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<title><![CDATA[Sanremo 2010, il regolamento: (ri)apertura agli stranieri ed ai dialetti]]></title>
<link>http://euromusica.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/sanremo-2010-il-regolamento-apertura-agli-stranieri-ed-ai-dialetti/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emanuele75</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[La macchina di Sanremo si mette in movimento. La direzione artistica del Festival ha comunicato le n]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://euromusica.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ariston.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4273 alignleft" style="border:black 1px solid;margin:10px;" title="ariston" src="http://euromusica.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/ariston.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="240" height="180" /></a>La macchina di <strong>Sanremo</strong> si mette in movimento. La direzione artistica del Festival ha comunicato le novità e la struttura di questa edizione, che sarà suddivisa come l&#8217;anno scorso su cinque serate, condotte da <strong>Antonella Clerici</strong> e da presenze maschili ancora da definire. La rassegna andrà in onda dal <strong>16 al 20 febbraio e</strong> tra le cinque serate ce ne sarà una celebrativa dei 60 anni della storia del Festival. Ecco le novità (a scanso di equivoci, la fonte è l&#8217;<strong>Ansa</strong>).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>CATEGORIA ARTISTI</strong> &#8211; Meno canzoni, si spera più qualità. Basterebbe stare sui livelli dell&#8217;anno scorso, sarebbe cosa buona. Le canzoni in gara saranno 14 per altrettanti artisti, compreso come è noto il vincitore dell&#8217;edizione in corso di<strong> X Factor</strong>. Porte aperte ai brani in dialetto e agli autori e compositori stranieri. L&#8217;ultimo autore e compositore straniero a Sanremo è stato <strong>Morris Albert (Mauricio Alberto Kaiserman) </strong>nel <strong>2004</strong>, che sfruttò identica norma inserita dall&#8217;allora direttore artistico <strong>Tony Renis</strong>. Parlando di soli  interpreti, di recente abbiamo invece visto vincere <strong>Lola Ponce</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In ogni, caso, si tratta di una riapertura agli stranieri, non di una novità assoluta: ricordiamo fra gli altri  <strong>Bertin Osborne, Lene Lovich, Richard Sanderson, Plastic Bertrand,  Roberto Carlos, i Middle of The Road, i Mungo Jerry, i Pop Tops, Amii Stewart</strong>,  <strong>Stevie Wonder, Ben E. King</strong> e persino i <strong>Les Surfs</strong> dal Madagascar</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Confermato  il meccanismo a eliminazione con il ripescaggio nella terza serata per gli <strong>Artisti</strong>, e la serata del venerdì (che sarà anche la finale delle novità) con artisti accompagnati da ospiti per le versioni &#8216;rivisitate&#8217; dei brani.   Torna anche la serata (la terza) dedicata al riascolto delle 4 canzoni degli <strong>Artisti</strong> non ammesse nelle serate precedenti, con una novità&#8217;: i cantanti provvisoriamente esclusi anticiperanno in questa serata la propria canzone nella versione &#8216;liberamente rivisitata&#8217; con artisti ospiti.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>CATEGORIA &#8220;NUOVE GENERAZIONI</strong>&#8221; &#8211; Saranno 8 le canzoni in gara, per altrettanti artisti, due dei quali usciranno da <strong>SanremoLab</strong>. Grosse novità per gli altri sei. Anzitutto l&#8217;età: si vai dai 14 ai 39 anni, questo apre le porte a tantissimi artisti negli anni scorsi esclusi per età. Quest&#8217;anno per la prima volta i giovani che fanno musica possono inviare una canzone che dal 3 dicembre sara&#8217; in streaming su <a href=" Inoltre, torna la giuria demoscopica del teatro Ariston e aumenta in modo significativo il peso del voto espresso dai musicisti della Sanremo Festival Orchestra.">www.sanremo.rai.it.</a> La selezione, online e per oltre un mese, portera&#8217; 6 artisti direttamente a confrontarsi sul palco di Sanremo con le stesse canzoni che in rete si potranno ascoltare, ma non votare, gia&#8217; dal 3 dicembre. Spariscono, dunque i &#8220;padrini&#8221; famosi.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>GIURIA</strong> -  Alla ricerca del meccanismo perfetto, altra conferma, quella della giuria demoscopica del teatro Ariston e aumenta in modo significativo il peso del voto espresso dai musicisti della Sanremo Festival Orchestra. Resta, putroppo anche il televoto.