA= So, we always talk about travel, let’s stay on this topic, I would like to understand what type of travelers you are, therefore: who is the one who goes on adventures and who instead wants to be served and revered?
PIERO= So, served and revered: him (Gianluca)😁
DANIELA= Gianlu…
GIANLUCA= A prince….
PIERO= On adventure: him (Ignazio) 😁
DANIELA= Ah Ignazio, let’s go on an adventure…
PIERO= Everything planned: me.😁
DANIELA= Ok, so you’re all scheduled…
PIERO= I have to know where I should eat…
GIANLUCA= So in the end he too is served and revered, obviously..
DANIELA= You just have to have your references.
IGNAZIO= I’m honest, I like the idea of taking an adventure holiday, but in the end I always end up served and revered….
DANIELA= Me too, because I’m lazy..
IGNAZIO= Me too, like a cat and more!
PIERO= Do you know what happened once? We have finished this two month tour and we decide to all return to our home. I had organized five days in a hotel in Sicily with my brother and sister. I arrive at this hotel, I get ready, I put on my swimsuit, I arrive at the swimming pool… guess who I find at the swimming pool in the same hotel? -Ignazio- He, who used to take a bath, after the jun tour I also found him on holiday. 😂
DANIELA= Ah ah ah, you can see it’s the charm….well let’s move on. Who is the one who also tastes insects, and who also brings pasta in their suitcase?
GIANLUCA= I eat, I chop everything.
PIERO= In fact, look how thin he is.
IGNAZIO= Indeed…
GIANLUCA= Then unfortunately I feel my stomach…
DANIELA= You too, eat, taste….(to Piero and Ignazio)
IGNAZIO= Yes, everything, everything, perhaps he (Piero) is much more traditional.
GIANLUCA= No, it’s you (Ignazio) who didn’t eat the head of the fish in Japan….
IGNAZIO= But how do you eat the head of a Sardinian??? Excuse me, poor thing… there was the Sardinian who looked at me like that 😂😂
DANIELA= Because it’s not the food, but how he looks at you… I agree 😁
PIERO= I ate the spicy jellyfish, good, it seems like a softer squid. 😳
DANIELA= You throw yourself into the kitchen quite a bit. Go on. Who is the one who launches into languages he doesn’t know and the one who stops at English at most? (put that way it seems like a slightly mischievous phrase)
PIERO= Wait, wait, formulate this sentence better…😂😂😂
DANIELA= Wait, I didn’t understand it either….
GIANLUCA= So it’s a bit ambiguous…🤣🤣
DANIELA = No come on!! Guys, who even speaks languages they don’t know?
PIERO= Well, it’s better…😁
GIANLUCA= Well…..it’s hard for us mischievous people…😂😂
DANIELA= Really mischievous…🙄
IGNAZIO= Gianluca is the one who holds back, that is, he learns immediately but if he then has to speak a language he doesn’t know he holds back… Piero and I gesture and make ourselves understood in all possible ways…😁
DANIELA= Ignazio our Italian gesticulation, we only understand it in Italy.
IGNAZIO= No, no you’re wrong.
DANIELA= Oh yes?
PIERO= Even the temples in Greece understood it.😁
GIANLUCA= Think about one time, once for a sandwich, we didn’t speak English the first few times and we said “un panin prosc.cott” (a sandwich with cooked ham, but all said truncated) 🤣🤣
DANIELA= You got it!!
IGNAZIO= That was my father in Los Angeles, I asked him for a turkey sandwich and he arrived with cooked ham and I tell him: “Dad, how did you tell him cooked ham?” and he: “And what do I know, I asked for a panin prosc.cott…..and they gave it to me”😂
DANIELA= They understood it! Miraculously it was understood. 😁
Okay, then: who goes from one disco to another and who goes to sleep after dinner because they have to get up at dawn, perhaps to play sports?
GIANLUCA= Disco….what? Disco hmmm…
DANIELA= No, well, I mean to be late…
IGNAZIO= Gianlu!
GIANLUCA= No, not me, not me…
IGNAZIO= Come on, when you go to Milan you go to all the parties more than for work…😁😁 Finish it..😉
GIANLUCA= What are you saying….
PIERO= Look how white you are….😁
GIANLUCA= They made me pale???
DANIELA= No, they’re making fun of you, Gianlu, it’s not true!!😁
Ok, let’s do something, we did the travel quiz….
PIERO= Do you know what time I went to sleep last night?
DANIELA= Tell me..
PIERO= At 9.40pm.
DANIELA= Not like that though…
PIERO= Yesterday I was tired, I wanted to watch television and I fell asleep.
DANIELA= Okay, come on, but stay awake tonight, because we still have to play here.
GIANLUCA= No, he switches off at 9.40pm, while he sings he does this look..(Gianluca lies down) 🤣
PIERO= 5 minutes left (in fact it’s really around 9.40pm)
DANIELA= We have to hurry.
