Vasco Rossi pays homage to Mick Jagger and, on the Rolling Stones frontman's 83rd birthday, talks about how much the figure of the British singer contributed to defining his idea of a rock star. The rocker from Zocca entrusted the message to a story published on social media: “By observing Mick Jagger I understood the attitude that a rock star must have”. A recognition that therefore goes beyond the strictly musical influence and concerns above all the way of being on stage, the energy and attitude embodied by Jagger over the course of over sixty years of career.
In the same hours, Vasco also returned to social media to talk about his origins and his relationship with the province, recalling how the anger accumulated during adolescence gradually became one of the driving forces of his music. From his arrival in the city from the mountains, with the feeling of being considered “second class”, up to his first great sentimental disappointment, the singer retraces some experiences that would leave a profound mark on his personal and artistic development.
Among the songs also born from those wounds he mentions “Brava”, published in 1980 on the album “Colpa d'Alfredo”. According to Vasco, the turning point came when he learned to transform anger into creative energy, making it no longer a destructive element but the fuel of his own freedom.
This is Vasco's full post: “From the province, when you manage to get out of it, you come out pretty pissed off! When I started, I had crazy anger. It was the driving force behind everything. Adolescence wasn't a walk in the park. I suffered a lot. Today you would say I was bullied. Also because I came from the mountains and, back then, if you came from the mountains to the city you were automatically considered second class. Then came the first great love story. I fell in love at seventeen… and I took a memorable travesty. I clashed with a feminist from the seventies… she was convinced that I had cheated on her and she never forgave me. That blow scarred me for years. For a long time I kept important relationships at a distance, without involvement, without sharing 'Good' also arise from those wounds. In the end I understood one thing: anger must be channeled. Today I know that it is the best way to not let yourself be destroyed by anger… but to make it the fuel of your freedom.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