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>LE CINQUE SERATE</strong> &#8211; <strong>Martedì 16</strong>, canteranno gli Artisti, voterà la Giuria Demoscopica dell&#8217;Ariston. Verra&#8217; stilata la graduatoria in base ai voti ricevuti nella serata e le 12 canzoni piu&#8217; votate saranno ammesse alla Seconda Serata. Passerella di presentazione per gli 8 artisti <strong>Nuova Generazione</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> <strong>Seconda Serata, mercoledi&#8217; 17 febbraio</strong>: Canteranno i 12 Artisti qualificati, vota la giuria demoscopica dell&#8217;Ariston. Verra&#8217; stilata la graduatoria in base ai voti ricevuti nella serata e le 10 canzoni piu&#8217; votate saranno ammesse alla quarta serata. A seguire canteranno 4 artisti della sezione Nuova Generazione votati dalla  giuria tecnica (Sanremo Festival Orchestra, con peso percentuale del 50%) e televoto (50%). I due brani piu&#8217; votati saranno ammessi alla quarta serata. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"> <strong>Terza Serata, giovedì 18 febbraio</strong>:  &#8217;Serata evento&#8217; dedicata alla &#8216;leggenda&#8217; di Sanremo, con 8 grandi artisti italiani e internazionali. Saranno poi eseguite le 4 canzoni degli Artisti non ammesse dalla giuria demoscopica nella due serate precedenti, votate per il 50% dalla giuria tecnica e per il 50% dal televoto. I quattro artisti proporranno  la propria canzone in &#8216;versione liberamente rivisitata&#8217; affiancati da artisti ospiti italiani e/o stranieri. Verra&#8217; stilata la graduatoria in base ai voti ricevuti nella serata, le 2 canzoni piu&#8217; votate saranno ammesse alla quarta serata. Poi sul palco saliranno gli altri 4 giovani di Sanremo Nuova Generazione, votati per il 50% dalla Sanremo Festival Orchestra e per il 50% dal televoto. Le 2 canzoni piu&#8217; votate saranno ammesse alla serata successiva. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong> Quarta Serata, venerdì 19 febbraio</strong>: Canteranno i 12 Artisti, votati da giuria tecnica (50%) e dal televoto (50%). Gli artisti proporranno la propria canzone in una &#8216;versione liberamente rivisitata&#8217; affiancati da ospiti italiani e/o stranieri. Verra&#8217; stilata la graduatoria in base ai voti ricevuti nella serata e le 10 canzoni piu&#8217; votate saranno ammesse alla finale.  Questa sarà anche la serata finale di &#8221;Sanremo Nuova Generazione&#8221;, con l&#8217;esecuzione dei 4 brani giunti allì&#8217;ultimo atto. Voto al 50% dalla giuria tecnica e al 50% del televoto), per proclamare il vincitore.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong> Serata finale, sabato 20 febbraio</strong>: Sul palco saliranno 10 artisti, votati dalla giuria tecnica e dal pubblico attraverso il televoto: le 3 canzoni piu&#8217; votate passano alla seconda fase della serata finale. Nuova esecuzione dei 3 motivi finalisti, sarà purtroppo il televoto a decretare il vincitore.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>PRIME INDISCREZIONI SUI NOMI</strong> &#8211; Era circolata la voce della possibile presenza del supertrio <strong>Gigi D&#8217;Alessio, Massimo Ranieri, Pino Daniele</strong> con un brano in dialetto. <strong>D&#8217;Alessio</strong> ha smentito ufficialmente questa ipotesi, speriamo ci faccia la grazia di smentire anche una sua partecipazione solista. Non ci sarà nemmeno <strong> Alessandra Amoroso</strong>, perchè la casa discografica ha detto di avere altri piani, probabile che qualcuno di <strong>Amici 2009</strong> ci sarà.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Non <strong>Mario Nunziante,</strong> che è a <strong>SanremoLab</strong> e semmai sarà dunque fra i Giovani. Crescono le quotazioni di <strong>Valerio Scanu</strong> e <strong>Luca Napolitano</strong>: potrebbe esserci uno di questi due. Quasi certa la presenza i  gara fra i big della vincitrice della Novità 2009, <strong>Arisa</strong>, voci danno per certa anche la presenza di <strong>Matteo Becucci</strong> nonostante la recente uscita dell&#8217;album.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Disco med Boney M]]></title>