GIANLUCA= He has the switch, then it turns off.😂
DANIELA= Thanks guys, come back to the stage of the Isy Bank Music Place, because this evening there are these three extraordinary artists with us: Il Volo!
GIANLUCA= This last song, after Capolavoro…. no, it is the most important of our career, you know very well what it is because it is our first unreleased song, among other things, of 2015 and we had the great privilege and honor of winning the Sanremo festival, nine years have already passed….
PIERO= And since that day, since we sang that melody (he sings Hey Jude)
GIANLUCA= Are you also like Troisi? (an Italian actor)
PIERO= We have to say goodbye. So we say goodbye, we have to say goodbye guys. First of all we thank all of you (Ignazio disturbs), we would like to thank….enough Igna….
GIANLUCA= Enough Igna, come on, come on…1-2-3.
PIERO= Serious moment……we would like to first of all thank all of you this evening for being here on such an important evening for us…
GIANLUCA= And if I may, thanks to Radio Italia for all the support (Gianluca is unable to say the word and makes a raspberry)….🤣😂
IGNAZIO= The ciupporto (Ignazio also says it by distorting the pronunciation)🤣
GIANLUCA= It happens even to the best, it happens even to the best…..let’s do it again!!
PIERO= And then let us thank our record company, Sony Music for the support, the support they give us every day.
GIANLUCA= Thanks again to all the authors who contributed so that this album could be….
IGNAZIO= We don’t know, but do you pay for it? Because he always says he thanks you, but you pay him a lot a month (to say thank you), I want a percentage too!! 😂🤣
GIANLUCA= Let’s end all thanks.
PIERO= We close by thanking our entire team, all the structures that collaborate with us, our manager Michele Torpedine, Barbara, everyone, everyone who with us there are no holidays, they also work on Sundays, thank you, thank you for dedicating your time, your support and above all your seriousness to us.
GIANLUCA= And thanks also to my brother Ernesto who was also part of the direction of this project, thank you for everything, we love you! 😍
IGNAZIO= And we wanted to say a big THANK YOU to you who listen to us from home, but above all to you who came here this evening dedicating GRANDE AMORE to you. ❤️
MANOLA= They have performed on the most important stages all over the world and tonight we had them here in the Isy Bank Music Place protagonists of a live Radio Italia wow, incredible.
DANIELA= Did we sing?
MANOLA= But I no longer have a voice…at a certain point I felt like the fourth member of Il Volo…
DANIELA= Yes, you sing so well….Daniela Cappelletti and Manola Moslehy will meet you at the next Radio Italia live, again here in the Isy Bank Music Place, so goodnight to everyone.
MANOLA= Bye.
(some photos published by Radio Italia)
What a fantastic evening, what emotion, how beautiful the new songs, how friendly our boys, everything was beautiful.
I won’t add anything else, I’m waiting for your comments!!
See you soon to tell you about another live event!!
How wonderful, the guys seem more relaxed, the songs of this little private concert are beautiful.
And how wonderful to see the hugs between our kids, how much tenderness. 😍😍😍
This clashes with what the Italian newspapers are publishing on Il Volo relating to an alleged live radio argument between Piero and Gianluca, a video that I have already published here too, immediately telling you that it was nothing important, a simple exchange of opinions as often happens between brothers but which does not cause their affection to collapse.
Here I propose the video again, which moreover was taken from a much longer interview.
Our “dear” journalists took the cue to write that Il Volo is arguing, is separating and I must say that many fans also believed this.
Yesterday I counted 35 different newspapers that had headlines about this dispute, 🤬🤬🤬 and so Stefano Fisico, the one who was interviewing them in the video and also a great friend of our boys, published this video.
(The headline under his picture says): YOU MAKE ME LAUGH
STEFANO= So guys, I tend to be someone who laughs about everything, because we also need to be light-hearted, especially in the things we deal with, dealing with music and football not only at the highest levels.
I was told…..how sad….two articles from two newspapers which hypothesized a controversy between Gianluca and Piero from Il Volo, during an interview I did with them last week on Radio Number One.
If you watch the entire interview we did, don’t look for the controversy and the clicks that make me laugh, but sign your name, so at least you put your face in the bullshit you write. 👏👏👏
But even this did not stop the journalists and the newspapers went from two to 35.
So yesterday Alvise Salerno, DJ and host of Radio Number One, published this video:
Il Volo argued on the air on Radio Number One. What a stupid joke.
Piero and Gianluca from Il Volo argue on Radio Number One… I woke up this morning and I was doing my research, because now I’m going to the radio to do my program on Radio Number One, coincidentally, and I read on Repubblica, Il Messaggero (headlines of Italian newspapers) and I don’t know about other newspapers, but in Repubblica and Il Messaggero I read this news which concerned Il Volo, which concerned Piero and Gianluca who were guests on our track the week of Sanremo.
