First, a little bit of history about Lorenzo Gabanizza... Gabanizza was a member of a variety of bands but mainly a Queen cover band called Mantras which he and his band, The Slightly Mad had toured Europe. Lorenzo started a fund-raising program to help fight Aids that got recognition from the Mercury Phoenix Trust an organization that was founded after Freddie Mercury's passing. In 2016 Lorenzo produced an album, Celtic Bridge.." Italian way music", that did very well both is Europe and the United States.Gaining a place in the American download charts top 100. in July 2016 Lorenzo appeared in front of 12,000 fans at the worldwide event Celtica.
In 2019 Lorenzo released another single called " I Am Wrong" Which placed #69 on the European top 100 Indie charts. Next Lorenzo put out an EP called, " All The Words We Never Said", which gained popularity and placed #8 on the European Indie charts, and #1 on MTV in the United States Spotify chart and finally #48 on the Italian Indie charts. On September 11th the day of the bombing of the World Trade Center Lorenzo released another EP called, "Someone Waiting At Their Door", Which was a huge success reaching number one on the EACM Charts. Grammy awarded fiddler Ian Cameron was featured on this track. Another chart stopper called, "You're Not There" that he performed in 2021 with legend Jeff Christie peaked at #1 on the South Africa iTunes chart! "You're Not There" is a brilliant song about loss, coming to terms with loss and all the questions you have while grieving. Lorenzo wrote this song after experiencing the death of his mother. Lorenzo wanted Jeff Christie to sing on this track because from the beginning the legend has been with Lorenzo with his hit song, " Yellow River". You're Not There is a tribute to his mother celebrating the life he shared with his mother.
Here is the link to, "You're Not There" Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0hS0ozULcnlyn0huGdYF1B
Now to the Present day. Lorenzo has a single out called,"I Guess I Am The Only One". His new single being up only five days has peaked at #17 on the UK iTunes country carts and is first on the Rock times chart and has reached an amazing 7000 streams on Spotify.
Here is the singles line up....
Music and Lyrics, Lorenzo Gabanizza
Lorenzo Gabanizza - Acoustic guitar, Lead vocals, Background vocals
Jeff Christie: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals. Jeff is the million seller who wrote, "Yellow River".
Paul Fenton - Drums
Kev Moore - Bass, Background vocals
Rusty Wright - Electric rhythm and lead guitar
Chris Lydon - Piano
Mix is by Peter Hall, who worked with Liam Gallagher
Mastering is by 63 times Grammy and friend and engineer for Lennon, Bowie and Dylan: Greg Calbi
Steve Fallone who won the Grammy this year for mastering Lady Gaga's album
Links:
WEBSITE http://www.lorenzogabanizza.it
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorenzo.gabanizza
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lorenzogabanizzaofficial
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMIvHMXPAPAYcK_0631qRdw
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Fg1ym1kW0i8l0X7Csl3BY
When I asked Lorenzo, "What is the meaning behind, "I Guess I Am The Only One?",
this is what he had to say....
Even with its bright melody and catchy refrain, the song carries a very deep message. It's an accusation to the way people live life, today, kingdom of egotism, taking care more of the concrete things such as money, nice cars...And nobody anymore seems to be interested in what really matters in life: LOVE. It's also the aching accusation towards the way society seems to exclude diversity instead of welcoming it. They see it as a danger, not as a richness. You hear the words:
They believe in money but I believe in love
I see them working hard – they save up to buy that car
To brag about with their friends
They don’t like my hair so they just look away
They hate to look me in the eye, no matter what I do
They’ll never trust me enough
So, there's no chance. Who's different is destined to be refused and left alone, but here it comes the positive side of the song in the refrain:
And I’ll never fool myself
Being someone that I’m not
To please you
I guess I am the only one
Which means: even if they refuse you, even if they leave you alone, don't change who you are, be just who you are, because if you would accept to change your nature, you would be fooling the only person which you must not fool: yourself. This is a great message for all the ones who could be enclosed on the word "Diversity". And you know what I mean.
Listing to this track I feel the message of just being yourself don't change to please another for any reason. I love the sound of the guitars that accent the vocalist. The Melody takes you to a place that gives you a feeling of loving oneself. Loving yourself for who you are. This song takes you on a journey within to search for who you really are and what you believe in.
In conclusion, Lorenzo Gabanizza could not have said it any better. The world does frown down at diversity. But diversity does not have to be a bad thing. diversity is what makes us different from one another, unique. Diversity also helps us grow a sort of learning tool for life, it makes us better human beings.
Article by: SchizoFranic
Link: https://linktr.ee/SchizoFranic
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