Politics

Concert for the 75th anniversary of the first session

Morandi sings his pacifist song in the Senate: "There is no censorship, we are in a free country"

"There was a guy like me who loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones" in the lineup along with "Open all doors", "A world of love" and "Get sent by mom"

08/05/2023

One of the most famous pacifist songs of the Italian music scene, "C'era un ragazzo che come me", gave Gianni Morandi the opportunity to reflect on the absence of censorship in Italy, during his concert in the Senate in the ceremony to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first session (May 8, 1948).

Morandi sang his "hit", dated 1966, at the end of which he recalled that at the time "this song was censored. There was talk of a friendly people - he observed - accused of killing the Vietnamese. There was a parliamentary question, I believe in the House, and then it was censured. It makes me feel - he commented - that today I am here to sing it. These things are no more, we are in a free country."

"I've sung in so many places in my life, a bit from all over the world. But here is the first time and there is a bit of emotion. I wanted to tell you that when the Senate was born, on May 8, 1948, I was already there, I was already three years old". Morandi does not hide his emotion after singing "Un mondo d'amore" in the hall of Palazzo Madama.

The singer then performed in "Open all doors" and "Get sent by mom" and the parliamentarians present let themselves be carried away by clapping their hands. Also present to listen to President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa and several ministers