The Hit Song with Pure Nonsense Lyrics

In 1972, Italian pop star released a song called "Prisencolinensinainciusol" that topped the charts in several European countries. The song doesn't contain a single word of Italian, English, or any actual language for that matter. Celentano wanted to see whether Italian audiences would listen to anything provided it sounded American. The lyrics were pure nonsense, designed to mimic what American English sounds like to non-English speakers. SO nonsensical, that Celentano didn't even write down the lyrics, but instead improvised them over a looped beat, making it one of the first pop songs made using a loop. Five decades after its release, Celentano, at the age of 74, performed it to thousands of adoring fans, confirming this gibberish song is an international hit. #popmusic #gibberish #media

[@emanuelebrandimarti4485]

Here in Italy in the 50s 60s and so on , we have many singers who took inspirations from American Rock'n'Roll stars. Some of them were supposed to be almost copycats of Elvis Presley such Little Tony or Bobby Solo. They gave themself exotic nickname (nom de plume) and do look like Elvis. They have lot of success. Celentano was well above all of them since he doesn't merely copy but go a league of its own.

[@julyol119]

He is amazing! He was super popular in Ukraine and I grew up listening to his songs when we went on long car rides to visit our relatives there.

[@Shockguey]

📝 Any more recs?

[@emanuelebrandimarti4485]

@@Shockguey From Little Tony : Cuore Matto. From Bobby Solo : Una Lacrima sul Viso. From Adriano Celentano : 24000 baci

[@nekothegamer]

little tony is (or better, was) sammarinese, not italian

[@error5202]

Of course the Italian Elvis is named “little Tony”

[@nokol7538]

That’s actually very accurate how English to non-English speakers sounds like

[@brokenmeow7445]

Even being an English speaker myself, I would agree. It did seem to have the same sound of when you play a song with English in it in the background, but aren't really paying attention to it.

[@Z38_US]

@@brokenmeow7445 Or when the singer has a rather strong accent you might not be familiar with and thus have a hard time understanding

[@dnice2000]

How do you think non English speakers sound to us?

[@dannyboy-vtc5741]

​@@dnice2000well depends, in which lgge exactly, do you mean how a swedish speaker sounds to you yanks that don't speak swedish, or how an arab speaker sounds to you yanks that don't speak arabic? I think the family guy cartoon answered it perfectly for many a lgge.

[@ObscureGaruda]

It’s literally impossible for you to know that.

[@gibn1542]

he wondered if italian audiences would listen to anything sounding american, he just severely underestimated how much of an absolute banger he would create

[@jimbotron70]

Everybody underestimate the future.

[@MelancholyRequiem]

Maybe he learned that Italian audiences would listen to anything HE made, regardless of what language he was singing it in. 🙏❤

[@jimbotron70]

@@MelancholyRequiem At some point Celentano could recite the phone directory and still sell millions...

[@seleniaoriglio4015]

​@@jimbotron70 I like that! That's intense to me.

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

He has been popular with audiences in Italy and Europe for 60 years. He has worked with famous musicians in Europe and the US. He invented and was the first to use the loop beat that is now a standard in rock and pop music. That's talent.

[@saftis5304]

"The song doesn't contain a single word of Italian, English or any actual language" That's a very strong claim.

[@TonyNaber]

yep I caught a few actual words in there. But most people believe it, just like most people like the song simply because someone just told them it's popular. It's honestly an amazing social experiment

[@BangFarang1]

He called it "lingua celentana" the Celentanese idiom. He sang another song I forgot the title.

[@AndreiB92]

yeah I'm pretty sure I heard ''shoes'' at some point in this short

[@Maelthorn1337]

Should probably say "no intentional words". Anyone could spew gibberish and there'd almost certainly be a word from at least one language in the world.

[@tlhuerth]

I wouldn't be surprised If The Song contains a Long String of Chinese insults 😂😂😂😂

[@DrownInLysergic]

He was actually really good at capturing what English sounds like to a non English speaker. So mission accomplished.

[@TelieaSellers]

How catchy songs with deep meanings sounded to me as a kid:

[@user-je3sk8cj6g]

Well, since I'm not an English native speaker, that is 101% legit. Before learning English properly, all the songs I loved as a child sounded just like as this gibberish. From time to time, I still find songs to which I haven't heard from a very, very long time, and I'm always surprised to listen to things that I would sing as "Da da da, da da da" but now actually understanding them... Sometimes I must say, I would prefer to remain ignorant. Some others, I like the song even more due to the beautiful lyrics

[@analogueapples]

pretty much half of the lyrics in many songs sound gibberish to me because I can't separate the background music and singing sound that well

[@RyuLongRHOG]

😂😂😂

[@notveggie.]

Dude literally 😭 it’s like me, as an English speaker, listening to “Racing Into the Night” by YOASOBI without knowing what the actual song was about 💀💀

[@other7128]

That's actually so relatable! And I used to try to copy them by singing gibberish

[@EggieAnimates]

What any song sounds like when I'm not reading the lyrics:

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

ESATTO!!

