DOLCENERA: Yes, I was out of tune (AND SURPRISE SHE RELEASES A LESBIAN SONG)
The super favorite on the eve was betrayed by technique during Monday evening's performance at the Ariston
SANREMO – Astonishing and out of tune. It happens to Dolcenera, the odds-on favorite, too, who on the first night suffered what is commonly called a miscue. "It can happen," she explains, "due to shortcomings, distraction, or even overzealousness. And that's what happened to me on Monday: the volume of my voice was too low, so in a very difficult passage in F sharp, I'd say a soprano, I pushed too hard, going beyond the necessary note." "And then," adds Dolcenera, who last night performed a heavily reworked version of the song "Com'è straordinaria la vita" with guitarist Maurizio Solieri, "there's always the emotional factor lurking. My career has shown so far that I give my all, but I don't pay much attention to either my vocal or piano technique. In short, I'm more instinctive than geek.".
As for "amazing," here are the lyrics to one of the songs from Dolcenera's album Il popolo dei sogni, out today: «"Look, Laura, you don't have to be afraid anymore about how you feel about your... best friend, about how you secretly have another life! Look, Laura, your mother still hasn't figured out who's locked inside you... stay the way you are, it's your life."». It's the song Stay as you are , whose obsessive refrain repeats "You are different, you are different." An open apologia for female homosexuality.
«"Yes, I was deeply struck by the stories of many girls who are victims of cultural prejudice." Which especially concerns lesbians? "I'd say it comes from the mother for girls and the father for boys. In ancient Greece, they were much more open.".
The album, which is highly committed, also features a song about pedophilia, titled L'amore (subtitled Il mostro): "It came about after a conversation with a friend of mine who works in humanitarian work, who explained to me that in Korea, for $300, a child can be killed after being abused. Certain things you hear on TV seem to belong to another planet. But when someone you know and trust tells them to you, it's different.".
«"It's an instinctive album," Dolcenera explains. "It's rock, visceral. I've discovered that the most thoughtful things aren't always the best done. Sometimes speed and instinct allow you to make an album that represents you completely, maybe even more truthful." The CD also includes "Il luminal d'immenso," based on a Radiohead song. "They're the best band of the last 15 years," she says. "No one thought they'd agree to give me one of their songs. I did it on the first try.".