One more analog of Vysotsky

[Giuliano Vivaldi]

Indeed, I find most of the anglo-saxon equivalents rather strange. Would be curious to know the Italian analogs you were thinking of- I immediately thought of De Andre'- although I could imagine a few objections   (Brassens would surely be a good French equivalent in some way). Interestingly, Aleksander Galich was at one point planning to sing some De Andre' songs (translated into Russia) - the story was briefly recounted by Gian Piero Piretti in Marco Raffaini's documentary film 'Italiani veri'  - on the influence on Italian popular music in Russia.

> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:08:18 +0000
> From: John.Dunn at GLASGOW.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] One more analog of Vysotsky
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
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> I must admit I am struggling to see the points of contact between the various people mentioned so far (especially John Lennon) and Vladimir Vysotskij, but that may be more a reflection of my ignorance than anything else.  I could name one or two Italians who might come closer to fitting the bill, but since they are little known outside Italy, there isn't much point.  But it does raise the question why Russia (and Italy and, I suspect, France) produce Vysotskij-like figures, but anglophone cultures, it would seem, generally speaking do not.
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