I was in cab in Napoli once and noticed that the driver was drumming his fingers to the beat of one of the latest American pop songs playing over the radio. How

I was in cab in Napoli once and noticed that the driver was drumming his fingers to the beat of one of the latest American pop songs playing over the radio. However, he couldn't speak a word of English. I thought this a bit curious. However, the article frames it in context for me. It seems like Italian music has tried to pick up on the beats and sounds of American music, so even if the language itself was foreign the music was not.