There are twenty-eight songs competing in Sanremo this year , three more than 2022 when to be honest it already seemed like a lot. But Amadeus, who in this 73rd edition of the Festival (broadcast from 7 to 11 February) called six young Sanremo proposals to himself, did not want for anything in the world to "compensate" by reducing the big names .
"How could I? I didn't make it», he reveals to the journalists invited to the annual appointment with the pre-listening of the songs in the Rai studios in via Mecenate in Milan (and in connection with Rome). In short, between the race and an infinite list (not yet closed) of guests and co-hosts , it will be long again this year , but Amadeus is certain of it: «The public appreciates the river evenings, the curves and the data show it» .
Returning to the musical aspect, the menu has many dishes but (at least at first listening) it seems to have all or almost the same taste. Love songs prevail , celebrated in all its facets, but here and there some more danceable and rhythmic pieces appear . "I haven't studied a strand – says Amadeus – I trust a lot, in the immediacy, of my feelings and my ear".
But let's see the songs, one by one.
Gianluca Grignani - When you are out of breath
The letter that a son writes to his father to put aside grudges and misunderstandings. From Gianluca we expected something less tearful and more rock. Score: 6
Colapesce and Dimartino – Splash
The sonorities are from the Seventies, the text "Munchian" ("I prefer the noise of the crowded subways to those of the sea"), the ending ("Splash") almost frightening, the challenge of equaling the success of "Musica light" arduous. But wait: what if that wasn't their goal? Rating 7.5
Article 31 – A nice trip
Those who dreamed of a debut to break the Ariston will be disappointed. Rap is not golden and nineties, but the rehashed one of the third millennium, uselessly nostalgic and self-celebrating, unbearably singsong. Rating 5.5
