Calling '60s Italian pop aficiandos!

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I heard an amazing Italian language version of The Monkees' 'I'm A Believer' in a club recently... great funky drums... but does anyone know who it's by?
Thanks in advance!

― Diabolik, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 08:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The only Italian cover of "IMB" I know of is by Caterina Caselli from 1967. Was it a female vocal?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 08:58 (twenty-one years ago)

No, it was a male group vocal much like the original.... is Caterina's version good, though? Italian pop is something I know very little about...

― Diabolik, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 09:06 (twenty-one years ago)

She was the Petula Clark of '60s Italopop, but nowhere near as good. Her moniker was "Piper Girl."

My favourite version of "IAB" was the Robert Wyatt one, but that's completely undanceable.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 09:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I think it could be the I Chiodi (The Nails)'s version: the title was changed in "Accendi una stella" (Light a star)and it was a lot more "beat" oriented than the Caselli's version.
My dad had the 45 but who knows where it can be now?!

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

My dad has some I Chiodi on his tape collection I think... they also did a Simon and Garunkel cover if its the same band I'm thinking of. A little more British invasion-y than the usual "yeah yeah, fare la whiskey soda" Ital 'n' roll of the 60s.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, it's the same band. Not surprisingly, they used to play lots of Anglo-American covers but their approach was a little more aggressive than usual - even so, I Corvi they were not.

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Is there a good Italian rock n roll thread on ILM? I'd love to know how to properly go through my father's music collection without stumbling onto any Little Tony/Adriano Celentano/Pooh.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

hey Dom, is your father Italian?
just let me know if I can help: I'm not a such a connoisseur, still there are a couple of good things here and there - mostly 60's and 70's stuff, obviously.
ps anyway, Celentano isn't always that bad...

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Amazing, cheers chaps

― Diabolik, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

nine years pass...

It's a pity they didn't just let the whole 1966 version play because it does sound terrific...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0I2rKA1hE

― Ned Trifle X, Thursday, 29 January 2015 15:43 (eleven years ago)

Drumming so much better in the 1966 version...

― Ned Trifle X, Thursday, 29 January 2015 15:44 (eleven years ago)

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