Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

Rare, Complete!

[@Shadowfax-1980]

It’s English-sounding enough that my brain seems to think if I just listen harder, I will be able to make out what he’s saying.

[@joelcomer]

I know right

[@reyesbiz101]

Same lol

[@karlk545]

Do NOT look up any songs by Modern Talking or Blue System. You've been warned. :)

[@knurd75]

Try a little harder! It is absolutely possible.

[@b4nxyz]

Agreed

[@bekadid]

When someone is telling you something important in a dream, this is exactly what it sounds like.

[@matt0pz508]

Relatable

[@TeddyBarefoot]

Fr fr

[@ErikD-td9db]

waking up to my parents yapping be like:

[@zonesquestiloveunderworld]

You dream about Italian Elvis too?! 😮

[@BWills32]

🧠💥

[@Spl1nt5]

He can actually sing in Doctor’s Handwriting.

[@heshamhany8470]

Underrated asf😂😂

[@tlhusted]

Omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

Q: what language is he singing in A: American accent

[@rabbit0664]

XD

[@room-mv9ws]

А ты неплох.

[@SteveDehaeseleer]

The one real word in this song is "alright." Genius maneuver.

[@Thkaal]

aye, I spy...

[@enmanuelalvarezselman8781]

*olrait

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

MANOEUVRE.

[@Irma_Girde]

Also"baby"

[@Laudo-nu7mh]

Every song with "alright" is a lot better than alright. Fact.

[@my_every_art]

As a non native english speaker, this is how really english sounded to me when I was younger

[@RJ-hk7oj]

As a native english speaker, it sounds so right yet so wrong at the same time.

[@greyscale2539]

I can relate 😂

[@sashathedonut]

@@RJ-hk7oj yeah, this is what songs sounds like when you are about to fall asleep in a few seconds so you hear words but don't understand then

[@lucasbonhommevazquez]

Fr

[@user-pr6ed3ri2k]

@@RJ-hk7oj 3 *43rd liekr

[@ZingsVideos]

One of the warning signs of a stroke is that you understand the lyrics.

[@LinguisticG4m3rBoi_qy1yn]

Uh oh... I think I might be having a stroke then...

[@mels_hell]

u yjpihjy oy esd mptzsq gpt ar yp yjoml zolr yjod

[@boston_nsca]

Still alive? ​@@LinguisticG4m3rBoi_qy1yn

[@NYNick49]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@laurence-tw7su]

Me too! Call emergency someone! I love the rhythm! 😂😂😂

[@hoesluvherro]

As a native English speaker, this just sounds like English that I can't quite understand, as if I'm hearing it just beyond earshot. It's surreal and very clever!

[@Alienstar-zm8oe]

@@MsDragonbal776it would only be profound if he created the same effect speaking Italian 😂

[@nettierg]

Like the words are just out of reach. Brilliant.

[@NoriMori1992]

Good description. It also sounds like when the singer doesn't enunciate clearly enough to understand even a single word, or like when you're not really paying attention.

[@MadMax31577]

Like the chef on the muppets 😂

[@MacNerfer]

@@MsDragonbal776 What part of it is English? I only catch about ten English words in the whole thing, usually a couple at the end of a sentence. There was "freezing cold" in the beginning, I hear "alright" several times, and maybe something about "too many cows". For all I know, it could be Italian being badly pronounced by an American.

[@ThisGuy0903]

This is the english that I was taught during high school in Italy, when I went to the UK I realised that this language is only spoken in pubs on Friday nights

[@phxgator]

or in Scotland

[@lovecatxx]

​@@phxgator 1. Scotland is part of the UK. 2. The joke works for Scotland just as for the rest of the UK. The group that is Scottish accents isn't uniquely incomprehensible.

[@N30NF43]

@@phxgator I dunno, Scottish accents are legible. Geordie accents, however, only make sense to Geordies

[@PatDK]

Or a Newfoundlander drunk anywhere other than Newfoundland

[@vicosdivicos]

😂❤

[@BassOfTheSea]

this is exactly what it sounds like when you can't remember the lyrics of a song so you play it back in your head but it doesn't help

[@anthonydawson1754]

Exactly 😂

[@MarleneP]

Nailed it!

[@Roozyj]

When I remember a song from my childhood, but when I try to sing it, I realise I didn't speak English when I 'learnt' that song

[@patrickhess3156]

Ü

[@psymar]

@@Roozyj don't worry, as a native speaker, age 34, I still can't understand 90% of the lyrics of songs that are actually in English.

[@cereal_experiments]

imagine people thousands of years in the future finding this and thinking it's the only remain of some lost language.

[@fraluy]

😂😂🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tikaisback]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Cuythulu]

I think you´ve accidentally solved the Voynich Manuscript mystery.

[@tkm1550]

@@dakshfx key word imagine

[@5038-o1k]

In that case, I hope they don't find this comment. It'd be more fun for them that way :D

[@fudgerounds91]

He made this to prove Italians would love anything that sounds English, but he forgot that he was gonna throw off the study by making a certified banger.

[@jacknever1061]

and the confidence in those moves and backup dancers

[@Sheenifier]

Well the tune was really good

[@zcar]

This song was never popular when it was first released.

[@JoeOaken]

​@@zcar yer it was

[@andrewlevine9438]

@@zcarlmao yea it was, top 5 in a few European countries for a whole year 😹 Pretty good for a song of gibberish

[@TracyHolmes-j5j]

It's 2024. And it still absolutely blows my mind. My brain is screaming he's speaking English, but it is literally dying trying to process it.

[@Will-md3tt]

I'm in the same boat. I just discovered this song and I'm entirely amazed. My brain thinks he's actually singing something real, but I can't make any sense of it.😂😂

[@rukshanaparvin5437]

yea me too. its too real to be true🤣

[@michelpp01]

Guys, the lyrics are made up. Words with no meaning. Except the "all right".