[@Panzerfaust_1939]

Yeah

[@MRJMXHD]

Factos 😂

[@frinekristia]

Well described! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@shiwera22]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@FernBlackwood1995]

Canadian here. Back when I was 14 and a chronic class skipper, I had a 30 year old bestie, whom I'd help by babysitting her child when she was a bit busy with life and work. She was a pretty nerdy and fun person, and she showed me this song. It's 15 years later, and we still giggle about this song whenever we think about it. This is incredibly nostaligic for me.

[@cirkulx]

the fact you can hold up a relationship with someone that much older than you for 15 years has me more shocked

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

Yeah man, you must be a fun person

[@gentle285]

@@cirkulx they might have had the time of their life's but in today's world everyone would scream pedo instantly... Sick world...

[@Iliek]

You are a girl.

[@Iliek]

Was she the person who groomed you?

[@karimi8467]

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

[@Idontcaresoaptastesgood]

Wait a minute...

[@officialkokichioma]

wait a damn minute...

[@Chigozie_]

wait a fucking damn minute...

[@akisoak948]

wait a long fucking damn minute...

[@halfdaartist7327]

This proves delivery is EVERYTHING

[@skadoctor5220]

The song sounds good so no

[@apokatastasian2831]

the video is a banger too, those italian ladies 🌶🍑🤪

[@CorbinB-Rax]

​@skadoctor5220 you agreed while thinking you were arguing. Oppositional Defiance Disorder much? "The song sounded good, so **yes**" Delivery IS the sound, clown.

[@Deletirium]

Imagine deliberately wearing those glasses with a raincoat, in a children's classroom. It's the equivalent of recording a music video circling an elementary school parking lot in an ice cream truck.

[@onesong2001]

@@skadoctor5220 it's musical poop

[@stevensiferd7104]

This guy is a master. He didn't write down the "lyrics," but he still performs the song a half-century later.

[@FaethorFerenzcy]

I grew up watching his movies. Met him once in the 90's this guy is a freaking legend here.

[@Itzkhurkuzhorts]

Lol

[@ferrisbueller9991]

Well get this... Muhammad wrote the whole Quran (Bible Issue 3) in his head! A Mastermind. He didn’t have to right it down... well he also didn’t know how to read let along write... BUt Einstein didn’t learn to speak until he was 16, at a special school at 16 he got a handjob in the schoolyard... his first word was Eureka. She was a very special girl! And 5 years older than Muhammads wife... dude told her not to wash out his semen stains for they were an expression of love. She had the heaviest light gown.

[@theoteddy9665]

is it always the same or is it always different?🤔I d think different🤷

[@Daymickey]

He meant he didn’t write down the lyrics before recording. He improvised during the recording session, then memorized those lyrics to perform later on.

[@Statutum]

Crazy, he studied and emulated successful American music and then made his own non-sensical mish-mash of everything he knew was good and catchy about it. Well done, an artist!

[@GenderlessSpoonie]

I have auditory processing disorder. When someone asks why I literally can not do phone calls without a specific setup (the right headphones, a transcription app, lights and visual distraction to the minimum, ADHD meds fully kicked in, etc.), I use this song to represent what phone calls typically sound like to me. Love it so much ❤❤❤❤

[@livewellwitheds6885]

I also have apd and I'm definitely gonna use this as a way to explain it now 😂

[@GenderlessSpoonie]

@@livewellwitheds6885 I like to ask them to listen to the song and listen to the lyrics without telling them there are no real lyrics because the process of trying to make sense of what sounds like English but it’s not making sense is exactly my lived experience that I’m sure a lot of other people to. PS I did this voice to text so I apologize for the poor sentence structure and lack of punctuation.

[@Iliek]

Something is wrong with you, genetically.

[@thaloblue]

He made the beat so crisp and swanky that nobody noticed it was in gibberish what a legend.

[@lupine.spirit]

Also, everyone who doesn’t speak english will actually not notice that this is just gibberish. Like even for me as a non-native speaker, this is how english sounds when I’m not paying attention to it

[@TamWam_]

English is basically my first language and lowk it sounds like it should be real words and my brain is trying to make any sense of it, it actualy sounds like English 💀

[@lisaanimi]

Red hot chili peppers in nutshell

[@buggerkingmalmo8949]

@@lisaanimi "califooohniaaa!! califooohnia!! did you know we're from califooohniaaa!!!"

[@keiharris332]

Whats more impressive is memorizing the gibberish and performing it

[@FranciscoFloresNyu]

he doesn't really have to memorize it

[@keiharris332]

@@FranciscoFloresNyu every song has lyrics. Unless you are saying he says random things every time.

[@iangillan1296]

@@keiharris332 That was actually said in the video... He just ran a loop and improvised every time while performing it

[@sandysandeepful]

@@iangillan1296 Dude use some brains god has blessed you with. The guy was performing this song live, He must have remembered the gibberish lyrics eventually.

