Daniele was born to a low class family, his father being a port worker. A self-taught guitarist, he began his career as a musician playing for other successful singers of 1970s.
His striking debut in the Italian music world was in 1977 with the album Terra mia, which proved to be a successful mix of Neapolitan tradition and Blues sounds. Daniele defined his music with the term "taramblu", which indicated a mix of tarantella, blues and rumba. Lyrics also attracted critical praise: written and sung in an intense Neapolitan, they contained a strong though bitter accusation against the social injustices of Naples, as well as Italian society in general, as well as melanchonic personal themes. Several of the later songs will be characterized by a free intermingling of English, American and Neapolitan language passages.
Daniele's talent was confirmed in the following Pino Daniele of 1979. He scored his greatest success in 1980, with Nero a metà ("Half-Black Skinned"), which was marked by some authorities as the hallmark for the re-birth of Neapolitan song. In that year Daniele opened Bob Marley's concert in the San Siro stadium of Milan. In 1981 Vai Mo was released. Widely praised in his albums was also the presence as session men of some of the most renowned musicians of the Neapolitan musical milieu, including James Senese, Enzo Avitabile, Tullio De Piscopo and Tony Esposito.
In 1982 Daniele gradually shifted to a personal and early version of world music: in Bella 'mbriana musicians such as Alphonso Johnson and Wayne Shorter appeared as guest players. in the following year Daniele held a concert in La Habana, and later formed a Latin-American band featuring Juan Pablo Torres, Adalberto Lara and Nanà Vasconcelos. In Musicante (1984)) the former King Crimson-member Mel Collins played. Daniele's skills in creating well balanced blends of Mediterranean, Blues, rock, music, salsa and Neapolitan melodies are well shown in his first live work, Live Sciò of 1984.
Later Daniele collaborated with bluesman Richie Evans to an album written and played in duo, Common Ground. His interests for Arabic music are emphasized in Bonne Soirée (1987), while the subsequent Schizzechea With Love (1988) was more Mediterranean-oriented. In the same year he started a collaboration with the Italian actor and director Massimo Troisi: Daniele completed the soundtracks for Troisi's films Le vie del Signore sono finite and Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse.
A certain loss of inspiration and a move to a more pop-oriened songwriting can be detected in his greatest commercial success, Mascalzone Latino (1989), a success confirmed by the following Un Uomo In Blues (1991) and Che Dio ti benedica. The latter contains two song produced by Chick Corea.
Non calpestare i fiori nel deserto, released Spring 1995, is an attempt to revive inspiratation through African and Ethnic influences, and sell more than 800,000 copies. The subsequent tournée was ended with a doubled date with Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.
In 2002, after a collaboration with Eros Ramazzotti, Daniele sang in trio with two other famous Italian author-singers, Francesco De Gregori and Fiorella Mannoia. His latest album containing unpublished songs is Passi d'autore of 2004.
After the divorce from Dorina Giangrande, who had worked as chorister in Terra Mia and gave him two sons, Daniele was living with Fabiola Sciabbarasi. The two had a daughter, Sara, whom Daniele dedicated an eponymous song in the album Medina.
He passed away from a heart attack between January 4th and 5th of 2015
Salvami
Pino Daniele Lyrics
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Io ti ho dato tutto
Con il cuore e con la mente
Voglio dirti solamente quanto amore c'è
Quanto amore c'è
Vorrei essere più forte
Accettare tutto per restare indifferente
Non ci riuscirò
Con il cuore e con la mente
Ma le cose
Poi non vanno
Come dici tu
Mai
Ma le cose
Poi non sono
Come pensi tu
Salvami
Da questo impegno d'amore
Salvami
Dalle incertezze del cuore
Salvami
Da ogni paura
Di questa cultura
Salvami
Dall'uomo bianco
Dall'uomo bianco
Salvami
Dall'uomo bianco
(Grazie a kappabyte per questo testo)
The lyrics to Pino Daniele's song Salvami express the depth of the singer's love for someone, promising to give everything he has and to express his love with both his heart and his mind. Yet, he also expresses a desire to be stronger, to be able to accept everything and remain indifferent, but realizing that he will not be able to do so. The second half of the song addresses larger societal issues, calling for salvation from the burdens of love, uncertainty, fear, and the culture of the white man.
The song's message can be interpreted as a call for help, for someone to save the singer from the complexities and challenges of love and life. The use of the phrase "con il cuore e con la mente" (with both heart and mind) emphasizes the intensity of the singer's emotions, while the repeated plea to be saved from different sources emphasizes the broad struggles that everyone faces in life. Overall, the song presents a raw and honest expression of human vulnerability and the need for support.
Line by Line Meaning
Con il cuore e con la mente
With my heart and with my mind
Io ti ho dato tutto
I have given you everything
Voglio dirti solamente quanto amore c'è
I just want to tell you how much love there is
Quanto amore c'è
How much love there is
Vorrei essere più forte
I wish I were stronger
Accettare tutto per restare indifferente
Accept everything to remain indifferent
Non ci riuscirò
I will not succeed
Ma le cose
But things
Poi non vanno
Then don't go
Come dici tu
As you say
Mai
Never
Ma le cose
But things
Poi non sono
Then they are not
Come pensi tu
As you think
Salvami
Save me
Da questo impegno d'amore
From this commitment of love
Dalle incertezze del cuore
From the uncertainties of the heart
Da ogni paura
From every fear
Di questa cultura
Of this culture
Salvami
Save me
Dall'uomo bianco
From the white man
Dall'uomo bianco
From the white man
Contributed by Dominic E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
pixietto
con il cuore e con la mente io ti ho dato tutto..........accostamenti chiaramente chillout.....nn ti sei fatto mancare niente.sei un mito zio pi'.....manchi ,e tanto.......
Napoletana Soul
Voglio dirti solamente quanto amore c'e 🎶🎼💋 C.V🎷🎷🎷🎶pe sempe !!!!!
RAFFAELE CORONGIU
Pinuccio, the very best
LAYLAMUSICj
co sto basssss te querooo
Antonio Gambardella
con il cuore e con la mente io ti ho dato tutto con il cuore con la mente ti ho dato voglio dirti solamente quanto amore c'è ...........vorrei essere più forte accettare tutto anche sè le cose non sono come dici tu