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 Più Migliore
Adriano Celentano Lyrics
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e penso che se non ci sei
è perché proprio non ci sei
mentre la mia mente
se ne va per i fatti suoi...
eppure
il prete
quel giorno
disse che
noi due eravamo un solo io
e invece tu
ti sei messa a ragionar
senza la mia testa
e non ti accorgevi che
nel mio cuor
tu cancellavi un po'
di te
che sei
di te
che sei una parte di me
chissà perché
mi vuoi sempre dimostrar
che tu sei
più migliore anche di me...
e anche se lo fossi?!...
cosa ci guadagni tu
nel saper,
che se c'è uno stupido non sei tu
ma io?!...
L'unica cosa
è che dopo lo so anch'io...
The lyrics of Adriano Celentano's song "La Più Migliore" reflect on the end of a relationship and the struggle that follows. The singer finds himself alone and contemplates the reason for the breakup. He realizes that, regardless of the circumstances, his mind continues to wander back to memories of his former partner. Despite the fact that they were once united and viewed as one by a priest, the relationship has since dissolved, leaving the singer to ruminate on what went wrong.
The song highlights the theme of miscommunication and how it can lead to the end of a relationship. The singer reflects that his partner had been too busy trying to reason out the cause of the breakup, while he was left to contemplate how much of himself he was losing with her departure. He feels underestimated by his partner and is frustrated by the need to constantly prove himself. His partner doesn't see that a part of her is lost within him, that he has lost a part of himself with her departure, and that they are connected in a way that is difficult to explain.
Line by Line Meaning
Son qui senza te
I am here without you
e penso che se non ci sei
and I think that if you are not here
è perché proprio non ci sei
it is because you are really not here
mentre la mia mente
while my mind
se ne va per i fatti suoi...
goes about its own business...
eppure
and yet
il prete
the priest
quel giorno
on that day
quando c'ebbe uniti
when he united us
disse che
said that
noi due eravamo un solo io
we were a single self
e invece tu
but instead you
ti sei messa a ragionar
started to reason
senza la mia testa
without my head
e non ti accorgevi che
and you didn't realize that
nel mio cuor
in my heart
tu cancellavi un po'
you erased a little
di te
of yourself
che sei
that you are
di te
of yourself
che sei una parte di me
that you are a part of me
chissà perché
who knows why
mi vuoi sempre dimostrar
you always want to prove to me
che tu sei
that you are
più migliore anche di me...
even better than me...
e anche se lo fossi?!...
and even if you were?!...
cosa ci guadagni tu
what do you gain
nel saper,
in knowing
che se c'è uno stupido non sei tu
that if there is a stupid person, it's not you
ma io?!...
but me?!...
L'unica cosa
the only thing
è che dopo lo so anch'io...
is that I will also know it afterwards...
Contributed by Levi M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Robert Turtle
Mitico!
PAPASTHEGREAT
Adriano sei il migliore
Nandofefe72 Salvati
Non hai rivali ,sei il N°1
celentano nel cuore
sei forte adriano per me 6 il numero 1.ieri,oggi e domani e per chi nn capisce un cazzo io dico ascolta sempre solo musica vera e cerca sempre se puoi di capire
Nandofefe72 Salvati
6 il maradona nel tuo campo ,non hai rivali .
Joan Lui
24 febbraio 2021 ‼️‼️‼️
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