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Ocelot II

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30. "O Mio Babbino Caro" isn't exactly a cute love song. It's from the opera "Gianni Schicchi,"

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #21)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 12:06 PM

Jun 26

and it's sung by Schicchi's daughter, who is begging her father to allow her to marry her lover or she will throw herself in the river.

Oh my dear papa
I love him, he is so handsome.
I want to go to Porta Rossa
To buy the ring!
Yes, yes, I want to go there!
And if my love were in vain,
I would go to the Ponte Vecchio
And throw myself in the Arno!
I am pining, I am tormented!
Oh God, I would want to die!
Father, have pity, have pity!

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Have you ever misunderstood the meaning of a song? [View all] BlueKota Jun 25 OP

Go listen to Vehicle. Pretty creepy when you actually pay attention to the lyrics. CincyDem Jun 25 #1

Will do. BlueKota Jun 25 #2

The 'Ide' of March was Oeditpus Rex Jun 25 #6

Don't know about that. Could be. But he sure made a bundle on "Eye of the Tiger". CincyDem Jun 25 #7

Agreed ProfessorGAC Jun 25 #20

Tangentially: Mis-hearing lyrics can create some amusing results. Sogo Jun 25 #3

How about "Tenth Devil in the Freezer"? Great Springsteen tune. Lolol. CincyDem Jun 25 #5

🤣 BlueKota Jun 25 #16

😅 electric_blue68 Jun 25 #24

That's funny. BlueKota Jun 25 #15

Two stories: surfered Jun 25 #4

Mike Nesmith did "One Ton Tomato" on his TV show Elephant parts underpants Jun 25 #9

Did not know that. Once , when landing at Ixtapa airport, surfered Jun 25 #10

😆 underpants Jun 25 #12

Oh you dredged up a memory Marthe48 Jun 26 #32

I remember that. BlueKota Jun 25 #14

Loved CCR BlueKota Jun 25 #17

and then there's "Purple Haze" justaprogressive Jun 25 #8

🤣 BlueKota Jun 25 #18

I'm lyrically deaf. underpants Jun 25 #11

🤣 BlueKota Jun 25 #19

"Nessun Dorma." Paladin Jun 25 #13

It means "Let no one sleep." Puccini just took the opera to a new height. CTyankee Jun 25 #21

Yeah, I know. Paladin Jun 25 #22

I think sometimes that the song transcends the lyrics. It has to, because otherwise you have to explain the back story CTyankee Jun 26 #25

here's the story in case anyone wants to know what the hell we are talking about... CTyankee Jun 26 #26

"O Mio Babbino Caro" isn't exactly a cute love song. It's from the opera "Gianni Schicchi," Ocelot II Jun 26 #30

I've not seen the opera however I have read the interpretation that she's a teenager with a mad crush on a handsome CTyankee Jun 26 #34

Teenagers, all that emo stuff. Ocelot II Jun 26 #35

I thought "Tattooed Love Boys" was victim blaming. Iggo Jun 25 #23

Not really misunderstood, just never thought about it... happybird Jun 26 #27

I once heard someone in a Mexican restaurant ask the band if they would play "One Ton Tomato". Think about.... FadedMullet Jun 26 #28

EWF - Reasons Lokee11 Jun 26 #29

I almost never listen to the words. applegrove Jun 26 #31

I misunderstood Blue October's Hate Me Marthe48 Jun 26 #33