Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, … Read Full Bio ↴Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, and TV host. He was born in Milan at 14 Gluck Street (about which he later wrote the song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"), his parents were from Puglia and had moved north for work.

Heavily influenced by his idol, Elvis Presley, and the 1950s rock revolution, he is also known as the most famous dancer of the Hula hoop fad. For the last 40 years he has retained his popularity in Italy, selling millions of records and appearing in numerous TV shows and movies (including a short appearance in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, before becoming a famous artist). In the latter respect, he has also been a creator of a comic genre, with his characteristic walking and his facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful, in fact in the 1970s and part of the 1980s, he was the king of the Italian box office in low budget movies. As an actor, critics point to Serafino (1968), directed by Pietro Germi, as his best effort.

As a director he frequently casts Ornella Muti, Eleonora Giorgi and his wife Claudia Mori. His best movie like director is "Yuppi Du", winner of The Golden Palm at Cannes Festival. He and Claudia are the parents of Rosita, Rosalinda and Vincent Celentano, the latter most notable to worldwide audiences for playing the Satan character in Mel Gibson`s The Passion of the Christ. He also works often as a host for several Italian television shows.

His 1968 song "Azzurro" has regained popularity in 2006, due to it being the anthem of the Italian national football team (the Azzurri) who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The artist Vincent Fiorello has also created a remix of the song.

His last concert-event in 2012, after 18 years without live performances, was transmitted on Canale 5, with over 9 million viewers both evenings.

Il Filo Di Arianna
Adriano Celentano Lyrics

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Teseo col filo dell'Arianna andava
Cosi la strada per tornare a casa sempre
Trovava,
E non si perdeva
E non ha fatto come te
Che ti sei persa nel mondo
Ed anche Pollicino quando andò nel bosco
Segnò con delle briciole

Il sentiero che era nascosto
E a casa tornava
E non ha fatto come te
Che ti sei persa nel mondo
Cerco solo i mezzi per tornar
Anche a nuoto nel mar
O potresti a piedi camminar
O forse in bicicletta se ti va di pedalar

Teseo con il filo dell'Arianna andava
Cosi la strada per tornare a casa
Sempre trovava
E non si perdeva
E a casa tornava
E non ha fatto come te
Che ti sei persa nel mondo
Cerco solo i mezzi per tornar
Anche a nuoto nel mar
O potresti a piedi camminar
O forse in bicicletta se ti va di pedalar.

Teseo con il filo dell'Arianna andava
Cosi la strada per tornare a casa
Sempre trovava
E non si perdeva
E non ha fatto come te
Che ti sei persa nel mondo

E non ha fatto come te
Che ti sei persa nel mondo

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Il Filo Di Arianna" by Adriano Celentano tell the story of Teseo and Arianna from Greek mythology. Teseo was a hero who, with the help of the princess Arianna, defeated the Minotaur and found his way out of the legendary labyrinth of Crete. Arianna gave Teseo a ball of thread or a "filo" to unwind as he made his way through the treacherous maze. The thread helped Teseo find his way out of the labyrinth and back to his homeland safely. The song highlights how Teseo never lost his way or wandered off like the listener has.

Line by Line Meaning

Teseo con il filo dell'Arianna andava
Teseo used the thread of Ariadne to find his way back home.

Cosi la strada per tornare a casa / Sempre trovava
He always found the way back home.

E non si perdeva
He never got lost.

E non ha fatto come te / Che ti sei persa nel mondo
He didn't do like you, who got lost in the world.

E anche Pollicino quando andò nel bosco / Segnò con delle briciole / Il sentiero che era nascosto / E a casa tornava
Even Hansel and Gretel marked their path with breadcrumbs to find their way back home.

Cerco solo i mezzi per tornar / Anche a nuoto nel mar / O potresti a piedi camminar / O forse in bicicletta se ti va di pedalar
I only seek means to come back home, including swimming in the sea, walking on foot or cycling if you feel like pedaling.

Lyrics © Music Union
Written by: Ferdinando De Luca, Gino Santercole, Luciano Beretta, Miki Del Prete

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