Morgan on May Day: “Politics does not respect art”

It is his j'accuse, first against politics, then against industry. Just before the break in the concert, to allow the news to be broadcast, Morgan arrives on stage, the last artist of the first part of the live show for May Day live from the Circus Maximus in Rome. The singer-songwriter and musician, after singing a piece, first reads a small monologue and then presents the unreleased “Rutti”. Before singing he explains: “You are here and it wasn't a given, with this rain. I have never seen so many umbrellas. This thing isn't done for politicians, it's only done for music. Because music is much more important than politicians think. Artists are not at all considered and respected by politics, but by the people they are. You are having fun today, you rightly have your own show, but here we work. Staying without songs, without music, would mean having a worse life. We remind politicians that we Italians are the inventors of music. Not realizing this and leaving artists without legal protection in the hands of the vulgar shark market is a sign of great backwardness. Artists today are not protected by politics, politics does not respect art.”

Then here's the song that points the finger at an industry that, according to Morgan, gives more and more space to poor quality music. “Rutti” is a highly ironic and at the same time biting song: “I no longer enjoy going against everyone, ladies and gentlemen, here are my burps”. And again: “They would make deals with the devil to be able to make money with the burps”. There is no shortage of provocative phrases in the lyrics such as: “'The sky in a room' also pissed me off”. Then the bitter end: “Whoever wants to know if I'm Mozart or just Morgan, anyway. I no longer enjoy going against everyone, ladies and gentlemen here are my burps.” Then the performance, probably having gone over time, was cut by giving the line to the news, while Morgan sang “Altrove” with Noemi.