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Jan 21Liked by Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey

Although this is a secondary point here, you could take a look at the translations of her songs. Some of them brought the tunes to a different place. I learned from you that "Rumore" means noise, but in spanish we have the word "Rumores", which means "Rumours" (Rumores is the plural of rumor). Here she is in Argentina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVNsDsXHgWQ

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ha! We’re on it, we’re going to post shorter articles on individual songs during the week and this is a very interesting aspect. Also think of “scoppia scoppia mi scoppia il cuor”/“explota explota”/ “do it do it again”/ “und der Himmel ging auf”

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Thank you!

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Jan 20Liked by Disco Bambino & Angelica Frey

That is what I call an article! Informational and passionate. I clearly opened my eyes when you put Raffaella next to the word "funk".

I said to myself: "What?" Which kind of funk are we talking about (James Brown? Earth Wind and Fire? Parliament / Funkadelic? Kool and The Gang in their first part of their career?) Now I need to listen to your selections with great interest and come back with a veredict but certainly with a wider view of Raffaella's artistry as well. (and it is the third article in a week where I read the word schlager, so there is a trend here).

And, since we are at it, I am going to drop a big one: Can we consider Raffaella the Italian / European equivalent of Madonna (Ciccone, there is an italian link here)? And even her predecessor and template? I would like an answer, prego!

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Antonio, thank you for reading! Tough we are looking at different decades and countries/cultures, Raffaella and Madonna share the the passion for pushing the envelope and breaking the rules. Especially in the early years of her career, Madonna worked with plenty of Italian designers, stylists, make up artists, etc. that grew up watching and listening to Raffaella, so it's almost impossible there has not been some kind of influence or reference. Madonna was also a guest on a show on Italian TV hosted by Raffaella, we highly recommend to watch it. Two icons coming together on the screen. :)

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Thank you for the answer! I see that you have a lot of respect for Madonna and, of course, no need to have titles such as “The American Carra” or “The European Madonna”. They are both great.

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Incredible stuff. Thank you for the lesson!

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Thank you for reading! Were you familiar with her before?

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I was not.

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