My first reaction when I read it was, “what’s going on?”
The second reaction was to write a comment on both the Il Messaggero and Repubblica pages saying that you are ridiculous!! Because objectively they are ridiculous. The news is false. From any point of view the boys have never argued, among other things the full video of this thing that they filmed can be found right here on the Radio Number One profile on Tik Tok, therefore easily available, extremely easy to find. Clearly and obviously I will say it on the radio now, that they were false, that they wrote something stupid, that nothing is true, the boys never argued, they were laughing and joking with each other as they have always done for years and the thing that I’m so sorry, do you know what it is? That in the case of both Il Messaggero and La Repubblica there are no names, it is written by the editorial and entertainment staff, so the director of my radio station cannot even call those directly involved (responsible for the two newspapers) and it really makes me laugh at this thing and I’d like to talk to the author of this…. what can we call it? Well…a joke?? Yes, I would call it a joke in bad taste….but I can’t do it, so amen!!
And with this, I close the topic and I hope I have allayed all your fears. I listened to the entire interview and Piero and Gianluca laugh and at the end Piero reiterates to Stefano that there is love and respect between the three of them and Stefano confirms. 😉
Instead now I want to offer you this little video clip where our boys say their opinions on some topics.
THE FIRST PERFORMANCE IN SANREMO 2024
GIANLUCA= We shared a unique moment singing that song on stage. Only we can truly understand how it feels. We look at each other and with a look of complicity we understand each other deeply. And this is important. ❤️
CAPOLAVORO
GIANLUCA= We return with the presentation of a song that today represents a bit of our individual personalities that give this song this strength.
PIERO= We are proud of our song, because today Capolavoro talks about a feeling told in a different age. We are thirty years old and our feelings clearly change and mature for each of us.
THE EXPECTATIONS OF SANREMO
IGNAZIO= Let’s say that Sanremo is not an easy week and certainly many people have expectations of artists and we promised ourselves one thing, not to have expectations, to participate in this Sanremo with a smile and with the desire to celebrate 15 years and send this message of unity.
LISTEN TO EACH OTHER AND LOVE EACH OTHER
GIANLUCA= Perhaps to try to build healthy relationships we need to put aside egocentrism and presumption, be willing to listen, so it is the only way in working relationships, but also in relational ones and then ours is truly a marriage if so you can call it right? Then we love each other, I think this is the main thing, there is a boundless affection. ❤️
BEL CANTO IN THE WORLD
IGNAZIO= Bel canto is a genre that certainly attracts the attention of an audience that is more foreign than Italian. They have a different attention to this genre which has chosen us a bit, it wasn’t us who chose it, because since we were little we have always sung bel canto and this song from Sanremo, Capolavoro, we think will be a perfect bridge for the record that will be released soon, a record of unreleased songs, it will be completely different where people can hear our three different personalities.
PIERO= And then to follow a world tour, we will start from China, Japan and directly from Japan we will land at the Verona Arena. After Italy a world tour will follow, United States, Australia, South America. 👏👏👏
The speeches end by talking about the bomb scare that occurred the evening before Sanremo during all the singers’ dinner. Il Volo had just left the area and shortly afterwards everything was evacuated due to the alarm, luckily it was just a false alarm.😱
And now this other short video by Radio Italia.
IS THREE THE PERFECT NUMBER?
The boys’ answer is yes, that is, they very much agree.
Woman= In my opinion three is a lot.
Gianluca= So the three of us, would we be many?
Woman= But because I don’t get along with two people, I can’t.
Piero= Three is the perfect number for only one reason, because there is always a majority.
Ignazio= We are lucky enough to have mutual respect.
Woman= And are there any reasons for the argument? Do you argue?
Ignazio= Always, but thank goodness.
Gianluca= Of course, but paradoxically when it comes to music, because we are totally different. We invite you to spend a day on tour with us.
Woman= Oh god, that’s so cool, I would do it. 🤪
And now a look backstage at their official video for Capolavoro.
And this is good news, although we hope that every week it gets better and better.
Capolavoro by Il Volo was the highest new entry in the airplay chart: position 43. The song, competing in Sanremo 2024, was in 107th place last week.
Here is the link to the earone Facebook post if you would like to make a comment. Click on the photo below to take you there.
And finally a video of the reaction to the first listening to Capolavoro with English subtitles!!
Another video reaction to Capolavoro. (this one you’ll have to activate the English subtites)
Here is a unique version of Capolavoro with the orchestra removed so the guys’ voices are ‘acapella’.
And this time too I hope I have given you interesting news, but I’ll tell you straight away that next time we’ll only talk about our two lovers: Ignazio and Michelle!!❤️❤️
I can say that I expected it and I also warned you about the negativity of the Press Office and the Radio, but that this reaching such a low point, I didn’t want to believe it. 🤬
Last night at the Festival, quality was not rewarded, not even the performance, much less the voices, the professionalism.But are we joking????