<link>http://jerbaz.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/disco-med-boney-m/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Helt plötsligt så fick jag för mig att jag skulle spisa lite Boney M. This is a story of Ma Baker… o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://jerbaz.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/boneym1977.jpg"><img style="display:inline;border-width:0;margin:0 0 0 15px;" title="boneym1977" border="0" alt="boneym1977" align="right" src="http://jerbaz.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/boneym1977_thumb.jpg?w=150&#038;h=146" width="150" height="146" /></a> Helt plötsligt så fick jag för mig att jag skulle spisa lite <a href="http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M." target="_blank"><strong>Boney M</strong></a>. </p>
<p><em>This is a story of Ma Baker</em>… obetalbart!</p>
<p>Vilken nostalgitripp! <em>Sunny</em>, <em>Daddy Cool</em>, <em>Ma Baker</em>, <em>Belfast</em>, <em>Gotta go home</em>, <em>My friend Jack</em>, <em>Rasputin</em> och jag vet inte vad alla discopärlor heter.</p>
<p><a href="http://jerbaz.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/disco_ball2.gif"><img style="display:inline;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;" title="disco_ball" alt="disco_ball" align="right" src="http://jerbaz.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/disco_ball_thumb.gif?w=210&#038;h=240" width="210" height="240" /></a>Denna tyska popgrupp som slog igenom 1975 har aldrig riktigt dött. Det kommer ut mixar, samlingar och olika versioner av hitlåtarna och senast kom albumet <em><a href="http://www.themagicofboneym.co.uk/home.htm" target="_blank">The magic of Boney M</a></em> 2006.</p>
<p>Nostalgi i discons tecken även med <a href="http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccara" target="_blank">Baccara</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amii_Stewart" target="_blank"><strong>Amii Stewart</strong></a> och några till. </p>
<p><strong>Uppdatering:</strong> Spotify är ju bara för uppiggande. <a href="http://www.donnasummer.com/welcome.php" target="_blank"><strong>Donna Summer</strong></a>, underbara Donna Summer som jag älskade då det begav sig är inte att förglömma en discoafton som denna… <em>Bad Girls</em>, <em>Hot Stuff</em> och <em>Sunset People</em> och underbara <em>No more tears</em>! Oj, oj… nu är infarkten nära!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Major's Friday Night Disco Party]]></title>
<link>http://majorhitwaves.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/the-majors-friday-night-disco-party-13/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>The Major</dc:creator>
<guid>http://majorhitwaves.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/the-majors-friday-night-disco-party-13/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[During the Spring of 1979 I was in the 6TH grade at Magnolia Elementary School right in the middle o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>During the Spring of 1979 I was in the 6TH grade at <a href="http://www1.pgcps.org/magnolia" target="_blank">Magnolia Elementary School</a> right in the middle of my Lanham Maryland neighbourhood.</p>
<div id="attachment_3494" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://www1.pgcps.org/magnolia"><img class="size-full wp-image-3494" title="magnolia-elementary-school" src="http://majorhitwaves.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/magnolia-elementary-school.jpg" alt="Magnolia Elementary School, Lanham Maryland" width="480" height="135" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Magnolia Elementary School, Lanham Maryland</p></div>
<p>The school day began at precisely 9:08 AM, and it ended at precisely 3:08 PM. Magnolia was my school for Kindergarten (1972-1973) and 3RD through 6TH grades (1975-1979). Those last 4 years at Magnolia were perhaps the happiest four years of all of my school years. It would just get miserable for me after that in Junior High and Senior High School (although I do remember occasional pockets of fun and good times during those advanced school years).</p>
<p>In 1979 I was a trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent <a href="http://www.scouting.org" target="_blank">Boy Scout</a>:</p>
<p>On my honor I will do my best<br />
To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law;<br />
To help other people at all times;<br />
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that I&#8217;m 30 years removed from that part of my life. Some songs remind me of the bad times, but whenever I hear this song play it reminds me of some of those good times that I lived back then during my active preteen years.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.amiistewart.com" target="_blank">Amii Stewart</a> with her &#8216;pay all of the bills&#8217; # 1 Platinum Disco <strong>SMASH !</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/JjgKV-VtSxM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/JjgKV-VtSxM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Italo Disco. It's not that bad, you know.]]></title>