[@comedyman4896]

Did you not watch the video

[@johnnythunders968]

It’s funny to imagine him having to memorize his own gibberish improvisation just to perform it live

[@bromomento5913]

"Words with no meaning. Meaning with no words" -Vsauce

[@danparish1344]

This is the best “What English sounds like to non-English speakers” I’ve came across. Most just use actual English words in the wrong order, this is much more realistic.

[@thisaccountisnotinuse]

exactly, that's what i've been saying

[@joshm9782]

IIRC this is because he actually studied how American English sounds and what sounds go together so it still follows the phonetic “rules” of English. An example of one of the rules is that vowel sounds tend to occur in a specific order when items are listed like tic tac toe vs toe tac tic

[@thisaccountisnotinuse]

@@joshm9782 I aint reading allat EDIT: people don't seem to fucking see my other reply that it was a FUCKING JOKE, MAYBE? EDIT 2: people are fucking salty and keep shitting on this, but since you're wasting your time reading it, here's a little message, GET A FUCKING LIFE.

[@MarcoTuccillo-rw1ls]

​@@thisaccountisnotinuse he basically said that Cementano studied how English sound like to make the song better

[@Chet_Manly]

There's an episode of Star Trek Deep Space Nine called Little Green Men where the universal translators aren't working right, and it's not too dissimilar from this

[@zachary6650]

Americans assumed it was in Italian and Italians assumed it was in English. That right there is some professional trolling

[@maxkho00]

Everyone assumed it was English

[@zhaomingwu4105]

I speak English I don't speak Italian. No, it's English

[@yinyangsaladgang8789]

It's not trolling, it's not even a prank. The Italians just liked America after WW2 and wanted to make a song that sounded American to them.

[@user-wr2cd1wy3b]

Wasn't meant to be a joke. The real amazing thing is that we lead the world through culture, they actually invented a word for this, they call it "soft power." It's power through being a fucking jewel, leading the world purely through being awesome. Something we did all the way up to the 90's, into the 00's a bit.

[@user-wr2cd1wy3b]

Another example of it was Paris in WW2, when Hitler's general refused orders to torch the place because it was... Paris.

[@Razorgarlic]

bloody hell. This is the first time i got a song recommendation from a short, and it is hecking FIRE!!!

[@dsandoval9396]

I'm seriously about to look for it and save it to my PC. 😂 It does sound great.

[@bookshelfhoney]

I play this song at my workplace haha it's a great bop even if it's gibberish

[@mariarequejo2409]

Man I've been speaking English for at least 7 years and this made me remember what it was like to not understand a thing. I had forgotten completely how that felt like. 😂

[@KitKatHexe]

It feels like I'm having a stroke. My brain hears the cadence of sung english, but cant lock in a single word aside from "die"

[@theresaandrade5708]

Or prison

[@lil_st]

I heard cuddle

[@randomtinypotatocried]

Men

[@zacjohnson8404]

Lol I heard coke

[@lorie76yt]

He says “baby’ several times :)

[@couththememer]

As a non-American, this is what English sounded to me when I first learned the language from TV shows

[@keyboardkween8744]

I'm eating potato chips.

[@bruhsoundeffect0]

No you don't ​@@keyboardkween8744

[@FatKitty123]

​@@keyboardkween8744 were they good

[@keyboardkween8744]

@@FatKitty123 meh, too salty

[@FatKitty123]

@@keyboardkween8744 aww man, what brand tho

[@RoastFlea61]

Ok but as an English speaker and American, it hurts my brain how right it sounds. Like legit if it was playing in the background of a store or something, I’d probably never realise its complete gibberish.

[@justthegist]

Before learning English.. Everything sounded like that... That gibberish is so accurate.

[@itsokiie]

Why isnt this song played in every Sims Trailer?

[@rickyramos4880]

OMG that's so true. I totally forgot about the SIMS gibberish language. I never played it but I know the language such a popular topic among countless new players who bought that game and became fans of it and those who just checked out the game trailers when it first came out many many years ago. Maybe he was the inspiration for the game's language cuz one of the game creators remembered that song. I'm gonna Google it cuz now I'm curious and have to know if there's any possible connection to this song 😂 Lol!

[@chaennelchaennel]

HAHAHAHAHA nice idea!!!

[@NoobSvCy]

+1

[@mina_loi]

ikr

[@Pauly0705]

I'm sure I remember Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas singing some of their hits in Simlish and it was just 👌🏻I can't remember which game it was for but it was genius lol.

[@muridtahmatgnas2184]

Bro was trolling before trolling was a thing The real og

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

He’s got the moves…

[@Lyrazel]

Trolling is a human universal since the beginning of our species

[@DaxSports1]

Hes the original mumble rapper 😂😂😊

[@senboy9002]

Trolling was invented in 1997 by John Troll

[@timothythompson4144]

Trolling has been around since we have. It just hasn't always been called trolling. It used to be known as "being an inflammatory asshole"

[@friendsfp3098]

Joey looks so happy talking about the nonsense popup store we are all proud of you man excited to see you there

[@carcistan]

This isn't just a catchy pop song, it is top-tier art given the context.

[@piecesofstarlight]

I feel like he overlooked the fact that he made an absolute banger of a song regardless of language.

