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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33076 06/21/01 06:56 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams OP Pooh-Bah OP Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Does anybody know the translation to the Italian lyrics of that upbeat song from the film "The Talented Mr. Ripley"? (The song is called "Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano"; it's one of the numbers performed by the jazz band in the bar.) I have that CD, and I love that song. I'm constantly wondering what it is saying. Any help out there? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33077 06/21/01 07:05 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 218 Mountain West, USA B Brandon enthusiast Brandon enthusiast B Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 218 Mountain West, USA I stole this from http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/fullmonty/282/1-00.html, but decided to post it originally since the page was very slow in downloading and it was buried deep in the document. "You want to play the American?" You wear your trousers with a coat of arms on the behind......... a small coppola (typical Sicilian cap) with its peak lifted up you go swinging for Tuleto(it must be a place, I guess..) as a bully,since you want people to notice you ! you want to play the American, the American... listen to me, what's the use of it? you want to live fashionably, but if you drink "whisky and Soda", then you feel dizzy you dance "rock'n' roll"; you play" baseball".but the money for Camel,who's gonna give it to you?? Mamma's bag... You want to play the American,American,but you were born in Italy!!! listen to me there's nothing to do...Okay Neapolitan you want to play the American you want to play the American How can you know the one who loves you if you speak with her half American?? when you're making love under the moon,how can it cross your mind and say"I love you"??? you want to play the American you want to play the American Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33078 06/22/01 11:13 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams OP Pooh-Bah OP Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Thanks! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33079 06/26/01 07:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... E emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... Tuleto The correct spelling is Toledo - it is a place in Naples, in which it was usual - even now, I believe - to walk with the girlfriend. I don't know if you realized that the song is in the dialect of Naples. There is another popular song about Toledo, interesting because it shows which was the culture in Italy : Io mammeta e tu passeggiamme pe' Tuledo nuie avanti e mammeta arretro Io tu e tua madre were walking in Toledo, we ahead end your mother back The mother was following and checking the behaviour of her daughter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33080 06/26/01 10:48 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Grazie, emanuela! It didn't look like standard Italian to me... thanks for showing us it is the Napoli (Neapolitan) dialect -- and I loved the bit about mama walking behind. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33081 06/27/01 11:43 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams OP Pooh-Bah OP Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Ironically, just last night on AMC there was a movie on called "It Happened In Naples," starring Clark Gable and Sophia Loren. It featured the same song "Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano," but I tuned in just as the song was ending. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33082 06/28/01 04:03 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta And where was the irony? Or is this another example of the fashionable extension of the word to mean just funnily enough or coincidentally? Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33083 06/28/01 04:32 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A And where was the irony.... ....Bingley inquires, ever socratically.... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tu Vuo' Fa l'Americano #33084 06/28/01 10:13 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams OP Pooh-Bah OP Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory In reply to: And where was the irony? Or is this another example of the fashionable extension of the word to mean just funnily enough or coincidentally? I am guilty as charged. I confess I own stock in irony and was deliberate trying to inflate its usage. And I would've gotten away with it too if wasn't for you meddling kids and your stupid dog! 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