La bella canzone di una volta Lyrics

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Cover art for La bella canzone di una volta lyrics by Elio E Le Storie Tese

Faso, the band's bass player, once picked up a compilation of pre-WWII Italian pop songs from some bargain bin. He enjoyed it so much that he eventually suggested the band write a new song in that laid-back, old-timey swing style, à la The Beatles' "Honey Pie".

The narrator explains why this oft-neglected kind of music is far better than the stuff we hear nowadays – it brings back memories of the rare old times when young men went to brothels to complete their education.