Adriano Celentano – L’Unica Chance
Adriano Celentano enjoys a snake and some poison for lunch.
Listen/Download -Adriano Celentano – L’Unica Chance
Greetings all.
I should begin today by saying that things around here have gotten especially hairy these last few weeks.
My interweb/tech travails will already be old news, and I’m happy to say that thanks to pushing my already rattled brain to the breaking point, we should be back on a fairly solid footing. We’re not at 100% yet, but getting closer every day.
On the home front, the treatment regimen for my wife seems to be headed in a new, slightly more convoluted direction. The part of this that affects us here – aside from my own ability to function under practical and emotional stress – is that the upcoming treatments are likely to occur at a remote location, some 90 minutes away from home, necessitating a great deal of travel.
I only mention this because there may soon come a day when the posting schedule at Funky16Corners is curtailed while we take care of more important things.
So that’s where that’s at…
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One of the great by products of Facebook is that I get to experience the excellent musical taste of many of my friends (many of whom are also DJs/collectors and/or bloggers).
One day last year one of these friends (I wish I could remember who) posted a clip of a black and white Italian TV show from the 70s that featured Lola Falana (hubba hubba) and a cat by the name of Adriano Celentano.
I had no idea who Celentano was (though he looked like the kind of guy that would play an early 70s TV mobster), nor was I aware that Lola had herself a whole second career in Italy as a TV personality.
So, Lola and Adriano start off in a comedic sketch of sorts (I don’t speak Italian, but the audience was laughing) then all of a sudden a very funky bass line starts and their dancing and lip-synching to a very funky track.
I initially assumed that this was someone else’s tune that they were dancing to, but after a littler research discovered that it was in fact Celentano’s record, and that it was called ‘L’Unica Chance’.
Of course I wanted my own copy, but assumed that I’d never find one here in the US, and previous interactions with the Italian post office did not bode well for an international purchase.
Fortunately for me I ended up finding a copy at a shockingly low price (and in wonderful condition) from a seller here in the US.
Celentano – as it turns out – was a huge star in Italy, recording music since the 50s in a wide variety of styles.
He was also a successful film and TV actor and director.
I have no idea how something as groovy as ‘L’Unica Chance’ got made, but I’m glad that it did.
Released in 1973, it features that fat, funky bass, some very cool wah-wah guitar and organ.
I hope you dig it as much as I do, and I’ll see you all on Monday.
Peace
Larry
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That may well have been me with the Celentano/Falana video. Meanwhile, I’ve been spinning this –> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWO8yI5zkHY which is how I found the “L’unica chance” clip. Thanks as always, Larry, eep up the good work, and here’s to hoping we meet in person some day.
Play this song a lot and it goes down a bomb. It’s that funky. What a bass line.
Try this song. Was my gateway into this crazy Italian’s music.
First URL is original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E77HpMMbDYc&feature=fvwrel
Second URL is the Greg Wilson re-edit that was big in clubs a few years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvgQHXT22Ss&feature=fvst
Love your blog, All the best.
I first heard this song in 2009 on a SoulStrut mix by DJ Day, entitled Unorthadox. Sadly, no tracklisting was provided (argh!!). So a few years and many trips to the F16C sites later, I now have some insight into one of the mix’s funkier tracks. Many thanks to F16C for filling in the gaps…as usual!
P.S. Just found my way to the new site today after several attempts to connect on lunarpages this week and last. Good to know that the operation is still operating – thanks again for all you do Larry!
Was going to mention Prisencolinensinainciusol but beaten to it 🙂