Elegia [Import]

Paolo Conte | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Italy
• ASIN: B00067GL5U
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,376 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An expression of passion for music and life from the ultimate Italian contemporary songwriter, December 8, 2005

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Daniele Graziani "Emperoni" (Costa Mesa, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegia (Audio CD)

Elegia, in Italian, is a word that describes a poetic ideal: an ideology expressed in Italian poetry on and off since the fourteenth century. The main theme of this ideology is that the poet is the lover and the slave of his passion. Usually that passion is centered around a woman, but it oftentimes revolves around the poet's main weaknesses and the love for his own artistic expression. Elegia is the poetry of crying.

Elegia, in my opinion, is Paolo Conte's deepest poetic expression. The uncertainty of the future and the feelings of old people who look back, look forward, and sometimes are too distant from current events to look in any direction at all, are captured in this CD with mastery.

Paolo Conte begins the first song, Elegia, with "Avevo una passione per la musica... cosa faro' di me?" (I HAD a passion for music... what will I do with myself?). This almost brings tears to my eyes as if it was my own parent speaking: it is almost an admission of someone's life coming to an end. He might live longer, but will he be able to express his passion anymore? And if he cannot, will he still be the person he was?

"Non ridere, non ridere, se io cado, inciampo e faccio per andarmene... stringimi, parlami, abbracciami" (Don't laugh, don't laugh, if I fall, if I stumble and get ready to get out of here... hold me, talk to me, hug me)

Although the theme that this could be Paolo Conte's last meaningful poetic expression is pervasive (Chissa': who knows), plenty of songs don't touch on that subject. Sandwich Man is a great portrayal of a male torn between two forces: his love for his loved one and his own inability to assert his needs in a relationship. Bamboolah touches on similar topics.
Sonno Elefante, India, and Frisco make the listener wander into far foreign lands, like many previously released Paolo Conte songs did.
La Casa Cinese, Molto Lontano, and La Nostalgia del Mocambo are great songs, especially if you know what it is like to live in Italy. They combine mondane moments with deep introspective thoughts.
La Vecchia Giacca Nuova is very ironic and sheds a critical light on materialism. That is not surprising if you reflect on the fact that Paolo Conte might be thinking about how will he be remembered. And he tells us that: he wants to be remembered by his music. Molto Lontano spells it out: "m'ascolterai, mi seguirai, ma non m'amerai" (You will listen to me, you will follow me, but you will not love me.)

If you want to be loved back, start by loving someone, not something.

4.0 out of 5 stars You either love him or hate him., August 10, 2005

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M. Karakus (CAMBRIDGE, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Elegia (Audio CD)

Paolo Conte is a great musician. I think is voice and style of music is great. This new cd is a great continuation of his previous cd. As mentioned in the previous review his starting song 'Elegia' set the stage for the cd with great vocals and instruments accompanying him. Then 'Sandwich Man' is going to be a classic with the way he shows his emotions from his voice. 'ChissÀ' is another track that I enjoyed with the joyous music and korky voice combination.
Overall the cd is worth your time and money if you enjoy his music.
Enjoy.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's Wonderful, March 6, 2005

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Ray Sola (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elegia (Audio CD)

I'll admit to not knowing who Paulo Conte was until I researched who the singer was in the movie "Mostly Martha." Now I'm a fan. You don't need to speak Italian to like this. I don't.