[@natben6099]

@@michelpp01 we know that

[@oki_tori7124]

i found out you can kinda make some words out and piecing it together, by zoning out. Sit back, close your eyes, and listen, it's kinda trippy. Granted we all know it's gibberish but still, it's kinda fun to try to make out what he's saying

[@guitarandmore69]

The genius is being able to memorize the gibberish for live performances.

[@anfo_4241]

Looks like a lip sync

[@GabrielSt-uy1lv]

@@anfo_4241 this was recorded in fkn 1972...

[@anfo_4241]

@@GabrielSt-uy1lv and?

[@JupiterKnight]

k lol

[@bigbengamer]

@@anfo_4241 That was common practice in the 1970s. In the 80s, lip syncing was as popular as karaoke. It was during the 1990s that we finally got tired of lip sync performances, catalyzed by the Milli Vanilli scandal.

[@brandonreyes1737]

"What's your wifi password?" "It's on the back of the router" Back of the router:

[@wollam11]

Alright.

[@greenbox6376]

Thanks very epic

[@TerronVawter]

hunter2

[@saygoodnighttoghosts]

Hilariously on point.

[@dehro]

That's what I'm going to call my next WiFi network 😆

[@valumtimes]

Sure, the song is impressive. But the range of motion in this man's hips? Downright phenomenal.

[@itsatimemachine]

i just read on wikipedia that in italy his nickname is "the flexible one"

[@jesussaldana4558]

he's an S tier harmonica player

[@falconpunch666]

We know this dude fucks

[@Palm.Trees.In.Paris.]

What range of motion??? The jokes!

[@andreerfabbro]

IL MOLLEGGIATO

[@colevanwyk4949]

Bro's level of confidence to speak "Engtalian" while moving like I don't know what is purely genius. I love it. I'm so glad this exists

[@serioussilliness2064]

I donthink there's any Italian in the song itself

[@JakStat]

At the time english songs were getting great popularity in Italy, Italian singer Adriano Celentano wanted to prove that italians would love everything that sounded remotely english, so he wrote this, proving his point since it was very successful. The reason why it sounds so good even if it's gibberish is because Celantano studied phonetics theory to compose this.

[@c10K]

The number of comments on this video in English or me to think it wasn't just the Italians that like it

[@SomethingWithNerdInItIdk]

I watched the be amazed video on this

[@jackellis1912]

This song doesn't prove his point because it's legitimately awesome invalidating the hypothesis.

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

wow that's awesome. I bet he also studied accents too. because he sings his phonetics in a certain accent (idk how to explain it) different from the students. his accent fits his role in the song in that plenty of singers singing rock had that accent and singing style back then

[@swanceva]

It could've also become popular because it's hilarious

[@ketchup5632]

After listening to playboi carti, it's so refreshing to listen to somebody speaking English so clearly

[@Marta-hq8np]

😂😂😂 or Migos

[@mathEspinoza916]

Try young thugs early work

[@Nerf_Jeez]

XDD

[@maximusstirnimus5210]

​@@Marta-hq8np if you can't understand migos that's really on you

[@onepiecefannN1]

Bro💀

[@ramzi4251]

"When you're happy you enjoy the song, When you're sad you understand the lyrics"

[@kittyn5222]

You can't-

[@musicaddict4214]

Guess I'm happy 😁

[@MxrtyRobbins]

Happiest man on Earth right here 🙋‍♂️

[@HendiJustHendi]

Depression cured

[@riffbaama]

I'm not sad enough

[@puertoriconnect4611]

They claim it’s gibberish but at 0:39 he clearly says, “When they shine the shoes now and hold Billy Zane then a horror raid maybe get the colored paws dyed.”

[@AnonymousAxolotl-fx6jk]

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Czechslovak, we keep the Cold War baby sustained, yeah, pinch Joe woah!

[@kristibi7971]

😂

[@rochelindaa1]

That’s when I felt it in my soul. 😂😂😂

[@MatteoLC]

OMG… my kid just came in “why are you laughing so hard by yourself??” I’m literally crying! 😂

[@niged0]

🤣

[@GistOfItMedia]

The first time I heard this was at the end of a mushroom trip, and I thought I had permanently lost the ability to interpret language

[@StephanieDraconia]

The first (and only) time I got high I smoked way too much and I was watching tv. Each word made sense but I couldn't figure out what sentences meant for the life of me. Considering that's the one thing I've always had a knack for, I was a very annoyed high person. Not understanding my native language was not my idea of a good time, lol! This video brings back memories. 😂

[@GistOfItMedia]

@@StephanieDraconia Persicum bickla opoussum bobba doo, alright

[@peacefularcher]

🤣🥸

[@benthomason3307]

omg lol.

[@CoFGillesdeRais]

@@StephanieDraconia bit it brings hilarious memories!

[@Kilaueaorph4n]

‘Today’s music makes no sense” Adriano: ‘Hold my prisencolinenainaiciusol’

[@pobreviejo741]

I can't say it!! I call the song "Supercalifragilisticantipastaossobucco"

[@Heman7707]

yes

[@stevencanales6361]

he is a fckin Genius, BlowUp THE system. He's a Crack

[@stevencanales6361]

I also love how he bullies the Anglo-Saxons and at the same time of the audio you listen to contemporaries who have no fucking idea what the song says. admit he was a fuking Crack!

[@melrupp2129]

@@pobreviejo741 😅🤣😅🤣

[@chieldevries5135]

When you're happy, you enjoy the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics.

[@Richardwho-vv5bh]

the greatest true in the creation.

[@Momo_Minomo]

Sweetheart, you're not depressed, you're having a stroke. Please call an ambulance. 😂

[@Momo_Minomo]

Sweetheart, you're not depressed, you're having a stroke. Please call an ambulance. 😂

[@mike17gr]

When you overdose Margheritas, you start singing

[@AlvoGGaming21]

Agabungawuwa agawawa ana hung na chewe.

