{"id":796,"date":"2009-04-26T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/?p=796"},"modified":"2020-10-21T08:52:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T06:52:42","slug":"ciao-marco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/tuscany\/ciao-marco\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in Cortona: Arturo in Letto, \u201cCiao Marco\u201d video"},"content":{"rendered":"

The hot new American pop star<\/strong> Arturo in Letto<\/strong> [sic!], aka A.J. (Douglas) Weiss, has chosen Cortona, Italy as the inspiration behind and set for his latest video \u201cCiao Marco\u201d<\/strong>, which is exploding to the top of the charts on YouTube right this minute. We who \u201cknew him when\u201d hope that the fame won\u2019t go to this polite kid\u2019s head. Arttrav met up with him before he skipped town and returned to Athens, GA (exchanging Jovanotti for REM?) to ask him a few questions.<\/p>\n

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Me: You met Marco when you came to study abroad in Cortona, Italy<\/strong>. What part of this experience was most important to you?<\/p>\n

Arturo: Meeting Marco has been a wonderful experience. I wrote a song about him! The thing about Marco is that he\u2019s a modern man living in a modern world, but at the same time he and his modern world are both rooted in an ancient past. That\u2019s why I\u2019m glad I could take a course in Italian Renaissance Art while I was over here. It allowed me to be come more intimate with that past that has so much to do with where Italy is today. [editor’s note: he wrote that, i did not make it up! Not only is AJ a journalism student, but he’s a diplomat<\/em>.]\n

Me: You were concerned that your portrayal of your Italian professor, Marco, was perhaps too superficial. After all, the guy does have two PhD\u2019s! What did Marco say to this?<\/p>\n

Arturo: I haven\u2019t had an in depth discussion with Marco about these lyrics, but I think that\u2019s because we are friends. He can hear in the song and read in the text that I have a deep respect for him. All I have received is smiles and friendly nudges since I first brought the song to Marco. He helped me edit the text because my Italian is broken and grammatically unsound.<\/p>\n

Me: Tell us about making the video, once you convinced Marco to do it. Anything funny happen behind the scenes?<\/p>\n

Arturo: There definitely would have been a bloopers reel had this been a feature-length film. When we first arrived at the bedroom we were shooting in there was some confusion about how scantily Marco should be clad. I was afraid that\u00a0when I asked him what he normally wore to bed, he might reply “in the nude.” But then I guess I and the crew would have gotten a real life look at what Renaissance sculpture models looked like, or at least what Michelangelo wished they looked like.<\/p>\n

Me: Your video and song test the limits of self-production. For the tech geeks out there, tell us what equipment you used.<\/p>\n

Arturo: We\u2019ll just have to leave that up to the expertise of our music and cinema peers to find out. But for everyone else just know that we had enough to make the dream a reality. (Spenser said we shouldn\u2019t tell because the equipment is bottom of the line.)<\/p>\n

Me: Does Marco have an email address to receive letters from an onslaught of admirers? And how will you deal with the screaming fans?<\/p>\n

Arturo: I would give out Marco\u2019s email address if I thought it was necessary, but given that the uomo already knows half of Italy I\u2019m sure that he\u2019ll have to change it in due time anyway. I will deal with the screaming fans by embracing them all. Love to the people!<\/p>\n

Me: Can we have the lyrics?<\/p>\n

Arturo: Of course! They\u2019re at the bottom of this page, and translated too.<\/p>\n

Songs and contact info: www.myspace.com\/arturoinletto<\/a><\/p>\n

Arttrav encourages friends to forward \u201cCiao Marco\u201d<\/strong> to all the Marco\u2019s out there, and to everyone else. Let\u2019s help AJ make it to the top. Please give him a 5 star vote on YouTube!<\/p>\n

Original Lyrics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marco \u00e9 un uomo
\nChe \u00e9 molto forte
\ne meraviglioso
\nHa occhi d’argento
\nA tutte le feste
\nBalla incantevolemente
\nInsegna agli studenti
\nNella clase di italiano<\/p>\n

Pensa molto
\nSta cercando qualcosa
\nAspetta solo
\nUn giorno lui trova qualcuno<\/p>\n

Le ragazze dicono ciao marco ciao marco
\nLe ragazze dicono ciao marco ciao marco!<\/p>\n

Marco \u00e9 un uomo
\nChe \u00e9 intelligente
\nAnche \u00e9 arguto
\nSempre parla bene
\nLui \u00e9 di Roma
\nUna bella citt\u00e0
\nVa in una macchina
\nChe \u00e9 bellissima<\/p>\n

Pensa molto
\nSta cercando qualcosa
\nAspetta solo
\nUn giorno lui trova qualcuno<\/p>\n

Le ragazze dicono ciao marco ciao marco
\nLe ragazze dicono ciao marco ciao marco!<\/p>\n

English translation of lyrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marco is a guy
\nWho is very strong
\nHe’s great
\nHe has silver eyes
\nAt all the parties
\nHe dances wonderfully
\nHe teaches students
\nIn italian class<\/p>\n

He thinks a lot
\nHe’s looking for something
\nHe’s waiting alone
\nOne day he’ll find someone<\/p>\n

All the ladies say “Ciao Marco!”, “Ciao Marco!”
\nAll the ladies say “Ciao Marco!”, “Ciao Marco!”<\/p>\n

Marco is a guy
\nWho is very smart
\nHe is also clever
\nAnd always talks well
\nHe is from Rome
\nA lovely city
\nGoes around in a car
\nThat is really nice<\/p>\n

He thinks a lot
\nHe’s looking for something
\nHe’s waiting alone
\nOne day he’ll find someone<\/p>\n

All the ladies say “Ciao Marco!”, “Ciao Marco!”
\nAll the ladies say “Ciao Marco!”, “Ciao Marco!”<\/p>\n

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