[dcs_p]Mob Blog: Mob Music, July 30, 2013[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Mob Music is my favorite type of music. Somewhere in the early eighties, I abandoned pop-culture. Even though I was still relatively young, I somehow missed the top bands of the era. Now, I’m like, Justin … who? Oh, wait—the Biebs. Yes, I have heard of the Biebs.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Seriously, once I was old enough to shake the stars out of my eyes—good-bye Jimmy Page—I realized that what I really liked was mob music. I didn’t know it was mob music. Nobody called it that then. But, oh, the old crooners. Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Al Martino singing The Godfather songs. Paul Anka, Jerry Vale, and Louis Prima. Who can beat them?[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
As a writer, my work is mental. Noise distracts me. Loud music crowds my brain, prevents me from thinking. But give me an evening in Roma or a little summer wind, and I’m dreaming. I suppose it’s the romantic in me. And there’s a bit of nostalgia at play. After all, these were the songs I heard growing up. The songs that played at weddings and family parties—the backdrop of an era. The sounds of my life.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
My penchant for mob music might have something to do with me being Italian. But then again, maybe it’s an American thing, part and parcel of our culture. Just last week my husband and I were at the Rochester Chop House in Rochester, Michigan. At the next table there was a large group of Polish people. They explained to us that they were in town at the invitation of Chrysler, whose headquarters is in nearby Auburn Hills. They’re stay would be short—just a couple of weeks—but they were making the most of it. The Chop House employs a gifted pianist, and they kept requesting songs. Guess what song they requested?[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
No, it wasn’t the polka. My Polish acquaintances wanted to hear That’s Amore. I guess that’s American. Mob music the world over.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime and mob thrillers, Louie Morelli’s Mistress, Stella di Mare, and Louie Morelli’s Daughter. Patricia lives in the Detroit area with her husband, Vince, traveling frequently to South Florida and less frequently to New Orleans, the settings for her novels.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]
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