[@R.P-e2z]

Came here to say this. It's nonsense, but catchy AF.

[@bordershader]

It's fantastic!

[@TheKomentor]

So, did he use different "words" each time he performed on stage? Because surely he wouldn't have remembered what he sang in the original.

[@TonyNaber]

it's not a good song. You simply believe so because someone just told you it was well-received. Marketing at its finest

[@R.P-e2z]

@@TonyNaber That’s not how liking music works….

[@benjaminwade6277]

Yeah, this often gets put on at 4am house party.

[@michelemonfrecola9225]

Poor all your souls for listening to that old crazy man.. we Italians know him very well unluckily 😮‍💨

[@imnotscammer7882]

@michelemonfrecola9225 What the hell did you just write?

[@-pyrosef-]

​@@imnotscammer7882 their stroke 😂

[@alissacrizler4908]

Jesus loves you so so very much!

[@hoovermaxextractpressureprom60]

​@@-pyrosef- @imnotscammer7822 If you two can't read his reply I am genuinely concerned for your brain's health.

[@XxDoggoXx818]

i loved it when he said "auvekr elou bo rotl"

[@shin8643]

can you imagine if this song was lost media today? people would go crazy trying to understand the lyrics

[@user-rp1dw5bh5e]

Fans: wait it was all jibbrish? Prisencolinensinainciusol: always has been.

[@BollywoodBonanzaB]

Okay you deserve WAY more likes for taking the time to work out how to write Prisencolinensinainciusol correctly.

[@sour3270]

@@BollywoodBonanzaB ehh they couldve just copy pasted it, plus, how many likes would you determine adequate for said spelling ? i've always thought it was odd to say someone deserves likes on a youtube comment

[@enmunap]

It's a feeling not a logical calculated thought silly, just take it easy and enjoy life! sometimes😭 ​@@sour3270

[@DaviLago]

​@@sour3270I can't tell if you're genuinely that stupid or if it's a bit

[@saemsblog9693]

Jibbrish is gibberish too 😂

[@littlecake453]

Actually, yeah. It sounds exactly how i hear american english when I'm not paying attention.

[@atk8758]

same for me too

[@N32855]

Fr lol 😂

[@leothegamer701]

me listens to song: down in the town walking high me not focusing: dop bo colopush igh

[@noona7701]

Same fr

[@HenryTheAnimator12093]

real

[@not_estains]

this is how the news channel sounds when you're falling asleep

[@JamesSmith-uc8nt]

He sure did his best impression of American English because I feel like I know what he's saying without knowing what he saying lmfao

[@jakefix6478]

Yeah, feels like I've lost fluency in my only language

[@sassythesasquatch8036]

Thats a hell of a troll

[@nasion420]

whatyatalkinabeet

[@tsugikuniyorichii7771]

​@@nasion420 bruh

[@weedwhacker3003]

​@@nasion420 beat me to it 😂

[@the_tacoeater69420]

Imma call you Donny tha dealer🗣️🗣️

[@floreschris5574]

I didn't notice the profile pic or name😂

[@vasjaxx-hu4ni]

Bro came from The Sims 3

[@RedactedUntitled]

this is your first comment

[@pakrolska]

He knows...

[@alissacrizler4908]

Jesus loves ya!

[@RedactedUntitled]

@@alissacrizler4908 me personally dont believe in god or jesus

[@randomclips5540]

​@@alissacrizler4908yikes

[@hoviksmail]

There's an alien somewhere bumping that song and understanding every world.

[@ColdFuse96]

Another example of a song that has completely gibberish lyrics is the exploration theme from Coraline. I know it's not going to have the same audience as an upbeat euro-national pop song, but it has its niche, and not a single spoken work is in any real language. It's just a song with a really good vibe.

[@MelonyPexed]

Italians thought they were listening to Americans Americans thought they were having a stroke.

[@RayDoesSomeShitWithHerLife]

lol

[@lunaballuna]

😂

[@vishalvaidya6065]

Spot on!!!

[@remainanonymous93]

😂

[@Cartermchick]

And they probably were having a stroke, knowing their eating habits

[@ThatOneSeal]

As a person whose first language isn’t English… yeah, that’s pretty accurate. I like to listen to music on the background and this is exactly what any song sounds like in my head when I’m not paying attention to lyrics

[@azhtenz]

As an person who firsts language is english it sounds like when someone talks to you when you don't hear then right

[@InfernoBlast-th1ot]

It sounds fine to me.

[@TheSpy605]

As a Brit, I can confirm this is what a Texan sounds like to me (Or a weaker version of Texan. More diluted? Idfk)

[@S0meb0dy728]

@@TheSpy605??? it’s still english I think you’re just deaf

[@Lp-army1]

​@TheSpy605 that's prob german texan

[@profAlpha153]

This is the thing only a legend like Celentano could do

[@Gigatless]

Imagine memorizing the lyrics

[@Datan0de]

I knew what song this was about before even clicking the thumbnail. I legit love the song. The night I discovered it, I listened to it about 20 times in a row while following along the written lyrics. Memorized a couple verses, then went and recited it to my wife. She said "are you having a stroke?"

