No special reason to post this today, except I finally whittled it down to make this Italian pick that I call Paisan. I almost called it Gabagool, or an Italian swear word (stugatza), but I liked Paisan better. Kept the capicola for the cover which I love on my sandwiches and is affectionately called gabagool by some with Italian American heritage (and made famous in the Sopranos). These are the songs that I associate with Italy. Lots of Dean Martin, several from mob movies. A couple you may not know, but should. First is by Jorge Buccio. If you haven't heard him live in Little Italy at Puglia's in New York, you should. Such a great performer. If you like Adam Sandler movies, you've probably seen him. Tell him I said hello. The other is Joe Dolce. His song is about Italians living in Australia and about a rebelious kid with that heritage. Always funny and fits in well. The rest are older tracks.
Paisan
Paisan
01 Nino Rota - Godfather Waltz
02 The Gaylords - From The Vine Came The Grape
03 Louis Prima - Buona Sera
04 Connie Francis - Al Di La
05 Dean Martin - Arrivederci Roma
06 Nat King Cole - Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)
07 Al Martino - I Have But One Heart
08 Dean Martin - On an Evening in Roma (Sott'er Celo De Roma)
09 Louis Prima - Oh Marie
10 Jerry Vale - Love Me the Way I Love You
11 Tony Martin - There's No Tomorrow
12 Perry Como - Anema E Core
13 Julius La Rosa - Domani (Tomorrow)
14 Al Martino - To Each His Own
15 Jerry Vale - Mala Femmina
16 Dean Martin - Return to Me (Retorna Me)
17 Al Martino - Speak Softly Love
18 Louis Prima - Angelina (Zooma Zooma)
19 Paul Anka With Frank Sinatra - My Way
20 Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
21 Lou Monte with Joe Reisman and his Orchestra - Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare)
22 Julius La Rosa - Eh Cumpari
23 Lou Monte with Joe Reisman and his Orchestra - Roman Guitar
24 Jerry Vale with Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Pretend You Don't See Her
25 Dean Martin - Innamorata (Sweetheart)
26 Vic Dana - More
27 Rosemary Clooney with Mellomen Orchestra - Mambo Italiano
28 Jorge Buccio - The Napkin Song
When it comes to Italiano Marina by Rocco Granata
ReplyDeleteor Gloria by Umberto Tozzi who also made Ti Amo
Alice & Battiato - I treni di tozeur
Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu
Matia Bazar - Ti Sento
Ennio Morricone - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo
Nino Rota - Amarcord
Lucio Battisti – Il Veliero (In The Netherlands done by The Chaplin Band)
Angelo Branduardi - Cogli La Prima Mela
Adriano Celentano - Prisencólinensináinciúsol
Pino D'Angelo - Ma Quale Idea
and let's not forget the ultimate Italian classic
Piero Umiliani – Máh-Ná-Mah-Ná
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Nice choices!
DeleteItalians and Italian origins. from John Bon Jovi to Salvatore Adamo, from Caterina Valente to Madonna Ciccone.
ReplyDeleteFabian, Dion, Frankie Valli, Bobby Darin to name a few others from the early happy (The Fonz) days.
Famous (Italian) Dutch people are
Marco Borsato (biggest hit De Meeste Dromen Zijn Bedrog)
Willy Alberti/Willeke Alberti (Fake Italiano but hugely popular)
they made Something Stupid in Dutch
From there you can go into very deep dark and dirty waters
listen to: Franky Boy - Oh Mia Bella, Bella Margarita
something similar was done at the Eurovision. I don't know what song, but mocking Italians was the gimmick
It's funny how it is okay to mock Italians, but certain groups are not okay with being mocked. Italians have a good sense of humor
DeleteIs it the Dutch who make jokes about the Belgians? Or vice versa?
ReplyDeleteYES. The Dutch were an independent kingdom 15 years earlier than the Belgians. Belgium became an independent country in 1830. The Dutch were in differebt shapes and forms independent from 1581.
ReplyDeleteThe earlier mentioned 15 years are the origin of the joke that Belgians always are 50 years behind. (When the world ends, I'll go to Belgium, it will end 50 years later). Belgian jokes are most about stupidity. (Ever met a clever Belgian, wow, what did he look like?) A belgian walks into a record store, and he asks for the new tophit, and they say Aah Belgian. He goes home, a bit annoyed, next day he enters a hairdresser for a haircut, and again Aah Belgian. Annoyed, he goes back to his wife and they practise pronounciation. Proud the man enters a shop and asks in perfect Dutch "Can I have a sandwich with cheese", Aah Belgian. The man is mad and shouts How Do You Know. The answer being, this is a fishmonger.
Belgians on the other hand make jokes about the Dutch. How was copperwire invented. Two Dutch guys found a cent and started pulling.
It is not nice any more, very juvenile, very silly, it just means you ran out of original jokes. Americans have a bit similar thing with Canadians for being too civilised or being boring.
I have some Dutch family and some Belgian family, but haven't heard those two jokes. They're both funny though. And there is a small grain of truth in them. Which is why they are funny. My family does not ever take any of it seriously (either side). They all have great senses of humor.
DeleteCanadians are pretty polite.