Italian glam pop band accuses Eurovision stars Måneskin of copying their 70s look. After 51 years of career, the first reference to Country Cousins on the home page of the British newspaper The Guardian only arrived last November 9. The Italian band born in 1970 reached this milestone after accusing the Maneskin of having copied their look for the concert with which they opened the Rolling Stones show in Las Vegas. Now a new episode. Cousins di Campagna attacked Thomas Raggi, guitarist of Måneskin, for wearing a diamond-patterned, black and silver dress similar to one of theirs: «Dear Maneskin, you could have come to our studio. We would have given you our costumes… And you would have saved a lot of time and money ». The message ends with a series of scattered emoticons.
The first time the strategy was successful, provided that the band’s aim was to make people talk about themselves, as stated by themselves: «For better or for worse, as long as we talk about it. W Oscar Wilde and Ivano », also in this case the message was spiced with emoticons. And to talk about it, it has been talked about, given that the news of the plagiarism allegations has been picked up by many Italian newspapers. The first sequins of discord were the ones that the Måneskin decided to wear to pay homage to the United States audience: last year’s winners Eurovision they were all dressed in the colors and shapes of the stars and stripes flag. «The Maneskin performed in the USA, before the Rolling Stones, imitating, in dressing their country cousins. Just copy our clothes », was the comment on the official page of the Country Cousins.
The attack on the concert in the US
Net of hits that have remained in the history of Italian music such as My soul, the best years of the career of the Country Cousins are certainly not these. However, it seems that the attacks on the Måneskin allowed them to gain some false glory. In the last few days they have been guests at Live Life on Rai1, where they also proposed their own version of Shut up and Good, and were interviewed by Enrico Lucci on Rai2 a Those that. The former presenter of the Hyenas immediately interrupted their answers with a cutting edge: “You are gnawing at a figure, aren’t you?”
In this crusade, the Country Cousins are raising the bar for their attacks. In addition to clothing, in recent days they have also criticized Måneskin on the level of performances, always referring to the opening concert at the Rolling Stones: «But what are they enchanting? All the people are waiting for the Rolling Stones, in fact the video operator tightens and focuses on the Maneskin, so as not to show, the sadness of the shooting. Poor Maneskin, sent to the fray by their producers ».
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