Top Italian Music Hit of 2009
Italian music blog ChartItalia which follows the contemporary Italian music scene, recently published a list of the top 100 hits in Italy for 2009. So what, I asked myself, was the top Italian music hit of 2009?
Interestingly, for me anyway, it is not an Italian track which made it to the top of the top 100 for 2009, it was instead, those Black Eyed Peas people with their number ‘I gotta feeling’.
Were there any Italian tracks in the top 10 of the top 100 for 2009? The answer is yes, there were, and the highest ranking track is significant in that it reflects an event in 2009 which touched the hearts of many Italians. Indeed, ranked at number 4 is the track Domani 21.04.2009.
Quite a number of well-known Italian musicians got together to make Domani 21.04.2009 as a fund raiser in the aftermath of the Abruzzo earthquake.
Here is the track for you to listen to, and seeing as this is a karaoke version, you can either sing along, or, if you don’t feel up to singing, you can simply read the words and listen. This may well help anyone out there who is learning Italian, even if not all the words are Italian.
Happy listening! You will also find the names of rest of the top 10 tracks in Italy in 2009. Read more
Poor Harmony in Italy’s Music Scene
After having written about two other Italian indie bands which sing in English, Amycanbe and the The Mirrors, I’ve been contacted by another one, Ofeliadorme.
Italian Music
Ofeliadorme wrote to see if I might like to write something about them, saying that they would be perfect for this blog. Interesting this. It almost looks as though word is getting around that some guy is happy to help give Italian bands a little more exposure. Well this is true, and from what I read in an LA Times article, it appears as though 50+ year old Italian record execs are generally too old to appreciate the talent, and earning potential, lying in their own backyard.
Hence Italian indie bands like Ofeliadorme contacting the likes of me.
Before writing another post on Ofeliadorme, here is something about the state of the music industry in Italy.
The Mirrors
As a result of my hanging out on Twitter I came across Italian band the Mirrors, or rather they came across me, seeing as they decided to ‘follow’ Blog from Italy’s Twitter channel.
Some time back I came across another Italian band, wrote a little about them and posted a few of their videos on Blog from Italy. That last band was Amycanbe, and being a nice crowd, they wrote a post on the band’s blog to thank me for saying something about them. Amycanbe caught my ear because the band sings in English.
The Mirrors also sing in English, which is why they caught my ear too. Here is a video of them in action singing their track Another Story.
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