Recently I went down a rabbit hole on Youtube
These were phenomenal musicians having a lot of fun performing and I was fortunate to see some of them play at other Bungle but also Secret Chiefs shows.
Aside from having a pass to take photographs that gave me better-than-front-row positions, I could observe one of my heroes in Mike Patton manipulating his voice with a tape machine.
Then, out of nowhere, came a cover of 'Tower of Strength' by an overwrought Gene McDaniels.
It was a song from around 35 years earlier that I knew from being part of a compilation tape in my father's car.
I can't tell you what a thrill it was to reconnect with that song at that time watching these musicians.
These are the live experiences that I value and there were a few similar moments from going to gigs.
Anyway, I had a similar thrill when I went looking for 'Tower of Strength' and found Adriano Celentano.
Mr Celentano recorded the song in both Italian and Spanish, which was likely part of his efforts to introduce Europe to both rock and roll.
However, as I explored his career, it became clear that he also kept the flame alive with the revival as psychedelic rock a decade later.
It's wild that he's now singing in German, but I guess one would work across several markets and languages if they were a popular singer in Europe.
However, I am even more impressed with his enthusiasm for disco.
It was the major trend in music at the time and Adriano embaced it as a triple threat would do, combining slapstick with the dance moves.
I gather from Wikipedia there was a corkscrew-shaped pasta named for Celentano!