[@Serial_Sleeper]

Step 1. Play at party Step 2. Convince as many drunk people as you can that you can understand it Step 3. Laugh your ass off

[@PBurns-ng3gw]

True story: I was deployed to the same airfield as a bunch of Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) guys, and they would come through our checkpoint all the time. Usually I'd greet them with some basic Italian ("Bon-JOORNO!") just to be friendly, but this one time, I decided to greet them with "Prisencolinensinainciusol!" Out of the four guys in that truck, three of them just gave me a funny look. The fourth guy, this old grey-haired colonel in the back seat, immediately busted out laughing. At least somebody got it!

[@RoverNathan]

Brilliant

[@irelae]

Hah! That’s awesome

[@patrickwalker6037]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@Aqabal]

Amazing

[@Skets.x.Czesko]

Cap

[@EnvyTheRealest]

When he said "haladubinulagunpa" i felt that

[@Emiemi_blondie]

True, but "wedeseintheshoesnowilhondesineseholobadang" though? BARS

[@lindabishop1402]

😂😂😂😂😂 👍

[@ItsSimplyAurora]

Yes but when he goes “helsoabcdasovsiencpddnudoonswowydba” Just shook me!

[@Uthman_Muhammad]

Eyes😅😅😅😅

[@r_a_]

🤣

[@Snookzart]

This is the most contagious dancing I’ve ever seen.

[@bernardvonreiche5474]

I was at concert in Italy many years ago.the lead singer of the band said to the crowd: " you probably have no idea what im saying right now " . The crowd went wild !!

[@praisedare]

That really happened? 😂

[@bob-a-louannamaria7960]

🐑

[@AlmondGlue]

@@bob-a-louannamaria7960sheep?

[@Zombie_Candyman]

@@AlmondGlue conformity

[@thewormiesthotel]

@@bob-a-louannamaria7960yea man those people are fucking sheep when I go to a concert I like not having a good time

[@marianao4275]

All the dislikes are from English speakers who thought they were learning Italian, and Italians who thought they were learning English.

[@zedeify]

Lol

[@advitiya259]

underrated

[@benchalmers8757]

I’may uckstay onya igpay atinlay leasepay ootshay emay

[@Nyan_nii]

@@benchalmers8757 google just gave me a option to translate that lol. it translated into the exact same nonsensical words

[@benchalmers8757]

@@Nyan_nii lol google can’t stand me 🤣

[@togiisuperheavytank]

As an English speaker I can confirm this is such a beautiful song the lyrics mean so much

[@fila2192]

Ikr

[@pahoellyyy]

It's a whole mood

[@Ryka1000]

Lol

[@agod5608]

What lyrics

[@GojiriArboris]

Really speaks to my appalachian soul!

[@Rimpala]

this is facinating as a native English speaker, finally being able to hear the "vibe" of the language, I always wondered what it would sound like to someone that doesn't speak it

[@Waldzkrieger]

Imagine learning English and some sadist gives this to you as a learning tool

[@Z3t487]

LOL

[@pauldwalker]

you’re a bad man.

[@dehro]

If you're a teacher, give this to the kid you know never does his homework, and then watch him sweat as you ask him to tell you what the song is about

[@jayav2877]

"Some men just want to watch the world burn"

[@ImRandomDude]

Ol rait, gime moar tooo lern. Ol rait

[@rondumason4756]

I'm 45 minutes into a mushroom trip. I UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD.

[@noobethgamingtonthethird]

THEY'VE ASCENDED BEYOND OUR PLANE OF EXISTANCE

[@Kaiveran]

"It was clear as day! BLUE - ZHAGWA!"

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

Eu noe entendo nada

[@Whoknows688]

@@reverendbluejeans1748 eu falo inglês e não entendo nada 😂

[@javamurniadi6520]

After an hour you could understand what the harmonica was saying

[@Angel-of8kz]

As someone who speaks English as a second language, this is exactly what every English language song sounded like before I learned the language

[@NorthSea_1981]

Absolutely!!! 😂👍

[@goforpilgs]

Interesting

[@luernios9075]

@@goforpilgs Many English language movies still sound like this to me, lol.

[@Ghost-yp7bf]

Agree, it's also what it sounds like when I don't realize I'm hearing English and haven't code-switched

[@romantum]

hahaha true. I miss the time I didnt understand the lyrics. Most songs I loved turned out just stupid

[@Augustbeauty69]

I'm a little embarrassed to admit I really like it. He commits to the act and it works.

[@AmyLSacks]

Buying every man in my life that outfit in hopes that it'll make them move like him, too. :D

[@penkman6602]

if you squint you ears you can hear what hes saying

[@nou7583]

why did I try to squint my ears after seeing this

[@arqamislam3877]

If you squint your eyes you can trick yourself into thinking you’re squinting your ears

[@goristhedeathclaw4548]

Help, my ears just made a popping sou d and now I cant hear the song

[@Growler57]

It’s the long and winding road backwards

[@godrigsadrang2876]

Dude, this comment is so underrated!!

[@davidlawlor4317]

Why am I only discovering this now? A receding Italian man talking gibberish dancing in an overcoat. This is the coolest thing I've seen in ages.

[@thechloechronicles9688]

And the hot chick with the harmonica is his wife

[@matdur2000]

There's an even better video but it got removed, it had awesome mirror camera tricks

[@juicebox8434]

@@matdur2000 not sure if this is the vid your talking about but it has cool mirrors so I’m assuming it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZiZiquhiNZ_aJI

[@taylrthegreat]

And he sounds and appears like he has classic American like swagger? I'm having a hard time finding the right word but it's like the American mannerisms

[@matdur2000]

@@juicebox8434 That's the one, thank you ;)

[@runarhe5913]

When he sang ”The industrial revolution was the birth of man and death of the world” I really felt it deep inside 🥲

[@chrismurphy2420]

Only 1820’s kids will remember.

[@Uncontrollable_Sphere]

@@chrismurphy2420 one of the lucky few who remember

[@InsideYourClosetRn69]

Time stamp?