Even if we had voted from all over the planet, nothing would have changed, Il Volo is not even in the top 5 after having given an incredible performance together with Stef Burns, and for this they have to thank the journalists in the press room who have always had an aversion towards them and the Italian radio stations that NEVER pass them on.🤬
I’m still so angry that as I write to you I’m shaking with nervousness. 🤬
But what are we talking about?
For all those who haven’t seen it yet, here is the video of the wonderful performance of Il Volo and Stef Burns presenting WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER by Queen!!
Stratospheric, immense. ❤️❤️❤️
My goodness, what a performance!!!! Chills on the skin.
Let me start by saying that I was a QUEEN fan and here with IL VOLO, they were worthily represented. A very difficult song that requires an uncommon vocality.
But have you noticed how Gianluca modulates his voice??? Fantastic!
And Piero blended perfectly into this harmony, his voice was very recognizable.
What about Ignazio, the high notes are his forte and once again he proved it to everyone.
Stef Burns did his part, including some great rock guitar playing. 🎸
In the end a perfect fusion of sound singing harmony.
This performance absolutely deserved first place, especially considering the other performances.
But here is the ranking of the top 5!
What amazes me is the absolutely undeserved first place. 🤬
I have nothing against the Neapolitan song, but the Sanremo regulation has always prohibited singing in regional dialects, this year the regulation was modified to allow the Neapolitan song to participate. I knew he would have great support from the people, but here the support of journalists and radio stations was also needed, otherwise it is not possible that he could have reached this point.
I agree on second place, Angelina Mango (a young and good emerging singer) and also on third place with Annalisa (remember her duet with Gianluca), and also on fifth place, but I also absolutely disagree on fourth place, a ‘really unworthy’ performance!!
There were many boos when the first position was announced, also because it is not just a ranking, there is a winner who gets a trophy, the trophy for the best performance of the duets’ evening.
The winner sang again and was then rewarded, but there were many boos and people left the theater.
But this is not the point, the public’s disappointment is due but it’s time for the press room to stop voting and in any case the radio jury (placed this year) is another negative component.
This Festival is a great farce., I am truly dismayed.
There is nothing to do! 🤬
Let’s at least enjoy this beautiful roundup of photos from the evening.
It goes without saying that there is a lot of bitterness in the mouth, these prejudices from the press room will never end and the radios will never play their songs, nothing has changed.
For us they are the winners and anyone with good taste and ears to hear cannot say otherwise.
And tonight we start again, it’s the final evening. Of course, at this point, I don’t think Il Volo can rank in the top 5.
But they need all our support.
The evening will open with listening to the 30 competing songs. Il Volo competes with the number 5, so it is the fifth this evening, it will be around 10:00 in the evening (Italian time) in the end only the home jury will vote, therefore the televoting and therefore we must let Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca hear that there has always been their appreciation from home. It won’t help them climb the rankings, but it will help their pride, because they know they did an excellent job.
Then the general ranking of the 4 evenings will be drawn up and only the top 5 will continue the race.
Piero, GIanluca Ignazio, you are already our winners. ❤️❤️❤️……..everything else is boring!!!!
There is less and less time left until Sanremo and every day new interviews and videos are published.
Today I propose this interview to you in the GRAZIA newspaper.
Pay attention to Ignazio’s words. ❤️
LOVE PUSHES US FORWARD
After the victory in 2015, the three singers of Il Volo return to the Festival with the song CAPOLAVORO, which talks about the feeling that changed their lives.
When I meet the three guys from Il Volo, I can’t help but notice all their differences. In their way of telling themselves, of understanding music and the world. But at the same time I feel a unique, consolidated, respectful entity.
Fifteen years after their debut, Gianluca Ginoble, Piero Barone, and Ignazio Boschetto felt the need to focus on themselves. They did this by preparing an album that for the first time will be composed entirely of unreleased songs and in which they promise a new story that they will take on a world tour.
WHAT TIME IS THIS?
GIANLUCA= We realized that we have based our career in the past, on the strong roots of our culture that we have brought around the world. For the first time, however, we now feel connected to the present, with an eye towards the future.
YOU WILL BE COMPETING IN SANREMO WITH CAPOLAVORO. HOW WOULD YOU TELL IT?
IGNAZIO= We understood that this was the perfect song for Sanremo. Talk about love. When you are in a relationship, you stop and say: “This story is a Capolavoro”, I’m getting married next year and for me the masterpiece is exactly what I’m experiencing.
PIERO= It makes me think of that very strong feeling that grows inside you without you knowing it. When you realize you have it you need to externalize it.
GIANLUCA= For me, love is like jumping off Niagara Falls without a life jacket. You know that you rely on a person with the risk of experiencing incredible pain.
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF BREAKING UP YOUR TRIO?
PIERO= Never. We have lived intense years, without ever stopping. There wasn’t time to even think about it.
