A classic, the self derision and joy of Italian music.

In Italy, the idea of ​​"Being an American" especially in those years, given that Americans were seen as rich and wealthy, "You want to be a spendthrift, a braggart"...is a ironic criticism of young people, especially from Southern Italy , from Naples in this case, who in those years wanted to live the good life, but in reality the money and the display of wealth came from their parents' money, " Ma i soldi chi te li dà? La borsetta di mammà" (But who gives you the money? Mom's purse) as the song says. Very self-deprecating and funny song about young Italians of that period 😁

The title means: "you want to look American", ("but you were born in Italy"). Renato Carossone was a "painter" of Neapolitan customs. And one of these customs, after the Second World War, was to appear more sophisticated, and some believed they found a model in the American soldiers who liberated Italy from fascism. The song is written in the Neapolitan language, different, but at the same time similar, to Italian. All Carossone's songs have a humorous, satirical, deeply critical and absolutely documentary tone about the Neapolitan people. Napoli is an incredible source of music. Very different styles and types of music have always flourished there. There is a popular song, a "tammurriata", that speaks of the surprise caused in Naples by the birth of so many black children after the arrival of the Americans. It has an ethnic air that makes my hair stand on end: Tammurriata Nera - Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare

The beautiful Sofia Loren sings and dances to this song in a 60s movie. The movie is "It Started in Italy" starting Clark Gable. She is a burlesque dancer in the movie.

Hi! The singer is referring to a man who is trying to be cooler and charmer than he really is. This man is doing nothing for a living but relying on parent's money (la borsetta di mammà). After 2WW Italian people were fascinated about Americans and their richer lifestyle. American soldiers gave to my granny her first real chocolate and she spoke about that for 70 years 😂

One of the greatest italian piano player ever

Un grande musicista che ha portato lo swing in Italia animando i generi musicali del periodo piuttosto melensi ed antiquati.

Renato Carosone was signed to the Capitol label in 1957 and from that point, produced 2 albums. Yolanda be cool and DCUP rereleased this in 2008.

5:57 saxophone and clarinet in the same time, folks

Remember the Sophia Loren version ❤ Loved this version 🎉😊👍

Great time!

Jude Law and Matt Damon singing this in The Talented Mr Ripley...brilliant!

This song was big made big in the movie , It started in Naples starting Sophia Loren , see if you can catch it ,the whole movie is around the song I’m not sure but I think Gary Grand was a,so in the movie

I think the meaning is about the idea of American people that Italy had. Italian thought that Americans were all rich cool people, and saying "you pretend to be American" was like to say "you want to live as you're rich but you have to ask money to your parents". Something like this.

Thank you for reacting to this Italian classic. You should check Pino Daniele, another Neapolitan artist who made many blues-inspired records in the 80s, also collaborating with Ritchie Havens.

Pino Daniele 🤘🏻

The message is quite basic: "You can act like an American but in your heart you'll always stay Italian".

73 anni fa ..................

Neapolitan song. Is neapolitan language.

dialettale: tu vu' fa' l'american' ? (tu vuoi fare l'americano?)... in Italiano "vuoi fare l'americano" vuol dire: vuoi fare il ricco spendaccione? ...quando magari non hai 1 lira

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After 2ww some Italians Copy the usa style... Usualy with rificolus effect... 😁

No Italy , Naples

FYI: I believe Renato Carsone is the guy with the glasses playing drums!

It's not a bull I don't think... it's like a thug, swaggerer, gangster, person showing a lot of bravado. I think the line is "Comm'a nu guappo, pe' te fa' guardà." It's not in Italian so it's spelled a little weird. Carosone and most of his songs are in Neapolitan.

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This is Sicilian

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I was ten in 1955 and do not recall this song, but maybe it was popular with Italian-Americans.

Italiano per modo di dire ahahahaha

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Scusa , ma non dice che non va bene essere americano, vorrebbe ma non gli viene bene