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.
La Neve
Adriano Celentano Lyrics
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Per la citta
L'impronta di un passo traccia la via
Dove lei sta
La vedo gia
Che dietro ai vetri suoi
In sottoveste sara
Lei mi aspettera
E giochera
Con il suo alito
Sui vetri freddi finche
Lei non mi vedra
La bacio, l'abbraccio e la stanchezza
Subito va
Mi sento di ghiaccio, lei cosi calda
Mi sciogliera
E dopo un po'
Spengo la lampada
La neve a fiocchi vien giu
Sui sospiri suoi
E dopo un po'
Spengo la lampada
La neve a fiocchi vien giu
Siamo solo noi
The lyrics of Adriano Celentano's "La Neve" talk about a couple in the snow who are reunited after some time apart. The song mentions the snowfall and the way it settles on the umbrellas in the city, but it is the presence of his loved one that truly moves the singer. He sees her through the window, enrobed only in her chemise, waiting for him. They play and breath on the icy windows until she catches sight of him. He rushes to embrace and kiss her and feels in her warmth a release of the cold he had been holding on to. They spend time together, but the song ends on a more somber note as he turns off the light and they sit in the silence of the snow as it falls.
Overall, the song captures a moment of reunion and closeness between lovers, framed against the coldness of winter. The singer is entranced by his beloved, and the snow only serves to heighten the sense of intimacy and magic in the moment. However, the end of the song feels slightly melancholy, suggesting that perhaps this reunion is temporary, and that the coldness of the world outside is always waiting to break in.
Line by Line Meaning
La neve va a spasso sopra gli ombrelli
The snow walks around the umbrellas over the city
Per la citta
Throughout the city
L'impronta di un passo traccia la via
The footprint of a step traces the way
Dove lei sta
Where she is
La vedo gia
I already see her
Che dietro ai vetri suoi
Behind her windows
In sottoveste sara
She will be in her robe
Lei mi aspettera
She will be waiting for me
E giochera
And she will play
Con il suo alito
With her breath
Sui vetri freddi finche
On the cold windows until
Lei non mi vedra
She sees me
La bacio, l'abbraccio e la stanchezza
I kiss her, embrace her, and exhaustion
Subito va
Immediately goes away
Mi sento di ghiaccio, lei cosi calda
I feel icy, she is so warm
Mi sciogliera
She will melt me
E dopo un po'
And after a little while
Spengo la lampada
I turn off the light
La neve a fiocchi vien giu
The snow falls in flakes
Sui sospiri suoi
On her sighs
Siamo solo noi
It's just the two of us
Lyrics © Clan Edizioni Musicali s.r.l.
Written by: Adriano Celentano, Luciano Beretta
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