Italian singer Sandro Giacobbi, author of 70s classics such as my lady also Forbidden Garden He died at the age of 75 at his home in the town of Cogiorno (northern Italy), local media reported on Friday.
Giacobbi (Genoa, 1949), who suffered from a tumor for ten years, gained fame in the 1970s and 1980s with his romantic songs with which he was able to go beyond the Italian borders and reach other countries, especially Spain. Among his repertoire, the artist has translated some of his most remembered songs into Spanish, e.g Madam, Forbidden Garden also Your mother’s eyes She participated in the Viña del Mar Festival in 2003 with… And time passes It comes in second place. Last March, he spoke about his illness on a television program dominica in, Admitting that he was no longer able to walk or stand.
Since its release in the mid-seventies. Forbidden Garden He has had great success in Spain, Argentina and Chile. The song narrates infidelity in the first person in a completely bizarre way. In the first stanzas, the protagonist, repentant, is honest and tells his partner that he was in the arms of his best friend (“I came this afternoon sad and I must tell you, / That your best friend was in my arms. / Her eyes called to me seeking my caresses, / Her body begged me to give her her life”). Despite what happened, he confesses to her that during the act he only thought about her and that it would never happen again (“I won’t do it again, I won’t do it again. / Well, my soul flew by you and my eyes / It was you, that you were you, / That it was always you,” she said tiredly). However, when he gets to the chorus, Giacobbi says: “I’m so sorry, life is like this, / I didn’t invent it,” which sounds like a vindicating excuse, while opening the door to future betrayals because, after all, “life is like that.”
Although he continued to release albums with new material, Giacobbe knew that what his fans wanted was to hear his greatest hits, including, Forbidden Garden They were found little girl, my lady also You are my sky and my soul. For this reason, he continues to sing these classic songs wherever he is assigned. In October 2019 he performed at the EDP Gran Vía Theater in Madrid.