Hollywood Hollywood is an album by Italian singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Roberto Vecchioni

Roberto Vecchioni

Roberto Vecchioni is an Italian singer-songwriter and writer.-Biography:Vecchioni was born in Carate Brianza, province of Milan, to a family of Neapolitan origin. In 1968 he graduated in Classical Literature at the Università Cattolica of Milan, where he remained for two years as assistant...

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The theme of the title track is cinema, but intermingled with other themes typical of Vecchioni's art: love, women, drinking. "Sestri Levante" is an autobiographical ballad about a painful love experience. "Parigi" (Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

) is another declaration of love for France and its poets, but, as usual, mixed to personal experiences and themes.

"Morgana" and "Dentro gli occhi" are instead two shows of Vecchioni's fable and dream inspiration.

Trivia

• "Fellini 8½
  8½
  8½ is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director...
  
  " contains excerpts from Nino Rota
  Nino Rota
  Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...
  
  's main theme of the omonymous movie by Federico Fellini
  Federico Fellini
  Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
  
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• The album features a gatefold cover by the Italian artist Andrea Pazienza
  Andrea Pazienza
  Andrea Pazienza , was an Italian comics artist and painter.- Life :Pazienza was born in San Benedetto del Tronto, province of Ascoli Piceno , in 1956....
  
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Track listing

1. "Hollywood Hollywood"
2. "Ricetta di donna/Fellini 8½
   8½
   8½ is a 1963 Italian fantasy film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director...
   
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3. "Dentro gli occhi"
4. "Sestri Levante
   Sestri Levante
   Sestri Levante is a town and comune in Liguria, Italy. Lying on the Mediterranean Sea, it is approximately 56 kilometers south of Genoa and is set on a promontory. While nearby Portofino and the Cinque Terre are probably the most well known tourist destinations on the Italian Riviera, Sestri...
   
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5. "Parigi (o cara)"
6. "Hollywood Hollywood"
7. "Casa dolce casa"
8. "Morgana (luce di giorni passati)"

External links

• Creative Commons reviews