Italy’s Amy Winehouse
Giusi Ferreri, a 29 year old from Palermo in Sicily, has been likened to English bad girl singer Amy Winehouse.
This comparison with Amy Winehouse is not a great surprise when you hear that Giusi Ferreri elected to sing her own version of Winehouse’s well known Rehab track whilst participating in the Italian version of the TV talent show X-Factor. Read more
Morgan’s ‘Baby’ for Miss Expatria
Reader Miss Expatria likes Morgan from the Bluvertigo band, so here is his single ‘Baby’ for your deliction, and so Miss Ex can go ooh, aah, and swoon, and all that kind of thing:
Morgan ( Bluvertigo ) - The baby
Sorry, can’t post this video, YouTube won’t let me - just click on the link, and hop on over to YouTube for a listen.
YouTube will let me post this one though, Altrove by morgan:
I prefer ‘The Baby’!
Bluvertigo - Altre Forme di Vita
I heard this Bluvertigo track on the TV today. I had heard it before and quite liked it, I suppose because it reminds me of something from the early 80s. It’s not bad. Indeed, it is quite ‘alternative’ for Italian music.
‘Altre Forme di Vita‘ means ‘other lifeforms’ in English, by the way.
As a matter of interest, and according to the Italian Wikipedia entry on the band, Bluvertigo used to be called ‘Smokin’ cocks’. Nope, it’s not in the least bit vulgar, at least for the average Italian. It’s a leg pulling play on words based on a band member’s surname.
The band member in question is’ Andrea Fumagalli’ and ‘fuma’ means ‘he, she, it smokes’ or ‘is smoking’, and ‘gallo’ is ‘cock’ as in male chicken. ‘galli’ is ‘cocks’, hence the ‘Smokin’ cocks’ name, which almost nobody would have understood in Italy.
‘Bluvertigo‘ is much more understandable to Italian audiences - and wouldn’t cause problems should the band wish to break into the US or UK music scene.
An Italian site I found, written in almost English, does not mention this little story, so I don’t know how true it is. Could be a case of a ‘cock and bull’ story.
Here are the lyrics, should you wish to brush up your Italian, and, here is a YouTube video of the song:
Let me know what you think.
PS If if this video becomes no longer accessible, like the previous version, let me know, and I’ll see if I can dig up another on YouTube. Or, alternatively, just visit YouTube and search for Bluvertigo Altre forme di vita.
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