Jamaica with blue sky and blue sea.
Your happiness and misfortune are like the tropical sun above your head.
Enjoy the warmth of the morning.
Be mercilessly exposed at noon
There is no coolness in the virgin forest.
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I remember when I translated the lyrics of VITAS Jamaica at the beginning of the year, I almost translated it while listening to this song. I can't remember how many times I've heard it. Vitas's high-pitched and lively melody immediately brought me into the beautiful country of the sunny and rainy Caribbean. Jamaica means "Island of Springs" in Arawak, and the official language is English. Vitas sings in Italian. Maybe many people have the same question as me: Why Italian? What is the origin of this song? Vitas sang this song in hundreds of "Going Home" concerts, and even in China's concert list, "Jamaican" became a reserved track! Caribbean-Jamaican-Italian-Russian-Vitas ... How are these seemingly unrelated words connected?
All this has to start with 1947.
1947101On October 22nd, a boy named Loreti was born in Rome. He was later compared to Roberti, an Italian genius with golden children's voice. 1960 is also the year of his 13. His extraordinary singing talent was discovered, and his songs spread magically from then on. His concert hall was packed, and people were surprised to find that this 13-year-old Italian boy was as famous as the most famous singer in the world. 1960, he recorded his first record, O Sole Mio (My Sun), produced by Triola Company in Denmark. One of the songs, Mom, is very popular. Mature sense of music and euphemistic singing make it hard to believe that this is the voice of a 13-year-old child, and it also includes the two Jamaican Jamega, that is, the cover of Vitas, which we are familiar with now.
196 1 is the most prolific year for Roberti's songs. He was almost 14 years old at that time. His crystal clear singing voice made him famous in one fell swoop, and he soon faced a voice change, but his short singing career was unique. This year, he released many excellent records. In Europe, his records always ranked first, while Elvis Presley ranked third. According to statistics, about 56 million Luo Batini records have been sold all over the world. Roberti has toured dozens of European countries, as well as the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and other countries, and has been praised as the "New caruso" by international critics. Many songs were covered by later famous artists in various styles, and the records were taken to the spaceship and played all over the world, enjoying the reputation of "the voice of the universe", and many platinum records occupied the first place in the European rankings all the year round.
In 2004, Roberti released the selected album "The Best of Roberti-golden times", which included 16 masterpieces such as "Mom, Ah, My Sun" and "Jamaica", which was a super classic of his childhood. Roberti's singing voice is as clear and beautiful as nature's music, which has won audiences all over the world for half a century. Robertini undoubtedly opened up a pioneer and miracle for the precious children's voice market, and also opened up the potential strength of children's voice records! In order to let fans relive the songs 40 years ago, the record company upgraded Robertini's recording with the best technical means, ensuring the perfect sound quality of the unique children's voice in the last century. Many children's experts said that they were moved by this natural and innocent children's voice when they listened to radio programs as early as the 1970s.
In 1960s, the voice of the Italian golden boy spread all over the world, and Roberti became a household child star, even singing live for Charles de Gaulle and the Pope. It was also during this period that the voice of the golden boy reached the Soviet Union and caused a great sensation in this socialist country. Roberti also sang songs for Khrushchev, including Jamaican. Jamaica was all the rage in the Soviet Union, and the old MELODIA company released this single on vinyl records many times. Just like the popularity of the Soviet song Katyusha in China, Jamaican is sung by the Soviets. Before the cover of VITAS, the popular version was Valery Millaze (brother of Konstantin Millaze, the founder and the first producer of the Russian pop group "Nu Virgos". There are two examples to fully illustrate this phenomenon. The first example is Moscow Don't Believe in Tears, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980s. On the way back to the dormitory after work, the heroine heard the song Jamaica in the street cafe (see video 1)! Although the narrative time of the film is 1958, which is different from the time when Roberti sang Jamaica 1960, it is enough to show the enthusiasm of the Soviets for Jamaica. The second example is that the Soviet Union once made a documentary called "Novo of Sergei palamon-Roberti of the Soviet Union", which specifically introduced Novo of Sergei palamon, a genius singing prodigy in the Soviet period, and compared him with Novo of Roberti (see video 2). It can be seen that Vitas has a soft spot for Jamaican, which is logical from the history of the song itself and his own ability.
Unfortunately, Roberti was little known in China at that time, and only a few people who had worked in the Soviet embassy brought back vinyl records from there. This is not surprising. There is no need to describe what China was like in 1960s. Roberti Ni, Shirley Deng Boer and Hai Yinche, who starred in Beautiful Boys, were criticized during the Cultural Revolution, saying that businessmen in capitalist society were mercenary and overworked these children, and the result was to destroy them:) 79 years later, Shirley Deng Boer and Hai Yinche were known to the Chinese people with the opening of the film market, but Roberti Ni was not until Mr. Roberti was nearly 60.1. Roberti successfully held his own solo concert in Shanghai Central Theatre, and performed the golden songs of the century with his increasingly mellow voice and rich feelings experienced over the years, arousing people's infinite memories of the past. That song, like the sunshine in the Mediterranean, brings people the freshest and natural pleasant atmosphere and precious memories ... (If the author yaojee reprints it, please indicate some information sources from the Internet)
Information about the song Jamaica:
Composer-T.A. Wali;
David batty Toto, a famous poet, also wrote songs such as Slave for Love and Easy Rider.
Original song: Roberti, a famous Italian singer.
Jamaica
Bravo Irina Ipivanova
Original recording: Robertino Loretti Jamaica (Italy)
Giamaka! Giamaka!
I have left footprints all over brucia.
I want to drink a cup of scented water.
When I came, he was asking me questions.
How much do you love brucia? !
Giamaka, Giamaka,
Who put a little boy in a small box? ...
Auggie Mi Tu came to a vibrant place.
When Tina's song rings and the virgin's song rings,
She is not keen on English traditions. ...
Giamaka! Giamaka!
He said that he likes tropical life and memories.
Giamaka! Giamaka! Giamaka!
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