Guest of the third evening of the Festival, the songwriter of ‘Peter Pan’ will be the protagonist of the Rai documentary, broadcast on February 19th
The Sanremo Festival 2025 He officially comes alive with his third evening, broadcast today Thursday 13 February, starting at 8.35 pm on Rai 1. For the occasion, after the performances of the 29 artists in the race, Carlo Conti will be joined by three exceptional co-deductors: Miriam Leone, Katia Follesa and Elettra Lamborghini. This time the public will play a decisive role in the vote, flanked by the radio jury, with a weight of 50% each. Today also arrives the Redde rationem For the new proposals: Alex Wyse and September will compete for the victory, with a tripartite vote between televoting (34%), radio jury (33%) and press room (33%).
Among the many guests of the evening, there is Edoardo Bennato, who returns to Ariston to perform with one of his most iconic pieces, They are only songs. A song that anticipates the release of the documentary of the same name, broadcast on February 19 on Rai 1 in the early evening.
the documentary
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With They are only songsEdoardo Bennato tells himself through a journey that traces the most significant stages of his extraordinary career, made of brilliant intuitions, rebellion but also a tieable search for authenticity. Produced by Rai Documentari and Daimon Film, directed by Stefano Salvati, the documentary opens with archive images that bring back to a historical moment: the Record tour of 1980culminating in the legendary concert in San Siro. This is where Gianni Minàfollowing the artist before going on stage, he asks him how he is. “I’m afraid they don’t have fun and that I don’t have fun,” Bennato replies. It was an unforgettable success.
Through testimonies of artists and friends such as Jovanotti, Paolo Conte, Ligabue And Mogolthe docufilm reveals the songwriter’s path, from the apprenticeship toaffirmation as a precursor of Italian rock. A story full of unpublished materials, archival images and of special contents developed with artificial intelligence To reconstruct moments without visual documentation.
Meaning of the song
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Iconic They are only songs It is much more than a simple song. Born almost by chance from an idea of Enzo Jannacci who joked on a studio mixer, the song is a reflection on the perception of the role of the songwriter. Bennato plays with the image of the artist who “will never be able to become general manager” and that “in his category is all people who are not very serious”, as if to want to diminish the value of one’s work Faced with the “crowds of ministers and deputies”.
But it is precisely in this apparent and sought after disengagement that the soul proves to be the most Scratchy and rebellious of Bennato. “I don’t have any answers, I only do rock’n’roll”, sings, claiming the freedom of not having to always be a bearer of truth or solutions. In a country that often asks artists to take a position on polarizing arguments, Bennato makes music for the sake of making music, with the seriousness and lightness that the task imposes. “But what a politics, what a culture, are only songs!”.
Gazzetta dello Sport
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