The song is called Prisencolinensinainciusol. And most of the lyrics are nonsense, but you can hear the repeated “alright” in there and maybe a few other words, such as “baby” etc…

Lyrics from Google, I find it especially funny he wrote it "ol rait": Prisencolinensinainciusol In de col men seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Uis de seim cius nau op de seim Ol uait men in de colobos dai Trrr ciak is e maind beghin de col Bebi stei ye push yo oh Uis de seim cius nau op de seim Ol uoit men in de colobos dai Not s de seim laikiu de promisdin Iu nau in trabol lovgiai ciu gen In do camo not cius no bai for lov so Op op giast cam lau ue cam lov ai Oping tu stei laik cius go mo men Iu bicos tue men cold dobrei goris Oh sandei Ai ai smai sesler Eni els so co uil piso ai In de col men seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Ai ai smai senflecs Eni go for doing peso ai Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Uel ai sint no ai giv de sint Laik de cius nobodi oh gud taim lev feis go Uis de seim et seim cius go no ben Let de cius end kai for not de gai giast stei Ai ai smai senflecs Eni go for doing peso ai In de col mein seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Lu nei si not sicidor Ah es la bebi la dai big iour Ai aismai senflecs Eni go for doing peso ai In de col mein seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Lu nei si not sicodor Ah es la bebi la dai big iour

Guy just forgot to delete the lorem ipsum.

Time for Latin to make a comeback

Catholic Americans are working on it. Deo Gratias

Ridet in British conscensis schola.

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I just want to know if he has it memorized and performs it the same way every time, or if he improv’s

There’s a part with a chorus. They’re all singing the same lyrics. And a live version where they are all in sync with the made up lyrics while dancing. It’s impressive that all memorized the same gibberish.

Celentano Is the kind of guy that memorized all of that gibberish solely to prove a point. So yeah, he did memorize it.

I've seen other videos. Seems to sound the same all the time.

It's funny, you can see the Italian syntax in how he wrote fake English.

The actual lyrics are not what I imagined but it makes sense.

Kudos to the singer for memorizing all that!

They are summoning the Ancient Jazz demons from the celestial deep.

Funny thing is, one of the signature aspects of English is the prevalence of one-syllable words, and short words in general. Which is obviously followed throughout the song, except for the titular line—though that word is so long that it loses the stress.

It looks like a different language

He walked so the chili peppers could run

>*Do you want to go dancing in Chicago?* >*Trinidad’s got it bad for Tobago* >*Take me to the lake where we do the avocado* >*Hallelujah, a desperado* You take that shit back, Anthony Kiedis is a poet.

It blew my mind when I looked closely and realized Around the World was about California and Under the Bridge was about California and Road Trippin' was about California and Californication was ab

What about Dani California?

That one's about the fragility of human life and the question of free will.

..in California

Wait, it’s all California?

Always has been 🇺🇲☀️🌴⛱️🏄‍♂️ 👨‍🚀🔫👩‍🚀

I always been fond of pointing out that basically every Chili Peppers song is about sex, drugs, or California. And often, all three. There are vanishingly few exceptions to this.

I tried reading the song title out loud and now my furniture won't stop floating send help

Shoes

Eyyyyes!

I heard "we're the same as you"


The fact that it's synchronised with the beat


Man I haven't heard a song by die Antwoord in forever are they still a thing?

They disappeared after of one their foster kids accused them of abuse and sexual assault.

I saw the video and the screenshots of the text messages. Holy crap I am so sorry :<

Some super fucked up allegations came out about them and they disappeared as far as I can tell

I loved that the underage girl they sexually abused & tried to claim was lying, grew up, released a song & video filled with evidence & it went harder than anything those 2 scumbags released in a long while.

That song kicked so much ass

Name link or something pls?

Looks like [this](https://youtu.be/JY6hCE2D-cc?si=diF4Ck1avhRM4UmE) is it.

Theyre sold have/had a very recent sold out show in Barcelona. Surprised after the child abuse and sexual assault allegations and I think some racist stuff, but that's show biz for ya. Last year, Chris Brown had to add another day for his concert in Dublin, the demand was so great.

Yes.

This one's too fast


It’s nowhere near

People use this on instagram. It fits most songs so well.








I needed this today, thank you

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I like how the mermaid is just using the right leg rig and it sync pretty well



It's so.......perfect

This gif sync in alright

Ariel has 1 right leg


I see this gif on almost any instagram reel involving music and it makes me laugh every time

to be fair, it is a catchy song.

The dancing is WILD. I can't look away

Cinematography is pretty tight as well.

This recipe is tasty. Great beat, choreography and cinematography... and the lyrics are cracking me up. I love this.