[@colonorum5840]

@@InsideYourClosetRn69 2:56

[@InsideYourClosetRn69]

@@colonorum5840 thankes cool dude!

[@aprendoespanol6833]

His English is much more clear to my ears than many english songs. It's just that I don't understand anything

[@thecursor1]

What's messed up is that this shows how incredibly talented Adriano is as a musician and as a lyricist. The song is gibberish but it holds the basic songwriting structure for rock lyrics.

[@magnacarter8119]

My mans could write his own language

[@playgirlc]

totally agree. i'm always amazed he (and the, "pupils") remembers what to sing. i've heard this song 20 million times and every time i think i've got the chorus, i get it wrong the next time.

[@jinx6777]

I've spoken English my whole life and it took me a good moment to figureout there wasn't any actual english in this song outside of some exclamations like "Alright!"

[@JupiterKnight]

k lol

[@CyberneticArgumentCreator]

basic lyrical meter* for rock songs

[@Timmzy27]

You know when you’re reading something and you have to re-read it to try and actually process it, but no matter how hard you try your brain simply doesn’t process it? This the song version of that

[@MLBT-rt7zv]

So this is the sound of dyslexia 😂

[@GeatanoLeone]

​@@MLBT-rt7zvMore like hyperlexia

[@MLBT-rt7zv]

@@GeatanoLeone I can see that

[@thecoolkittensarecool]

i had this experience while reading this comment lol! i have adhd and this song is exactly what i feel like i hear when someone is speaking to me and i dont care

[@jonathanwhite3507]

That's a stroke and you should see a doctor lmao

[@jackiedaytona7681]

How Tarantino hasn't used this song yet is beyond me

[@fuccboihermit13]

Good point

[@pk1645]

Danny Boyle has.

[@MisterSynyster]

I wouldn't put it past him

[@dimobiasi2696]

Fargo used it that's how I discovered this song

[@TykhariCColes]

SERIOUSLY!!

[@harringtonvo]

1:36 you gotta admire the love he shows his wife by adding an applause track when she stands up 😅

[@kitkatelife8014]

I'm a native English speaker, but actual English music often sounds like this to me until I read the lyrics

[@mbrewer421]

Lol, yessss

[@scp0535]

Omg im like this with certain songs

[@Bartleby317]

It nearly always sounds like this to me...excepting novelty songs.

[@herobrine809]

I think you might have audio processing disorder

[@Bartleby317]

@@herobrine809 I'm checking into audio processing disorder now. I'm autistic, if it is linked in any way. Edit: I don't think I have it. I think my issue is related to the sensory overload of so many sounds at the same time.

[@Qertii]

This is insane. You could play this in a party and nobody would realize it wasn't in English.

[@justmaximumpublicity664]

It is in English.

[@chrislogan2557]

@@justmaximumpublicity664 No its not, its in gibberish.

[@HAL9000.]

@@chrislogan2557 No. English. Ol Rait?

[@rottens33d50]

@@HAL9000. go look up who wrote this song and why. It is in gibberish.

[@Rokiotop900]

Because sounds like english

[@quinnharris3283]

This man has an inconceivable amount of funk

[@vz58shooter]

You keep using that word. I think it means what you think it means

[@archie7225]

@@vz58shooter are you saying that he’s using inconceivable wrong? Because that is the right context, I think you’re in the wrong here.

[@brucemaximus3797]

@@vz58shooter Archie is a buzzkill, Inigo. I think he may have killed your father. Should he prepare?

[@sebastienceniceros3145]

We're reaching levels of funk that shouldn't even be possible!

[@deejaybundst1671]

@@archie7225 no they are saying it was used correctly, but, we are conditioned to assume that sub-comments are antagonistic, so you might have added the word "not" to their comment

[@monke6649]

If I'm an English teacher one day, I'm going to prank my student to write the lyrics of this song by just listening.

[@steakjones]

this is the audio version of those AI generated images that are of nothing but look vaguely like things

[@dayana6811]

I was thinking this is the hearing version of those images

[@Kiss_My_Aspergers]

This deserves to be top comment.

[@adrianrabe2099]

Actually there are ai created audios that should continue songs. Never gonna give you up was one example :D for real it's no joke

[@T3nn10]

I was literally JUST thinking of that before I saw this comment

[@csray18]

this comment is so accurate hahaha

[@omarbaba9892]

This is pure genius It’s like the uncanny valley of songs

[@MsMarieLynn]

This! The uncanny valley of songs!

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

and without requiring any AI, just the sheer creativity and skill of humans :3

[@janKanon]

​@@ChrisPoindexter98yep!

[@okayokay9569]

@@ChrisPoindexter98 old times 😔

[@ChrisPoindexter98]

@okayokay9569 well, i am confident most of us don't want AI in music, so i wouldn't give up hope yet c:

[@kattastic9999]

Fun fact, if English is your first language, this is also a good depiction of what audio processing disorder feels like

[@grailchaser]

Only it doesn't sound like this all the time. More like, groups of words (say 1 to 5) will randomly sound like this interspersed throughout a conversation. And you'll get distracted trying to guess what the hell you just heard whilst the conversation moves on, eh?

[@JasonKatsanis]

I wonder if I have an audio processing disorder. Most English pop songs sound like this to me.

[@jomarthegreat1]

this is my girlfriend's daily reality.

[@sonofthewolfguardianofthef1214]

kattastic9999 Fun Fact it sounds amazing

[@quinnj4993]

Lorenyth I also thought I was supposed to be able to understand this but I read the comments

[@gpcolorimaginggroup2047]

Claudia Mori is Adriano Celentano's wife in real life. An iconic couple. I saw this live back when I lived in Rome. It was performed live on TV and Adriano ad-libbed the lyrics. He made them up on the fly to the delight of the audience. Legendary.

[@darcymarie3486]

*in a job interview* "tell me a little about yourself" *My brain trying to remember anything about who I am*

[@roonic3953]

"Tell 3 interesting facts about yourself" Basically your worst nightmare on a quiz or a interview.

