«I dream of a future in which no one goes to see Tony Effe». A few days after the performance at the Palaeur in Rome, organized by the rapper following his exclusion from the New Year's Eve concert at the Circus Maximus requested by the Municipality of Rome due to the lyrics, Enrico Ruggeri has his say on the matter in an interview published by Republic.
«There is great intellectual and lexical poverty around», says the singer-songwriter. «However, I see that there is an enormous demand for certain music. There is no such thing as censorship, but we should act with intellectual honesty: Povia should also be defended. Then there is the naivety of the organizers: first you call an artist and then you send him home. Of course it's going to be a mess.”
Speaking of the themes addressed by rappers, the singer-songwriter says that «the big misunderstanding lies in the fact that the problem is not the topic covered, but how it is told. On the problem of social hostility Dostoevsky wrote Crime and punishment. Today we discuss the crimes of baby gangs, but Oliver Twist he was talking about that. The real issue is the paucity of language. Lou Reed delved into the darkest sides of the human soul, but he wrote masterpieces.” And on the music system: «We should stop thinking in numbers: some young people listen to total lexical miseries, others even go to our concerts. Maybe there are fewer of them, but they exist.”
Ruggeri returned to TV with The eyes of the musicianuntil February 4th in the late evening on Rai 2 (the next episode aired on Tuesday January 7th). He will release the single on January 10th The poet dedicated, among others, to Pier Paolo Pasolini, «emblem of those who are not afraid to express their thoughts, even if they know that their followers will be disappointed. Pasolini is a bit like Gaber: the strongest attacks on the left came from the left.”
The poet it is the first extract from the new album of unreleased songs Plato's cave out on January 17th (at this link the albums that will be released during the month). The myth of the cave, says Ruggeri a Republic«can be a metaphor for the present: Plato imagined people living in a cave and convinced himself that this was reality. Once they left, they preferred to return because they didn't like what they found outside.”
