Max Pezzali at the Circus Maximus: the hit rule is never wrong

Spaceship Max was the title of one of his 2015 albums, indeed the last of his career, short of sensational surprises, to achieve some chart success before the streaming revolution pushed the albums of his generation off the record market. The spaceship also looks like a caravan that arrived at the Circus Maximus, landed in the very heart of the capital not from another galaxy, but from a bygone era. To point to the future. When at 19.30 Albertino, Farghetta, Mollella and Giorgio Prezioso they appear on stage and look almost like gods primitive aliens: I’m not exactly a fashion producer, but four console icons who greet the crowd, reviving

heyday of DeeJay radiobetween the late 80s and early 90s, in which the dream of 883 took shape – with Pier Paolo Peroni and Claudio Cecchetto pulling the strings from behind. Corona’s voice in Corona’s “Rhythm of the Night” straight out of 1993 reveals memories.. Also the chorus of “EverybodyEvery” by Black Box from 1990 or the chorus of “The Summer is Magic” by Playahitty from 1994. Very young Generation Z can’t understand: at that time they were not even born yet and lived that period only with stories. But parents and uncles do: it’s their party and they want to enjoy it all.. “It’s as if the threads of many years of my history were drawn together: I wanted to draw a line that would connect me to my past,” Max Pezzali says backstage, introducing his “Circus Max”, the “ad personam” festival, which last night – at least for the moment – ​​ended a tour that began last year with two shows at the San Siro in front of 120,000 spectators and for which a total of 520 thousand tickets.

At 55, the singer-songwriter from Pavia at the Circus Maximus, who has officially become, minus controversy, read by Travis Scott, the new must-have for artists who intend to properly celebrate their successes, enjoys classic status and points the way for colleagues of his generation. Future? You will have to look for it in the past. “They killed Spider-Man

“, the first song in the lineup, takes the arrows of time back thirty-one years: it is the flagship of the repertoire, which is to be envied, which Pezzali – il Circo Massimo above all has “emotional value” for someone who in the first half of the 2000s he is by heart reasons, it turned out to be adopted by the Capital, to which in 2019 he also dedicated “In this city” – he comes to life in front of 56,000 spectators crowded in the ancient Roman stadium.

.ten thousand lire banknoteI new floor mats and Arbre Magique, dark beer, game roomsI Radiolons are always on top, subwoofer that seems to explodeI 501 high waisticonic images of that time, reproduced on the big screen behind the scenes: it’s all gigantic “what we were”. AND patience that Mauro Repetto is not on stageas instead at two San Siro shows last year that marked the duo’s reunion (he will publish his autobiography, “I Didn’t Kill Spider-Man. 883 and the Pursuit of Happiness,” on Sept. 19, setting out his point of view). on dissolution): his ballets live in the memory of the publicthat rages under the stage. This is pure nostalgia. Generally. Even in the visual effects created Sergio Pappalettera, the author of the iconic pop-art covers for 883 albums. “Until Circus Maximus, I will not release a single or a record. The record business is not a priority right now. I wonder: is there a place for a new Max Pezzali album today? It’s true that I’ve sold hundreds of thousands of tickets for this tour, but are people interested in hearing something new from me?” the voice of “You’re a legend” said last May while introducing the show.

Behind the monetization of nostalgia, not resignation, is entrepreneurship. Pezzali exclude all recent works from the line – to be honest, it went completely unnoticed: did you know that in 2020 he released a new album of unreleased songs, the twentieth of his career, Something New? – and sing only hits. Give the public what the public wants: “S’inkazza”, “The Way It Should Be”, “I Can Hear You Alive”, “Strange Way”, “You’re a Myth”, “Years”, “No Regrets”. , “Love Song”, “Come mai”, “Eccoti”, “Nord Sud Ovest Est”. This is Max Pezzali, quoting Spotify. The concert is collective karaoke“the best in my entire thirty-year career”,

will also appear on television on September 7 on Canale 5.. The newest song in the line-up – excluding guest songs -“Universe other than us, where forty-year-old guys filmed themselves on the internal camera of their mobile phones and sang along. Not exactly a hit of recent seasons, but ten year old single. “What do I have more than other colleagues of my generation? Maybe there was some perfect storm and I think my songs from that period are now considered a reflection of the collective moment. I said time. And when you think about that time, you think about my songs‘, Pezzali mused backstage before taking on the role of entertainer who, if necessary, also rediscovers a tightrope walker able to cross generations, the history of customs and the history of tricolor pop, bringing the province to the center

