Gianna Nannini (born 14 June 1956, Siena, Italy) is a female singer-songwri… Read Full Bio ↴Gianna Nannini (born 14 June 1956, Siena, Italy) is a female singer-songwriter and rock musician. The older sister to former Formula 1 driver Alessandro Nannini, she studied piano in Turin and then composition in Milan.

Her first album was released in 1976 but her hit was in 1979 with the single America and the album California, which became a success in several European countries. The rise to fame in Italy started in 1984 with the release of her sixth album, Puzzle. This album peaked in the top 10 at the Italian, German, Austrian and Swiss hit-parades. She sang for the videoclip Fotoromanza (directed by Michelangelo Antonioni), won several musical awards and started a European tour, including a participation at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1986 her hit Bello e impossibile was a huge success and brought her more awards in Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Her 1987 compilation Maschi e altri sold over a million copies.

In 1990 she sang Un'estate italiana, the official song of the Football World Cup 1990, together with Edoardo Bennato.

She graduated in philosophy from the University of Siena in 1994. The following year she took part in a protest organized by Greenpeace at the French embassy in Rome against the decision of the French government to pursue nuclear experiments at Mururoa.

Her album Grazie was released in February 2006, and has peaked at number one of the Italian hit-parade with the single Sei nell'anima. After this two more released and another one is planned for 2011titled: "Io e te".

Fotografía
Gianna Nannini Lyrics

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Vieni andiamo più lontano
Ci tempesta la tempesta
E una marmotta fischia come un treno
Sopra il viso della gente
Passa un'onda passa un mare
Evanescente
Prendo il volo
Hai gli occhi come il cielo

Corre lungo il fiume
Una fotografia
E chi la prende la corrente
Se lo porta via
Con tutto ciò che resta nella fantasia
...fra sè e sè...
...fra sè e sè...
Vieni e guarda più vicino
Voglio un bacio faccia a faccia col destino...
Guarda che luna e non si frantuma
Corre lungo il fiume
Una fotografia
E chi la prende la corrente
Se lo porta via
Con tutto ciò che resta nella fantasia
Corre lungo il fiume
Una fotografia
E chi la prende la corrente
Se lo porta via
Con tutto ciò che resta nella fantasia
...fra sè e sè...
...fra sè e sè...

Tutto ciò che ho
Tutto ciò che hai

Overall Meaning

In Gianna Nannini's song Fotografia, the singer is inviting someone to come with her on a journey deeper into themselves. She speaks of being buffeted by storms and hearing a marmot whistle like a train, which suggests the turbulence and noise of life. However, the passing of waves and tides is fleeting and evanescent, so the singer takes flight, seeking to rise above the tumult. She describes the presence of the person she's with as having eyes like the sky, and together they run along a river. The 'photograph' represents a moment of captured reality that is as fleeting as the waves and tides, and that is carried away by the current. All that remains is what is left in the imagination. The singer invites the person to look closer and suggests that they share a kiss in the face of destiny. She mentions the moon, which is constant and does not break, hinting at the possibility of finding something more permanent in the midst of the transience.

The lyrics perfectly capture the idea of life being full of transience and uncertainty, and how everything is fleeting and impermanent. The singer is seeking to find something more meaningful that transcends the fleeting nature of life. The photograph represents a fleeting moment of reality that is gone in an instant, leaving only memories and an impression in the mind. This song beckons the listener to take a journey inward, to seek out the deeper meaning of their existence and to find something more permanent in a world that is constantly changing.

Line by Line Meaning

Vieni andiamo più lontano
Let's go further together

Ci tempesta la tempesta
The storm overwhelms us

E una marmotta fischia come un treno
And a whistle of a marmot sounds like a train

Sopra il viso della gente
Above the faces of people

Passa un'onda passa un mare
A wave passes, a sea passes

Evanescente
Ephemeral

Prendo il volo
I take flight

Hai gli occhi come il cielo
You have eyes like the sky

Corre lungo il fiume
It runs along the river

Una fotografia
A photograph

E chi la prende la corrente
And whoever takes it, takes the current