136 Sanremo 2005

Did any one else follow the Sanremo music festival this year which was one of the best to date. The winner Francesco Renga song "Angelo" deserved to win. This years event recieved extremly good TV ratings peaking at 16m compared to last years 12m. And usually the event is in the press for all the wrong reasons which was not the case. I also liked the entries from Alexia, Paola & Chiara and Marcella Bella. As of yet in the UK there is nothing similar to Sanremo which has all the importance as the Brits do in the UK.

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/22/2005 - 08:53

Hi Fab,

I am always amused with Sanremo - a mixture of some very good pop music and some rather dubious choices. You are right this year it seems there were less polemics about the show...although I only caught very short pieces.

For anyone in the UK, or anywhere else in the world really, who would like to see Sanremo you can try [url="http://www.sanremo.rai.it/articoloSanremo/0,10308,33677,00.html"]this link[/url] . For Italian TV (RAI) in general try [url="http://www.raiclick.rai.it/"]RaiClick[/url] It's an incredible resource and it is updated continiously, it has the major dramas, films and clips from us far back as the 70s, even some clips of Toto films. Currently RaiClick does not have Sanremo 2005 althought it has all of 2004. For the lovers of crime dramas and detectives try Commisario Montalbano - absolutely fantastic. However to enjoy it you do need a broadband connection.

As for Sanremo UK-style I wonder if the UK needs it. After all, like it or hate it, the UK has the most active and interesting music scene in Europe and they hardly need a big event to promote themselves. Italians on the other hand rarely "break out" of the Italian scene in any major way (not that they don't deserve to).

Ronald.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/22/2005 - 13:25

I am glad to see I am not the only Sanremo fan out there. I think the Italian music scene is great packed with many different artists that have different styles and sounds. British musicians have tended to be the most successful in Europe but as of recent British artists have not faired so well. This year for example the MTV European music awards were overrun with American artists picking up the prizes and last year the American top 100 album chart was without a single UK representative. Another key difference is that in the UK artists come and go and only the likes of Robbie Williams (30m), Elton John and Coldplay have had world success for a relevantly long spell.
In Italy artists stay around for longer basically you have a record contract until the day you die. Many Italian artists have become extremely famous around the world by singing in Spanish the best example of this are names like “Nek” and “Laura Pausini” who has sold a staggering 20m albums around the world her last album made the Guatemalan and Japanese top 10. Then there is the usual bunch of Eros Ramazzotti and Zucchero. Italy is also home to the great operatic voices of Boccelli, Pavarotti and Safina.