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.

Solo
Adriano Celentano Lyrics

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Mi conosci solo da un quarto d'ora e già sai
Che tu mi piaci, un bel po'
Sì, tu mi piaci, proprio un bel po'
Io parlo con lui che è amico mio
Fingendo che tu neanche ci sia
Ma ci sei
E sento che già non sei più sua

Lui mi invita a venire in vacanza con voi
Dimenticando che con voi ci sei tu
Tu che sei la femmina dei sogni suoi
E che in te lui crede ciecamente
Come in me che sono il suo migliore amico
Che per lui mi butterei nel fuoco
Ma per te lo tradirei

Dimmi è così che si fa?
Forse l'amore è così?

Tu non devi aver paura in vacanza con noi
Sì tu mi piaci, ma sai che c'è?

Che lui mi piace più di te
Non fingere che io non ci sia
Se no lui si accorge che sei tu
Quello che non c'è

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Ti conosco solo da un quarto d'ora e già sò
che per farsi amare da te
Non si può essere imbecilli come me
Per una giusta come te bisogna essere come lui
Che non ruberebbe mai la donna di un amico suo

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Overall Meaning

The song "Solo" by Adriano Celentano tells a story of a man who has just met a woman and has fallen in love with her. He is torn between his feelings for her and his loyalty to his friend. The man tries to ignore his attraction to the woman and pretends that he doesn't even know she's there. However, he can't help but feel that she is slipping away from his friend and into his own arms. The lyrics indicate that the man is struggling with his feelings and his sense of morality.

As the story progresses, the friend invites the man and the woman to go on vacation together, but the man is torn because he knows that his friend is also in love with the woman. The man realizes that he must choose between his loyalty to his friend and his feelings for the woman, but he struggles with this dilemma.

The lyrics of the song suggest that love is complicated and often involves difficult choices. The man in the song must decide whether to follow his heart or his sense of loyalty.

Line by Line Meaning

Mi conosci solo da un quarto d'ora e già sai Che tu mi piaci, un bel po' Sì, tu mi piaci, proprio un bel po'
You have only known me for fifteen minutes, and yet you already know That I like you, quite a lot Yes, I really like you a lot

Io parlo con lui che è amico mio Fingendo che tu neanche ci sia Ma ci sei E sento che già non sei più sua
I'm talking to him, a friend of mine, Pretending as if you aren't even there But you are And I can already sense that you no longer belong to him

Lui mi invita a venire in vacanza con voi Dimenticando che con voi ci sei tu Tu che sei la femmina dei sogni suoi E che in te lui crede ciecamente Come in me che sono il suo migliore amico Che per lui mi butterei nel fuoco Ma per te lo tradirei
He's invited me to come on vacation with you all Forgetting that you are among the group You, the girl of his dreams And he believes in you blindly Just like he believes in me, his best friend Whom he would trust with anything But for you, I would betray him

Dimmi è così che si fa? Forse l'amore è così?
Tell me, is this what it takes? Maybe this is what love is?

Tu non devi aver paura in vacanza con noi Sì tu mi piaci, ma sai che c'è? Che lui mi piace più di te Non fingere che io non ci sia Se no lui si accorge che sei tu Quello che non c'è
You don't have to be afraid on vacation with us Yes, I like you, but you know what? I actually like him more than you Don't pretend like I'm not here Otherwise, he'll realize that you're The one who's absent

Ti conosco solo da un quarto d'ora e già sò che per farsi amare da te Non si può essere imbecilli come me Per una giusta come te bisogna essere come lui Che non ruberebbe mai la donna di un amico suo
I've only known you for fifteen minutes, and already I know That to make you love me I can't be a fool like me For someone as good as you, you need to be like him Who would never steal a friend's woman

Lyrics © Sugarmusic s.p.a., Downtown Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Adriano Celentano

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