Meravigliosa canzone

Tv ads use to be a good source of interesting songs. And I don't mean when it's Christmas or Summer. The best ones usually are cars ads.

Sometimes the song is composed specifically for the ad, but most of the times they are any kind of version of already existing songs. Few times known (hits I mean) songs are used, usually the original is a totally unknown song from the past.

Today is an example of those former cases. The ad is for Fiat Bravo. The song is called Meravigliosa creatura by Gianna Nannini. It's a quieter version of her own song. As we have seen in other cases, slowering the rythm of the song makes it a more romantic, sweeter and with more feeling song. Some day I'll tell you about my theory about almost any New Order song slowered makes a new better song.

That voice.....

I found today's artist because of the OST of the film "Garden State". In that soundtrack she interprets the marvellous song "Let go" by Frou Frou, group whose singer was today's artist. She is Imogen Heap.

Her second solo album called Speak for yourself has awesome tracks where she shows her incredible control of her voice.

It is worthy listening to the whole album several times but I'd like you to watch this video about her performance at a radio station where she shows us how a song with several voices can be performed, syncronising it with her own voice without making a fool of herself in the trial: Just for now (live at studio 11):
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