{"id":2320,"date":"2012-02-28T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T18:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2012-03-13T10:41:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T15:41:29","slug":"adriano-celentano-lunica-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2320","title":{"rendered":"Adriano Celentano – L’Unica Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download -Adriano Celentano – L’Unica Chance <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I should begin today by saying that things around here have gotten especially hairy these last few weeks.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/em> – 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.<\/p>\n

I only mention this because there may soon come a day when the posting schedule at Funky16Corners<\/strong> is curtailed while we take care of more important things.<\/p>\n

So that’s where that’s at…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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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).<\/p>\n

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<\/strong> (hubba hubba<\/em>) and a cat by the name of Adriano Celentano.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

So, Lola and Adriano start off in a comedic sketch of sorts (I don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s record, and that it was called \u2018L\u2019Unica Chance\u2019.<\/p>\n

Of course I wanted my own copy, but assumed that I\u2019d never find one here in the US, and previous interactions with the Italian post office did not bode well for an international purchase.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Celentano \u2013 as it turns out \u2013 was a huge star in Italy, recording music since the 50s in a wide variety of styles.<\/p>\n

He was also a successful film and TV actor and director.<\/p>\n

I have no idea how something as groovy as \u2018L\u2019Unica Chance\u2019 got made, but I\u2019m glad that it did.<\/p>\n

Released in 1973, it features that fat, funky bass, some very cool wah-wah guitar and organ.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it as much as I do, and I\u2019ll see you all on Monday.<\/p>\n

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