On the occasion of the release of the new single “Citra Scena”Youssef De Luna shared five songs which, over time, have left a profound mark on his way of living and understanding music.
More than simple influences, they are songs that have contributed to shaping his artistic gaze: from the expressive strength of the voice to the search for the right word, from the rebellion born from the rhythm to the acceptance of darkness and the vertigo of absolute love.
Five essential listens, accompanied by his comments.
1. David Bowie – Heroes
With this song I understood what it means to sing: to live what you are saying, to feel it with every fiber of your body, to see it and touch it there in front of you. But, above all, let yourself be touched: live, in fact. Defenseless. “And the shame was on the other side”.
2. Bob Marley & The Wailers – Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)
The rebellion and the revolution are – even before the words – in the rhythm, in the sounds, in the style of the voice. And in the dancing body. “Forget your troubles and dance”.
3. Fabrizio De André – Song of Drug Addicts
“I fired God.” What a start! De André taught me how to work as a stonemason on the text. The word in the song is at the service of the music and vice versa, you cannot expect to write pure poetry.
But we still need to have poetic rigor: have the patience and courage to linger on that word that is there, or that is missing, so that it can open up new worlds.
4. Black Sabbath – Into the Void
Darkness is part of our life, we cannot ignore it. Black Sabbath knew how to take it and give it back.
Moving my body, making my spine sway on the viscosity of their riffs, since I was 13, I have found it liberating, cathartic.
5. Giuseppe Verdi – Already in the thick night (from Othello)
Opera duet Othello between Othello and Desdemona. An ageless composition: when one goes to such depths, both time and space falter.
Love, death, ecstasy: the sensual abyss of sweetness.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
