A few days before the start of a new World Cup, curiosities about previous championships are multiplying among friends. And not only the unforgettable stats and goals, but also the memory of the official songs that became real hymns.
Italia ’90, will be Codesal forever. Pumpido’s tibia and fibula which gave rise to Goyco’s fingers. “Cani” before being the father of Charlotte, “Burru”, the Doctor and Pedro Monzón who goes to break Klinsmann.
Italia ’90 will always be drowned. The agony. Being Argentinian. The photo of Creole liveliness summarized in the tank with water – presumably adulterated – that made the Brazilian Branco vomit. They will be able to overcome the World Cup with theirs Waka-Waka in service, but An Italian summer it will always gain in intensity.
Gianna Nannini and Edoardo Bennato sing del magical nights chasing goals under the sky of an Italian summer.
It was an English topic
Possibly mistranslated (or intentionally edited) An Italian estate He didn’t speak to us – as was sung in Spanish – about an Italian stadium. It was composed by musician and producer Giorgio Moroder and American lyricist Tom Whitlock. The tano timbre of the song wasn’t so clear from the start. The Mission was a song for that year’s World Cup and was originally written in English.. was called then To be number one. But the two Italian rockers who put their souls away with their translation (and their licenses).
In Argentina, of course, we got on that wave. Susan Ferrer edited our version, misnamed “An Italian Stadium”. He presented the subject to Silvio Soldán. Success would not come out in the next World Cup. Also in the television programs of the Argentine World Cup he continues to play. Indeed, unaware of the historical weight, even the Centennials have taken possession of it: one summer had a cover by an indie rock band from La Plata called Valentín y Los Volcanes.
Gianna and George
And Gianna? Is he stuck in the anthem forever? No. She is 68 years old and still active. Activist against nuclear tests, he does not give up his rocker image and poses with his electric guitar inside bathtubs. Not even a millimeter of botox, frequent “God is a woman” T-shirts and shows even with crutches after a few falls.
“I tried drugs in 1983, in the midst of an identity crisis. I was addicted to cocaine. They gave it to me silently, like a sandwich,” I would confess that a few years ago. “I died and was reborn. Apart from heroin, I’ve tried everything.”
And George? Did you know that the theme is still used in Italian language courses? Giorgio, one of the authors, is 82 years old. He left a huge mark on techno and disco music. He has had many other successful summers. In fact, summer was his thing, his destiny. If even He was a producer and promoter of Donna Summer fame.
“Mister Hit” enjoyed other feats (he wrote songs like Take my Breath Away, of the film top gun and was hired by the Rolling Stones themselves for a remix). There are more decorations than bricks on the walls of her Beverly Hills home. It’s not enough for him to polish several Oscars or polish memories. He has already left behind “Magical Nights” and nostalgia and has also worked with Daft Punk.
always magazine critics Billboard put in front a property a the cup of life, by Ricky Martin in France ’98. You must have the courage to put the verses first “Like Cain and Abel, it’s a cruel match / you must fight for a star”to verses that speak of shivers and children’s dreams.
The well-known professor (and journalist) Federico Monjeau already said it: a before and after in the songs of the World Cup, «until the arrival of the Italians with their proverbial aesthetic sense and their metaphors». Monjeau talks about “a bit epic”, of a song “that more than makes up for the poor Italian bolts”.
Few now remember “Ciao”, the mascot of that World Cup made of cubes with the Italian colors and a ball head. Few now remember the wild eyes of Salvatore “Totò” Schillaci. Or Carlos Bilardo’s pleas for the return plane to crash. But there are voices that we haven’t been able to get rid of since then: that of Gianna and Edoardo. And that of Maradona with the deranged cry of “Sons of bitches”.
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Source: Clarin
