![]() Farace's great relay of the lyrics, but I think I'll wait around a bit and see if someone who really knows what they're talking about weighs in first. ![]() I speak Italian fairly well, but I'm from Texas so my English is suspect (as of course is my understanding of Neapolitan dialect.)īut "Tu Vuo Fa l'Americano" is something more on the order of "you want to be an American" or more precisely "You want to make like an American" which I think fits the nature of the lyrics much better. Our friend Sheri Mignano might have un molto piu forte term than "neutered". You're right, Michele, that's not really a "translation" but a whole set of lyrics in English, which unfortunately neutralized (or neutered) a broad array of great Italian songs from the 20th C from "Funiculi" to "Volare". Someone please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.Ĭool song nonetheless. ![]() My Italian is not that great (especially in certain dialects), but I don't think the English translation above is very accurate. I can't find the translation I like right now (and this iPad is having fits at the moment nothing but trouble), but my favorite part is basically "You dance rock and roll, you play baseball, but the money for your Camels, who gives it to you? Your mama's purse." The whole song is ridiculing someone who is acting like they want to be American, but is Napoletano. ma e solde p' e' Ccamel chi te li da la borsetta di mamma Tu vuo' fa' ll'americano mericano, mericano. Tu abball' o' rocchenroll tu giochi a baisiboll. sient'a mme chi t' 'o ffa fa' tu vuoi vivere alla moda, ma se bevi 'whisky and soda' po' te siente 'e disturba'. Songwriters: Nicola Salerno / Renato Carosone Tu vuo' fa' ll'americano mericano, mericano. The original Italian (napoletan dialect):Ĭomme te vene 'ncapa 'e di' "I love you"? The translation given is faulty there is much more going on here. ![]() The song is "Tu Vuo Fa l'Americano," covered innumerable times, but this is the original by Renato Carosone. A dance club smash hit that topped the charts all over the world, We No Speak Americano samples the Italian song Tu vuo fa lamericano, which was. ![]()
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