tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post6585022402284940263..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: Io Sono Nato LiberoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-2438097451186716942013-05-20T17:51:46.398+04:002013-05-20T17:51:46.398+04:00After hearing the live album from 1975 I have to a...After hearing the live album from 1975 I have to agree with you.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-15269971695175876302013-01-14T07:58:32.330+04:002013-01-14T07:58:32.330+04:00The credits put Marcello todaro as the main guitar...The credits put Marcello todaro as the main guitarist but instead all the guitar parts are played by Rodolfo Maltese, (credited just as a guest musician), who will be in the band untill 2011. and he's pretty recognizable, being more fluent and more talented than Todaro. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448148070498404903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-17708900338641055882013-01-14T01:51:23.096+04:002013-01-14T01:51:23.096+04:00When reviewing Gentle Giant's Interview on you...When reviewing Gentle Giant's Interview on your old side (and its successor). But I could have understood you wrong, of course.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-47457109484490212312013-01-12T19:55:43.736+04:002013-01-12T19:55:43.736+04:00Yes, you are absolutely right, there is definitely...Yes, you are absolutely right, there is definitely some atonal piano work in CN. But when did I associate atonality with ugliness per se?G. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05848634884798924824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-38283582227135693952013-01-12T18:28:20.129+04:002013-01-12T18:28:20.129+04:00Ah, forgot to mention the excellent rhythm section...Ah, forgot to mention the excellent rhythm section.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-22329192241168048812013-01-12T18:27:10.355+04:002013-01-12T18:27:10.355+04:00I am not particularly a fan of singing Italian sty...I am not particularly a fan of singing Italian style, but I don't particularly dislike it either. What I dislike are the excesses, especially getting overemotive by using a far too wide vibrato. So there is a middle way.<br /><br />"atonality"<br />Relisten to the minute 7-10 of Canto Nomade, GS. That's atonal music. Atonality doesn't equal ugliness by definition, though Schönberg and Weber have done their best in this respect. You compatriot Nikolay Roslavets is a fine counterexample - his atonal compositions best can be described as elegant.<br />Canto Nomade is frigging brilliant. The melancholical melody is very moving. In the instrumental sections the band may try everything, it's not just trying - the band makes very sure it works and everything is well thought through. With this song alone Banco makes sure to be a first row prog band as far as I'm concerned. They push the musical borders much further than Yes did on Topographic Oceans and the result is far more coherent. Oh, now and then the band kicks plenty of ass as well.<br /><br />Non me Rompete is fine with me as well, though it's a bit unimaginitive after the high class of Canto Nomade. The next two composition cannot help pale a bit either. Moreover it doesn't exactly thrill me that DiGiacomo sometimes prefers talking to singing. The album ends on a very high note again with the seemingly, but very cleverly constructed Traccia II. It shows that the Italian guys knew about a few classical composing techniques as well.MNbnoreply@blogger.com