[@karimitickaeloogreattemlor3486]

LMAO

[@luisxvgenovese1736]

😂😂😂

[@mesajongte]

😅😅😅

[@lovelyweeburd]

Please listen to Mike Reid from 'Eastenders' 80's version of it too

[@lovelyweeburd]

also watch the clip where Adriano tries to convince Will Smith, it's hilarious 😂

[@LNC4P]

As an english speaker, this is pretty much what id imagine what english sounds like to non-english speakers. Wonderfully done!

[@guilhermedeluca9229]

And I think you're right. I'm brazillian, I'm not fluent in english and often have trouble understanding what people are saying. When he started singing I felt like it was just another sentence in english I can't understand.

[@raymondcasso7966]

​@@guilhermedeluca9229this is actually rango Tejano, a dialect from the panhandle/east Texas in the U.S.A. Notable speakers are: Jeffery Boomhauer III, Stock Actioneers, Kirt Cobain, and Mike Judge. Chelentano: We ain't sayin too choose now, and hold build saying to build your get your bars dye(d). A notable speaker of this is AvE@youtube.

[@kisakion]

American English* not actual english

[@rumbatumblajambomambo6241]

I am not a native speaker, but speaker on a native level due to working and living abroad for decades. If I close my eyes it could really be English. There are still some US folk singers that I have trouble understanding (old records and sometimes friggin weird dialects).

[@LNC4P]

@@kisakion same could be said for Mexican Spanish is not real Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese is not Portuguese, or Canadian French is not French, etc....

[@SAAzeem]

This song becoming hit says a lot of psychological conditions of those fans.

[@AJsWorld]

This exactly how people who don’t know English listen to “western” music, they are enjoying the melody, flow and sound of the lyrics.

[@Crowned_Hearts]

As a Turk I can CONFIRM this is how english music sounded like when I didn't know English. And to be honest. When I go back to the songs I realize how much not understanding the lyrics change the feel of the song. It was mind blowing. All of my favorite English songs feel different because I can't not understand them now.

[@nirfz]

Agree (As a native german speaker). Best example for a change in feeling a song creates to me is "My name is Luca" by Suzanne Vega! It's a song still played almost daily on the radios in austria and considered a calming good feeling song. Nobody realizes what the lyrics are about. Most people don't make the effort to listen to the lyrics of a foreign language song even if they understand the language. And others don't speak english well enough to understand. And so they all just go for how it sounds. And it does sound nice...

[@Crowned_Hearts]

@@nirfz Song with depressing or generally negative lyrics sounding all happy and possitive is something that happens more than I tought XD

[@sanjayw9878]

​@@Crowned_Heartsyou happen more than ii thought too my man

[@Crowned_Hearts]

@@sanjayw9878 wuh?

[@acadoe]

🎶Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you 🎶 Us: 🕺🥰🤗

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

A tv host in my country used to be a DJ at weddings. At 4AM, when everyone was drunk, she'd play Japanese music, and nobody realized. They'd just keep dancing.

[@uncleben1586]

To be honest, when you‘re drunk at 4am you don’t care about anything at all 😂

[@lsamoa]

If it's catchy people will dance. No need to understand the lyrics.

[@Arbianda]

😂😂😂

[@mkkachawa9987]

People will dance to generator noise at 4 AM drunk

[@KhOO1]

Underrated goat comment 🤣🤣

[@ValleyoftheKings64]

How it sound when someone is talking to you but you aren't paying attention.

[@jdanvers1988]

And here it is; the video brilliant and hysterical enough that I can put my phone down and go to bed satisfied. Thanks for that. 🎉

[@Shinobu_kochoooo]

sh-t this actually sounds exactly what english sounds like to me when I'm not concentrating or focusing

[@unicornkitteh5332]

Concen-tart-ing 😂 im gonna use that.

[@jaeoskyldig]

@@unicornkitteh5332 I got booed off stage after I concert-fart-ed too much.

[@Momohime_Chan]

Seeing fans unite just warms my heart

[@aaronamour6101]

That's pretty much EXACTLY what a lot of American's speaking English sounded like to me before I learned the language.

[@guyofminimalimportance7]

The key factor is that he had the inflections and pronunciations down perfectly. He knew exactly how to hold a note or when to change pitch to mimic what an American singer sounded like regardless of what it meant.

[@mitsubachihachi9643]

For real, i'm an english speaker and even i thought it was English, that's some impressive writing and talent there

[@PhilipJackson03]

Definition of “y’all don’t wanna hear me sing, ya just wanna dance”

[@zanizone3617]

Nice reference

[@ashenshanuka5453]

@@zanizone3617 Outkast

[@Durian-]

Migos ❤️

[@puppude]

said no one ever

[@puppude]

​@@zanizone3617of what

[@MinhVu-yz5rr]

Reading the lyrics in English makes me realize how genius this song is

[@adewhite731]

Whoever edited the loop for this short could learn a thing or two from this song….

