Maneskin in Argentina: Italian rock, strong and festive

The Maneskin have set up a high tarantella at the Palermo Hippodrome! In an hour and a half they completed a great task before a crowd of mostly female teenagers and quite a few parents who accompanied or waited at the exit with the headlights on and the car ready to go.

The four Italian gladiators that make up this rock group left the lioness absolutely exhausted. Come, look, look.

Where did Maneskin come from? From the least expected place: the Sanremo Song Festival. One has to be unaware, uninformed or even crazy to pretend to compete in the legendary musical dispute, bulwark of the melodic song, with a rock quartet. it’s still they showed up and won.

Then they went to another festival, the historic Eurovision which brought ABBA to stardom with “Waterloo”, the unforgettable contest winner in 1974. Rock doesn’t usually frequent those catwalks, but Maneskin was encouraged and the result of his audacity was another resounding victory. The double championship of musical tournaments has put them in the front row among the leading musical numbers of the new 20 years.

Let us remember that there was a scandal here, because the camera he seemed to focus on Damiano David snorting cocaine in the ceremony. But then he took a drug test and it came back negative. valid win.

The welcome in Argentina

The fans of the quartet were raucous as soon as they saw the short fuchsia waistcoat of singer Damiano David emerge, owner of an overwhelming charisma and an impetuous scene. He also has a husky tone, very Italian, like a Nicola Di Bari tuned an octave higher. They went out to eat at the Palermo Hippodrome, but the public almost devoured them.

After a vigorous three-song flurry without stopping, Damiano pulled the brakes and showed off his glued-on leader. “People, we like that they are so outgoing, but there are guys here who are getting hurt –He said-, it’s about having fun all together, not hurting each other. Please let the security staff assist you.

Well done: you have to take care of the audience, especially when it comes to an audience of teenagers whose expansiveness can get out of hand in the jumps.

Damiano has an excellent companion in Victoria De Angelis, the bassist, which looks like a 70s Suzi Quatro software update; She walks on the stage as if it were a catwalk and is not afraid to go down to squeeze among the people without stopping smiling for a minute: she really enjoys the situation.

Instead Damiano suffered because when he went for a crowd bath the transmitter and wireless headphones were stolen. He had no choice but to take her with humor, not failing to request the immediate appearance of her outfit.

how is your music

Musically, Maneskin it does not seem to have enormous virtues; while Damiano sings very well and is an excellent showman, Thomas Raggi plays the guitar as if he were a gondolier in Venice, with great speed and little idea. Something similar happens with drummer Ethan Torchio, who messes with the double bass drum and sends it with speed but without precision.

The price is a certain sonic chaos, which the Victorian economy cannot stop: Maneskin sounds dirty and messy, like the old Pappus theme. But he thrives on that confusion because of the energy they put into it and the attitude of connection with an audience that doesn’t lose track of it.

Even if they have outrageous hits like Startor funky like excellent I want to be your slavewhat closes Maneskin is the whole package: it is a group that surpasses the circumstantial success of a song.

That mix of Italo-funk seasoned with rock explosions and not a few hip-hop adaptations, derived from bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, or from more alternative trends like The Killers, ends up by they come together in infectious songs that are more jump than dance.

They had great moments like the version of I want to be your dog, by Iggy Pop & The Stooges which ended with three Maneskin members playing in front of the fence and dodging the slaps of their ardent fans.

The admiration for classic rock can be seen in the appointments a WHOreciting the verses of My generation, or in that parody of the border game David Bowie did with Mick Ronson, only Damiano went a little further with Thomas Raggi. So bad.

It’s been 50 years since those days when Bowie’s glam-rock revolutionized with his androgynous look. Note that Maneskin took note of this and she knew how to integrate it into her look without looking like a parody or a photocopy with little toner.

Love message

“Les fuckin ‘amos,” Damiano told the audience and it sounded genuine. Only time will give a verdict on the contribution Maneskin can make to rockand if they have enough gas in the tank to get more. Time is on their side: Damiano is 23 and Victoria is 22.

But last night at the Palermo Hippodrome, for an hour and a half, they achieved two very important things in their first contact with the Argentine public: to forcefully entertain an audience with a joy that in recent times has been completely absent from rock . And show it It doesn’t take too many resources to put on a great show. if the attitude is correct.

They sought victory from the first minute and never gave up. His audacity was rewarded by the overwhelming approval of the public.

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