<link>http://messagedfromtheouthouse.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/italo-disco-its-not-that-bad-you-know/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fordiebianco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://messagedfromtheouthouse.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/italo-disco-its-not-that-bad-you-know/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Back in a decade far, far away, synthesizers and sequencers were starting to feature in everyday pop]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.zhukovvideo.org/mp3/images/imready.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" />Back in a decade far, far away, synthesizers and sequencers were starting to feature in everyday pop music. Initially only used by avantgardists like Stockhausen, Can and Kraftwerk (and the early wafty ambience pioneers like Jean Michel Jarre) they were  big as kitchen cabinets and fiendishly difficult to program. With the early eighties and the Japanese on the job, things became more compact, cheaper and easier to use. You didn&#8217;t have to have a masters in physics to get one going anymore. So the first synth pioneers of the eighties emerged: Depeche Mode 1981&#8217;s album &#8216;Speak and Spell&#8217;, New Order&#8217;s 1981 &#8216;Movement&#8217;, Human League&#8217;s 1981 &#8216;Dare&#8217;, though all sounding like a Texas Instrument calculator were all bold statements of what you could do with a Casio VL-1, a Jupiter-4 and a Linn LM-1. That collection of synthies probably still set you back 10.000$, but that&#8217;s much better than paying the price of a detached house for something that goes &#8216;plonk&#8217; after you program it for 2 hours.</p>
<p>So after the pioneers of electronic music showed the world that you could produce a million selling album at home in your kitchen and put Sheffield, Manchester and, er, Basildon, firmly on the map, it was time for the rest of the world to get into the Groove (see what I&#8217;ve done there?). BTW, in 1981, when Europe was already having their own new electronic music revolution, the U.S. were still listening to Foreigner, REO Speedwagon and AC/DC. Figures.</p>
<p>2000km away from Basildon, in lovely and very unbasildonish Italy, the HI-NRG craze was just winding down, but as they were still plenty of synths lying around, some musicians decided to come up with an alternative to that cold, clinical electronic kaplonking that was going on up in thatcherite England. So they came up with some songs that were much more upbeat, ridiculously catchy and, er, very silly.  I give you the lyrics to Fun Fun&#8217;s 1982 hit &#8216;Happy Station&#8217;:</p>
<blockquote><p>Station, happy station<br />
Very special people you can meet at the station<br />
Station, happy station (oh, happy station)<br />
Glad and smiling faces come from different places<br />
My suitcase and me we&#8217;ll take a trip<br />
It&#8217;s a magic journey, I feel like burning<br />
Lucky guy, follow me, you&#8217;ll be alright<br />
I&#8217;m crazy, don&#8217;t you know</p></blockquote>
<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more:  Den Harrow&#8217;s&#8217; &#8216;Future Brain&#8221;  has even more lyrical depth</p>
<blockquote><p>There is no way you can understand what i feel<br />
You never pray &#8217;cause your soul isn&#8217;t even real<br />
You might know lots of things now<br />
But you can never be a lover<br />
Winning the race with your information<br />
But you can&#8217;t replace my soul</p></blockquote>
<p>I quite like the fact that the chap is winng the race with his information. But there are very  few songs that top <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfQri_90k_I" target="_blank">My Mine&#8217;s &#8216;Hypnotic Tango</a>&#8216;:</p>
<blockquote><p>Stuck in my seat, can&#8217;t move, no way<br />
The other guys knows the game to play<br />
I&#8217;m watchin&#8217; her, I&#8217;m watchin&#8217; me, I&#8217;m gettin&#8217; brave<br />
Oh, take him apart, say listen to me</p></blockquote>
