REACTION - Soldi, Mahmood - Eurovision 2019, Italy
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2019
- Menno reacts to Italy's entry for Eurovision 2019 - Mahmood's song 'Soldi'. The last time Italy won was in 1990 - will Mahmood take the trophy home?
SONG STARTS AT 4:32 after a short look back at Italy's past winners.
Who's your favourite to win this year's Eurovision? And are you sold on 'Soldi'? Leave a comment below and subscribe for more vids ;-)
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Hello! The video explains very well the meaning of the song actually. Mahmood (real name Alessandro Mahmoud) was abandoned by his father when he was a child. That's basically the reason why there's a kid looking sad while his parents are arguing outside the car and also why the singer looks quite angry. Mahmood grew up with his mother (you can see a female figure carrying the little boy throughout the video). He has explained that "Soldi" (money) doesn't refer to specific money matters but shows how they can change relationships within a family. The Arabic sentence you hear near the end is a memory of something his father used to say to him. The last verse says "Yesterday you were here, where are you now, dad?" That's pretty much how the entire story is revealed. Hope this helps! 👍
July River It does, thanks for the info! 😉
My son, my son my love come here. That's what he says in Arabic. It's just a memory of what his father(Egyptian) used to say to call him when he was a child. Anyway i'm sure we're going to win 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 this is already a global HIT SONG! Forza Ale
Exactly
Anna Romani grazie! :)
Thank for sharing more light on Mahmood story and his song , that is beautiful ! I hate when people put themself online make comments and react to something they do not understand
I really hope Italy wins this year - they deserve it. With such a meaningful song sung by an inspirational artist
It’s been years BUT IT FUCKING SHOULD HAVE!!!!
‘Maybe he is waiting for the driver??....’ Jeeeesss you really missed the whole point when it is so obvious actually. Oh well, I have to admitt although I am from the Netherlands, Soldi stole my heart.
Nursen Sahin Yeah I knew nothing about the song going into it and the vid was a bit lost on me, but having seen all the comments here it makes more sense now. Good to see he made it through to the final 😉
First person who don't like this beautiful song... W ITALIA 🇮🇹
Gabriele Giorgianni I do like it, I’m even singing along 😉
@@mrmenno good job😃, Saturday vote Italy🇮🇹
Gabriele Giorgianni Italy always are the only country who has so much meaning behind their songs each year and never win. We deserve better...
È olandese, tifava per il suo paese che presentava una canzone in Inglese. Ahaha
Genko ufficiale Yes our song was in English - not much I can do about it - but still beautiful. Good job on doing so well with a song in your own language 😉
For those who are interested in, here's the english-translated lyrics for "Soldi" (Money):
It’s very hot in the suburbs
Mum, don’t worry, I’m on my way home
You will be upset by a liar
It looked like love to you but it was
something else
He's drinking champagne during Ramadan
On the TV is airing Jackie Chan
He's smoking shisha and asks me how I’m
doing
He asks me «How are you doing?» «How
are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going,
how things are going, how things are going.
I think faster trying to figure out
whether tomorrow you will fool me
I got no time to clear things up
'Cause now I realized what you are
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me whether
You only thought about money, money
As if I have had any money, money
Tell me whether you miss me or you don’t
give a damn
You used to ask me «How are you doing?»
«How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
Now how things are going, how things are
going, how things are going?
You haven’t told yet what you had to tell
Betrayal is a bullet in the chest
Keep all your mercy to yourself
You keep lying at home but you know that
she knows
(Sittin’) on a chair she’ll be asking me
You ask me «How are you doing?» «How
are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going,
how things are going, how things are going.
I think faster trying to figure out
whether tomorrow you will fool me
I got no time to clear things up
Because only now I found out what you are
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
I figured it out in one second
That you, from me
You only wanted money, money
As if I have had any money, money
Before, you used to talk to me till late
You used to ask me «How are you doing?»
«How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
Now how things are going, how things are
going, how things are going?
«Waladi waladi habibi ta'aleena»
You used to tell me while playing, looking
proud
«Waladi waladi habibi», it looked real
your wish, your wish to bring things back
to what they were
I - from you - didn’t want any money…
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me if
You only wanted money, money
As if I had any money, money
You leave the city without anybody
knowing
Yesterday you were here, where are you
now, dad?
You ask me «How are you doing?» «How
are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going,
how things are going, how things are going.
