Carboni was born in Bologna.
In 1976, at 14, he founded the band Teobaldi Rock, with the role of guitarist and songwriter. In 1980 the band took part in the Bologna Rock 80 festival; the following year they released the first and last single, "L.N."/"Odore d'inverno".
Carboni's road changed when the Stadio read his lyrics and asked him a song for their first album. The song was entitled "Navigando controvento" and appeared in the album Stadio (1982). The band's leader, Gaetano Curreri, helped him in realizing his first album, published in January 1984 and entitled ...intanto Dustin Hoffman non sbaglia un film: it was co-produced by Curreri and included collaborations with Ron and Lucio Dalla. The album sold 30,000 copies and the single "Ci stiamo sbagliando" more than 50,000,[1] establishing Carboni in the Italian music panorama. In that year he won the Festivalbar for the category Youngs.
In 1985 he released Forever, which sold 70,000 copies and entered the Italian Top Ten for some weeks.[2] After a pause which he devoted to inner analysis and painting, in 1987 he released the album Luca Carboni, which contains one of his most popular songs, "Silvia lo sai", a story of adolescence and drug.[3] This song and the other hit "Farfallina" led the album to sell up to 700,000 copies, reaching the top of the Italian charts.[4] The same album was re-issued in Spanish in 1989 and was followed by two tours.
The less pop-oriented and more impervious Persone silenziose (1989) sold 500,000 copies,[5] and included the song "Primavera". Carboni's most successful album was Carboni, released in January 1992, containing the pop hits "Ci vuole un fisico bestiale", "La mia città" and "Mare mare", which won the Festivalbar in the following summer. Carboni sold more than a million copies[6] and was followed, as common for Carboni, by a summer tour, although this time on a European scale; he also sang in eight concerts with Jovanotti.
In the 1990s Carboni moved to a more personal and minimalistic inspiration, as showed by the voluntarily raw-produced MONDO world welt monde (1995) and by Carovana (1998), which he mostly realized alone at home. He spent the following two years in tours, including some stages abroad.
His latest albums are Il tempo dell'amore (1999, a collection with two new songs), LU*CA (2001) and ...le band si sciolgono (2006), which includes collaborations with Gaetano Curreri, Pino Daniele and Tiziano Ferro.
In January 2009 he released Musiche ribelli, a collection of covers of 1970s and 1980s Italian singer-songwriters such as Eugenio Finardi, Enzo Jannacci, Francesco De Gregori, Edoardo Bennato and Pierangelo Bertoli.
On the 1 October 2013, to celebrate 30-year career was released the new compilation album "Fisico & Politico" containing 3 unreleased tracks and 9 great successes already engraved by the artist previously, replicated in duet with Tiziano Ferro, Elisa (Italian singer), Chris Brown, Alice (singer), Miguel Bosé, Franco Battiato, Biagio Antonacci, Cesare Cremonini and Samuele Bersani. The new and first single from the album "Fisico e Politico" is played in duet with Fabri Fibra. The others are unpublished songs. "There is always a song" written by Luciano Ligabue and dimentica (Forget)
Onda
Luca Carboni Lyrics
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Nel mare l'onda
Che sbatte forte contro di me
Così sei l'acqua
Nel mare l'onda
Mi lascio andare dentro di te
...e il gelato che lecchi e che
Tra le tue dita cola giù
Ridendo mi mandi giù
Dentro te...
Sei la mia estate sei
D'inverno mi sdraio
Sei la mia spiaggia
La mia fantasia
Nei giorni grigi
La mia vacanza
...il mare sei...
Così sei sabbia
Del mare sabbia
Che torno a casa e sei addosso a me
Così sei il cielo
Del mare il cielo
Che alzo gli occhi e' sempre con me
...e il salvagente ti abbraccio e tu
Stanca rimani su
E anche se poi io non faccio mai
Quello che dici tu,
Ma tu...
Non lasciarmi mai
D'inverno mi sdraio
Sei la mia spiaggia
La mia fantasia
Nei giorni grigi la mia vacanza
...il mare sei...
Così sei il sale che dà sapore
Non puoi farne a meno tu
Anche se poi io non faccio mai
Quello che dici tu
...okay...
Ma tu non lasciarmi mai
D'inverno mi sdraio
Sei la mia spiaggia
La mia fantasia
Nei giorni grigi la mia vacanza
Non lasciarmi mai
Non lasciarmi mai...