<p>Take him apart indeed. The point here is of course that the lyrics didn&#8217;t matter at all. As most of the 16 year</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 230px"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JREJCTYepo8/R-qUeTh2TzI/AAAAAAAAAk0/Te5T1W32rNI/s400/220px-Den_Harrow_on_Lies_album.jpg" alt="he wasnt really singing, you know..." width="220" height="291" /><p class="wp-caption-text">he wasn&#39;t really singing, you know...</p></div>
<p>olds jumping up and down to the music had pretty much the same senantic skills as the producers, there was really no point in employing the poet laureate to come up with something profound. Knowing that they wouldn&#8217;t look like much on a record sleeve or on a video, the producers of these semantically challenged little masterpieces would often hire a hunk (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiABmaH6LLE">Den Harrow</a>) or rent a dame (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjg4HnEVHJ4" target="_blank">Valerie Dore</a>) to front their projects, making it much easier on the eyes while the singing and programming would be done by somebody who knew what they were doing. This very meritocratic way of working resulted in some fascinating music. Not only danceable, but ultimately hummable.</p>
<p>Why in the world am I droning on about this, I here you ask? Well I recently found out that 3 of my favourite songs of all time, sung by afroamerican performers, were actually composed and produced by a cabale of Italians. Thinking about it now it make sense, as they so much more catchy than their &#8216;real&#8217; American contemporary acts, but still quite a shock. The three tracks I refer to are:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiN21L-LP_o" target="_blank">Amii Stewart: Friends</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Change/_/Change+of+Heart" target="_blank">Change: Change of heart</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ9nC4mg4tI" target="_blank">BB&#38;Q Band: Everybody&#8217;s dancing</a></li>
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<p>So there you have it: Italo Disco, performed by Americans. For Germans. It doesn&#8217;t get much more international.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[X Factor 2: ecco a voi il cast al completo]]></title>
<link>http://euromusica.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/x-factor-2-ecco-a-voi-il-cast-al-completo/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emanuele75</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Lunedì parte l&#8217;edizione 2009 di X Factor che sceglierà i successori degli Aram Quartet, vincit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1371 alignleft" style="border:black 1px solid;margin:10px;" title="482f6df31efec_normal" src="http://euromusica.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/482f6df31efec_normal.jpg?w=300" alt="482f6df31efec_normal" width="210" height="151" />Lunedì parte l&#8217;edizione 2009 di <strong>X Factor</strong> che sceglierà i successori degli <strong>Aram Quartet</strong>, vincitori della prima serie e di <strong>Giusy Ferreri</strong>, trionfatrice di vendite e seconda all&#8217;arrivo. Nella giornata di ieri <strong>Mara Maionchi</strong>, insieme col vocal coach  <strong>Gaudì </strong>hanno scelto i quattro gruppi vocali che saranno in gara. Per seguire minuto per minuto, vi rimando al <a href="http://www.xfactor.rai.it">sito ufficiale</a> del programma</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>FARIAS </strong>- Saranno ufficialmente i primi stranieri della manifestazione. Sono quattro fratelli argentini della Patagonia, con una buona esperienza televisiva (già visti a <strong>Domenica In</strong>, ma in fondo lo spirito di X factor è questo: valorizzare talenti ancora inespressi). Hanno tre singoli all&#8217;attivo (qui trovate &#8220;<a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZvF0p2KuhI" target="_blank">Soy Chehuen</a>&#8220;), tutti di musica latina, principalmente india. Ma sono stati ammessi accettando di ampliare il loro genere musicale.<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&#38;friendID=170061011" target="_blank"> Qui</a> il loro myspace, <a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=tGMAhloaFOE" target="_blank">qu</a>i invece il loro provino.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>S.O.S. SISTERS OF SOUL -</strong> esordienti, nate proprio in occasione dei provini. Belle, giovani, molto glamour, multietniche. A tratti ricordano le <strong>Lollipop</strong>, ma cantano molto meglio. <a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=TMWH96NHyq0" target="_blank">Qui</a> il provino.