Antonello Venditti is a certain romanitas personified, and I think he’s beyond super. As I mentioned in my second Vespa Tune he was present at the first proper date I went on with Massimo in June 2001. That distant dawn of the new millennium—pre-9/11, people used phones to make calls, and social media hadn’t been thought of—was a different world.
It set me to thinking about “Abraham, Martin and John”, a somewhat maudlin song about President Lincoln, Martin Luther King and JFK, sung by Dion, which made the American and Canadian charts in 1968. Of course the assassination theme puts it in another category altogether.
Venditti’s music has been soothing my soul since the days of my late teens when I was struggling to make sense of my two identities- the Aussie and the Roman. So much emotion in both the words and his voice.
How fascinating and it does seem to be unique.
It set me to thinking about “Abraham, Martin and John”, a somewhat maudlin song about President Lincoln, Martin Luther King and JFK, sung by Dion, which made the American and Canadian charts in 1968. Of course the assassination theme puts it in another category altogether.
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Venditti’s music has been soothing my soul since the days of my late teens when I was struggling to make sense of my two identities- the Aussie and the Roman. So much emotion in both the words and his voice.
This is just delightful.
Happy Easter.
Happy Easter Agnes! I love your Vespa tunes! What a wonderful song and thank you for the translation!