Che calore che calore - What Heat, What Heat

Che calore, che calore comme coce ‘o sole s’è miso justo ‘ncapa ‘e nun ce fa fatica’. Che calore, che calore stongo tutto surato; è meglio ca levammo mano nun ce sta niente ‘a fa’. I’ mo moro cu’ ‘stu calore nun me fido cchiù stongo una zuppa ‘e surore e si m’arraggio nun fatico cchiù. Che calore, che calore dice ‘a chiattona saglienne ‘e grare nun ce ‘a fa. Che calore, che calore dice ‘o guaglione si se scassano ‘e tazze l’aggio ‘a pava’. I’ mo moro cu’ ‘stu calore nun me fido cchiù stongo una zuppa ‘e surore e si m’arraggio nun fatico cchiù. Che calore che calore © 1976 Pino Daniele "Che calore che calore" was Daniele's first single, backed with "Furtunato" and released in 1976.

What heat, what heat, like being cooked in the sun. It's positioned right above our heads and we can't do our work. What heat, what heat, I am all sweaty; it’s better that we be hands off, there’s nothing to do. Now I’m dying with this heat, I can't take it anymore. I'm soggy with sweat and if I get enraged, I won’t work anymore. What heat, what heat, says the fat lady. Steep steps, the landing, she can't make it. What heat, what heat, says the new kid. If the cups are broken, he has to pay. Now I’m dying with this heat, I can't take it anymore. I'm soggy with sweat and if I get enraged, I won’t work anymore. English translation © 2020 Dennis Criteser Terra mia was released in 1977. The songs are in the local dialect of Naples and the music reflects a strong grounding in the centuries-old song tradition of the city - canzone napoletana - with an infusion of blues. The album was well received and several of its songs became mainstays in Pino Daniele's long career. Indeed, "Napule é" became a contemporary theme song of Naples; it's the only song on the album not arranged by Daniele himself. He said of the album that it "represents the birth of a new Neapolitan song, and also the social condemnations of a new generation that didn't accept compromises and that, through music, was able to express its own discontents." One of Daniele's ambitions at the time was to "write songs like Luigi Tenco."