renato carosone - tu vuo' fa' l'americano

Renato Carosone wrote Tu vuo' fa' l'americano ("You Want to Play the American") at a time when Italians were emigrating to America by the shipful. America had won the war and suddenly Italians were abandoning local "usanze" for whiskey and soda, rock 'n' roll and baseball. Carosone takes aim at these cultural turncoats and sticks up for la cara vecchia Italia in this brilliant piece of musical satire. Buon ascolto!