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>(THE BASTARD SONS OF) DIONISO -</strong> La prima parte del nome è tra parentesi perchè la <strong>Maionchi</strong> potrebbe farli presentare solo come Dioniso. Trentini, belle voci, esordienti, trovate qualcosa della loro musica sul <a href="http://http//profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&#38;friendID=85386180" target="_blank">myspace. </a>Nel provino <a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBxy-IIYN4&#38;feature=related" target="_blank">che vi proponiamo</a>, c&#8217;è una loro versione di &#8220;Help&#8221; dei Beatles.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>SINACRIA SINPHONY</strong> &#8211; Scritto proprio con la N. A sentirli sembrano i migliori. Coro di sei elementi di notevolissimo livello. Siciliani, cantano di tutto, dalla sinfonica, al gospel, alle corali di chiesa, al musical. Hanno lavorato con <strong>Katia Ricciarelli, Elisa, Amii Stewart </strong>e cantato al <strong>Columbus Day</strong> a <strong>New York.</strong> Pluripremiati in vari festival italiani. Noi tifiamo per questi, ve lo diciamo subito. Qui c&#8217;è il loro <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#38;friendid=433225578" target="_blank">myspace</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Il blog di questo gruppo dedicato ad <strong>X Factor</strong> (<a href="http://xfactoritalia.wordpress.com/category/sinacria-sinphony/" target="_blank">Xfactoritalia</a>) anticipa anche gli altri partecipanti, noi ve ne diamo conto, considerando che la trasmissione dei provini finali andrà in onda nei prossimi due giorni.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>GIOVANI 16-24</strong>  scelti da Simona Ventura</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>AMBRAMARIE FACCHETTI</strong> &#8211; 21 anni, bergamasca di Treviglio, ha studiato canto e recitazione. A <strong>11 anni</strong> la cantante partecipa a <strong>Canzoni sotto l’albero</strong> e a <strong>Bravo bravissimo</strong>. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ambramarieband" target="_blank">Qui </a>c&#8217;è il suo myspace, dal quale si evince che gira l&#8217;italia con la sua band. Hanno già inciso alcuni singoli, venduti in rete.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>DANIELE MAGRO</strong> &#8211; agrigentino, voce jazz. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/danielemagro" target="_blank">Qui</a> c&#8217;è il myspace. Classe 1989, è esordiente dal punto di vista discografico, ma in giro per la Sicilia ha fatto concerti eseguendo cover di pezzi famosi che trovate tutti sul suo spazio musicale</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>GIACOMO SALVIETTI</strong> -<a href="http://www.myspace.com/salviettigiacomo" target="_blank">Qui</a> il suo myspace. Classe 1990, di Camucia, in provincia di Arezzo. Ha cantato  a Caorle per il concorso “Centocittà” andato in onda su Rai Due. Adesso fa parte della nuova opera popolare di <strong>Riccardo Cocciante</strong> e <strong>Pasquale Panella</strong> “Giulietta e Romeo”. <a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=JGlXvKSMpYY" target="_blank">Il suo provino.</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>SERENA ABRAMI</strong> &#8211; Il suo myspace <a href="http://www.myspace.com/serenabrami" target="_blank">sta qui</a>. Marchigiana di Civitanova, voce del gruppo degli <strong>Elfrida,</strong> del quale gira su youtube il video del singolo &#8220;<a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=70x9yKOEqZo" target="_blank">Dolce illusione&#8221;.</a>, davvero molto particolare.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>OVER 25,</strong> scelti da Morgan</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>VIOLA SELISE</strong> &#8211; Nome d&#8217;arte di Elisa Rossi, riminese residente a Grottafferrata. Ne avevamo già parlato in occasione di <strong>Musicultura</strong>, manifestazione alla quale ha preso parte questa estate insieme al gruppo Conduzione familiare. Diplomata all&#8217;Accademia d&#8217;Arte drammatica, ha frequentato il <strong>Saint Louis College</strong> of music dove studia canto. Collabora con il cantautore e compositore <strong>Bungaro</strong>.  <a href="http://www.myspace.com/violaselise" target="_blank">Qui</a> il suo myspace. Tifiamo per lei. Qui l&#8217;esibizione a &#8220;<a href="http://www.musicultura.it/archivio/persone/viola-selise-conduzione-familiare" target="_blank">Musicultura tour</a>&#8220;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>MATTEO BECUCCI</strong>- Trentotto anni. livornese. <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&#38;friendID=432252690" target="_blank">Qui</a> il suo myspace. Voce dei <strong>Mr Pitiful</strong>, vanta svariate esperienze musicali con artisti toscani ed internazionali, oltre a due anni di tournée con <strong>Sergio Caputo</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>ENRICO NORDIO</strong> &#8211; Abbiamo trovato il myspace del suo gruppo, i <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&#38;friendid=284921217" target="_blank">Revolution</a>, che fa musica folk rock anche in dialetto veneto. Nordio ne è il bassista. Originario di Venezia. Musica molto interessante, a sentirla, che ha colpito anche <strong>Massimo Bubola, </strong>cantautore<strong> </strong> che ha prodotto alcuni loro lavori. <a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=LEGAl0IZHBI" target="_blank">Qui</a> c&#8217;è un suo provino.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>VERONICA SCOPELLITI</strong> &#8211; Di lei non si sa molto, pare però che qualche casa discografica abbia già drizzato le orecchie. <a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-5jvCuxJk4" target="_blank">Questo </a>è il suo provino. Ha però un forum molto attivo. Se farà carriera il suo nome d&#8217;arte sarà <strong>Noemi.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[AMII STEWART / Knock On Wood (1979)]]></title>
<link>http://dnltblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/amii-stewart-knock-on-wood-1979/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Stewart is a singer-actress who in 1979 scored a massive hit with &#8220;Knock On Wood&#8221;. Stewa]]></description>
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<p>Side One<br />Knock On Wood<br />You Really Touched My Heart<br />Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven </p>
<p>Side Two<br />Bring It On Back To Me<br />Closest Thing To Heaven<br />Am I Losing You<br />Get Your Love Back<br />Only A Child In Your Eyes</p>
<p><a href="http://sharebee.com/666f66fb">Listen</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Remaking a good song (until you get it right)]]></title>
<link>http://caulkischeap.com/2008/07/06/remaking-a-good-song-until-you-get-it-right/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John in IL</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the original(1966): Otis Redding took a stab at it(1967): David Bowie loved it too(1974]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s the original(1966):<br />
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<p>Otis Redding took a stab at it(1967):<br />
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<p>David Bowie loved it too(1974)<br />
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<p>And that bitch Cher always thinks she knows better(1976):<br />
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<p>Then along comes Amii and she makes it into one of the best songs in the world!(1979)<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Mis recuerdos de los 70]]></title>
<link>http://jordisarda.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/mis-recuerdos-de-los-70/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jordisarda</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jordisarda.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/mis-recuerdos-de-los-70/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mis recuerdos empiezan más hacia finales de los 70. Cuando adquirí mis primeros singles y me aficion]]></description>
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<div class="snap_preview">Mis recuerdos empiezan más hacia finales de los 70. Cuando adquirí mis primeros singles y me aficione a coleccionar discos. Pero antes, empecé escuchando la música de mi padre.</div>
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<div class="snap_preview">Un buen día sacó del armario un viejo tocata de maleta (como los que se utilizaban en los 60 para los guateques), junto con su colección de discos. Singles que todavía conservo, con cuatro canciones. A saber: <em>Lucho Gatica, Salomé, Jorge Sepulveda, Raphael, Jorge Negrete, Los 5 Latinos, Manolo Escobar, Julio Iglesias.</em>..etc.</div>
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<div class="snap_preview">Pero fué a finales de los 70 cuando empece a crear mi propio criterio músical. Mis primeros temas los conseguí gracias a los albunes  que regalaban para San Jordi o Navidad en <em>La Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Barcelona</em><em>.</em></div>
