Alex Britti

Learn Italian in Song: Mamma & Papa’

December 23, 2011

written, recorded and copyrighted by Alex Britti Again, it could only happen in Italy: a pop/blues singer pens a love song to his parents. Hey, papà, stammi a sentire, Hey, Dad, listen to me ti ricordi quella volta che siamo andati a pedalare Remember that time we went pedalling con le biciclette stanche, With our [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Sei la Fine del Mondo

October 17, 2010

Another lovely song by Alex Britti. In un certo senso eccomi In a certain sense, here I am a parlarti dei miei guai to talk to you about my problems in un certo senso so in a certain sense I know cosa mi basta per vivere what is enough for me to live e ad [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Mi Piaci

February 8, 2010

  Another Alex Britti instant classic, with a funny video. Note that in Italian "to like" is a reflexive verb: mi piaci translates literally as "you please me."   Mi Piaci   I Like You       Cosa vorresti per regalo   What would you like for a gift da trovare sotto il letto [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: La Vasca

February 4, 2010

by Alex Britti This was a big hit in 2001, about the time I was getting ready to quit my job with Roxio. I liked it a lot (I can certainly empathize with wanting to stay in the bathtub all day!), played it loud while working in my home office, and particularly enjoyed one line [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Io Con La Ragazza Mia, Tu Con La Ragazza Tua

February 3, 2010

Alex Britti This was a big summer hit a few years ago. As I’ve come to expect of Britti, the video is ironic and funny – and has a happier ending than the song! Thanks to Old Jacques for finding the video. Appuntamento a mezzogiorno in piazza La macchina l’ho controllata già Quest’anno sarà proprio [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: Una Su Un Milione

January 24, 2010

by Alex Britti Una Su Un Milione One in a Million Accettami così Accept me just like this ti prego non guardare I beg you not to look nella mia testa inside my head c’è un mondo da ignorare there’s a world to ignore Voglio che tu sia I want you to be mia complice [...]

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Learn Italian in Song: 7000 Caffè

February 12, 2007

written, recorded and copyrighted by Alex Britti Here’s another Britti great. This only looks like a mashup – it’s actually his own brilliantly original music video. Britti’s one of my favorites. I hope he doesn’t mind. Go out and buy his music! 7000 caffè, 7000 coffees li ho già presi perché I’ve already drunk them [...]

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Alex Britti in Concert

September 4, 2001

This summer we went to a concert by Alex Britti, a singer-songwriter as yet unknown outside Europe. He’s popular with the bubblegum set for a few immensely singable songs such asLa Vasca (The Bathtub), but he considers himself more a guitarist – and turns out to be a hell of a good one.Unfortunately, we hardly got to [...]

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