The Talented Mr. Ripley - Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano
Watch the moment with the song:
And here is a video of Renato Carosone singing:
And this is my favorite version - by Dany Brillant:
Also recomend to watch this - English version by Brian Setzer:
This is some kind of mix of clips with the song... or some kind of that:
The last and the stupidest version:
"Tu vuò fà l'americano" (English: "You pretend to be American", or more idiomatically, "You're an American wannabe") is a Neapolitan language song by Italian singer Renato Carosone.
Carosone wrote the song in collaboration with Nicola "Nisa" Salerno in 1956. Combining swing and jazz, it became one of his best known songs.[1] Commissioned by Ricordi director Rapetti for a radio contest, the music was composed by Carosone in a very short time after reading Nisa's lyrics; he immediately believed the song would become a great success. The song was featured in the 1960Melville Shavelson film It Started in Naples, in which it was sung by Sofia Loren. It was also performed by Rosario Fiorello in the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley and was covered by The Puppini Sisters.
The lyrics are about an Italian who imitates the contemporary American lifestyle and acts like a Yankee, drinking whisky and soda, dancing to rock 'n roll, playing baseball and smoking Camelcigarettes, but still depends on his parents for money. The song is generally considered a satire on the process of Americanization that occurred in the early post-war years, when southern Italy was still a rural, traditional society.
Carosone himself wrote that his songs "were deeply based on the American dream, interpreting jazz and its derivatives as a symbol of an America, lively land of progress and well-being, but always Neapolitan-style, folding that symbol in a sly parody of its customs".[4] According to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, "Tu vuò fa l'americano" is the symbol of Carosone's artistic parabola, as he retired from music in 1960, just four years after releasing the song.[5] (Wiki)
Watch the moment with the song:
And here is a video of Renato Carosone singing:
And this is my favorite version - by Dany Brillant:
Also recomend to watch this - English version by Brian Setzer:
This is some kind of mix of clips with the song... or some kind of that:
The last and the stupidest version:
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