CIAO AMORE! AMADO MIA

It's been said that ever since we got back from Italy, I've been stuck in a tranche of Italian music.

I admit finding myself saying "grazia" instead of merely "thank you," but I reconverted all my euros (except the coins) and have tipped my toe into the editing of more than 5GB of digital images.

And here I am. Listening to Italian love songs I don't understand.

Home sweet home – I see I have jumped the shark, amado mia, what shall we do now? Love me forever, it has already begun.



This band, Pink Martini, sings this ballad Amado Mia on Ciao Amore!
and the above video matches it with the old Glenn Ford - Rita Hayworth film, Gilda, with the same song.

You don't have to like that kind of music to get swept into it.

Anyway, it turns out Pink Martini will be performing at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on March 11, 2008. It would give you a chance to enjoy their eclectic sound.

Pink Martini
7:30 pm
Prudential Hall
The music of this 12-piece ensemble has been compared to a romantic Hollywood musical of the 1940s or 1950s – but with a global perspective that’s decidedly modern.

I first heard this song on a compilation CD I bought at Starbucks. I do recommend the disk, but be forewarned, there's a lot of music you will not be able to stop yourself from singing along with - whether you know what you're saying, or not.

Various Artists, Ciao Amore!

The tunes on Ciao Amore are for lovers, baby. Feel the smoke in your eyes. Hear the rhythm of your beating heart. Sense the Bella Notte weave its magic spell of enchantment around you on a long drifting note. Now come dance ... or call for another cappuccino. That's amore.


Copyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.

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VIA CON ME - PAOLO CONTE

Paolo Conte and this song - Via Con Me - of his are driving me crazy. I can't get it out of my head and I have no idea what it is he's singing except for the refrain: chips, chips.

When I looked up the lyrics and then fed them into the Google translator, here's what I got:

Author: Conte.Paolo
Title: Via_con_me
VIA WITH ME
Via, via, you come via from here,
nothing piu' you alloy to these places,
neanche these blue flowers…
neanche this time gray
full load of musics and men who you son piaciuti,
It's wonderfoul, it's wonderfoul, it's wonderfoul
good luck my babe, it's wonderfoul
it's wonderfoul, it's wonderfoul, the dream of you…
Chips, Chips, du-du-du-du-du
Via, via, you come via with me
it enters in this love buio, not to lose you to the world not at all…
via, via, not to lose you to the world not at all
the show of varied art of one in love of you,
it's wonderfoul, it's wonderfoul…
.......................................
Via, via, you come via with me,
it enters in this full love buio of men
via, via, it enters and taken a bath warm
there e' a blue bathrobe, outside piove a cold world,
it's wonderfoul, it's wonderfoul…

I'd sure appreciate if someone could give me a legitimate translation of what's being said instead of the Martian translation from Google.

This video makes me think he's some sort of Italian version of Leonard Cohen.

I first heard this song on a compilation CD I bought at Starbucks. I do recommend the disk, but be forewarned, there's a lot of music you will not be able to stop yourself from singing along with - whether you know what you're saying, or not.

Various Artists, Ciao Amore

The tunes on Ciao Amore are for lovers, baby. Feel the smoke in your eyes. Hear the rhythm of your beating heart. Sense the Bella Notte weave its magic spell of enchantment around you on a long drifting note. Now come dance...or call for another cappuccino. That's amore.

Copyright © 2007 by Anthony Buccino, all rights reserved. Content may not be used for commercial purposes without written permission.