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A song for the summer: Gianni Pettenati’s “Gialla flag”

ByJohn

Gialla flag (1966) – One of the most fortunate translations of the English Beat (“The Pied Piper” the original), a springboard for the ephemeral career of the Piacenza Gianni Pettenati, diploma at the conservatory, theater and books in a curriculum that is anything but ephemeral. The title recalls the homonymous radio program of Renzo Arbore and Gianni Boncompagni (who, however, used an initials of Rocky Roberts), a fixed appointment on Saturday afternoon which helped in those years to clear very customs Anglo-American musical material. Two skilled artisans of the consumer song, Nisa (Nicola Salerno) and Alberto Testa work: the period in which he comes out, with the first ferments of the youth contestation, and generational references in the text make “yellow flag” a sort of good hymn for all tastes, a referential brand later also resumed also to baptize a place and a TV broadcast based on the music revival of the sixties.

“Yes tonight is a big party / we go down to the track immediately / and if you want to have fun, come here / we will keep you between us and dance / until you see / hundred yellow flag / You will know that here you dance / and the weather will fly / that youth is beautiful / and your heart will beat.”

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John
John

With an untamed passion and deep, eclectic knowledge of music, John is the soul of RadioWise UK. Having worked in the music industry for over two decades, his vision was to create a platform that embodies the love and respect for music. John is known for his great attention to detail and insatiable thirst for discovering new talents and music genres.