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<div class="snap_preview">Recuerdo, especialmente una album llamado “25 Superexitos”. Donde aparecían unos temazos que hoy día sigo escuchando. Era un recopilatorio de la época y los temás que más me impresionaron eran de: <em><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amii_Stewart" title="Más información">Amii Stewart</a>,  <a target="_blank" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie" title="Más información">Blondie</a>,  <a target="_blank" href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boney_M" title="Más informacion">Boney M</a>  y <a target="_blank" href="http://www.todaslasnovedades.net/articulos/2001/target/SallyOlfield.php" title="más informacion">Sally Oldfield</a></strong>.</em></div>
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<div class="snap_preview">Arrasaron a  finales de los 70 y su reinado perduró hasta mediados de los 80. Sus temas eran discotequeros (un estilo en áuge durante los 70). Batieron records de venta y se posicionaron en el nº1 de las listas de todo el mundo.</div>
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<div class="snap_preview">El tema “Go West” llego ha convertirse en un himno para el colectivo gay de Estados Unidos, muy reprimido y acosado por aquellos años. Lo cual, llevo a pensar en los años venideros que todos los componentes de la banda eran de esa condición.</div>
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<div class="snap_preview">Nada más alejado de la realidad. Lo que muy pocos saben es que ninguno de ellos era gay.</div>
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<div class="snap_preview">Recuerdo, básicamente, dos temazos de esta estupende voz y diva del sonido disco de finales de los 70. Uno era el conocido &#8220;Knock On Wood&#8221; y el otro &#8220;The Letter&#8221;.</div>
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<div class="snap_preview">Apesar del éxito cosechado fué poco prólifica en cuanto a albunes disco. Su carrera continuaría pero sin gran éxito al menos en Europa. Dejando atrás los temas bailables con su original estilo y dedicandose a la música ligera y la balada.</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood]]></title>
<link>http://toosweet4rocknroll.wordpress.com/2007/04/21/amii-stewart-knock-on-wood/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On this day in 1979, Amii Stewart went to No.1 on the US singles chart with &#8216;Knock On Wood]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>On this day in 1979, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&#38;sql=11:gpfuxqr5ldke">Amii Stewart</a> went to No.1 on the US singles chart with &#8216;Knock On Wood&#8217;.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LGtwrcK1Iok/RipwjC9xKyI/AAAAAAAAABc/A5mwyyPmcpU/s1600-h/Screenshot_26.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LGtwrcK1Iok/RipwjC9xKyI/AAAAAAAAABc/A5mwyyPmcpU/s320/Screenshot_26.jpg" alt="" border="0" />(</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hDQRSDHBrs">YouTube video</a>) (<a href="http://aperfectmess.imeem.com/music/nVRGyd_A/knock_on_wood/">Listen</a>)</p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Washington, D.C., vocalist Amii Stewart came whooping and shouting into the spotlight with an amazing though unconventional cover of </span><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&#38;sql=11:gifixqe5ldje">Eddie Floyd</a><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&#8217;s &#8220;Knock on Wood.&#8221; Her boisterous vocal, coupled with a non-stop arrangement and equally unrestrained backing vocals, topped the pop charts in 1979 and reached number six on the R&#38;B side. Stewart, who was in the Broadway musical Bubbling Brown Sugar, did another remake as a follow-up, </span><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&#38;sql=11:wifqxqe5ldhe">the Doors</a><span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">&#8216; &#8220;Light My Fire,&#8221; backed by &#8220;137 Disco Heaven.&#8221; It dissipated the initial momentum of the lead single, and things went downhill from there. Stewart later moved to Italy and had some singles issued on international labels before trying again in America on RCA in the mid-&#8217;80s. Her 1985 single &#8220;Friends&#8221; for Emergency just missed the R&#38;B Top 40.</span>[Bio &#38; Info © allmusic.com]</p>
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