[@jaavee551]

I'm having the same challenge and need more time to come up with answers. I may throw in a little gibberish to buy time. By the time the interviewer tries to figure out what I just said and says What? I'll come up with an answer.

[@javajimmy1090]

Easy, First of all: Prisencolinensinainciusol. All right.

[@DonMr-Sir]

I tried singing this and now my furniture is levitating in my living room

[@tikaisback]

😂

[@RyanLelache]

“It’s Prisencolinensinain-CIU-sol, not Prisencolinensinain-ciu-SOL.”

[@meditatingdog]

Most hilarious comment here!

[@Pusi85]

So take advantage of it: mop up under them! =[)

[@nyssacorreia7110]

I would like but it’s at 666 so-

[@SymbolicSplenetic]

The worst thing about this song is when it gets stuck in your head and you randomly wanna sing along with the tune in your head but then you realize it ain't happening so you start making up your own gibberish with mixed results cause you're just not as dope as Adriano.

[@damvm3211]

A truer comment has never been typed on youtube

[@mschick831]

Son of a bitch, you're right

[@badopinionsrighthere]

You nailed it

[@cloudoftime]

I do this to most songs anyway because I don't remember lyrics for shit.

[@dieshorribly]

Underrated comment

[@BinroWasRight]

You know, the lyrics may be nonsense, but this is FIRE. The beat, rhythm and dancing especially. I thought it odd for a moment until I remembered that when I was young, I was quite surprised to occasionally see a foreign language used correctly on both British or American TV.

[@EpicCBgamerOfficial]

I don't know if it's just me but the gibberish lyrics feels strange to listen to

[@test-yc3ed]

This is the audio equivalent of that one "name one thing in this photo" image

[@severinwaibel82]

Yeah I just came from exactly that!

[@severinwaibel82]

Woopsie, heard it myself

[@sarahswanson5241]

I knew this song first and said the same thing but vice versa omg

[@katakana1]

I could name quite a few things in that image

[@severinwaibel82]

@@katakana1 I'm sorry, but that means you're officially insane.

[@yaoi2lover]

“HEY PICK OUT THE WORDS YOU KNOW IN THIS SONG.” 🗣”ALRIGHT!”🗣

[@TheDamnedSnail]

Fun fact, its all gibberish, the guy who made this song knew italians liked english songs that they dont understand, so he made this song sound english

[@NeonNecropolis92]

EYES

[@JordanBoydGraber]

Called me to say Peas and corn

[@hello_person_wathing_beatSaber]

Freezing cold

[@johnathancarter3726]

"OH SUNDAY"

[@LoafyGoblin]

I feel like not enough comments are appreciating that this is genuinely a jam

[@alvarozamora2962]

This goes hard in the paint

[@tracie621]

Oh, I appreciate it - it's awesome.

[@badanimationstudios3358]

It is

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

Yeah, I showed up a few years ago for the weird pseudo-English but stayed for the funk. For more in this vein of Italo-disco funk, check out L’unica Chance, another Celentano song, it’s dope as hell.

[@mewantgoodmusic]

It the best jam !!!!!

[@MB-tk3xd]

Italians cant be beat. Natural singers, nurturers, entertainers and creatures of birthright beauty.

[@ebjeezer]

I am hearing it for the first time today and I already know I am going to drive my wife and kids nuts for how many times they are going to hear this in the coming months.

[@florentinepogen]

Tell us they love it?!

[@hamzzncheez354]

He's coming back guys. He's gonna tell about how they loved it 😢

[@ebjeezer]

@@hamzzncheez354 OK - 2 weeks to the day. I have listened to it at least once a day every day. When I have to go somewhere in the car I listen to it again, with the windows down and the volume up. I want to share it with everyone else at the stoplight. I have a fantasy that someone is going to lean out their window and say hey man what is that and I tell them the story I have also added it to my public KZbin playlist of great 70s and 80s songs right at the top of the list. My wife likes it a lot and more so when I told her the backstory. In truth though I have been limiting her exposure, trying to ease into it. She texted me from work the other day and all she said was - what's the name of that song. I smiled because she was obviously telling someone else about it and wanted to share it - so mission accomplished. My adult son said that its becoming a little bit like the Baby Shark phenomena that happened a few years ago - I told him to shut his mouth as this is going to happen either way so you might as well get onboard. My adult daughter has not commented yet but again she may not have heard it as much yet - time will tell.

[@ebjeezer]

@@hamzzncheez354 OK - 2 weeks to the day. I have listened to it at least once a day every day. When I have to go somewhere in the car I listen to it again, with the windows down and the volume up. I want to share it with everyone else at the stoplight. I have a fantasy that someone is going to lean out their window and say hey man what is that and I tell them the story I have also added it to my public KZbin playlist of great 70s and 80s songs right at the top of the list. My wife likes it a lot and more so when I told her the backstory. In truth though I have been limiting her exposure, trying to ease into it. She texted me from work the other day and all she said was - what's the name of that song. I smiled because she was obviously telling someone else about it and wanted to share it - so mission accomplished. My adult son said that its becoming a little bit like the Baby Shark phenomena that happened a few years ago - I told him to shut his mouth as this is going to happen either way so you might as well get onboard. My adult daughter has not commented yet but again she may not have heard it as much yet - time will tell.

[@wdazzle]

Waiting for updates

[@martinstent5339]

I used to hear this in a disco in the early seventies in Eastbourne, England, and loved it. I then spent about 40 years asking people if they knew a song about 99 Ousos and nobody knew what the hell I was talking about, and then I finally came across it on KZbin about 10 years ago and everything became clear. Life is strange sometimes.

[@boomerboxer3574]

Love this story

[@ruui_ruui]

Life really is strange, because I'm from Eastbourne 😂 Never expect to see my hometown mentioned and especially not here!

