VL-IV: Chap7- Italian fake book

[Bekah]

Another cultural factor is that these kids are in Northern  
California,  not New York,  not Chicago.   Unless they have some  
family connection or have been visiting Fisherman's Wharf a fair  
amount I don't know where they'd get any knowledge of Italian music.   
I only know what it sounds like from The Godfather, and other '70s  
movies.    The Godfather came out in 1972- around the time these kids  
were born?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOFz2ctO51s&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztcOR99_h0I&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLi0iGBwCo0&feature=related


Bekah

On Jan 13, 2009, at 10:25 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
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