CREAM – The party for the 30th anniversary of Cinque Giorni, a song that consecrated him as an interpreter of Italian music, began yesterday in Crema, with the zero date of Michele Zarrillo’s new tour. Like a good birthday boy, he was long in coming (the show started around 9.30pm), as was the song itself, which closed the setlist, amid applause from the audience. But before getting there, many other successes in sequence: to open, Domani and Unici al mondo. More romance on the piano and beyond, with The Acrobat, Hands in Hands, Love Wants Love, The Last Film Together.
Songs from Sanremo and, in the imagination, the figure of Zarrillo. A multi-instrumentalist, he also proposed different sounds, with both classical and electric guitar. The atmosphere of Tutta la vita che c’e is more South American, before diving back into the delicacy of Ragazza d’Argento, Una Rosa Blu and La Notte dei pensiero, which earned him the victory among the new proposals on their debut. There was no shortage of more electronic rock parentheses in the arrangements, supported both by the instruments and the lighting system. Just tastes of some songs: Toccarti nell’anima, parallele, Sweet enchantment, Melancholy solitude, Only friends, On that free planet, For those who know how to choose.
A way to give the public greater breathing space and the opportunity to accompany the songs that have marked Zarrillo’s career as milestones with singing and applause. It is no coincidence that Nell’estasi o nel mud, The elephant and the butterfly and Cinque Giorni closed, nestled between medleys of various shades and the acoustic encore, again with Cinque Giorni and L’Alfabeto degli Amanti. The public is enthusiastic, including those who have followed him for a long time and those who have discovered or rediscovered him. Five musicians on stage with Zarrillo, who masterfully rendered renewed and interesting versions of the songs: Roberto Guarino (on guitars), Andrea Valentini (again on guitars), Andrea Rongioletti (on keyboards), Danilo Fiorucci (on bass), Pino Vecchioni (on drums).
«Five days that I lost you, a thousand tears fell. My love, how will I resign myself to living if I, who love you, am begging you, help me destroy you», he has been singing for thirty years in his iconic piece Zarrillo, with the same intense voice and passion as then. She interprets a melodic and romantic song, which remains true to itself. «Above all, it stays in time», as Zarrillo proudly loves to remember and sing.
