Talk:'O sole mio

In popular culture

I kind of think that it would be nice to mention the spot off of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective where Jim Carrey was talking to his co-worker, turned around in the opposite direction, bent over, grabbed his buttocks with both hands, and started singing "Ass-hole-a-Meooo"

I agree. Go ahead and add it. Don't forget the "ooohhhhhh Sodomy-ahhhhhhhh" part.Rockypedia (talk) 19:51, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

How are the lyrics notable?

Keep in mind this is an encyclopedia, if people wanted lyrics they'd use Google. This article also has very much bias in plain sight, I suggest we delete it or add sources proving the opinions are popular among critics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.219.25.140 (talk) 15:31, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Article name

The fact that the Neapolitan name has an apostrophe in front of it is irrelevant for the English Wikipedia, in WP:ENGLISH the WP:COMMONNAME is O Sole Mio, therefore that's what the article should be called. In fact, in the UK, the WP:COMMNONAME is "the Cornetto song", but I won't push it that far.... :-)) FlagSteward (talk) 17:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

It's Now or Never

So why is there a separate article for There's No Tomorrow, but not for "It's Now or Never". With new lyrics and a borrowed melody, it is not a cover version, and its notability on its own could warrant its own article. --Wolfer68 (talk) 00:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

"O" in "'O sole mio"

"O" stay for "Lo", a determinative article: thus correct translation from neapolitan to italian is "Lo sole mio". In modern standard italian the correct determinative article for the word sun is "Il": "Il sole mio", but when song was writed italian was a little different. The ancient use of "Lo sole" is yet in Dante p. e. http://books.google.it/books?id=3dY5a7SmZdwC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=%22lo+sole%22&source=bl&ots=h6Xzhjr6aR&sig=QL3AcJD3cTBXOzwLrNrs1GymlJ4&hl=it&ei=nG1vS6eALYPWmwPmg9zJBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCsQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22lo%20sole%22&f=false "Onde vedemo lo sole che, discendendo lo raggio suo qua giù" eccetera. FYI. Excuses for my bad english. Greetings from Italy. --93.65.61.136 (talk) 01:54, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Just One Cornetto

The English travesty, which in my opinion is very good, is sung by a Venetian gondolier BECAUSE Venice is many miles from Naples. Pamour (talk) 19:59, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

"Recorded by"

What is the point of listing a handful of singers under "recorded by"? There are dozens, probably hundreds of singers who recorded it. The current list does not include Caruso, but includes Elvis, which seems strange. --188.23.78.187 (talk) 11:55, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

reliable source

The text's many errors need to be fixed according to http://ac-support.europe.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/napsongtexts.html#%27%20sole%20mio --Espoo (talk) 01:01, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Copyright section

I deleted the "Copyright" section. The sourcing is dubious: one is apparently just a scan of a clipping from an unknown publication with unknown authorship. The other two can't agree on what year the supposed Italian court case took place (One said 2002, the other 2004). Both sources are apparently blogs that haven't been updated in a decade. When I search Google for this it looks more like urban legend than fact. Additionally, even if the story is real it's not accurate to say the song is copyrighted until 2042 if it was composed in 1898. It might be under copyright in the EU if the story about the court case is true, but it most certainly is not in the United States or Canada. And third, if it's copyrighted then this article violates that copyright by having the lyrics. Janus303 (talk) 04:24, 4 February 2014 (UTC)