I hope you all haven't had enough of Italy-themed posts yet, because this week's songs are both in Italian! I have a 10-12 page piece of travelwriting and a presentation to put together by Wednesday, and two books to finish reading as well (Christopher Duggan's A Concise History of Italy and Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun. Thank goodness I finished John Berendt's City of Falling Angels in December. It's not that these are terrible books, it's just that I wouldn't normally select them.) I'll be mentally in Italy until all that's finished. And all those posts about the trip? Total procrastination aids, and yet they've been helpful for organizing my thoughts. Thanks for visiting and commenting and forgiving me for allowing my blog to masquerade as a travel journal.
Anyway. One afternoon my travel buddies and I took a load off at the hotel and watched a little Italian MTV. Most of the songs were in English, but every now and then something Italian besides the commercials played, including today's songs. (American music was everywhere--stores, restaurants, etc. Does this bother Italian people? Because I'm sure it would bother me if all the music I heard around my hometown wasn't in my native language. If you live outside the U.S. feel free to share your thoughts about music and language. I'm curious.)
This week's first song is "Baciami Ancora". It's apparently from a movie of the same title, and listening to it makes me wish for summer. It was playing in supermarkets and restaurants, and we heard it a lot.
The second song is "Casa Casa Mia" by dARI. It amuses me, mostly because the people singing it are wearing copious amounts of eye makeup. If you speak Italian and these songs say anything crass or inappropriate, I apologize and plead ignorance. I only understand every twelfth word.
Wishing you a Most Fabulous Monday,
6 comments:
I haven't got to read all your Italy posts yet but I'm looking forward to it; so keep them coming.
Winged Writer
Those were great. I especially liked when the singer slipped at the end of the second one.
The first one reminded me of the summer I did study abroad in Mexico (only without all of the kissing). Some of the guys in my class had guitars, and they were always jamming with the locals. We had so much fun. Italian is just enough like Spanish that I almost get the gist of what's being said. I love listening to it. One of these days, I'm going to take a beginning level class or something.
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Ohh, interesting picks, thanks for sharing! And, lol, the second one definitely sound interesting, though I couldn't understand a word either, yay! :D
I don't really speak any other languages, but music is music. I like both the songs. :)
Great songs!! Thanks for the introduction. : )
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