When Angelina was only 17 years old she wrote this song "Fila indiana" where she expresses all her anger and disappointment over her father's death and funeral...listen to it and watch a little extra how she uses her body language. ..I got goosebumps... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fClkeqwlpLs.html
The Spanish vibes you feel are due to almost two centuries of Spanish rule in Southern Italy (16th - 17th century). Also the song makes reference to cumbia, from South America. Actually, the song is a mix of Mediterranean influences.
This song has a Southern Italian vibe but IMO it definitely has Latin American (rather than Spanish) flavours. It was probably intentional, in order to give the song a more dancey feel. The acappella part of the song is 100% traditional Southern Italian music, though. Angelina is actually a mix of Southern and Northern Italian, because her dad was from Basilicata, which is the "instep" part of the boot of Italy, whereas her mom is from Milan, which is in Northern Italy.
The thing about her having her hair pinned up with clothespins is a way of telling the rest of us how hard it can be to break free…. As for the last scene where she stands in the middle surrounded by a nun, an elderly woman (grandmother), sisters and her girlfriends is to describe the mentality that still exists in the southern parts of Italy, mainly in the smaller towns and villages there she herself grew up. It's all about how hard it is to get out of all this mentality that tells you how to behave and stick to old traditions. She doesn't want that and says that we all have to try to live our lives by mainly pleasing ourselves and not others...
Did you ever heard her talking about the meaning of the lyrics behind the song?? Because, that's not what she said. She is talking about the importance of every single second of your life be it the boredom, be it the sad parts, because if there were no sad parts or boredom, you wouldn't know the good days - you wouldn't appreciate them.
@nat8772 In interviews, Mango said that the text also has roots in Greek mythology. If you've read about Medusa and the Gorgon, you'll understand… Minerva punished Medusa by transforming her beautiful hair into horrible snakes. "The Laugh of the Medusa" is largely a call to arms, urging women to reclaim their identity through writing as she rejects the patriarchal society of Western culture. Cixous calls writing "an act which will not only 'realize' the decensored relation of woman to her sexuality, to her womanly being, giving her access to her native strength; it will give her back her goods, her pleasures, her organs, her immense bodily territories which have been kept under seal." She claims "we must kill the false woman who is preventing the live one from breathing. Inscribe the breath of the whole woman. Cixous wants to destroy the phallogocentric system, and to empower women's bodies and language. "You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her," writes Cixous. "And she's not deadly. She's beautiful and she's laughing"...
Her father was a very nice singer and author. He was one of the most beautiful italian voices. A true artist and a better human being. He died because a heart attack during a concert, Angelina was there, and she was 12 years old. Fr years she suffered anxiety and had panick attacks , she was able to sing but was feared about singing in public. Her mother, a singer too, helped her and Angelina applied to a music reality show and this was the beginning of her carrier. Check her farhers song, Mediterraneo by "Mango", "La Rondine" ., and "Oro" too. And check the video when this year at Sanremo, during the "cover night" she song her fathers song La Rondine, with her beautiful voice... so emotionally... almost crying. So... so... beautiful. Im sure many italians were crying at home watching this incredible performance.
Angelina had two very successful hits in 2023 (she is still very new in the Italian music industry, although she is the daughter of two famous musicians) - definitely check out: “Che t’o dico a fa”, “Ci pensiamo domani “, and “Formiche”, all quite different from this one. She is still 22 and clearly on a journey to find out how she is music-wise.
TANK YOU FOR YOUR " ANGELINA MANGO " REACTIONS. I'M DISCOVERING HER IN ( SANREMO FESTIVAL) AND I'M FALLING IN LOVE WHITH HER TALENT. HALLO FROM ITALY ❤
well, definitely south american as she’s mentioning the cumbia which is a typical dance from Colombia (that’s why you are hearing Spanish influences). Also, as other said, there are some from Southern Italy. She made a perfect mix between a bunch of cultures that have their roots in the Mediterranean. Like father like daughter. 😉
For me the braids represent not only the "crown of thorns" (una corona di spine) she mentions in the lyrics but also what you (and your friends) might do when you are bored.
It sounds Spanish but isn't exactly. Those vibrations belong to the entire south-western area of the Mediterranean, including the Arab countries of the area. Furthermore, the acappella part that breaks the cheerful rhythm is typical of southern Italian ballads. Here yes and no. It has Latin vibes that are not just Spanish but are Southern Mediterranean.
Hi! There’s actually historical background to why some Italian music has strong Spanish sounds-vibes. Southern Italy (and some of northern Italy though not as much and not for as long) has been part of the Spanish kingdom on and off for a few centuries and southern Italian regions still have dialects and traditions dating back to those days. Angelina is from Potenza, which is in southern Italy, but has strong ties to Naples and some of her songs have lines in Neapolitan. So while I wouldn’t say southern Italy is the European counterpart of southern America, Spain has certainly rubbed off here.
Vi prego basta, in quella canzone più stecche che altro. Vi starà maledicendo a tutti per questa costante condivisione di una performance ruffiana e mediocre. Ha fatto di meglio.