[@hikikomori278]

It's in simlish

[@kol.43]

feet

[@Litterally_me]

My brain is actually making it make sense somehow and I could actually hear words

[@m-J_C]

@@Litterally_mesame

[@kevinlockwood5384]

​@@kol.43wha

[@captainplank6240]

​@@kevinlockwood5384feet. Just feet

[@ImNotJonni]

dawg i speak english as a first language and i was still tweaking trying to make out words

[@leothegamer701]

same

[@broice9222]

That’s what I’m saying. I can’t imagine being high as balls hearing this completely out of context

[@ImNotJonni]

@@broice9222 i wouldve actually thought they were speaking English it sounds so... uncanny?? like i hear words but also there's none

[@tjenadonn6158]

​@@ImNotJonniIt's like the audio version of the uncanny valley effect. It's close enough to language that our brain feels uncomfortable when it can't make sense of it. It's like trying to remember the lyrics to a song you heard in a dream.

[@maxkho00]

@@tjenadonn6158 I actually remember the lyrics of songs I hear in a dream. Funnily enough, if said song is in a foreign language, the lyrics truly are gibberish.

[@eeweebabinie4349]

It makes me sad that this was taken off of spotify, I still don't know why. Thank you for talking about the song on youtube

[@Jonas-ej7id]

This just proves again that music is the closest thing to a universal language Doesn't matter what the lyrics are or aren't, if it sounds good, everyone will enjoy it.

[@santividal9387]

I've never heard a better encapsulation of what english sounds like without it being actual english. I bet my parents wouldn't notice it's not real language. Bravo

[@misst.e.a.187]

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[@YourOnlyHero]

Andre 3000 in hey ya!: "yall dont want to hear me, you just want to dance"

[@fireemblemaddict128]

I just wanna hear him say heeey ya

[@kiwipomegranate]

"No one even listens to my lyrics, they just wanna see me dance" -Tim Minchin

[@ArgirisTheG]

Andre 3k is right tho. Idc what he's spitting it's always fire

[@sohibulkastam2663]

Hey ya! 😉

[@Chad_Thundernuts]

He was just being honest 🤷‍♂️

[@-ali.10]

There's no greater pleasure than doing what people say cannot be done.

[@TheKeenTribe]

I actually played this regularly when I was a school bus driver. The kids loved it!

[@Asolariot]

He's the only artist to never forget his lyrics because he just makes them up on the spot

[@TamikaDurant-lr4xv]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@connoremery9521]

I have auditory processing issues and I've finally found the best representation of what I hear when I listen to a song for the first time without looking at the lyrics

[@JonatasAdoM]

Someone asked me once what they were saying in a song (a really fast one mind you). I wanted to disappear. I honestly do not know what causes it but I like it.

[@RS-zp6hb]

You do realise that most of us struggle to understand words in songs unless the lyrics are written down? Unless it's a slow song or sung very clearly? Why is everyone desperate to claim they have conditions that give them quirky symptoms?

[@KellyfromMemphis]

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[@grim_56]

​@RS-zp6hb That is an actual condition, i dont know why your first response is to be an asshole over someone sharing their experience.

[@cheesecakelasagna]

​@@RS-zp6hb Hard of Hearing, look it up. You may just very well be one of us all along.

[@Milo_1368]

What pretty much every song sounds like to my auditory divergent ass ears

[@johnstanley7874]

Just goes to show the intellect of people who made it reach #1 in European music charts.

[@globalterroil3208]

Adriano is 86 years old (in 2024) and still with us! : D

[@BBQDad463]

God bless him! I wish him many more happy years!

[@scarlettkhan9667]

Glad to hear it 😊

[@irgendwieanders2121]

Bingo Bongo...

[@norielgames4765]

Cheers! For a whole lot of more years with him!

[@TheEsotericProgrammer]

Every time someone gets confused by the lyrics he gains another day of life

[@K10House]

This is one of the best things I've ever seen online. My uncle used to sing nonsense "operas" in the car and it was hysterical. Years later my son, as a little one, thought that nonsense talk was too funny. Can't wait to show them this.

[@jamisondifrances3593]

Those horns are catchy as hell

[@sahin8780]

You can't make a song that everybody understands, but you can make one that nobody understands

[@spiderdude2099]

Music really isn’t about lyrics as much as some people think. It’s all about the vibe and feel more than anything.

[@turtlec7140]

Yes!!!! 💯

[@MSuyay]

Yeah I don't pay attention to the lyrics most of the time. It's like the side of my brain in charge of making sense of sounds shuts down.

[@SeaDog1667-1st]

That's why I prefer Vocaloid; you don't have to know the lyrics to enjoy the songs. 😅

[@thepotatotaxi2430]

Metalhead here! Some bands yes, I don't need to know what Jens from Meshuggah is saying, but for a band like Haken or Periphery it's nice and helps improve the vibe. On the topic of Meshuggah, their song New Millenium Cyanide Christ has great lyrics and they are genuinely great lyricists

[@user-vv7hc7kb5o]

​@@MSuyay it's just the beeps and the boops innit

[@averyeml]

Heard Prisencolinensinainciusol once as a teenager and was absolutely hooked. Not even slightly ashamed to say it’s one of my most played songs on iTunes and does decent numbers on my Spotify. It is gibberish, but it’s very catchy, very vibey gibberish

[@candyonthecane360]

Me too!! I was looking up videos about non English speakers and how they heard English, and this MV popped up, and It was on repeat for 2 years.

