VL-IV: Chap7- Italian fake book

[kelber at mindspring.com]

The problem for the Vomitones was that their fakebook was in the van and they hadn't a clue what Italian wedding music might sound like.  Is it their youth, or is it a generational thing?  It's hard to believe that back in the '80s these kids didn't have a concept of stereotypical Italian music.  I'll have to ask my high school-aged son what he could come up with on his guitar if he found himself in that situation.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jan 13, 2009 1:01 PM
>To: kelber at mindspring.com
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: VL-IV: Chap7- Italian fake book
>
>Just curious to make sure that people are getting this.
>
>A Fake Book is a book of bare bones arrangements or sketches of almost
>any popular song of a given period or genre that GB (general business)
>musicians use. When the father of the bride who is paying the tab
>insists on singing some goddawful ditty with the band, everybody whips
>out their fake book.
>
>On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ventunesimo: 21st  testa puntita:  pointed head
>>
>> Porcelain fate:  great phrase!  deuteragonist: second most important character (in this case, Mario).
>>
>> Italian Fake book by D & G.  In the same vein as the various jokey misassociations sprinkled through the story:
>> Woody Allen in the Henry Kissenger Story, etc.   How about this one from real life:
>> in Brooklyn, there's a Paul Robeson High School for Business and Technology.
>>
>>
>> There was an episode of the so-so show Quantum Leap where the protagonist leapt into the body of an
>> Italian wedding singer and had to fake a rendition of Volare.
>>
>>
>> How hard could it be to fake Volare?
>>
>> Some modest examples:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeI0NeOjhI
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpCdNS4NiA&feature=related
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz6RwoESOn4
>>
>>