Antonello Venditti was present at the first proper date I went on with my husband. We had met at a party (that’s how long ago it was) the day before AS Roma last won the scudetto (that’s also how long ago it was). In a piece of synchronicity which would be laboured were it not true, the day of that last match of the season I gave my first full tour through the traffic-less streets of a baking Sunday afternoon in mid June. Towards the end of the tour a communal roar erupted from a thousand apartments, and as we crossed the Lungotevere at Ponte Sisto a swarm of flags and honking scooters went screaming by. The horns didn’t stop for over a week. All things considered it was a fairly momentous weekend.
I'd always meant to find out who he was (restaurant scene?), but then I'd get lost in the film again (many times), and forget. Hang around long enough and the answers find you.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful love story. I’ve loved this song ever since I discovered Venditti’s music at Mondo Music in Melbourne in my late teens. It confirmed to my soul, which had always longed to return to Rome, that I needed to find my way back. Even now whenever I hear it I become very emotional. I had no idea at the time of its connection to his love of AS Roma or of the Roman obsession with football. I grew up with a Lazio supporter father who always reminded his children that real Romans are Laziali because Lazio was the first team of Rome. Clearly there was some obsession there I failed to pick up on 😂
I'd always meant to find out who he was (restaurant scene?), but then I'd get lost in the film again (many times), and forget. Hang around long enough and the answers find you.
❤💕
Thanks for sharing your beautiful love story. I’ve loved this song ever since I discovered Venditti’s music at Mondo Music in Melbourne in my late teens. It confirmed to my soul, which had always longed to return to Rome, that I needed to find my way back. Even now whenever I hear it I become very emotional. I had no idea at the time of its connection to his love of AS Roma or of the Roman obsession with football. I grew up with a Lazio supporter father who always reminded his children that real Romans are Laziali because Lazio was the first team of Rome. Clearly there was some obsession there I failed to pick up on 😂
let's say there's more a little rivalry. But that when Lazio won the scudetto they didn't get 1.8 million people ;)
Love the Roman dialect & I love your romantic story, cherish those memories! Thank you for translating .
Thanks!