Talk:Andrea Bocelli/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

Concerns

Andrea Bocelli has a wonderful voice. .......

I have two, reading this article. I've never read his book, so I don't feel qualified to make these changes but (1) it's called a "memoir," so I don't see how it is a thinly veiled anything-- it's clearly about him; (2) the back cover says "Here Bocelli reveals the anguish of his blindness and the transcendent experience of singing;" the Amazon comments also clearly suggest that he talks about his blindness quite a bit in the book. So it seems inaccurate to claim "He will not discuss his disability." I think someone who knows more about this than me needs to clean this article up.QuixoticKate 01:03, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I've read the Italian version of the book. It is most definitely an autobiography, but Bocelli creates a character called Amos to represent him. As it's a literary device and not an attempt to "thinly disguise " anything, I've removed the reference. (And corrected the publication date.)

Bocelli does talk about his blindness in the book, it's the press he won't discuss it with. However, there might be exceptions I don't know about and I think saying that he always plays down his disability was veering too much into opinion so I deleted the whole sentence. Kimberley Verburg 18:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Paula

After the sentence about Andrea Bocelli working with the American Idol finalists, it says "Paula bored him to death." What does this mean?

Speaking of which, where is the source for "He was especially impressed with Katharine McPhee"? --Mr. Orange 62.168.125.219 16:53, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

TV Appearance Question

Earlier today, Bocelli was on the ABC broadcast of the Disney Christmas Parade. He sang a song during it, but I'm not exactly sure what it was, as I tuned in after they had already announced what the song was. Did anyone happen to catch the name of it? I'm assuming the song was off of his newest album, Amore, but I could be wrong. Answerthis 23:52, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

no i think the song is Labtitudine from Cieli di toscana which was a duet with an italian singer dont remember her name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahmad123987 (talk • contribs) 22:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Blindness

We need some simple info on this article, really its at least worth mentioning that he is BLIND. Or when they look for a video of his they might wonder why he sings with his eyes closed. Basejumper123 22:50, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

The intro mentions now that he is BLIND. Check it out. Love-in-ark 06:59, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually, somebody moved the info about Bocelli's blindness to the "Early Career" section, but I just moved it back to the intro. It is a very important information, and if it is not in the intro people "might wonder why he sings with his eyes closed", as Basejumper123 very well put it. Cheers, Love-in-ark 17:49, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

http://www.op.tv/index.php?p=Andrea+Bocelli —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mallerd (talk • contribs) 15:07, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Picture

I edited an album cover and put it on the page its fair use! Basejumper123 (talk) 02:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately it's not acceptable. See here. Chris.B (talk) 07:17, 17 December 2007 (UTC)