Also in the realm of Spider-Man Pizza Theme Played Over Unfitting Film Scenes, this one has less views, but also has its own kind of unique; terrible charm…
Not to detract from the funny video, but it really annoys me that this tune has apparently become widely known as the Spider-Man Pizza Theme. It’s “Funiculi, Funiculá,” a classic Neopolitan song written to commemorate the construction of a funicular cable car on Mt. Vesuvius in 1880. For some reason it’s become the Stereotypical Italian Music of choice, despite being a regional song that’s barely intelligible to speakers of Standard Italian.
Here are the 3 Tenors singing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYwafK4HttY
And here are some cute mice singing it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=garNxavx8gY
And here are the lyrics.
Rebloggin because this is a legit good addition, and it does remind me of how great that, much like Clair De Lune, this song that ended up going memetic is in the public domain.
Like, imagine how many memes we could get if 56 Or Bust were a thing…
I knew I’d heard it some place outside of Spiderman – thanks for the clarification!
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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