Composto dal trio di capisaldi Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Giorgio Canali e Gianni Maroccolo, l’ultimo atto dei Pgr (conseguente alle glorie di Cccp e Csi), acrostico di Per Grazia Ricevuta o di Però Gianni Giorgio Giovanni Resistono – “Latest news” – non è certo il loro canto del cigno. Piuttosto, dopo partenze (non ultima quella di Ginevra Di Marco) e soprattutto opere mediocri (l’self-titled e “D’anime d’animali”, con l’eccezione forse del non indegno live a “Montesole”), si può parlare di doveroso capolinea per la saga dell’ultima incarnazione musicale di Ferretti e compagnia.
Il contenuto delle “Ultime notizie” è ben espresso fin dalla confezione del Cd, che preferisce mostrarsi come opera dei tre nomi reduci, più che della band-progetto. In effetti, i tremendi deja vu sovraprodotti a base di elettronica (“Cronaca montana”, “Cronaca di guerra 1”), i clichè new age (“Cronaca del ritorno”, con una nuova riscoperta della drum machine dai tempi dei Cccp, e “Cronaca di guerra 2009”), e le tiritere del cantante (“Cronaca settimanale”), non impressionano il fan più incallito.
Che dire: ce n’era davvero bisogno? Non è nemmeno il “Tabula rasa” dei Pgr, o dei Pg3r, (che era semmai il precedente “D’anime d’animali”) perché latita pure un minimo di fascino. Il finale di “Cronaca Divina Te Deum” è tanto sorprendente quanto le dichiarazioni filo-clericali di Ferretti. Indigente.
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04/05/2009
This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Michele Saran, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.
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- 1. Cronaca montana
- 2. Cronaca di guerra 2009
- 3. Cronaca di guerra 1
- 4. Cronaca del ritorno
- 5. Cronaca di inverno
- 6. Cronaca di guerra 2
- 7. Cronaca filiale
- 8. Cronaca settimanale
- 9. Cronaca Divina Te Deum
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