Quando verrà Natale
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Quando verrà Natale is a music album by Italian singer-songwriter Antonello Venditti
. It was released by RCA Italia in 1974.
The most famous song in the album is "A Cristo" ("To Christ"), an ironical depiction of a modern Jesus straggling amongst the 1970s society: after performing this song in a show with Francesco de Gregori
and Riccardo Cocciante
, Venditti was arrested (15 January 1974) under the accuse of offence to religion. He was later acquitted from any charge. Later he wrote the song "Campo de' Fiori
", also in the album, dedicated to a square in Rome where the philosopher Giordano Bruno
was burnt alive under the accuse of heresy, and taken as a symbol of freedom of thought. Also devoted to a square in Rome is "Piazzale degli Eroi", alluding to the rich and post-fascist bourgesy living in that area.
Antonello Venditti
Antonello Venditti is an Italian singer-songwriter who became famous in the 1970s for the social themes of his songs.-Biography:...
. It was released by RCA Italia in 1974.
The most famous song in the album is "A Cristo" ("To Christ"), an ironical depiction of a modern Jesus straggling amongst the 1970s society: after performing this song in a show with Francesco de Gregori
Francesco De Gregori
Francesco De Gregori is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is popularly known as "Il Principe Poeta" , a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics.-1970s:...
and Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante, also known in French-speaking countries as Richard Cocciante , is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. His oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French, and Spanish; he has recorded some of his songs in all three languages.He was born in Saigon, French Indochina, now Ho Chi...
, Venditti was arrested (15 January 1974) under the accuse of offence to religion. He was later acquitted from any charge. Later he wrote the song "Campo de' Fiori
Campo de' Fiori
Campo de' Fiori is a rectangular square near Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, on the border of rione Parione and rione Regola. Campo de' Fiori, translated literally from Italian, means "field of flowers"...
", also in the album, dedicated to a square in Rome where the philosopher Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno , born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star, and moreover, that the universe contained an infinite number of inhabited...
was burnt alive under the accuse of heresy, and taken as a symbol of freedom of thought. Also devoted to a square in Rome is "Piazzale degli Eroi", alluding to the rich and post-fascist bourgesy living in that area.
Track listing
All songs are written by Antonello Venditti.- "A Cristo" — 6:21
- "Marta" — 5:11
- "Piazzale degli eroi" — 3:53
- "Ora che sono pioggia" — 3:47
- "Campo de' Fiori" — 6:01
- "Figli del domani" — 6:25
- "Quando verrà Natale" — 5:33