[@JY-dh7mk]

Gold.🤣

[@mauriziobussi]

Spent 2 years of my life in eastbourne. Great memories

[@lisafairclough8122]

Me too Martin!! Love it x

[@calcaware]

As a native American English speaker this is so spot on my brain swears there's real lyrics, but I can't piece them together or recall individual parts of the song.

[@sauercrowder]

It's such a shame what happened to your people. Trail of tears and all that

[@TimedRevolver]

@@sauercrowder You're a special kind of idiot, eh?

[@sauercrowder]

@@TimedRevolver sorry, wow you are way smarter than me i sure do feel dumb now

[@TimedRevolver]

@@sauercrowder Proving my point.

[@eancarpenter9962]

Reminds me of yellow Ledbetter from pearl jam

[@twice14days32o]

1:05 the girl in blue, upper right corner- she's laughing heartily, I think she spoke English & therefore was overcome w laughter at how nonsensical this was lol

[@oscarlolage]

Upper left* corner? 😂😂😂😂

[@SlimShady80943]

They’re all so confident about saying nothing that I feel like I’m the odd one out

[@gmirkoi5067]

100th like

[@taylrthegreat]

150th like

[@treiko1160]

250th

[@stubmytoe]

275th

[@masoe556]

491 th like

[@alicejames6499]

Bob Dylan understands every word

[@bllacklightt]

what's the joke?

[@ballhairdandruf4334]

@@bllacklightt because he sounds like bob dylan.

[@jessicaoconnor6039]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! My kid loves that you said this!

[@mjouwbuis]

Also, the Weird Al song Bob is a bit like jibberish and based on a Bob Dylan song.

[@thecianinator]

@@mjouwbuis Loooooonely Tylenol, not a banana baton!

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

With a language processing disorder, all songs can sound like this!

[@chrismclean4789]

Stolen comment

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@chrismclean4789 I mean, I didn't _mean_ to steal it, but I can, like, give it back if you want.

[@thaloblue]

My hearing processes slow, so most songs sound like this until I can read the lyrics.

[@asdkotable]

​@@thaloblue 😮 I mostly mishear music until I read the lyrics as well! maybe I should see a doctor...

[@personpeoplepeoplepersons5722]

Tbh so true

[@syppie6510]

This is exactly what I would expect from a song named Prisencolinensinainciusol

[@RT-ml5id]

Hard to believe this was recorded 50 years ago. Way ahead of its time

[@TheGoldenRater]

the man is a fucking genius

[@Dannymart_88445]

Indeed

[@Pressity1]

🤯 Wow! That didn’t even occur to me! That’s crazy, it doesn’t seem like all that long ago until you really outright say it’s been nearly half a century!

[@eugeemz6591]

What do people think ahead of its time means anymore? Its not like people back then werent as funny as now or as creative Way ahead of its time means when there is something thats very popular but it was fone years ago before tge actual trend

[@colonorum5840]

What!

[@migukmoonpark4312]

This is what my Sims say to me when I remove the ladder from their swimming pool.

[@diegoyuiop]

Ahahahahahah

[@goristhedeathclaw4548]

Top comment

[@enriqueramirez6098]

🤣

[@Phillmagroin]

What the hell lol!! This really is now one of my favorite comments of all time!! I'll think back to this comment when I'm a 90 year old man in my death bed 🛌 thats how good it is!!!

[@Pcsheld]

Nearly woke up my family after reading this comment 😂 😂

[@BagofRicks]

This is how I sound before I look up the lyrics.

[@kmikluscak]

😂

[@afollowerofChristJesus]

LOL!

[@strongestzenin]

exactly XD

[@Stefanthenautilus]

This is the kind of song you hear in a dream and try to remember when you wake up, but it's already slipping away

[@caitthecat]

I heard from a stroke patient once that this song is like being in the middle of a left brain stroke. You can recognize the sounds. You can recognize the language that correlates with the sounds. You could even repeat phoneme by phoneme exactly what was said. Yet still, with all that, you can't understand what the fuck is being said. I'll never make toast or use a curling iron while listening to this song. That would be too much.

[@music79075]

Lmao

[@DB-wb1tz]

Why those things specifically?

[@ConvallariaMajalis143]

​@@DB-wb1tz making toast and curling your hair makes a burning smell, which is seen as a common warning sign of a stroke.

[@CathyInBlue]

Left brain stroke? I've felt this way with just a migraine. Aphasia's a helluva drug.

[@SirChubbyBunny]

@@ConvallariaMajalis143 Thank you for this horrifying news since I have a narrow left MCA and at a higher risk for having a stroke than others.

[@jakobm87]

Now I know how older italians felt when their kids were blasting Elvis in the 50s.

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

"Sofia,tell him to turn that cocky riffraff music off! Ugh,where is my Dean Martin record again?!"

[@dehro]

Try Italians less than 20 years ago... Many of us have made up English lyrics well after them becoming available on the internet... Some still do

[@lyricrogersofficial]

@@dehro for example AINOUANAUEI

[@dehro]

@@lyricrogersofficial it's scary that I know what song this is...

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

@@dehro what song is it

[@gjungart]

If it's all just gibberish, pretty impressive that he and the backup singers all memorized the lyrics

[@placeholderdoe]

What do you mean? It’s not complete gibberish. He’s explaining the fnaf lore

[@aslightidiot]

@@placeholderdoe Goated comment

[@sleepilatanja]

All kpop fans i know can do that perfectly

[@hilarylockhart1022]

I did that all the time as a high-school weeb who knew maybe five words of Japanese but could perfectly sing at least twice that many anime opening/closing themes. Actually I still remember many of them, and I still don't speak Japanese.

[@diogenessinope6405]

​@@hilarylockhart1022duuuuuude this!!!!!

[@kylemoder7550]

Obviously most comments are about the (lack of) lyrics but the backing track is pure fucking GAS oh my god.

[@AfoteyAnnum]

SERIOUSLY! Super dope track

[@orientof]

Bro went from being an Italian popstar to an 80s comedian just by putting glasses

[@PatrickAndFriendsPRO]

Prisencolinensinainciusol sounds like something bizarre youd find in a pharmacy

[@thepathogenicruler1399]

Or an obscure vocaloid song only found by weeks of listening.

