“The immense Giulia” passed away in the last few hoursinspiration of one of the most loved songs by the Milanese group Le Vibrazioni, «Dedicated to you», their first single released in 2003. The woman, whose name was Giulia Tagliapietra (her story here), leaves behind a husband and two children. She had been ill for some time. Many will remember thethe video, shot along the Naviglio Pavese. A long sequence shot shows a girl (who in the second version of the video is played by the actress Angelica Cacciapaglia) who walks from her apartment towards a club and along the way meets the various members of the group: the drummer Alessandro Deidda in the guise of boy who makes home deliveries, the bassist Marco Castellani in those of the bar waiter, the guitarist Stefano Verderi who paints pictures on the street and the singer Francesco Sarcina, the florist on a bicycle. In the end, the protagonist arrives at the Scimmie, where the Milanese group performs live on stage.
Sarcina remembered the woman’s disappearance with a long post on his Instagram page. Speaking about her in an interview, the singer said: «Giulia helped me get out of a very difficult period because here you can see the surface but we all have an experience». The song was “a letter of thanks to her”.
«On more than one occasion – writes Sarcina in the post, accompanying a still image of the video starring the real Giulia – they asked me what I meant by “shining harmony”. I remember my first thought was: “How the fuck can you not understand what it means?”. Then, however, I realized that to really understand the meaning, perhaps, it was necessary to know Giulia. And now she is more than ever part of the shining harmony, leaving harmony and immensity in the hearts of all those who were lucky enough to know her.”
The singer lets himself go, revealing great suffering. «But it also leaves a lot of pain – he continues -, pain because it is difficult to make sense of the premature loss of a joy of nature as it has always been. Difficult because a mother and a brother lose a daughter and a sister. But even more difficult is why a husband and two children lose a young wife and a wonderful, loving mother. And if I can’t hold back the tears for the pain I feel, I don’t dare imagine her family. Family that I love and will love forever as I have always loved Giulia. The pain of not being able to say goodbye and tell you how much I love you. But what is certain is that one day we will meet again and laugh at human stupidity. With true and eternal love».
