My entry for the project Illustrated Tapes, a project that explores "𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯"
Basically each artist can take part creating a mixtape and an illustrated cover for it.
As I mention in the interview that goes along with my entry "my mixtape is made of Italian songs that are covers of well-known English tunes.
So, basically, English songs that have been ‘stolen’ (mostly in the 60s when copyright issues were very different from now) by popular Italian bands or singers who made a ‘national’ version of them. And I’m talking about national versions that have become so famous that made people in Italy completely forget about the original version.
“Bada Bing” is apparently is the typical/stereotypical phrase that an Italo-American person would say. (I say apparently because I had no idea about this, until now. I looked it up and that’s what Google said. I hope that’s correct!)
It means something along the lines of “And here we go”. I found it so funny and at the same time made so much sense to me. So I thought it would have been perfect for this cultural and musical mash-up."
So, basically, English songs that have been ‘stolen’ (mostly in the 60s when copyright issues were very different from now) by popular Italian bands or singers who made a ‘national’ version of them. And I’m talking about national versions that have become so famous that made people in Italy completely forget about the original version.
“Bada Bing” is apparently is the typical/stereotypical phrase that an Italo-American person would say. (I say apparently because I had no idea about this, until now. I looked it up and that’s what Google said. I hope that’s correct!)
It means something along the lines of “And here we go”. I found it so funny and at the same time made so much sense to me. So I thought it would have been perfect for this cultural and musical mash-up."
Here you can find the rest of the interview.