[@ketaminepoptarts]

it lowkey sounds like something that an antivaxxer would put on a list of made up vaccine ingredients

[@Redhead77]

It sounds like a medication. I'm pretty sure it's a very powerful steroid that's used in people with severe respiratory disorders.

[@eyesneveropen-meow-5125]

@@thepathogenicruler1399 how

[@Ieva_Leonardo]

Actually, it is.

[@1ong1ashes]

Not only is the song innovative, but the video is genius, too. Sometimes it can feel like a teacher is talking gibberish to you and you are just repeating it back, or like you all are speaking another language. In addition, he somehow seems like the coolest and least cool teacher at the same time, and his dancing is very expressive. I love his coat, too, I wish real teachers wore coats like that.

[@uncountedvoter9449]

Haha, that is very insightful.

[@nojuanatall3281]

We don't need no education.

[@ripvanwinkle9935]

🤓

[@Mooney327]

❤everything you said

[@j3nny3lf]

And every student looks like an adolescent girl. Creepy and weird, and I don't know whether I love this or hate it. The music is fun, the video is a little creepy, but the culture was more ignorant in 1972, and we've learned better, I hope. :)

[@franciscocastro7916]

Absolutamente maravilloso! Grandísimo Adriano. Saludos de Madrid.

[@diegoolivarez1]

That dude actually has badass stage presence.

[@Alessandro-B]

That's why he is a living legend in Italy.

[@staycurious0815]

Not only this. Beside his talent as a singer, he was also a comedian: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anS1aZh5fcyBf68

[@theflyingirishman4135]

Definitely an unrecognized talent.

[@Aforg209]

@@theflyingirishman4135 He's very recognized...he's a legend

[@B_Squar3d]

I thought he was the teacher at the start of Willy Wonka at the start

[@RhysticStudies]

one of the greatest moments of Italian TV.

[@Strikery]

I can completely agree

[@nicholasd.5017]

Imagine seeing magic man sam poking round these parts!

[@Warp75]

I’m not Italian, but it’s great. My father lived in Italy early 70’s I’m a Sampdoria fan. Every Sunday I watched Italian football & I fucking loved it

[@richsackett3423]

The one with the dancers and mirrors is way better. Unfortunately, the Italian network keeps taking it down. I've seen it on a Russian hosting service.

[@Warp75]

@@richsackett3423 I’d love to see that.

[@Orenotter]

this is what you sound like to your dog.

[@benthomason3307]

actually, it turns out that dogs _can_ understand a degree of what humans say.

[@uvbe]

Alright!

[@attilioturco]

You just killed me

[@slyserpent92]

... but I have cats LMAO

[@GistOfItMedia]

ALRIGHT

[@that_one_raccoon]

Never thought I’d see the day someone spoke in Doctor’s handwriting…

[@IncredulousIndividual]

This is literally like a fever dream

[@annjames5100]

hemorrhagic fever

[@AldoOjeda]

I was trying to remember the name of this song, but rather searched "italian guy sing in English but actually not"... it worked, was the first result.

[@claypool7897]

I searched for Italian fake English song :)

[@ecmb-du5zb]

I looked up American sounding song

[@waitwhat6906]

I looked up "italian nonsense song", found it right away

[@devenscience8894]

Mine was even lazier. I searched for "Italian all right song" and this was the top pick.

[@keyman245]

For me was "FRENCH music that sounds like english" Yes. French

[@MageMantis89]

This sounds like the type of song some currently non-existent highly demented modern day Disney villain could sing while hypnotizing the main characters in a trippy sequence of the ages.

[@radiantsvn]

OMG YES

[@minapollack4823]

Now I want that.

[@andreabrown-isley9992]

As an American, I really appreciate how Adriano refused to learn a second language and preferred instead to make a song in gibberish

[@CharlieBruinsFilms]

Based

[@jordanmicahcook]

I remember how profoundly these lyrics touched my heart as a kid. Especially when he said, “Demodie adee atrooso semiwin afagaday gadooso aight” Never has the truth been so articulate…

[@iabanon]

howling laughing here.

[@xxZigxx]

When I was a kid I used to sing “Uis de seam cius now op de seim Ol uait mein in day colobos dai” but I just looked on google at the lyrics and it’s actually “Uis de seim cius nau op de seim Ol uait men in de colobos dai” and I feel so silly that I sang it wrong this whole time 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@michaelwright1234567]

I have read all of the top comments, and THEREFORE HAVE DECLARED YOU THE WINNER. Too funny. VERY PRESTIGIOUS 🏆

[@rachaelbeaver7285]

Literally the best comment EVER!

[@SillyBoneThugg]

I literally changed as a person hearing that part

[@Gordo_Rios]

This man dropped the dopest freestyle in the world just to prove a point… what a legend

[@alexisentisma]

The free-est freestyle.

[@geo_chronick209]

It sounds so natural to my ear even though I can't understand anything. So weird

[@braddenscott6932]

It is gibberish, but it is gibberish that was intended to sound like English, as opposed to sounding like Italian. Kind of the point of his experiment, to make it sound natural when it has no meaning, on the other hand we have so many songs in English that we misunderstand the lyrics of, the famous Hendrix line "excuse me while I kiss this guy" (the actual lyric is "while I kiss the sky") for instance.

[@mazzonepunitore]

In the 70s in Italy, the english music was widespread even if few understood the text, Celentano therefore created a catchy song that adapts to this phenomenon of incomprehensibility and is also extended it to those who speak English like you. Celentano is a fucking genius

[@petez470]

Just like my wife talking to me about shit that I need to do...