BUT IT IS NOT OBTAINED.
PIERO= Yes, but there was a lot of effort. Today others only talk about immediate success achieved with the least amount of effort. It’s wrong.
GIANLUCA PARTICIPATED ON BEHALF OF THE TRIO IN THE EVENING OF GRACE FOR THE DAY AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. IT’S AN EMERGENCY?
GIANLUCA= For many men it is difficult to admit that they have weaknesses, there is a virility that is so flaunted and which can lead to violence.
PIERO= Each of us should make our contribution, even in small things, not laughing at squalid jokes and perhaps pointing out to our best friend that he is making a mistake in using certain words.
There was the long-awaited Radio Italia interview (I don’t like Gianluca’s trousers at all, my opinion) 🤪
WOMAN= Let me dream right away. Where have you been lately around the world? You are always around, I watch the stories, I would like to do all the trips you do. Where have you been?
GIANLUCA= We’ve been around, we’ve had the opportunity to tour, travel, but returning to Sanremo is always an emotion, because we were born here artistically.
WOMAN= It’s true, this is what I wanted to tell you, what it’s like to return, after all these trips around the world, to such an important stage for Italy and not only and above all for you who this stage has given you so much.
IGNAZIO= We have realized that we are coming to celebrate our anniversaries, it will be 15 years, we celebrate 15 years this year and it is not easy, it is not easy to be together for 15 years (Piero and Gianluca protest), let me finish, it is not easy to stay together for 15 years always with the same enthusiasm.
GIANLUCA = (to Piero). See, you don’t have to interrupt him.
PIERO= (to the person filming) Can you cut this piece?? (laughs) 😂Is not easy.
WOMAN= So what is it that keeps you tied to this enthusiasm?
PIERO= Enthusiasm keeps us bonded, the desire that unites us to always do new things, never lose that passion for the profession we carry out, we consider ourselves three privileged individuals, because we do what we love, we do it every day, so we don’t there is something more beautiful.
WOMAN= And so we return to Sanremo, the piece is called MASTERPIECE, tell me a little about it, a little spoiler.
GIANLUCA= A small spoiler that can be done….more than anything it explains the feeling that is love, but told in a profound way, because sometimes you realize that you love, only when you look back, and sometimes you realize how special this person is, like how did I do without this person before I met them. Sometimes it’s as if it suddenly falls from the sky, but it can be love for a child, love in general, universal love, how important this feeling really is that moves the world.
PIERO= For us who sing it, each of us sings it in a different way, feels it in a different way, for me CAPOLAVORO speaks in a romantic way about hope, because maybe when you don’t find it in yourself, in the most difficult moments you hope for something outside of yourself.
WOMAN= So you hope something comes…..how you turn it is a nice message.
GIANLUCA= Yes, there are people who can really change your life. Growing up, doing introspection on yourself is important, to be able to understand, to recognize love as a feeling, then there are people who can enrich your life and make it better.
PIERO= It can be dedicated to someone, something, that feeling that literally changed your life, not just people.
WOMAN = Even a little awareness when you feel certain things. Guys, we were immediately a bit philosophical, but the piece requires it, because it actually has a beautiful message. I thank you, see you in Sanremo.
IGNAZIO= Thank you very much.
PIERO= Remember……it’s not easy.
WOMAN= With this enthusiasm, it’s not easy.
IGNAZIO= However you’ve seen, nothing has changed, they won’t let me talk. 😂😂😂
And then there is this which is not an interview, but a long reflection that makes you think a lot, a long tirade made by Luca Maggitti to the administration of the municipality of Montepagano and Roseto degli Abruzzi, read it and try to understand that it’s very ironic. I really liked it, well written Luca Maggitti, sometimes you need these “little digs”.
I remind you that Luca Maggitti is a journalist who lives in Abruzzo and who met Gianluca who was walking with his grandfather and they drank a coffee.
I bring you an old photo of Luca Maggitti and Gianluca.
Gianluca Ginoble – Il Volo THE AMBASSADOR OF ROSETO AND ABRUZZO IN THE WORLD RETURNS TO THE SANREMO FESTIVAL
In short: there is no two without three.
Gianluca Ginoble – from the ancient village of Montepagano in Roseto – will return to the stage of the most important Italian event in terms of occupying television, social media and any other space. Tens of millions of people in Italy will talk about the event (Sanremo Festival) and billions around the world will in some way be involved in the various references to the event.
Every time such a media circus takes place (all the media attention for Sanremo) I think of Gianluca sitting drinking a coffee in Roseto, speaking kindly to anyone who comes to say hello. And I have the image of a Ferrari left in the garage, for some souped-up Vespone to race in competitions where class and speed are needed. (Maggitti compares the kind and polite Gianluca to a beautiful world-class car, a Ferrari that is left in the garage, to race a Vespa, a famous Italian motorbike, remember the film Roman Holidays?)
