umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Sung and played by Roberto Murolo - RIP... Song got performed through time by many artists A true classic of the old Neapolitan song tradition This song tells about a Neapolitan man who wants to come back to Naples after the Second world war but he's afraid of seeing Naples, destroyed after bombardments. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/munasterio-e-santa-chiara-nunnery-santa-chiara.html-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Enzo Gragnaniello ( contemporary artist)...Like the 1st song this old Neapolitan classic has had many artists performing it through a long period of time Little Stairway https://lyricstranslate.com/en/scalinatella-little-stairway.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Tu vuoi fa' l'Americano ( you wanna act as an American) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tu-vuo-fa-l039americano-youd-be-american.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 You Tell Her (in Neapolitan dialect) Toni Esposito - percussion Old song (composed in 1930 ) revisited Contemporary artist (Alan Sorrenti ) version Tell this to your friend that I lost my sleep and my thoughts, that I always think of her that she’s my whole life, and there’s something I’d like to tell her myself but I cannot tell her this [Refrain:] I love her a lot, I love her more than a lot. You tell her this I won’t ever forget her, she’s a passion, stronger than a chain that torments my soul and doesn’t let me live Tell her that she’s a rose of May, that is much more beautiful than a sunny day. From her lips that are fresher than violets I still want to hear That she’s in love with me (refrain) A glistening teardrop is about to fall, tell me for a moment, who do you think of? With such sweet eyes thyself alone is staring at me. Let’s do away with these masks let us speak the truth I love you a lot, I love you more than a lot. It’s you this chain that will not ever break. Gentle dream my flesh is yearning for, I seek after you like the air, I need you in order to live Saw him (Sorrenti) eons ago at the beginning of his career and he was extremely good ( like in this track and others)....Then through the years his music became more and more commercial and less and less interesting....Unfortunately..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Massimo Ranieri (semi-contemporary artist...Active since the 70's) Soldier in love (old classic) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/o-surdato-nnammurato-soldier-love.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 The Mother of all the classic Naples songs Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio ( O sun of mine)...Lots and lots of versions ( including the one by Elvis Presley "It's now or never" that my parents used to have)... What a wonderful thing a sunny day The serene air after a thunderstorm The fresh air, and a party is already going on… What a wonderful thing a sunny day. But another sun, that’s brighter still It’s my own sun that’s in your face! The sun, my own sun It’s in your face! It’s in your face! When night comes and the sun has gone down, I start feeling blue; I’d stay below your window When night comes and the sun has gone down. But another sun, that’s brighter still It’s my own sun that’s in your face! The sun, my own sun It’s in your face! It’s in your face! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'O_sole_mio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Soul And Heart Another classic with tens of renditions https://lyricstranslate.com/en/anema-e-core-heart-and-soul.html-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Pizza https://lyricstranslate.com/en/pizza-pizza.html-11 Between 1875 and the First World War millions and millions of Italians left their country, coming mainly from the southern regions and directed mainly to the Americas, just from Campania they were nearly one million. They had with them the desire to live in a better world, and brought their own culture and customs, including food ... and Pizza! For Neapolitans, Pizza is a religion, and this simple, tasty and nutritious dish soon gained the favor of Americans as well: the first pizzeria opened in New York in 1895. Within a few decades, pizza became, together with pasta, among the most popular foods in the United States and later in Canada, to become, nowadays, a universal dish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Ungrateful Heart https://lyricstranslate.com/en/core-ngrato-ungrateful-heart.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Neapolitan nickname for Marisa https://lyricstranslate.com/en/maruzzella-maruzzella-nickname-marisa-neaples.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Funicolare ( cable-car) Superclassic Sung by Luciano Pavarotti -RIP ( who was not from Naples, but from Modena in the North...Nearby there's Maranello, the village where they make Ferrari cars) https://lyricstranslate.com/en/funiculi-funicula-funiculi-funicula.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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