Prisencolinensinainciusol

[mikfez]

What language is this chap singing in?

Spoiler: Answer

The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, vaguely reminiscent of Bob Dylan; however, the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words "all right". Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers.

Link to Wikipedia Article

 

[Shady]

Like they mentioned on YouTube it is kinda catchy and i to like the dancing, if you didn't really listen for the words you wouldn't know that it was gibberish, there is the odd real word in there tho

 

[Timble2]

It's English words, but the lyrics are completely nonseniscal. I saw an article a couple of days, I think it's this about this chap, who put the song together to show that Italian youth would like any pop song that was (apparently) in English...

 

[Shady]

I must be hard of hearing cause i honestly only made out one English word lol

 

[GNC]

I don't think it's even English words, it's how English sounded to this Italian without being able to speak it. If you're interested, comedian Mike Reid did a rockin' cover version of it later.

 

[Victory]

Yes, it is a famous song where the singer wanted to make a song which sounded as if it was in American English...or at least what American English sounded like to him
And Mike Reid's cover is great!

 

[Shady]

I don't think it's even English words, it's how English sounded to this Italian without being able to speak it. If you're interested, comedian Mike Reid did a rockin' cover version of it later.

Yep i would love to hear it, i will try and find it, any idea what it was called? X Tried, i canna find it

 

[GNC]

Here you go, @Shady - Mike (or his producer) renamed it Freezing Cold in 89 Twoso:

 

[Sharon Hill]

This song/video was popular on Twitter two days ago. I lost about an hour of my life learning about it.
https://www.npr.org/2012/11/04/164206468/its-gibberish-but-italian-pop-song-still-means-something

The song, called "Prisencolinensinainciusol," was written to mimic the way English sounds to non-English speakers.

Celentano, now 74 years old, says that he wanted to break down language barriers and inspire people to communicate more.

"Ever since I started singing, I was very influenced by American music and everything Americans did," he tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Things Considered, through interpreter Sim Smiley.

"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," he says. "And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn't mean anything."

:dpoo:
Catchy.

 

[Austin Popper]

Well I have now watched several versions and I don't have a favorite. The original was brilliant and the video to that one is very good. I love the video posted in the OP.

Being an old fart, I'm reminded of several things so I will annoy you all with a couple of fun videos that have little or nothing to do with the topic here.

Here's a video from a Japanese kids show, with a James Brown cameo at 2:00. I've never seen it in good resolution, but it's fun and slightly less freaky than the Teletubbies.