This song will certainly get one of the co-bloggers, the indie-snob, mad... well, after months of mishandling of my name... it's still not enough.
Anyway, i haven't written in a while, lack of inspiration, of time- it's just that life lately hasn't been great and the only respite from a messed-up situation has been on holiday. Even there, actually, my body and my mind has behaved in a surprising way; i think the stress of the job and the town has finally taken its toll.
I have been listening to some old italian music in the past two weeks- actually, while on holidays, we have been driving around in a rented white 500 and a cd playing all the time with the main acts being Baglioni, Battisti, Mia Martini and Lucio Dalla (it looked like we were doing the remake of my parents' honeymoon... with a newer car- theirs broke down mid-way).
I found this cd laying around yesterday night and played it- got hooked up with it and played again today. I like this song, not his hair...
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you know I'm totally gonna kill you for this post: GIOUCCIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
with AJ giving hopes to the blog that a few posts will actually be published... well, i can take your threatning seriously. Anyway, I'm listening to a lot of Italian music lately, so... hold tight and enjoy it!
here are the lyrics of the song. I think they're absolutely perfect in pitcuring the napolitan (but also Italian) bourgeois striving to "keep up with the Joneses" and looking for happiness in everything that you can buy but few can afford.
O mamma mia
ho speso una follia
volevo un Mercedes bianco
lo stereo e il servo sterzo
che sballo
per portarti a Mergellina
la domenica mattina
O mamma mia
ho speso una follia
volevo il televisore gigante
la barca con il motore
ed un'amante
tanto è facile pagare
con un leasing o una cambiale
Che soddisfazione
quanto costa la felicità
che soddisfazione
vivere in questa società
compri quello che ti pare
O mamma mia
facciamo una pazzia
andiamo giù a Sorrento a passeggiare
compriamo un appartamento sul mare
dove ti potrò baciare
nel traffico di Castellammare
Che soddisfazione
quanto costa la felicità
che soddisfazione
vivere in questa società
compri quello che ti pare
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