His name is now legendary-you can often hear him on Deejay Chiama Italia with his quirky songs composed on the day’s fresh news, on the fly. His specialty (one of his specialties) is to change the lyrics of famous songs while preserving the musicality of the words and commenting on a news event in the process. His skills are many, but the ones that stand out the most are undoubtedly his musical culture, his multi-instrumental skills, and his skill with words. Put to good use in the musical cocktails he can serve at any time of day.
I mention cocktails not at random because Leonardo Maria Frattini is a human mixer: you know what goes in his ears but not what comes out of his mouth. You are only guaranteed that it will be something super fun that will relieve you of all thought.
Leonardo Maria Frattini – for friends Leonardo Maria Frattini – is even more than that: he is first and foremost a great friend of RunLovers, a runner, a vocabulary juggler extraordinaire and the only one authorized *in the whole world* to make puns. Because really beautiful puns only he can make. And also Paolo Conte, okay, him too, we would miss him.
With Leonardo we did a beautiful episode of Fuorisoglia Live (you follow it, don’t you, every Wednesday at 9 p.m.??) that I like to remember for a thousand reasons but especially for one: his ability, with a guitar in his hand or even just with words, to give lightness and lightheartedness. It is not just about making jokes but more importantly about being able to make people smile with a light heart, having the ability to skate on the very thin ice of surreality. And Leonardo is able to do just that: to make you see things in a different, lighter, sunnier light.
Besides, he is an extraordinary musician, capable of performing the Ride of the Valkyries with a radiator as a xylophone and the Popular Motivetto with a 100-piece orchestra (if only they would make it available to him!). You can guess this from his playlist, which is a journey through his limitless sonic geography, ranging from Tenco to the Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash to Faith No More, Gaber to Casino Royale.
RunLovers has given you many playlists, but this one, believe me, is one of the craziest, most beautiful, perfect, and funniest playlists I’ve ever heard.