Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This is a song by Nino Manfredi and is about a boy who believes he's Tarzan. Being a parent isn't easy.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Corrado, a popular host, launched the song on Italian TV and it was also sold as a single. It was so successful that a sequel, “Sei contento papà?” [Are You Happy, Dad?] was created.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This beautiful ballad was inspired by Raimondo Lanza di Trabia, an aristocrat known for his electrifying personality and for his romantic relationships (Rita Hayworth and Susanna Agnelli among them). At the age of thirty-nine, he threw himself from a hotel window in Rome.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The pop band Zero Assoluto [Absolute Zero] is made up of two Rome musicians, Thomas De Gasperi and Matteo Maffucci. They have frequently performed at the annual Sanremo Festival.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
This song by the Milanese band is about trying to keep a romantic relationship going. It has had huge success in Italy.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
A song about cats that helps Italian school children remember that 6 x 7 = 42.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
This post-WWII song tells of a romance between a duckling and a poppy. It is a children's ditty with lots of word play but also has political undertones.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Modugno appears in this vintage clip on the Ed Sullivan Show and sings what is probably the most popular Italian song ever. Franco Migliacci, the songwriter, was inspired to write the song by the paintings of Marc Chagall.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The amazing landscapes in this video were filmed on the volcanic island of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands off of Africa.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The video is filmed in Rome and shows some of the best-loved fountains and monuments.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Together with Eros Ramazzotti, Adriano Celentano sings the ballad about the street in the outskirts of Milan where Celentano grew up. The street once abutted fields, but over time all the green was built on or paved over. The Via Gluck is named after the 18th century composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The incomparable Mina sings a Lucio Battisti - Mogol love song.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Nek, the Italian singer who is renowned in Italy and in Spanish-speaking countries, covers a song that Mina first performed. The music was written by Ennio Morricone, known above all for his film composing.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Legendary Genoese musician Fabrizio De André sings a ballad about a fisherman who shares his bread and wine with a murderer.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Roman singer-songwriter Mirkoeilcane sings about migration, from the point of view of a seven-year old kid who just wants to play ball.
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