Yes, because I ask myself: is it possible that Gianluca goes to Sanremo and no one in the Municipality (of Roseto) or Region (of Abruzzo) calls him – eight days before the start of the event – to congratulate him, incite him, encourage him?
Let’s be clear, we talk about politics and government at various levels and I certainly don’t expect the administrators to call him because they truly love the artist or his genre or appreciate this exemplary boy for education and culture, who has remained very polite despite a global success that we even have hard to imagine.
(Maggitti is really scolding the municipal administrators here, because Gianluca should be called not only because he is a great artist, but also because he is an exemplary boy in terms of education and culture, despite his great success)
I don’t expect this. Furthermore, I am biased because I have always respected him.
No, I want to be cynical and wretched to the core!
(Maggitti means that if they had been cynical, the administrators would have had to call Gianluca for at least other reasons, which he will now list)
If I were a public administrator – at various levels in Abruzzo, since Gianluca was appointed, years ago, ambassador of both Abruzzo and Roseto degli Abruzzi in the world – I would call him because Gianluca creates media hype. Because its social profiles generate more interactions than all those of the various municipalities, provinces and regions combined. Not to mention the Volo one.
I see Gianluca who for almost 15 years – in a few months it will be 15 – has spoken well (more: he speaks with love) about Roseto degli Abruzzi and Abruzzo, truly helping these territories to be known.
On the other hand, I don’t see equal interest on the part of those who govern, especially the tourist-cultural part of the territory. And I ask myself: why?
What is the point of this masochism?
A final reflection, remaining in Roseto, in the limited area of via Latini. And talking about tourism and – more generally – territorial promotion.
The part of via Latini that goes towards the sea, the one after via Nazionale, has a system of decorative lights at the top with the words of the famous “Nel blu painted di blu” (Volare) by Domenico Modugno. Good, great.
(He intends to remember that in the town of Roseto some lights have been installed with the words of Volare)
But, I wonder: we have Gianluca Ginoble who won the Sanremo festival at 10 years old, at his first participation, he chose to live in Montepagano di Roseto, where his roots are, he always speaks well of his birthplace and the territory, he is always available when it comes to visiting associations that work for the good of the area… and don’t we put “Grande Amore”?
Is it possible that it is so incredibly difficult to insert the words of “Grande Amore” on the “rambla” of Roseto degli Abruzzi (via Latini, in the part that goes towards the hill), perhaps by having him turn on the lights for the first time and have him sing alone and live a cappella the song?
Is it so difficult to respect an international pop star who lives where she was born and who has the only flaw of not being haughty? Not for him, I repeat.
He (Gianluca) now travels from Rai 1 upwards, from Canale 5 upwards, from Corriere della Sera upwards. (Maggitti means to say that the most important programs talk about Gianluca and Il Volo)
For us, for our struggling territory, for tourism with less than 100,000 visitors in two years… for the fact that no one queues there and that the very expensive VisitRoseto.it gets as many likes or visits as a site set up by a elementary school, to teach children to use the web.
Is it possible that we prefer to keep the Ferrari in the garage and go for challenges with the souped-up Vespone? But what’s the point?
Mayor Mario Nugnes, do you remember when I brought Gianluca Ginoble to the Oratory of the Campo dei Preti at the request of my friend Father Antonio Ghidoni, who wanted to meet him and who defined “Grande Amore” as a prayer, and in the homily invited the faithful to vote Il Volo?
Mayor, do you remember? You had frizzy hair and were tutoring in the afternoon, and Gianluca came to hug you (him, you!), telling me that you had been his afternoon teacher when he attended the Oratory?
If you don’t remember, I’ll put the photo from that day here.
Mayor, can we ask Ferrari for the favor of lending a hand to this little village, which is slipping more and more towards numerical inconsistency and which desperately needs a great recovery plan?
I don’t know if Gianluca Ginoble – who is preparing for yet another world tour on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Il Volo – has time, but I know for sure that a photo of him, a reel or a thought is worth the sum of all the sites’ efforts, little sites, pages and little pages of our parts.
And if I say this it is because I myself have found my articles about him translated into English, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese and more, on the web. And I am a poor journalist who would never otherwise have been translated! 😂
I, for the umpteenth time, put these reflections into it. You rulers – at any level – will do what you believe. I only hope that you are illuminated by the beacon of the common good and real progress in your daily work.
Whatever the case, my best wishes to Gianluca Ginoble and Il Volo, remembering the emotions of the 2015 victory, when he turned 20 exactly on the day of his debut as a competitor at the Festival.
Dàje sìmbre fùrte, Gianlù! (Abruzzo expression to say: “Come on, always strong, Gianlù “)
(Another old photo of Luca Maggitti with Gianluca)
Who knows if it was because of the article published by Luca Maggitti that the municipal administration of Roseto woke up??