[@Cool_as_the_Northern_Wind]

You dudes have excellent taste

[@simulationescape5467]

Is this how the world sees americans??😂😂😂😂

[@rikashvanveelen993]

Chacarron was my gibberish song as kid 😢

[@gabrielesolletico6542]

@@simulationescape5467 Exactly.

[@iRonSide_610]

Bro created a song in gibberish And even remembered what he said in gibberish and performed is live 😭😭 Man is a legend fr 💀

[@friarcrazy]

I no joke heard this song on the radio while in Italy this year. Still a bop.

[@Femaiden]

I am fluent in English. I was born in the US and yet, this is literally what EVERY song lyric to EVERY song sounds like to me when i first hear it. I have to listen multiple times before it starts to make sense. When it's an actual song that makes sense,that is.

[@psychosis1767]

Don't feel bad about it. Even foreigners with almost bilingual skills have to go through it as well.

[@Femaiden]

@@psychosis1767 i'm just wondering if it's normal for every new song to sound like this. . unless i have the lyrics in front of me. example is Iron Maiden. First song i ever heard from Iron Maiden was "Aces High" and it goes like There goes the siren that warns of the air raid Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak , but to me it sounded like "da ga da sarou da waovaharah, da ka da savada ga sana fk" . and it was an earworm stuck in my head, just hearing the instrumental perfectly, but the words were gibberish and i thought, yeah, this kinda sux, it's not for me. .and then i gave it another chance and it took about 7 listens, before the words started to emerge. i mean, this is metal we are talking, and many metal singers already sing in weird ways, like guttural growls or high pitched screaming. . and the guy from Maiden has an accent from Across The Pond, which didn't help, lol. some desth metal singer, i nk they even enunciate the words. i'll have the lyrics in front of me and it looks all eloquent and poetic and then the guy just growls it what should be 5 syllables in just 2 and i knkw he did not say what was written in the booklet. . but then, like, pop music sounds like that too, when i got a Lady Gaga song stuck in my head, took dozens of metal albums to scrub that away. even classic stuff like Michael Jackson. . i still have no clue what he's saying in smooth criminal or thriller or bad. .

[@mrobocop1666]

That's an unpleasant feature of English, the language sound like people talk with a mouth full of porridge. Russian and my native Tatar(Turkic group) - other languages I know don't have such problem, you almost always recognise the words exactly without guessing from the first hearing, even in the complex songs. I can't understand how English could drift so far from other Germanic languages, which sound quite clear and emphasized

[@Femaiden]

Most European languages are Latin based, but English also takes from Celtic, Gaelic and Viking languages as well

[@Femaiden]

i'm just trying to figure out if there's something wrong with my speech center in my brain or if this happens to everyone

[@AndreCrema97]

Only thing he managed to prove is that people will love a banger no matter what language

[@puppude]

eww

[@ObviouslyNotABlackadder]

Quite a catchy song. If only the title is not too long & unpronouncable😂

[@Ffxfan197]

There's also the song "The Hook" by Blues Traveler that proved how little the lyrics matter; it has complete nonsensical lyrics (though the words are English).

[@atm2538]

this shit is NOT a banger

[@thomasstevenhebert]

@@atm2538most anything with a jazz brass section turns into a banger including this one

[@bomboclaat1509]

Whats funnier is it was meant to mock English, but it topped all the charts in non English countries anyways lol.

[@kitkat261]

my mom hated this song when i showed it to her, but i love it

[@dusty2080]

In a similar vein, I remember there's a Japanese band out right now that purposely sings in what is pretty much gibberish. They said it was because growing up, their favorite acts were American and they couldn't really understand what they were saying, but they could still feel a sense of emotion and resonance within the songs. So now they are trying to recapture that sensation for others, where you can feel a sense of emotion and connection to their songs, regardless of language barriers

[@Miju001]

I looked it up because I was curious! Is it Kikagaku Moyo?

[@esphyonage]

Is it Dizzy Joghurt? Because I had the same vibe when listen to their songs

[@LimeyLassen]

There is also a band called Alice Schach and the Magic Orchestra that writes all their songs in a made up language.

[@Anaea]

"where you can feel a sense of emotion and connection to their songs, regardless of language barriers" guess whatever that band was smoking was the same shit toru minegishi was making the music for splatoon /lh

[@GE-0530RN]

@@LimeyLassen ALICE SCHACH IS PEAKKKKK

[@RaceBandit]

_“When you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you understand the lyrics.”_ _-Frank Ocean_

[@mintyreview6794]

_currently I think I am drunk_

[@SublimeAxiom]

When you can't make the words rhyme but you've got good beat

[@TENZINYONTENTY]

Reminds me of one of our house helper (We used to address him Motey Daju) at my granparents' place used to attempt to speak English, imitating the sounds and phrases they heard on the radio throughout the day. This was before mobile phones became widespread, and their efforts to mimic the language were often endearing and humorous.

