Milan, 28 March 2021 – Mara Maionchi, what makes you laugh? “I am reminded of the scene of Chaplin in ‘Modern Times’ with roller skates, when, blindfolded, skating touching the abyss – he replies, waiting to lead from April 1st with Fedez, ‘Lol’, the Prime Amazon program. (in which established comedians compete in an unusual contest: who can not laugh at the jokes of others) -. A masterpiece “. His mother was nicknamed Emilietta la sanguinaria … “She had a very strong character, very decision-making. She came from Como, and the Como people are worse than the Milanese.” Is it true that when he told her he was getting married, her mother replied, ‘Weddings make me sad’? “It’s true, she didn’t come to the wedding, but then she attended the dinner. Besides, there was just me, my husband, and the two witnesses at the wedding. A very simple thing because we didn’t know how long it would last … for 44 years “. After doing the most diverse jobs, how did you come to the Ariston record company? “Responding to an ad in the newspaper. Wanted secretary for the press office. There I learned everything from Alfredo Rossi, the patron.” Then he moved on to …
Milan, 28 March 2021 – Mara Maionchi, what makes you laugh?
“I am reminded of the scene of Chaplin in ‘Modern Times’ with roller skates, when, blindfolded, skating touching the abyss – he replies, waiting to lead from April 1st with Fedez, ‘Lol’, the Prime Amazon program. (in which established comedians compete in an unusual contest: who can not laugh at the jokes of others) -. A masterpiece “.
His mother was nicknamed Emilietta la sanguinaria …
“He had a very strong character, very decision-making. He came from Como, and the Como people are worse than the Milanese.”
Is it true that when he announced that he was getting married, her mother replied, ‘Marriages make me sad’?
“It’s true, she didn’t come to the wedding, but then she attended the dinner. Besides, there was just me, my husband, and the two witnesses at the wedding. A very simple thing because we didn’t know how long it would last … and instead it resists. for 44 years “.
After doing the most diverse jobs, how did you come to the Ariston record company?
“Responding to an ad in the newspaper. Wanted secretary for the press office. There I learned everything from Alfredo Rossi, the patron.”
Then he moved on to ‘Numero Uno’, the legendary record company of Lucio Battisti and Mogol. What was Battisti like?
“He worked as a clerk. He would arrive at 9, open the door of his studio and start looking for a musical tour that would work. The kids of today think that inspiration comes all of a sudden, that songs are born all of a sudden. It’s not true: you start with an idea but then you have to work on it. Lucio was very nice and witty. I remember that, when his son was about to be born, I asked him what name they would give him. He replied: Erno. Erno ?, I said, what is his name? And he: I want those who see me to say when I pass on the street: aho, that’s Erno’s father. “
He also worked a lot with Ornella Vanoni.
“I was in the press office. Ornella was very keen to appear on the cover of the most popular magazines, People or Today. But she had to suffer the ruthless competition of Mina, who had so many reasons to end up there. So one day I decided to introduce myself to Vittorio Buttafava, Today’s editor. I stayed in the waiting room for three whole days. Finally, when she came out of her office and saw me, Buttafava blurted out: Okay, I’ll make her the cover! Ornella was very generous, after she had worn them two or three times on television she passed me all her clothes. Luckily we were the same size. “
With Gianna Nannini how many adventures …
“Once we ended up in the middle of a robbery. We had come down from the record company offices in the Cesare Ponti bank to withdraw some money. As soon as we entered, a man comes out of breath and armed, who intimates: everyone on the ground. The first thing I thought of. it was: but it’s cold on the ground. Without thinking about it, instinctively, I took the exit door with Gianna, which was nearby. Immediately outside there was a police van. a robbery, a robbery, we started screaming . The robber was caught, but the carabinieri lectured us because we had run out. I was wearing a fur coat that was fashionable in the 70s. I told the carabiniere: well, even if he shot me, the jacket would stop the shot. Madam, he replied, if he shot her the exit hole would be as big as a hand. “
Fabrizio De Andrè …
“A genius, but also a temper. When he got angry it was terrible. When he had a deadline for delivering the record he was never ready, he was always late. On one occasion he had started researching Genghis Khan, he should have be the theme of the record. Then instead he turned to American Indians, for the record, River Sand Creek. He became stubborn that he wanted that painting on the cover, which was from an American museum. Getting permission was very difficult, it took months and months of correspondence, but he didn’t want to know how to choose another subject “.
Is it true that he attacked Adriano Pappalardo?
“Attacking is a big word. Adriano, like so many others, had no patience. To achieve certain results you have to work for a long time, support the productions. But he didn’t understand it, he protested. So I took off the belt of my jeans and with that l ‘I hit a bit. Luckily he didn’t react, because he’s really big. “
The patience you had with Tiziano Ferro …
“My husband and I had listened to it at the Sanremo Academy and we immediately recognized its very particular timbre. As an author he was fragile. But the song was terrible. He hadn’t understood how to build a song. It took him three years to learn it. He was leaving. from Latina, he would come to Milan to let us listen to the songs, which were almost all terrifying, and he would return home with his hands in the bag.
With her husband Alberto Salerno, who was the author of great hits, I mention only one, ‘Io vagabondo’, great quarrels …
“Once. Now a little less. We fight over stupid things. Once I threw him a pewter plate, but I didn’t take it.”
Ayou are also told of his betrayal …
“Pora stella, he enjoyed five minutes, maybe even less. But it’s stuff from a hundred years ago … He wasn’t even that smart, he had kept the hotel receipt and also wanted to have it downloaded by the accountant … it seemed the case of screwing up a marriage for something like that. “
An opinion on this year’s Festival?
“The Maneskins are very strong. I liked Colapesce-Dimatrino, the Coma-Cose I invited to Sky. I was sorry for Aiello, very good: but he shouted too much at the Ariston. Achille Lauro would have shown him only one evening, after all she doesn’t have a great repertoire yet. But the real compliments I gave them to Orietta Berti, finally someone who sings well “.
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