. This is a province that has basically remained more or less the same as it was thirty years ago. He knows something Riccardo Zanotti, the first guest to join the former 883 on stage, who with his Nuclear Tactical Penguins spoke about it better than any other new generation hero: “Do we like 883? Maybe it’s true: we, like them, praise normality. Max is a friend, he considers us little brothers,” said the singer-songwriter from Bergamo, with whom Pezzali sings.Heading towards the house of Godand “Young Wannabe”. They follow him – in order – Dargen D’Amico (for a duet on the compositions “La Regola dell’amico” and “Dove si balla”), Article 31 (together with Aks they sing “Always we“: “We are united by the fundamental tamarraggin. The snobs treated us both badly,” explains Pezzali). Colapesche Dimartino (“Bella Vera”, “In the Night”), Lazza (“Years”), gazelles (“The Harsh Law of Purposes”) e Paula and Claire (The two Iezzi sisters, who debuted as backing vocalists with 883 and officially reunited last year at the San Siro on the Pezzali stage, sing “Nord Sud Ovest Est” and “Tieni il tempo” with Max): Pezzali shared with someone- sometimes a piece of the road, others owe their careers to him, others are directly inspired by 883.

“WhyThe perfect end credits of the evening begin: “Nights outside don’t end at dawn” remains one of the most iconic opening lines of an Italian song. Also thanks to How Come, Nord Sud Ovest Est sold over 1.3 million copies in 1993 when records were actually selling before the Internet changed everything.

There is still breath in the lungs of 56,000 for some other choirs: “The Great Nightmare”, “Don’t Hit Me”, “You Can Do It” and “6 Loser” keep the party going before the finale of “With Soundboard” to thunderous applause from the audience. “After thirty years of a career, I did not think that such success was possible. I think I will understand what is happening only after a long time,” Pezzali worries. In the meantime, enjoy the revival. AND .revenge. One of a loser, provincial boy with no physique for the role of a pop star, who made the authenticity of his songs the key to his success. At that time they were rejected by the critics, who, coming from the era of the great songwriter, certainly could not be enthusiastic about this shallow and superficial world of the province, attentive only to love and friendship (however, such verses as “Tappetini nuove, Arbre Magique” are pure zeitgeist: spirit of those times). Today they sound like pop masterpieces: “I caught the traits that help people communicate with each other. A precise moment, limited in time, but made universal even for those who arrived later.Max rejoices.

LADDER:
“They killed Spider-Man”
“S’inkazza”
“Rotta per casa di Dio” (with Riccardo Zanotti of Nuclear Tactical Penguins)
“Young Wannabe” (with Riccardo Zanotti of Nuclear Tactical Penguins)
“Friend Rule” (with Dargen D’Amico)
“Where We Dance” (with Dargen D’Amico)
“How are you”
“The Universe Except Us”

“I Feel You Live”
“Strange Way”
“Always we” (with Article 31)
“Tomorrow I will stop” (with Article 31)
“You are a myth”
“Celebrity Queen”
“Long Hot Summer”
“Bella Vera”, “Very Light Music”, “In the Night (with Colapesche and Dimartino)
“Years” (with Lazza)
“Ash” (Lazza)
“No Regrets”
“Love song”
“Why
Medley: “Nothing but us/Here you are/I’ll ​​be there/If you come back”
“What’s happening”
“Big Nightmare”
“Severe Law of Purpose” (with Gazelle)
“True” (with the Gazelles)
“The Last Glass”
Medley: “Don’t bully me/You’re kicking yourself/6 loser.”
“North-South-West-East” (with Paola and Chiara)
“Keep Time” (with Paola and Chiara)
“With deck”