Non lasciarmi mai...
In the song "Onda," Luca Carboni sings about his love for the ocean and how it affects him emotionally. He compares his love to the beating waves that crash against him and the sand that sticks to him after a day at the beach. Carboni compares himself to an orange being peeled by his lover and how she playfully sends him falling into her as if he were a peel. The feeling of being in love, carefree and worry-free, is perfectly encapsulated in the lines "Sei la mia estate sei/D'inverno mi sdraio," translating to "You are my summer, even as I lay in winter."
The song is not just about the ocean; it is about his lover's impact on his life. When he writes "Sei la mia spiaggia/La mia fantasia" he's saying that their partnership sets him free in so many ways that he could only dream of. The ocean acts as a constant reminder of her. The sound of the waves, the feeling of sand in his toes, the hot sun on his skin, all are constant reminders of their love. The phrase "Ma tu non lasciarmi mai" or "But you, never leave me" is repeated throughout the song. It is a plea from Carboni to his love to stay with him, to never let him go, so that he can continue to feel the ocean and its endless beauty.
Line by Line Meaning
Così sei l'onda
You are like a wave
Nel mare l'onda
In the sea, you are the wave
Che sbatte forte contro di me
That crashes hard against me
Così sei l'acqua
You are like water
Nel mare l'onda
In the sea, you are the wave
Mi lascio andare dentro di te
I let myself go inside you
...e il gelato che lecchi e che
And the ice-cream that you lick
Tra le tue dita cola giù
Drips down your fingers
Sono l'arancio che sbucci e tu
I am the orange that you peel
Ridendo mi mandi giù
Laughing, you send me down
Dentro te...
Inside of you...
Sei la mia estate sei
You are my summer
D'inverno mi sdraio
In winter, I lay down
Sei la mia spiaggia
You are my beach
La mia fantasia
My fantasy
Nei giorni grigi
On gray days
La mia vacanza
My vacation
...il mare sei...
...you are the sea...
Così sei sabbia
You are like sand
Del mare sabbia
In the sea, you are the sand
Che torno a casa e sei addosso a me
That sticks to me when I come home
Così sei il cielo
You are like the sky
Del mare il cielo
In the sea, you are the sky
Che alzo gli occhi e' sempre con me
That is always with me when I look up
...e il salvagente ti abbraccio e tu
And the life preserver, I embrace you and you
Stanca rimani su
Tired, you stay there
E anche se poi io non faccio mai
And even if I never do
Quello che dici tu,
What you say,
Ma tu...
But you...
Non lasciarmi mai
Don't ever leave me
Non lasciarmi mai...
Don't ever leave me...
Così sei il sale che dà sapore
You are like the salt that gives flavor
Non puoi farne a meno tu
You can't live without it
Anche se poi io non faccio mai
And even if I never do
Quello che dici tu
What you say
...okay...
...okay...
Ma tu non lasciarmi mai
But you, don't ever leave me
D'inverno mi sdraio
In winter, I lay down
Sei la mia spiaggia
You are my beach
La mia fantasia
My fantasy
Nei giorni grigi la mia vacanza
On gray days, my vacation
Non lasciarmi mai
Don't ever leave me
Non lasciarmi mai...
Don't ever leave me...
Contributed by Gabriel K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Luigi Mancini
Canzone stratosferica, perfetta, con quel graffio sexy che si ritrova nella voce questo grande e mai abbastanza apprezzato cantautore, l'ultimo grande cantautore di un paese miserabile.
deni stephanie rossi
Noi.. Che eravamo adolescenti negli anni 90.... Luca il mio mito da sempre.... ❤️
Stefano Zizzi
sapete che c'è di bello essere nato nel 66? Aver seguito dall'inizio la carriera di questo grande cantante e di aver vissuto la musica degli anni 90
Il Pirla di YouTube
Adoro questa canzone... È indescrivibile.
Ferdinando Barra
una meravigliosa poesia di noi ragazzi degli anni 90
Sexual Choccolate Randy Whatson
nandbarra esatto!
Marek Maverick
YES!!!!!!! :-)
Cecilia Camporeale
Canzone senza tempo...splendida!!
nolan fratto
fa venire i brividi e una strana sensazione allo stomaco che mi riporta l emozioni di quel periodo e' un mare mischiato alla nebbia e' al freddo
MariMicia 78
Che commento stupendo!