Interview with the author of «Striscia»: «The singer suffers from amnesia towards the sources. Some of his fans wish me death. He has already denounced me twice without success “
Antonio Ricci, why is Striscia angry with Baglioni?
“He’s the one who is angry with us. I, a healthy boy who was full of commitment in the 70s, found myself songs like “Sparrow don’t go away …” and “Crouch to listen to the sea …”, which made the young Gasparri and Sallusti languish. I had a democratic reaction. They are obscene verses (laughs), a cacophony that damages the good taste of the Italian High Quality Songwriter (laughs again, ironic). These are precisely his verses, he has not “stapled” them by any other poet ».
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Obscene? Another word?
“Obscene. If I had told one of my girlfriends in the 70s “sparrow don’t go away”, she would have smashed my face ».
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It is a song from the 70s. A matter of taste, which is different from offending someone by accusing someone of plagiarism or copying, as the investigating judge says.
“We have not offended anyone. We have collected and verified the reports of repentant spectators and fans. The judges will determine if we are within the limits of satire. For me it is an intimidating maneuver by Baglioni towards a free broadcast. It is a question of freedom. Can everything be touched, except the divine Baglioni? And no! Satire is essential in civil life. Everything in the book is true. And then we have not accused him of plagiarism, but more elegantly of amnesia towards the sources ».
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A prosecutor and a judge suspect the opposite.
“Writes in 1957 Lec (Polish writer, ndr) “… there are zebras who would also be in a cage just to pass for white horses …”. Baglioni sang in 1999 “… we live like zebras and then, locked up behind fences, deluded into looking like white horses …”. But it is clear that this is not plagiarism. Baglioni locks his zebras inside a fence, not in a cage like that banal Lec ».
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You’ve covered him on dozens of shows. A little repetitive!
«The material is infinite. We could have done so many more. He too is serial and repetitive. He has already denounced me two more times without success ».
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Will you do it with others too?
«We did it with Zucchero and on other things. Now I imagine a big trial in front of the cameras of “One day in the district court” where Baglioni will say: “It’s not just me, Tizio, Caio, Sempronio and Ciccio have also“ stapled ”. It will be a show ».
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It is not he who will have to defend himself, you will have to do it.
“For us (laughs) complaints have always been medals of merit. The (serious) kidnapping is an important thing ».
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You have compared it to the Lurch of the “Addams Family”.
«I think the judge does not know that during a Sanremo festival Baglioni appeared on stage playing Lurch (laughs). He should denounce himself ».
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Speaking of Sanremo, the indictment says that you have accused Baglioni of having copied some sketches of which, however, he was not the author.
“He was the art director, he had responsibility for everything that was on the air and he also performed the sketches. I am the director of Striscia and what is on the air is my fault. The judge will see and judge ».
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You are the author of Striscia, so Iacchetti, Greggio and the magician Casanova, pre-investigated, are your “victims”?
“Of course, I plagiarize them and physically threaten them (laughs).”
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Isn’t it that blaming Baglioni, who has a huge following, ultimately serves to bring an audience?
“No. Indeed, it brings hate. Some Baglioni fans, who one imagines as romantic and dedicated to “Peace and love”, wish me death amid atrocious torments. There are also those who said that we criticized him because he made great ratings on Rai. That’s not true, we continued to do it too when he worked on Canale 5 with a few ratings. Part of the public also liked these pompous shows, it seemed to me to attend a replica of a Casamonica funeral. And I hope the Casamonica will not denounce me ».
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June 11, 2022 (change June 11, 2022 | 07:29)
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