Roberto Vannacci used a classic by Lucio Dalla at the constituent assembly of Futuro Nazionale which was held in Rome over the weekend, Futuresaying, reports The daily factthat «the great Lucio Dalla looks to the future, just like us».
The use of the song, written in Berlin imagining a love story in the shadow of the Wall and published in the 1980 album From thethe Foundation named after the singer-songwriter did not like it. “We didn't know anything about it, no one asked us for authorization,” they say Evening courier. «The political use of the song is a very unpleasant fact, we have never allowed the use of his works in any political context, moreover Lucio was foreign to certain reasoning. Something like this has never happened to us.”
“We were not asked for any authorization, and if that by a political party is always an improper use of Dalla's songs, it is even more unpleasant if it happens by someone who is so far from the thoughts and world of Lucio”, he told Republic Dea Melotti, Dalla's cousin and vice-president of the Foundation.
Quoted from CourierGaetano Curreri of Stadio, Dalla's friend and collaborator, says that «perhaps Vannacci didn't understand it, what he says is in total contrast with what Lucio expresses in Future. We were together in Berlin in front of the Wall when he wrote it, we also met Phil Collins who was observing that breach like us. Lucio was for uniting and not for dividing, he believed in peace, in the coexistence of diversity. Protecting Lucio's thoughts is important, respect is needed towards the artist. I'm sure he wouldn't have been happy at all, among other things let's say he was also anti-militarist.”
Eugenio D'Andrea, who was Dalla's lawyer, says he is shocked: «I spoke to his old friends and collaborators and they were all shocked. If there was no authorization, I wouldn't hesitate for a moment to send a letter to ask that his song and his figure no longer be associated with General Vannacci's party. Lucio Dalla has never had flags.”
