{"id":6931,"date":"2014-08-21T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2014-08-21T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T15:35:40","slug":"crapa-pelada-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/crapa-pelada-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Crapa Pelada"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you had grown up in Italy in the Sixties and Seventies you would almost consider the four members of Il Quartetto Cetra<\/strong> as part of your family: they were on every TV show both for adults and for children. Well of course at the time we only actually had two TV channels: Rai Uno and Rai Due. But for me in particular, as a child in the Seventies, Il Quartetto Cetra<\/strong> will forever be linked to the song \u201cNella Vecchia Fattoria\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a> (Old MacDonald Had a Farm).<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s leap forward in time four decades \u2026 Geoff and I are watching one of our favourite TV series, Breaking Bad. It\u2019s Season 3, episode 13, \u2018Full Measure\u2019, and there, right in the middle are my old friends Il Quartetto Cetra singing a slightly surreal song that I\u2019ve never heard before: Crapa Pelada<\/strong>. The song is performed in a mixture of Italian and Milanese dialect, and the Milanese title Crapa Pelada<\/strong> means Testa Pelata<\/strong> (Bald Head) in Italian.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s have a listen \u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are the lyrics in ITALIAN<\/strong><\/span> and MILANESE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Original lyrics<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nTranslation of Milanese section<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

A voi, miei signori, io voglio narrare
la storia che tanto mi fa disperare.
Son gi\u00e0 sette mesi che vedo cadere
dal capo i capelli bianchi,
ormai son pelato, deluso, avvilito,
non so quali cure adottar.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Ma senti cosa dice
quel povero infelice:
"Non ti lamentar,
ma prova a cantar
con noi questa canzon".<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

Crapa Pelada la f\u00e0 i turtei,
ghe ne d\u00e0 minga ai s\u00f2 fradei.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
I s\u00f2 fradei fan la fritada.
ghe ne dan minga a Crapa Pelada.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelada la f\u00e0 i turtei,
ghe ne d\u00e0 minga ai s\u00f2 fradei.
I s\u00f2 fradei fan la fritada.
ghe ne dan minga a Crapa Pelada.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelada la f\u00e0 i turtei,
ghe ne d\u00e0 minga ai s\u00f2 fradei.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelad…….(variazioni di jazz)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelada la f\u00e0 i turtei,
ghe ne d\u00e0 minga ai s\u00f2 fradei.
Crapa Pelada, con la parrucca
forse potr\u00e0 guarir!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Crapa Pelada fa i tortelli,
non li d\u00e0 mica ai suoi fratelli.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
I suoi fratelli fanno la frittata.
non la danno mica a Crapa Pelada.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelada fa i tortelli,
non li d\u00e0 mica ai suoi fratelli.
I suoi fratelli fanno la frittata.
non la danno mica a Crapa Pelada.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelada fa i tortelli,
non li d\u00e0 mica ai suoi fratelli.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelad…….(variazioni di jazz)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Crapa Pelada fa i tortelli,
non li d\u00e0 mica ai suoi fratelli.
Crapa Pelada, con la parrucca
forse potr\u00e0 guarir!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Gale (<\/span><\/em><\/strong>David Costabile<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>) sings Crapa Pelada in Breaking Bad<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

English Translation<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I want to narrate to you my ladies and gentlemen
a story that makes me really despair
It\u2019s seven months now that I see white hairs
falling from my head,
I\u2019m bald, disappointed, crestfallen,
I don\u2019t know how to cure it.<\/p>\n

But listen to what he\u2019s saying
that poor unhappy one:
\u201ddon\u2019t complain,
just try singing
this song with us\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bald Head makes tortelli,
he doesn\u2019t give any to his brothers and sisters
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
His brothers and sisters
make an omelette
they don\u2019t give any to Bald head
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!<\/p>\n

Bald Head (Jazz Variations)<\/p>\n

Bald Head makes tortelli,
he doesn\u2019t give any to his
brothers and sisters
Bald Head, with the wig
perhaps he\u2019ll get cured!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now, how on earth did David Costabile manage to sing along with that!!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

If you had grown up in Italy in the Sixties and Seventies you would almost consider the four members of Il Quartetto Cetra as part of your family: they were on every TV show both for adults and for children. Well of course at the time we only actually had two TV channels: Rai Uno…<\/p>\n

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