FORART fe Thanks for posting! 😉
Waladi habibi ta' alina means my son,my love come here
*Soldi*
is the best Esc Song ever! Ciao ciao 😁👋
Goooo Alessandro 👑💪❤️🇮🇹
The italian soud is this. Now, for us.. Sorry for you, we aren' t pizza mandolino. Money don't buy love.
Actually it goes beyond the upper layer meaning of the lyrics: he uses Arab and mentions drinking during Ramadan. Italy is going through an extremely socially tense historical period, where racial conflicts and xenophobia are raging. Second generation children and people with mixed Italian origins are going through difficult identity issues because of it.
He has mixed origins, but has grown up losing one part of his identity. Growing up in the suburbs with an Italian single mother. Feeling the loss of his father not only as an absence of a paternal figure, but also for a culture and existential bridge, which he needs in order to grow prideful and strong of an essential part of himself: the Arabic and muslim part. So his father's absence together with the negative memories left behind hurt him in more deep ways.Quote "I never wanted any money from you", meaning he didn't feel the need of economical support as much that of existential pride.
Being Italian but not only has not been easy in the last few years.
maria tomasi Thanks for posting that, it certainly adds another dimension to the song. I wonder if that’s why in some shots the background is blue and in others it’s red (with a ‘sun’ in the background) two show the contrast between two worlds 😉
Tutto bello, ma il "crescente" conflitto multiculturale è solo nella tua testa ed non è minimamente mensionato nella canzone, e non c'è nessun accenno a ciò. Ho capito che il governo attuale vi sta sul cazzo però, evitate di dire cazzate, creando disinformazione, grazie.
@@bomberman4046 e' palese che quello disinformato e incapace di comprendere sei tu. Hai esperienza di cio' che vuol dire vivere un conflitto culturale e essere il diverso in una societa' a cui dovresti appartenere? le cazzate le dici tu! E se vuoi fare finta che le tensioni di ostilita' raziali non esistano in Italia al momento, fai pure. A me del governo attuale non me ne frega nulla, non mi fa ne' caldo ne' freddo, la societa' italiana attuale non e' un problema mio. Sai cosa e' una metafora? Questa canzone e' ricca di metafore, se poi leggi con superficialita' il problema e' tuo. Disinformazione? Definisci disinformazione prima di usarne il termine. La mia e' una constatazione oggettiva e spassionata, perche' al contrario tuo, so valutare criticamente un clima politico e ho l'empatia giusta per comprendere le connotazioni legate alle dinamiche raccontate nel testo della canzone.
@@mariatomasi2163 "dinamiche raccontate nel testo della canzone." Le tue sono supposizioni. La canzone non allude in alcun modo a presunte vissute situazioni di razzismo e/o altro. Ergo, il tuo commento è fuori luogo, e per l'appunto crea disinformazione. Non perchè in italia non ci siano situazioni del genere, ma perchè la canzone per l'appunto non ne parla. Fine.
@@bomberman4046dovresti leggere meglio cio' che ho scritto, o e' l'inglese che non capisci appieno. Contestualizzo ma non dico che il testo parla di razzismo, ma di conflitto culturale. Affermo che la figura paterna avuta non gli ha permesso di portare con orgoglio l'altra meta' culturale di cui fa parte. E gli esempi sono lampanti nel testo stesso, mangiare durante il ramadan o bere. Ed affermo che le sofferenze menzionate nella canzone, vanno oltre la materialita' del soldo. E di fatto l'enfasi e' non sui soldi, ma sul cattivo esempio, la sofferenza arrecata agli affetti e l'incapacita' di sentirsi orgoglioso pienamente di cio' che e'.
It’s basically the story of his childhood where his dad abandoned him as a kid. It has so much meaning and deserves to win Eurovision most tbh
That's a lot of words
Oh my gosh 😂
Song's translation
Money
It's really hot down in the suburbs
Mama don't worry I'm on my way home
You will be upset by a liar
It looked like love to you, it was something else
He's drinking champagne during Ramadan
On tv they are airing Jackie Chan
He's smoking Shisha and asks me how I'm doing
He asks me how I'm doing doing doing
You alredy know how things are going going going
I think faster to try to figure out if you're going to fool me tomorrow
I have no time to clear things up 'cause I finally found out what you are
It hurts to be alive
When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me if
You only cared for the money money
As if you had any money
Tell me whether you miss me or you don't give a fuck
You used to ask me how I was doing doing doing
Now how are things going going going
What you're supposed to say you haven't said yet
Betrayal is a bullet in your chest
Keep all the compassion to yourself
You keep lyin' at home but you know she knows
Sittin' there she'll be asking me
Asking me how I'm doing doing doing
She already knows how things are going going going
I think faster to try to figure out if you're going to fool me tomorrow
I have no time to clear things up 'cause I finally found out what you are
It hurts to be alive
when you lose your pride
I figured it out in one second, from me
You only wanted the money
As if I had any money
Back then you would talk to me till late
You used to ask me how I'm doing doing doing
Now how are things going going going
My son, my son, darling, come over here [Arabic]
You used to tell me while playing your games with pride
My son, my son, darling, [Arabic] It felt so real to me
Wanting to bring things back to what they were
I didn't ask you for your money...
