One interesting thing you’ll notice if you ever come to Rome is how popular American pop music is! I was hoping to be exposed to some Italian music while I was here, but instead, every time I walk into a coffee bar, restaurant, pub, or store some American song is playing over the speakers. And oftentimes, it’s some of our country’s worst contributions to the music industry. They’ll play pretty much anything with English lyrics, and the variety you here in one place is rather humorous. For example, I was shopping in a clothing store downtown, and they played an American rap song followed by “Somewhere over the Rainbow.” I just paused for a second and laughed at the drastic change. And it’s also funny how Italians who hardly know English will be able to sing along to every word of these American songs, even though they have no idea what the songs are saying. Sometimes it’s comforting and fun to hear familiar upbeat music while shopping or grabbing a snack at a coffee bar, but other times it can just ruin the moment when we’re eating at a cute Italian trattoria, loving how we’re here in Rome, and then some horrible American tune comes on, spoiling the whole Italian feeling. It’s unfortunate, but hopefully I’ll come across some Italian music in other ways.

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Posted by: Joel | October 26, 2006 10:19 AM