Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

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SavantIdiot · 2021-12 · Strong recommendation

Speaking of gibberish english: I know this has been on YouTube for 10 years, but there are always newcomers who haven't had their brain melted by it: [VIDEO]

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throw0101c · 2024-03 · Recommendation

I call your mis-understood English song, and raise you one song purposefully written to use fake-English sounding 'words': > The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, however the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words "all right".[8][9] Andrew Khan, writing in The Guardian, later described the sound as reminiscent of Bob Dylan's output from the 1980s.[9] > Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers. The intent was to demonstrate how English sounds to people who do not understand the language proficiently. "Ever since I started singing, I was very influenced by American music and everything Americans did. So at a certain point, because I like American slang—which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italian—I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate. And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn't mean anything."[6] * [LINK] * Audio-only: [LINK] * M/V: [VIDEO] Quite catchy.

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dr_dshiv · 2022-10 · Recommendation

I love foreign fantasy representations of America. My favorite is the Italian music video of a high school class where they sing in made up English. [VIDEO]

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