They (quite literally) don’t make them like this anymore: Paolo Conte fits more cool into 2:22 minutes than most people fit into a lifetime.
Watch the frown, but don’t try this at home
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Wow. I had to hear this twice.
It reminds me of the music of Django Reinhart. I saw his music performed once by the Hot Club of San Francisco. Worth Wikipediaing (jeez, that just doesn’t have the same ring as “Googling” does it… oh well).
OK, two things to download off of iTunes now…
July 23, 2008 at 8:47 pm