April 2012
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Some diary translations from 2007. Life in England!
April 1st 2007
I’ve lived for almost two years in this apartment and the news of the week is that I’ve decided to buy it. I spoke with the owner, we’re still discussing the price but it shouldn’t exceed 200,000 pounds, furniture included: perfect. I’m really happy because I’m very fond of this house....
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Seems EMI is trying to expand Tiziano’s...
To the anons in my inbox:
Yes if you see anything wrong in any of the translations please tell me, I am a perfectionist so I’m always happy to correct a mistake.
No I don’t have any magazine scans unfortunately, I only see what’s published online. The coming out interview was reprinted in his second book, that was actually the first time I ever read it in full.
And thanks to...
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This is a fantastic article/interview. Although I feel a bit sad for him and his boyfriend. But whatever works for them!
The new Tiziano Ferro. A beautiful life when you have nothing more to hide.
“Everything began here, on Via Pestalozzi 4. My first time in Milan was inside these walls.” Those of Jungle Sound, the studio rehearsal room where Tiziano Ferro and his band are preparing...
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Translation of this live blog of the concert:
21:38 Let the show begin. An extended stage and a square runway ahead. A simple stage, essential, as he told Sorrisi. We’ll see what happens. It starts off with a heartbeat and a light on the center stage. Descending from the sky is a cube that should contain only him. Once he’s down, he sings “L’amore è una cosa...
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Tonight was the first date of the tour, in Turin! Seems this is the setlist:
1. L’amore è una cosa semplice 2. La differenza tra me e te 3. Hai delle isole negli occhi 4. Troppo buono 5. Imbranato 6. Indietro 7. L’ultima notte al mondo 8. E fuori è buio 9. Sere nere 10. Stop! Dimentica 11. Xverso 12. E Raffaella è mia [Video looking back on his career] 13. Il regalo più...
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Tiziano answered some fans’ questions for Glamour magazine:
You’ve named an album and a book L’amore è una cosa semplice: but is it really? Love comes from a pure, spontaneous need, it’s like hunger and thirst. And a person’s heart has a need to nourish, to feel complete. In short: the essence of love is simple. Unfortunately, we complicate everything.
When you...
March 2012
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Seems “Hai Delle Isole Negli Occhi” is indeed the third single. A disappointing choice, but I hope it’ll do well. I know a lot of fans prefer his R&B side, which he had pretty much neglected since Centoundici.
I’m curious about the video, it’s not really a song where he can yet again be presented as alone/asexual. But I suppose they’ll find a way to do just...
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“Ti Scatterò Una Foto” from the album Nessuno È Solo
For a guy who now claims that love is a simple thing, Tiziano sure has a lot of epic, tortured love songs! This is another one of those, a true fan favorite. To accompany the song translation I picked three diary entries. One is from early 2004 when he wrote the song and was about to move (permanently) to Mexico, to attend a...
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Here is the translation of his coming out interview with Vanity Fair (from October 2010) along with a few diary entries from the second book where he talks about said interview. If you’ve never read it, it’s very interesting and lengthy!
August 28th 2010
On my way to Sardinia… this time for real, I hope!
We’ve decided that I won’t do any promotion for the book. We...
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“Sere Nere” from the album Centoundici
One of Tiziano’s biggest hits. Reading his main diary entry about it, I think he already sensed that he was sitting on something huge. Here is that translation, along with the song.
April 12th 2003
I return to Italy enriched by this umpteenth crazy experience. Imbranato is at #4 on the Latin Songs chart in the US, and Mexico has been a...
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El Amor Es Una Cosa Simple is doing fairly well in South America! Glad he still has plenty of fans in that part of the world, despite the great meltdown of 2006. I know many fans are excited about the release of the Spanish version of the album, but hearing it once was more than enough for me. I have nothing against the language, in fact I like it quite a bit, but to me Tiziano sounds like he has...
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“Hai Delle Isole Negli Occhi” from the album L’amore È Una Cosa Semplice
There’s not much to say about this smooth and relaxing song. In this video he calls it a “declaration of love… profound and very direct.” So it’s obvious what (or should I say who) inspired it! Here’s a tiny diary entry where he mentions its creation.
April 25th 2011
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