It hurts to be alive
When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me if
Only cared for the money money
As if I had any money
You leave the city without anybody knowing
Yesterday you were here, where are you now, papa?
You ask me how I'm doing doing doing
You already know how things are going going going
Sociopath HatterAMV Thanks for posting 😉
It's not rocket science, he's mainly talking about how his father abandoned him and his mother. Amongst other things.
the car in the video is a sport Alfa Romeo Giulietta 80’s, great car!
Bravo !!!!!! ¡Mahmoud!
Ricordo che Mahmood e' arrivato secondo all' Eurofestival, ! E, per me, non e' cosa da poco, visto che ha cantato oltre tutto in italiano, e non in inglese! Ciao, Linda. Italy.
Mauro Avallone Si, it’s a great result! Tanti auguri! 😉
It's not that hard to understand, c'mon! This song speak about his father who left him and his mother when he was 6. Then his father come back just to ask for Money. The child with his mother who is looking behind her tell the whole story basically.
rudimental 95 OK thanks for that 😉
Omg this is false
He don't talk about that! I'm Italian
Strong Ciao! Congrats on a strong entry for this year’s Eurovision. What would you say he’s singing about? 😉
@@mrmenno I actually think the first comment was basically right...and I'm Italian too
I have the feeling Italy will never win ESC again because we sing in Italian and maybe translate the chorus into English but this cannot really work since the two languages have a completely different rhythm...
having said that "Soldi" has had a huge resonance and success in many countries so ... winning Eurovision would be just the icing on the cake in my opinion.... but I strongly prefer the cake like for "Volare" ... it only came in 3rd in Eurovision... but it still is a well-known song after over 50 years...
mimmi brontola Volare shows that a strong song can have a good life outside of Eurovision. Italian is such a beautiful language for singing. One of my fave Italian songs is ‘Ti Sento’ by Matia Bazar, so powerful, every time I hear it I’m impressed! 😀
mimmi brontola you broke my heart...
Mahmood is half-Italian (maternally) and half-Egyptian (paternally). The song is about the absence of his dad in his childhood, whom he accuses of being solely interested in his money (soldi means money in Italian). So, it's an emotional song with a meaning.
This is the real translation, the one they sent you unfortunately are 2 texts of 2 songs together, and different singers, practically a mix.
Lyrics in english from the official eurovision page.
It’s quite hot in the suburbs
Mum, don’t worry, I’m on my way home
You will be disappointed by a liar
It looked like love to you but it was something else
He drinks champagne during Ramadan
On the telly they are airing Jackie Chan
He smokes shisha. He asks me how I’m doing
He asks me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going, how things are going, how things are going.
I think faster trying to figure out
whether tomorrow you will fool me
I got no time to clear things up
Because only now I found out what you are
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me whether
You only thought about money, money
As if I have had any money, money
Tell me whether you miss me or you don’t give a damn
You used to ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
Now how things are going, how things are going, how things are going?
You haven’t told yet what you had to tell
Betrayal is a bullet in the chest
Keep all your mercy to yourself
You keep lying at home but you know that she knows
(Sittin’) on a chair she’ll be asking me
You ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going, how things are going, how things are going.
I I think faster trying to figure out
whether tomorrow you will fool me
I got no time to clear things up
Because only now I found out what you are
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
I figured it out in one second
That you, from me
You only wanted money, money
As if I have had any money, money
Before, you used to talk to me till late
You used to ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
Now how things are going, how things are going, how things are going?
«My son, my son, darling, come over here»
You used to tell me while playing, looking proud
«My son, my son, darling», it looked real
your wish, your wish to bring things back to what they were
I - from you - didn’t want any money…
Being alive it’s not easy
When you lose your pride
You leave home out of the blue
You, tell me if
You only wanted money, money
As if I had any money, money
You leave the city without anybody knowing
Yesterday you were here, where are you now, dad?
