Le rital - Claude Barzotti 1983 live english subtitles

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LE RITAL:
Barzotti, whose real first name was Francesco, was born in Belgium , but raised in Italy. The song deals with Barzotti's experiences as a young child and how "he would have preferred to be named Dupont" (a common French surname) but the song also deals with his pride concerning the term, exemplified in lines such as "Je suis rital et je le reste," which translates to "I'm Italian and will so remain."
The song Le Rital (1983) earned him his biggest hit (No. 1 in France), and the title of the piece became his nickname.
The term rital is a popular slang term (wop) that defines a person who is Italian or of Italian origin. Much less used nowadays, although still notable, this insult is characteristic of anti-Italian xenophobia. just like macaroni, spaghetti1. However, Claude Barzotti's song greatly reduced its pejorative side.
This name was given to Italian immigrant workers who arrived en masse before and after the Second World War to work in France, Belgium and Switzerland. François Cavanna indicates that it originates from the mention “R.ital. (for “Réfugier Italien”) which was carried on the papers of immigrants.
With no major success of his first records, Clause Barzotti had to work to make a living and he became both artistic director and record representative for Roger Meylemans' company. It was during a work meeting, being told by his boss, "Claude, you just have one fault, it's that you're Rital!" that the idea of his famous song will come to him...
CLAUDE BARZOTTI:
Claude Barzotti (born 23 July 1953 as Francesco Barzotti, is a Belgian singer of Italian origin of the 1980s. Barzotti recorded several songs which each sold hundreds of thousands of copies. He first achieved success in 1981 with his song "Le Rital."
Barzotti's career continued throughout the 1980s, and his last major successful song was in 1990s "Aime-moi" (English:Love Me), at which point many people believed his career was far from over. Although Barzotti took advantage of the wave of nostalgia which gripped France at the turn of the 21st century, he was unable to capture the musical prominence he had once held. Because of his distinctive voice and great successes in the French music industry, he is considered one of the most prominent French pop musicians of the 1980s.