We want to think that it wasn’t the article, but today, Friday 2 February, there will be an award for our Gianluca in Roseto. 🎉🎉🎉
This is the motivation.
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the birth of ‘Il Volo’ and in view of its participation in the 74th edition of the Festival of Sanremo, the Municipal Administration of Roseto degli Abruzzi organized a ceremony to pay homage to the Rosetano singer Gianluca Ginoble who was a guest in the Council Room, at 11 am on Friday 2 February. In 2015, Gianluca Ginoble was awarded the title of ‘Ambassador to the World of the City of Roseto degli Abruzzi’ and the other two members of the ‘Il Volo’ trio, Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto, were awarded the honorary citizenship of Roseto degli Abruzzi.
The ceremony, conducted by Francesca Martinelli, represented a moment to make the entire Rosetan community feel the affection towards Gianluca Ginoble, to relive his great career with him and to pay homage to him with a gift created for the occasion.
And here is the video of the awards ceremony.
The mayor expresses words of esteem and good wishes and Gianluca thanks everyone and tells little things about life in his town and the emotion he always has when he talks about his city which he will always carry in his heart. ❤️
And another video by a journalist, Luca Maggitti Di Tecco, from Il Messaggero who was at the event.
The administration gives Gianluca a jewel representing a Presentosa Rose and asks him to wear it also on the evening of the festival and Gianluca wears it immediately. Then Gianluca thanks and also wants to remember his brother Ernesto who collaborated with the team. 🥰
Then there was a really nice video by Antonella Clerici (she presented TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE) who wished Il Volo her “good luck”. ❤️
The guys from Il Volo are extraordinary, I met them in the first edition of TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE and they were put together, that is, they introduced themselves alone, Ignazio and Piero are Sicilian, while Gianluca is from Abruzzo. Since they were three “lyricists” even if with different voice tones, we formed this trio and it won all the episodes, it was really very, very strong. So it was clear that they had great talent, then it was Tony Renis who first brought them to the United States, then their manager Michele Torpedine understood their potential and first they had great luck in the United States, and then also in Italy.
I remember when they showed up at their first Sanremo festival with GRANDE AMORE, which was hosted by my friend Carlo Conti, I told him: “Carlo get ready because they will win the Sanremo Festival, I’m sure of it”, because in the televoting they were too much, too strong and also very good, then they were three young guys, people liked them, I knew their potential and in fact it was like that .
And now I wish them a big “good luck” for the next Sanremo festival.
As I have already told you, many newspapers of all kinds are talking about Il Volo.
This is a Gossip magazine, it talks about Il Volo’s girlfriends. I assure you that some are not reliable news, so I don’t waste time translating them.
Even the RAI news programs talk about Sanremo and therefore also about Il Volo.
WOMAN= Sanremo Festival, on the Ariston stage, among the competing artists Il Volo, with the song CAPOLAVORO, and on the cover evening, the homage to Queen. (a video starts)
MAN= Grown up, born on the Ariston stage at TI LASCIO UNA CANZONE, in the end you know Sanremo well.
PIERO= In 2009 we met at the Ariston, then we left and returned in 2015 with GRANDE AMORE, now, after 15 years, we are returning to celebrate this great achievement, which is both professional and personal.
MAN= Who knows what Ignazio was up to at 14 years old in the back stage of the theater.
IGNAZIO= But because I, sorry…..we combined all three. It was a way to grow quickly, because in the end we grew quickly.
MAN= CAPOLAVORO in Sanremo, isn’t it a bit risky to say it right away?
GIANLUCA= In fact we wanted to title it CAPOLAVORO in brackets perhaps…..
PIERO= Let’s hope….
GIANLUCA= Let’s hope. Obviously it’s not about us…
MAN= Queen for duet, this year.
PIERO= It will be a great moment to be able to share the stage with Steff Burns and we would like to thank Vasco Rossi (well-known Italian rock singer) for lending us his guitarist, thank you Vasco!
.……..and this is Vasco Rossi’s response!
Happy to lend my guitarist STEF BURNS to Il Volo in Sanremo…..on the cover evening….he will perform a Queen solo, WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER, I’m proud of him.
This interview on Radio Subasio is also very beautiful. Since at the beginning the questions are the same ones that are repeated several times, I start translating about halfway through the video.😉
RADIO SUBASIO
WOMAN=……do you sometimes argue too? Who is the most rebellious of the three? (Piero marks Ignazio with his hand)
WOMAN= Ignazio?
GIANLUCA= Every now and then it explodes, yes yes. But we have three completely different characters, but thank goodness it’s like this, because if we were the same, that creative spark wouldn’t strike, so everyone brings their own ideas, there are often contrasts but in the end we always manage to find the solution and the best for the group, well, this is important.
WOMAN= Of course, of course. But then in recent years a few things have changed in your life, we used to talk off the air, there are those who have coupled up (Ignazio), those who have exploded (Gianluca), what is the situation like, those who are single among you, do we want to say it?