You ask me «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?» «How are you doing?»
You already know how things are going, how things are going, how things are going.
Stefania Avalon -Cartomante Thanks for posting these lyrics! 😉
Anche a me le canzoni inglesi non le capisco ma mi piacciono
Love your reaction with the added Eurovision information
Lorraine McCalliskey Thank you! 🤗
You made me die with laughter at 6:50! So cute, because you didn't know what that was about, with that Arabic line and sound!!! Ha ha ha
alebhard Yes my Arab isn’t great 😆
@@mrmenno :))
Soldi=money
FORZA ITALIA 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
the part you said that doesn't make sense to you (minute 6:47 ) we don't even know what Italians say, it's an Arabic phrase.
Figlio mio (walidi) habibi (amore mio) ta'alina (vieni qui)
THANK YOU for reaction for ITALY for the Song SOLDI SOLDI SOLDI MAHMOOD is BEAUTIFUL No1
Abbiamo vinto .....
fresh and contemporary
yeah!!! 😄😄😄😄😄
Have you checked out Mahmood latest song “tuta gold”? 😅😅😅
Bravo bravo👍🏻
long hair short hair, estás hermoso!!
the dragon tatoo on the hand of the futher
Actually, that's a cobra. Mahmood gets the same tattoo on his back. The cobra is the Egyptian snake.
It represents his heritage. Something he cannot see (it is on his back), but at the same time can never be cancelled.
Montecarlo???????
Giuseppe Viviani Molto caldo 🙈
Hahahaha muoio
Good video. By Italy 🇮🇹
Fava
Are you Dutch?
sari Luna Yes, but I’ve lived in London for ages 😉
Ik ook. Soms mis ik het.
roddo Gelukkig is het niet ver 😉
😢😢😢😢😘😘😘😘
Dat was nog dichtbij met Nederland
Cas Van Ramshorst Zeker! Bleed tot het laatste moment spannend!
@@mrmenno ja klopt
Mijn top 3 was Italië
Rusland
Nederland
Cas Van Ramshorst OK had je de Top 3 goed! Kun je dat ook met de Lotto? 😆
@@mrmenno nee Italië en rusland waren omgedraaid😂 maar ze waren ook wel de beste naar mijn mening
Ciao 😁
Pity they went down that overreach in the Treaty of Maastricht …
give it a second roll. then check the lyrics. then you will be totally into it. but let's say the netherlands is better :D
netherlands is not better
Da Italiana, la canzone è davvero brutta! Ma lui è carino.
Quanto mi stanno sul caz.... quando scimmiottano
Italiano Italiano Scusa, non capisco
In periferia fa' molto caldo non è Montecarlo 😂😅
Italiano Italiano Hahaha si, ho sentito male 🙈 Ma sono sicuro che anche il tempo a Monte Carlo è bello (thank you Google Translate) 😉
@@mrmenno in Italy sicuro😂
Guys he talk about his girlfriend, the girlfriend asked money to him and he talk about his father
@SUOR ISOTTA E SUOR MARIA SORELLE IN FEDE Ma sei scemo o cosa so che sei Italiano, ma sei GAY??????
Oh i see Mahmood is gay :/
@SUOR ISOTTA E SUOR MARIA SORELLE IN FEDE Oh scusa...Vai a pregare in Gesù :)
You kept talking over the song...
Dawn E. Yeah, it’s a reaction video 😉
@@mrmenno true. But compare it to the respectful silence you had while listening to the French contestant ( btw: I agree he made a wonderful song and the staging was even more beautiful!). I did not mean it in a nasty way, I just meant that if you watch it carefully, you imagine Mahmood is talking about an estranged father and a painful childhood.
Peace!
( I am watching all your reactions, they are great)
Dawn E. It’s quite interesting doing these reaction vids. They’re really just a first impression of a song, so I don’t read up on them beforehand so my reaction is ‘fresh’. But then afterwards you find out so much more and it changes how you relate to the song. With Soldi it raised quite a few questions, language barrier has a lot to do with that. I’m glad he did so well coming second! Bilal’s song just hit me instantly. I’m working a few vid ideas where I delve more into the meaning of the songs and their perspective on e.g. self confidence, overcoming obstacles etc. So I’d research them more, they wouldn’t be reaction vids as such, more video ‘essays’ if you like. If there’s one you’d like to recommend, let me know 😉
😢😢😢😢😘😘😘😘