«Pino D'Angiò was one of the many “internapoletani”», says Raiz in an interview given to Republic in which he talks among other things about his show based on the songs of Sergio Bruni Whether love is the opposite of death and the intention to do some concerts with Almamegretta in 2025 for the 30th anniversary of Sanacore.
«I owe him a lot of my fun as a teenager», says Raiz about D'Angiò, «when on the stolen beat of But which idea – and lots of other funk music – I spent carefree hours in the afternoon DJ sets of the discos».
Raiz, who is working on a sort of stand-up, «which will not be comical, but which will also be comical, starting from autobiography and arriving at fiction» and will return «for some flashbacks» to play the role of Don Salvatore in the fifth season of Sea outsideis one of the few Italian singers who remembered D'Angiò.
Enrico Ruggeri did it, writing on X: «How many games with the Nazionale Cantanti, how many dinners, how many speeches. One of my nicest colleagues ever, never resentful, never competitive. Then we lose sight of each other. And now I miss what wasn't».
How many matches with the National Singers team, how many dinners, how many speeches.
One of my nicest colleagues ever, never resentful, never competitive.
Then we lose sight of each other.
And now I miss what wasn't.#Pine tree Of Anjou pic.twitter.com/olRHhf3Bjm— Enrico Ruggeri (@enricoruggeri) July 6, 2024
Bnkr44 remembered him, calling D'Angiò to sing with them But which idea on the evening of covers and duets at Sanremo 2024, then publishing the piece (it recently went platinum). The group remembered him on Saturday on the stage of Live Beats in Otranto: «We want to take a moment to pay homage, remember but above all thank a legend, an icon, a man who made the whole world fall in love and dance and who taught us the value of life, the value of humility and the value of lightheartedness».
And again: “Pino has always smiled in the face of the devil, he has always been a warrior and he has taught us to love life despite its pain. But above all he has always taught us to follow our ideas, to do what we want without listening to anyone”.
Even the foreign press, especially the Spanish-speaking one, has written about the “músico e interprete disco” who passed away at the age of 71. At this link for example the Spanish The Countryto this West France. Self abc.es he recalls it by quoting the self-definition «the inventor of rap in Europe», the Dutch Nos he considers him the hero of Italo disco.
On Trance History he is remembered for The Age of Loveconsidered one of the first, if not the first trance piece. The singer recalled that «I wrote it in Belgium in '90, with my friend Bruno Sanchioni, and it was meant to be an experiment. It was so far from my classic works that I asked to publish it without my name, remaining only the author».
Rai has instead decided “out of respect for the moment of mourning” not to broadcast Bnkr44's performance with D'Angiò last night. It will be broadcast in one of the next episodes.
At this link the interview we did with Pino D'Angiò seven months before his return to the scene at Sanremo. He defined But which idea “a beautiful woman, but a bit of a slut”, she described meeting Mina and having spaghetti with Marvin Gaye, the revival and success abroad, but also throat and lung cancer.
“Now, as I speak to you, I have lung cancer and as you can see I'm short of breath and I have to drink every so often. It's not that I'm in great shape, but at this point I'm sorry, because I don't think it's fair, but who do I blame? Maybe me,” he said, referring to the many cigarettes he smoked. “This has been my life and this will be the rest of it. Then we'll see what the fuck happens.”