Splendido Splendente chords by Donatella Rettore

This song broke into the uber-melodic Italian music scene of the 1970s, dominated by mostly male politically-engaged songwriters. The translation of the song title in English would be Shiny Shining. With this song Rettore gave us a real taste of the times by singing of the self-satisfaction that comes with being in full control of one's physical appearance. In particular, it describes the obsession with plastic surgery-attained physical perfection and very correctly predicts the 80s and 90s silicone craze. She also channelled the late 70s disco culture at a peculiar for Italian society, when political and social unrest was at its worst in years. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.