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

In all honesty, as a native English speaker if this was playing in the background and I didn’t pay attention, it would take a while for me to notice it’s jibberish

[@Undefinedartisan]

Ditto

[@chrisschade6157]

I keep this on my spotify playlist, and I absolutely love it. It feels like a timeless sound while being complete nonsense.

[@thorbenwaschulewski9797]

Definitely, English isn't my native language, and my brain can't stop trying to understand it and interpret random words into it. Here's what I hear if I try to understand the gibberish : Seeing somebody behind the Cole Baby just stay, yeah flute your hole With the sailing shoes, now the whole building see: a horret men forget the carnevours diet

[@BerezniukMykhailo]

​​@@thorbenwaschulewski9797 Chant somebody be getting ghoul beverages day yep with joe ho with the sand in the shoes and lie(bricks?) my own home building seeing in a horrid men begin to call the bus diet.

[@misst.e.a.187]

It's that good, isn't it? 😂 I love it

[@jeandeville807]

Here in Italy, Celentano has always been considered a brilliant troll.

[@Fighting_Fatigue_117]

Thankyou, all these people saying no he wasn't trolling acting like fuccin experts.

[@captbunnykiller1.0]

An absolute legend!

[@A.F.-cv8lp]

He made an anime on himself: ADRIAN - LA SERIE EVENTO, something that was so horrible that become a meme

[@arispatolus]

​@@A.F.-cv8lp outsourced to a fucking North Korean animation studio, too

[@TheGhibly999]

Mai considerato a troll

[@12038q]

Cant believe its been 5 years since i first listened to her, still amazing

[@TroysAlt752]

He mastered the Sims language

[@charlesfuzak]

I love how he made "English sounding" jibberish. My hearing isn't great nowadays and it sounds just like a quiet english song if I'm not paying attention. All of the sounds are right, I just can't make out what hes saying. Masterful.

[@grumpyoldgirl8582]

It sounds as though he he says “hold something” at one point. So there are 2 real words there! 😂😂😂

[@kurohanamaiki5344]

​@@grumpyoldgirl8582 My brain need to be fixed, I heard "Pinch your h*e" 🙃

[@m2894]

Splatoon songs be like

[@joshingamer0723]

Fr

[@robertpaulson5095]

BANG BANG 🗿🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dragunauv842]

Nasty majesty be like AAAaaAAAaaA

[@Octol1ng]

ketchup ketchup there's no ketchup there's no ketchup pasta tea 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@yummysquishybonez]

@@Octol1ngexclamation explanation bet your fries and crusty lake 💥💥💥

[@complexities3269]

Better than what I imagined before I clicked

[@peelslowly28]

This proves a point Andre 3000 made when he wrote Hey Ya!: "You don't actually care about the lyrics, you just wanna dance."

[@bottomofastairwell]

ok, but as someone with audio processing disorder, this is SO HELPFUL, because i can let people listen to this so they can understand me better. cuz honestly, this is exactly how most songs sound to me the first few times until i look up the lyrics or really focus and learn the words

[@BillyViBritannia]

Damn is that a thing? For the love of god I can never understand songs before I look up the lyrics unless I focus really hard.

[@russellvitranoiii3504]

Actually, this is often me, too. Like, I always feel lazy, not being able to hear lyrics in simple English, but many times it's genuinely hard for me. Tbf though, I generally hear the music more than anything else. It "hijacks my brain," as I like put it.

[@wolfzmusic9706]

I thought this was normal though

[@Metrikon9000]

Forget music, this is what anyone sounds like when they speak to me if I'm not completely focused on what they are saying, lol.

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

That's a hella good point!😮

[@funhousemirror]

This is so incredibly impressive. I don't think people realize how monumental a feat this is for a songwriter. Bro has such mastery over the sonic elements of a song that he's able to spit nonsense and it still sounds hard.

[@juri_xiii9977]

Ummm, wrong..

[@adamh8517]

It's not that deep, rubbish lyrics in songs blow up all the time. There's an entire rap genres that are basically this lmao

[@kaljerico7342]

Tame Impala has done this as well, in his song borderline there’s an entire section with him just saying gibberish.

[@infochan6776]

It is not as impressive as you think it is for this to become famous, if people want to listen to a song, it'll be a hit. Many ways to achieve this, usually theres a mix between meaning, aesthetic, lyrics, harmony, and structure. This "song"(can it be considered one? The vocals are more so a phonetic instrumental tool...) hits most of these, it has an aesthetic, "lyrics", harmony, and debatably structure, lacking only meaning.

[@infochan6776]

Furthermore any song that is in a foreign language which is also adored by an international audience has achieved this in a sense, even though there is meaning, if it is incomprehensible then its basically gibberish.

[@ryneagheilim9782]

Ah, the lyrics that you won't forget because it's straight from the heart lol

[@tuldok8015]

So much nostalgia 😭 How come so much changed 😭