Miscellaneous

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The Star of Sanremo 2026 - Alicia Keys: when she duetted with David Bowie on "Changes" – Video

We saw her alongside Ramazzotti at Sanremo. And it made us want to revisit the time she sang with Bowie, in the Thin White Duke's last stage appearance

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Chronicle of an announced separation - When Lucio Battisti split from Mogol

The story of what remains perhaps the most sensational break-up in Italian music. A separation on which the two never gave matching accounts

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No Way Out - The Cure song Robert Smith found too depressing to sing

Melancholy is The Cure's trademark, but on one occasion it crossed even Smith's own threshold of tolerance...

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The French TV Show - When David Gilmour officially debuted with Pink Floyd – Video

Syd Barrett's traumatic replacement happened gradually, but a French TV show marked the definitive turning point: here's the story and the video

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So Far, So Close - When Lou Reed Paid Tribute to Frank Zappa

When Lou Reed made peace with Frank Zappa, honoring him with a long speech at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1995

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Hit and provocation - How Talk Talk used “It's My Life” as a protest against EMI

The provocation of Hollis and co., determined to break free from the music industry's impositions right at the peak of their success

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The Thin White Duke's Noble Gesture - How David Bowie Looked After Marc Bolan's Son After His Death

The story of the English artist's quiet bond with the son of his glam-era friend and rival: 17 years of unbroken support

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Behind the myth - Pink Floyd, the song that still embarrasses David Gilmour

The track the English guitarist has never made peace with, written during the traumatic post-Barrett period

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The story of a memorable encounter - The one and only time Lucio Battisti and Mina teamed up for a duet on TV – Video

The story of the only time the two greats of Italian song performed together on TV

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The Prince on Trial - When De Gregori was put in the dock at the Palalido

Fifty years ago, the dramatic Milan night that left a scar on the history of Italian music. We retrace that event and how it came about

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The tormented masterpiece - The track Pink Floyd had to destroy in order to bring it back to life

The tormented session in which Waters and co. were forced to completely destroy and rebuild a track from scratch before delivering it to history

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The Ballad That Got Binned - The song John Lennon believed the Beatles had ruined

The curious story of a quintessentially Beatlesque ballad that, according to Lennon, the Fab Four ended up ruining, making it unreleasable

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Interview con l'Avvocato - When Lucio Dalla mocked the most powerful man in Italy

The mocking, surreal dialogue with the head of Fiat, in the grammelot devised by Dalla and Roversi

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The tampered tape - The Pink Floyd song David Gilmour couldn't manage to sing

The story of how a technical dead end gave birth to one of the cornerstone tracks of Floyd's 1970s era

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The Loner and the Legacy of the Seattle Sound - When Neil Young Became the Godfather of Grunge

The relationship between the Canadian songwriter and the Seattle scene, which saw him as an artistic and moral touchstone

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Thirty years after the Festival raid - When Blur mocked Sanremo. And (almost) no one noticed

Thirty years ago, the surreal performance by Albarn and his bandmates that mocked the ultimate national-popular musical liturgy

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The Genesis of a Short Circuit - How The Cure's happiest song came to be

The story of a short circuit that spread euphoria, doubt and uncertainty, before finally finding its place in the repertoire of Smith and co.

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The icon of a historic debut - When Led Zeppelin's airship burst onto the rock universe

A formidable icon that hit record store shelves on a January 12th (1969), changing the history of rock forever

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The Historic Meeting with Gil Evans - The Night Sting Set Umbria Jazz Ablaze – Video

The unexpected, unrepeatable encounter between the pop star and Gil Evans, legend of orchestral jazz

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At the Court of King Crimson - Robert Fripp and the meeting with Jimi Hendrix: fact or legend?

Legend or fact? The story of the alleged meeting between two of the most important guitarists in rock history, recounted by Fripp and undermined by doubt

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Pink Floyd - The track Gilmour and Waters both called a masterpiece

The historic "Echoes" suite that brought the band's two creative souls into agreement, for once

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Operation "Images" - When Lucio Battisti tried to conquer America

The story of the "American project" pursued by the singer-songwriter from Poggio Bustone, between ambitions, obstacles and consequences

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Stipe and co.'s trauma - When R.E.M. became "a three-legged dog"

The story of the most dramatic moment in the history of the Athens band: four inseparable friends facing a crossroads

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In the sign of Bowie - How Dave Gahan won over Depeche Mode thanks to "Heroes"

The story of how the Thin White Duke's Berlin anthem proved decisive for the birth and evolution of the Basildon band