[@tmalone2530]

Yes! It’s like I understand it I dont

[@vittoriahawksworth8117]

@@mazzonepunitore this way of speaking "gibberish" that sounds like another language is called Grammelot and goes back to the Commedia dell'Arte. Celentano did not invent it. He probably copied if off Dario Fo who had already talked about Grammelot in Mistero Buffo in 1969 (shown on RAI around 1977). Dario Fo would turn in his grave. termcoord.eu/2019/08/the-language-of-dario-fo-an-outward-looking-reinvention/

[@zacharymccann6632]

Imagine a modern version of this, but it was like a K-pop song or something. That would also probably go viral like this.

[@counterleo]

As a Frenchman, this is legit how I hear most songs in English. Funnily enough, although my language is famous for its lack of syllable stressing, it appears that I strongly rely on it to understand English. Explains why I have a hard time with songs. And I don’t even sound French when speaking English, not to brag but I don’t even ignore the H’es 😎

[@jamssy3409]

Funny how this is what I hear whenever I hear French/Indian 😂

[@counterleo]

@@jamssy3409 I may have auditory processing disorder which is too weak to be a real issue in my native language but shines when hearing English without syllable stressing or when there’s background noise. For example, following the conversation at the pub is a nightmare, that’s why I get beers to forget about it ;)

[@agod5608]

This is how i hear all things u don't know....and since i determined this truth early I'm, i also fixed my hearing so my native English sounds this way also. I literally think in random single sounds.

[@danielcorrigan8805]

English speaker here. Its a terrible language to sing. All the double consonants. Like try singing the word Ghosts.

[@lizzie-wizzie]

vive la fronce

[@itssaulgoodman446]

No one gonna acknowledge the fact how catchy this song is

[@jayhop]

I was looking for a comment like this but i guess nobody else thinks it legit slaps, i really like it haha

[@willowbeebug]

I love it! it’s so catchy lol

[@PaulIsDeadMissHim]

I just heard this song on a commercial. Is it an actual song by someone?

[@tnewk4056]

It is so catchy

[@andrewshaw7998]

All right

[@djadj_]

everybody's saying it's "what english sounds like to non english speakers" but no it sounds like english to english speakers too it just feels like you're having a communication breakdown

[@sleepypie3179]

total destructinator That’s the point, for it to sound like english to native speakers just enough but not make it make sense so we know what it feels like for non speakers

[@arftism]

its like trying to talk to sober people while on acid you kow its supposed to make sense but you cant remember how the words are structured

[@adams3627]

This song feels like it's permanently stuck in that moment when you hear someone talking to you but your brain hasn't processed what they're saying yet.

[@hexkwondo]

I feel I should be able to understand this but I can’t.

[@Theroha]

Welcome to Appalachia

[@frick3417]

When you’re happy, you enjoy the music. When you’re sad, you understand the lyrics.

[@Hablagrabla]

It's like a dream-sequence! You DON'T understand what they say, yet you understand the context. Afterwards you're asked about your dream and all you can say you were in classroom.. yet on a stage being taught something. Taught what? Who knows... It was a dream.

[@whitherwhence]

At some point the teacher called me up to say something, and I did, and he really liked it. At the end I played the harmonica and everyone danced away

[@margoxathegamer9371]

I hear what is said to me in dreams

[@lukasi.v4269]

Unirocanilly this music reminds me of a teacher in my dreams trying to teach me aerodynamics. It made sense in the dream but as soon as I woke up I forgot about it all.

[@kristinmckissic]

How to dance with much pelvis movement like a fucking legend?

[@abelsumanas]

When you see words in your dream

[@selina3619]

I have an audio processing disability and this is a clear representation of what i hear when hearing a new song.

[@shneancy220]

same

[@aplow2018]

Relatable😂

[@bobdole8830]

Lol just listen better bro, LOL! Yeah, same here XD People always think I'm hard of hearing, when in reality I hear exceptionally well, I just can't UNDERSTAND what you are saying, especially when you say something I didn't expect you to say or there are too many other sounds arround. Also I hear really well in the worst way possible. I have a hard time ignoring stimuli, for example if a sweater is itchy, or I have a spot on my glasses, it NEVER blends in, I'm always aware of the itchiness of the sweater and the spot on the glasses. So if there is a sound that is annoying, which fits to 95% of all sounds made by humans or man made contraptions, I can't ignore it. I'm especially sensitive to very high or low pitched sounds, sounds you're only supposed to hear as a kid/teenager. If someone is running one of those ultrasound mole repellants for example I can hear it from a few hundred meters away, and if I get closer it even hurts my ears. Same with base sounds, I can "feel" them from very far away and if someone close to me listens to something base-y it's like the equivalent of someone using a jackhammer next to my face. I honestly wish I could be deaf for certain periods if times. The few times I can really relax is out in the wilderness or with 2 layers of voice cancelling ear plugs and those yellow construction worker thingies, but that also just takes a bit off the edges.

[@thedistinguished5255]

fr when i first heard a sample i thought it was a normal song

[@darthmelsie]

Dude I just rushed over to comment this!!!! 1000000% an APD nightmare

[@captainvideo8053]

I'm not sure what happened, but somewhere along the way, this became my jam.

[@ZeroArrival]

It's like you and I were both forged in the same uterus...

[@rageagainsttheamish3]

Captain Video probably at 3:00 when yhe harmonica comes in

[@Marcellogo]

Mens, he is Adriano Celentano (and She is his wife Claudia Mori,) , 60 years on a row of music at the very top and a great actor (and Actress).also!

[@BrechdanHam]

Marcello Gusberti I have only just learned about this legend. A real artist!

[@brittdawgggarfarf1882]

Captain Video I come back every few months but it’s hard to search up lol “Italian dancing song that sounds like English” worked like a charm this time tho!

[@jcm3732]

I'm an English who just found this in 2024, and i can't stop listening to it 😂

[@E9oK9kMaV]

if this ain't playing at my funeral, i'm not going.

[@paulcorner2905]

there is a thought

[@MadMax31577]

😂

[@thecarnew5334]

Better keep that as a vow

[@shonterrell8098]

😮 lol

[@withrespectmostly4405]

Oh, unreal idea, can i steal your idea? Lol