Francesco Guccini turns 81: it’s a social party

Francesco Guccini turns 81 and the virtual party explodes on Twitter. For the singer-songwriter – one of the most iconic of his generation and an appreciated writer – born in Modena on June 14, 1940, it is in fact a flood of messages and quotes on social media. “‘I grew old when I was young, perhaps you were never young’. Greetings Francesco I was 12 and I listened to you, now I am 62 and I listen to you. You have been the musical column of my life”, they write to the ‘Maestrone’ as they remember : “My mom made me listen to #FrancescoGuccini since I was in the belly and I have always liked this little grumpy baby bump, today as always we will sing and listen to his songs”. They cite ‘God is dead’ or ‘Autogrill’ – with the girl behind the counter intent on mixing lager and Seven-up -, and again ‘Cirano’ who has always not bitten dogmas and prejudices, or ‘L’Avvelenata’ thanks to which “I, on the right, learned to play the guitar”.