PIERO= We have always tried to respect our private life and I believe it is also our duty, because we often say that we live two parallel lives, the professional life which takes up ten months of our life every year and our personal life, and we also want this to be the case. keep it.
WOMAN = It seems very right to me….
GIANLUCA= But anyway Ignazio is getting married!!
WOMAN= When Ignazio, when the happy event?
IGNAZIO = Next year.
WOMAN= So next year. Guys I wanted to tell you something else, in recent days we spoke with LA SAD (a punk group with colored hair that will be in Sanremo) and I asked them which artist (from Sanremo) they felt most in tune with and they told us Il Volo.
I even considered a collaboration with them and they said yes, absolutely.
How about? How do you respond to this proposal?
IGNAZIO= Well, they are young guys who…..
GIANLUCA= Young people, they are older than you Ignazio….(it’s true the members of La SAD are older than them)
IGNAZIO= Yes, but they are young kids in the sense of sending the message (Ignazio means that they are listened to more by young kids)
WOMAN= But can something be done?
GIANLUCA= It would be interesting, we recently met in Sanremo during rehearsals, a relationship of great respect was born, because everyone expresses their emotions in their art and it’s nice to see these differences. Everyone has space to demonstrate what they really are and we are all different, there is no right or wrong, better or worse, this is the beauty of music, so it will be wonderful to see these contrasts between Il Volo and La Sad, certainly in Sanremo .
WOMAN= Of course I agree, that’s why we’re very intrigued by this idea, this image of a collaboration between the two of you, have you ever seen it? I want to play a little game with you, to test your memory, if you agree.
PIERO= This worries me. 😁
WOMAN= Remembering the festival of a few years ago, for example Sanremo 2000, concentrate, Sanremo 2000…
PIERO= I was 7 years old….
WOMAN= You remember who won, even from hearsay, I will help you anyway because I give you three options…
IGNAZIO= Jo di Tonno (Italian singer).…
GIANLUCA= No, it was 2006…
WOMAN= I’ll give you the three options…
GIANLUCA = (to Ignazio) Jo di Tonno and I are the only people from Abruzzo to have won the Sanremo festival…
WOMAN= Oh yes, you see it!
PIERO= Do you know that I am the only Sicilian to have won the Sanremo festival?
GIANLUCA= Oh no, boy, he (Ignazio) is Sicilian…
PIERO= He’s from Bologna!
WOMAN= Guys three options for the 2000 festival, be careful: Gigi D’Alessio, Ivana Spagna or Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel? (All Italian singers)
GIANLUCA= Ah yes, “Sentimento” (it is the title of the song by the Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel)
WOMAN= Well done, great Gianluca, see what a memory! Instead, who was presenting the festival? Do you remember it? Who was there in 2000?
GIANLUCA= Fazio (an Italian presenter)
WOMAN= Good, you didn’t even need the help. Oh Gianluca, damn what a memory, well done, congratulations, you haven’t won anything, but thanks for being with us guys.
Good luck for the Sanremo Festival, we’ll meet again to hear about the fresh emotions we just experienced on the Ariston stage.
Thanks Ignazio, thanks Piero, thanks Gianluca.
Il Volo on the Sanremo 2024 stage, bye guys, thanks!
And to the happiness of many fans, this year’s summer concerts have been announced, all in Italy, here they are!! 🥳🥳🎉
But now the most beautiful interview, made by Gianluca Gazzoli for BSMT. There is the automatic translation and I urge you to activate it, because it is truly a beautiful interview, different from the usual ones, and to which our boys responded with sincerity and maturity and also with a lot of spirit.
To turn on captions click the gear button in the lower right corner of the video, then Subtitles. Then choose English from the list that appears.
The comments under this interview suggest that some people, seeing it, have changed their minds about how Il Volo has always been perceived (thanks to the Italian press)
Don’t miss this interview!!!
From school desks to the most prestigious stages in the world. Three boys who, at just 15 years old, have fascinated and conquered everyone with their extraordinary talent. Well yes, Il Volo passed through the BSMT.
An extraordinary career, started as teenagers and built with sacrifice, commitment and a lot of ambition. Ignazio, Gianluca and Piero told us how their lives changed suddenly, transforming them from simple fifteen-year-olds to world stars. Successes, family, friendship, recognition, surreal anecdotes, changes and much more. A chat in which their three very distinct personalities emerged and in which they indulged in confidences like never before.
FROM A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE! IL VOLO passes through the BSMT
Certainly Caterina Boschetto’s words, at the beginning of the interview, contained a lot of truth.
“Know that if I sign your life will change, know that the responsibilities will become more, know that you can play but not like before, know that many things will change.”
I warned you that the media exposure of Sanremo is notable, and what I have reported to you are the best interviews of these days, but at every moment there is something new.
Very little left, how exciting!!
Daniela🤗
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