Adriano Celentano in 1973 – “Prisencolinensinainciusol” (a song intended to sound like English spoken with an American accent, when in fact the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish)
Adriano Celentano in 1973 – "Prisencolinensinainciusol" (a song intended to sound like English spoken with an American accent, when in fact the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish) from OldSchoolCool
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Ok I like this
IIRC he did this to prove the point that anything remotely sounding American would be a hit in Italy and it actually worked with this song.
What always blows me away about this song is how he so accurately remembers the “words”. I mean, these are essentially a collection of random sounds because they don’t fit together meaningfully like a real song, but he’s singing it the same every time so they’re not random at all. It hurts my brain to think about how you would practice and remember and then perform the whole thing. I guess it’s similar to how some singers can perform songs in a language they don’t speak because they’re performing the whole thing phonetically by rote as opposed to remembering the meaning behind it.
Oh has it been two months since the last time someone reposted this?
This has to be up there in the Reddit Hall of Fame for its longevity.
I grew up watching Celentano films. I love his work. But it must be said he became a famous singer by shamelessly copying Elvis. He was one of the biggest contributors to the problem that this stunt highlights
I love this song. It’s a jam!
I’d imagine this is what English sounds like to some foreigners.
When be stay in my chills?
Nah, i’m home and be stayin’
In a hole and call a bus dive
Never seen anyone speak Canadian so well before.
Me trying to understand half my clients over the phone
oh SHIT this a jam!
I wonder if Blues Traveler ever heard this song, did something similar with Hook. Although that song used real English even if it made zero sense outside the chorus.
Lol this guy. Doesn’t sound like acoustic guitar to me
It is a pretty good song!
# Adriano Celentano is a goddamn legend.
I love this song. This is the 3rd video I’ve seen for it.
This is a sim party banger for sure
Love when music videos have somebody pretend to play an instrument that you literally cannot hear in the song. I mean maybe waaay in the background.
For the love of Christ, stop posting this
This is how I sing every song because I never hear the words to anything, just the music.
It’s got a great beat and you can dance to it, so it gets a shimmycolanniieeewasfucku from me!
This is what Dutch sounds like to a Swede. It sounds like Swedish but you can’t make out any words.
Vintage pootie tang
I love this song so much
This guy Bobs my Dylan.
Funky groove. How did they get Exene to sing backing vocals?
The black n white music vid is amazing too
This song is on my daily playlist. I LOVE IT!!!! And everyone I have listen to it loves it too. It is a masterpiece in my opinion!
I love this song
u/savevideo
Thanks – never saw this version.
So this is the source instrumental music for Master Roshi preparing for a date?
Musical version of “Jabberwocky.”
“Twas brillig, and the slithy towes…”