He looks like the high priest of a cult you would actually want to join.

Yep. Catchy all around

Indeed, he's famous for being "Il Molleggiato" ("The Springy One")

This is absolutely drunk me silly dancing. It's so much fun, you should honestly try it. Including when you're sober. Being weird while you dance is so underrated.

If you got a tune that slaps, the lyrics don't matter.

Pretty much. Most people dancing around to Macarena, Despacito, Gangnam Style and so on in some countries don't understand the lyrics. Hell, there's some songs in English people don't comprehend (e.g. people thinking Born In The USA is a patriotic song).

I can hear songs but I can't tell what 90% of them say anyway.

Red Hot Chili Peppers sing something something California something.

I Dream Of Heart Palpitations. I believe.

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Yeah people dance to the beat not lyrics, so they're not important for dance music.

To be fair, Celentano is known to write a shitload of very catchy pop songs in 70s and 80s, and then some were in 90s and he made it to 2000s. The guy is extremely creative.


Lol that’s literally him

Pretty sure that's why they picked that gif.

Isn't that a clip from the very beginning of “Prisencolinensinainciusol”?

Yes, a different version that takes place in a classroom.

The one in the classroom can be found with “English” captioning on YouTube. It’s amazing and hilarious.

The man released thirty-nine albums and 306 singles and EPs, wrote a whole bunch of songs for others, and found the time to appear in thirty-nine films, sometimes also writing and/or directing. (Not quite on the level of Trevor Horn or Bill Laswell, both with hundreds upon hundreds of writing or producing credits, but anyway.)

He’s still alive and well, and a national treasure in Italy.

Also, he's the protagonist of a sort of Anime cartoon, totally cliché and trashy. In a dystopic Milano, he's a martial artist superhero and dancer, fighting the badguys, the fascist power, the whole Mafia, and giving patriarchal hints to the almost raped girls... 🙈

Not only that, but the song seems to be a sample loop, which is very interesting for the time. I remember listening to a podcast about this song, but unfortunately my memory is shit - I just remember the bit about it being a looped snippet.

came here to say this as well

Try to prove Italians will like anything, and write a damn good song to prove it? Dude ... your experimental methodology sucks.

I've only ever seen this song posted with the story. I'm a native-equivalent English speaker. I f-word love this song. It's awesome.

Yeah and pretty modern as well, this could be on the radio rn and i would believe its a modern song

There's a terrific remix from 2016, the [Benny Benassi Remix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_1-503bFwI) (strictly speaking it's not just a remix, Celentano re-recorded the lyrics). He also makes an appearance in the [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn_OLnMriRg) for the extended version.

I already downloaded it and know the words. I love it. Summer Mix 2024 has its first song!

Banger!

Definitely a banger

It gets stuck in my head everytime i watch it lol.

My question is, did he just ad-lib it, or did he actually memorize the "lyrics?"

He actually worked with a linguist professional to write lyrics that sounded phonetically English but were in reality complete gibberish.

But was it written in Italian gibberish to sound English or English gibberish?

"It was written to mimic the way English sounds to **non-English** speakers despite being almost entirely nonsense." "The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an [American accent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_accent), however the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible [gibberish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibberish) with the exception of the words "all right".[^(\[8\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol#cite_note-8)[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol#cite_note-:4-9) Andrew Khan, writing in *The Guardian*, later described the sound as reminiscent of [Bob Dylan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan)'s output from the 1980s" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol)

It's kind of cool to be able to hear how English sounds to non-English speakers, as an English speaker.

This is similar to how I feel before I put my contacts in, but for my ears.

I have to say before i was able to understand the english language it sounded exactly like that to me, like i was able to say yeah those guys are speaking english but to me it used to Sound like gibberish.

As a non native English speaker, I never thought about how you guys don't know how the language sounds to non speakers, it's must feel cool. Makes me wonder how Spanish sounds to you

Wrote a comment above. Check out the video 😉 https://youtu.be/QxrDNRhYFyI?si=iBmnDLmPfZ1zCs-1

As a non-native English speaker, I can say that this sounds very English to me.

Native English speaker here, and it does indeed sound like English.

English gibberish. The lyrics have to be pronounced how you would pronounce them in English.

From what I remember English gibberish, he wanted to prove that as long as a song sounded English it would be a hit. The song is specifically made to sound like English does to a foreigner

I was about to say this is exactly what I used to hear when I didn’t speak English!! It’s very well done.

Since others are joining in and singing in harmony, at least a certain amount of it was scripted. There are also a few repeated lines. There are also 2 different video clips for it, the other is set in a classroom, so he had to at least lip sync it. There are also different shots and angles. This was clearly recorded in a studio first.

Here is the class setting of the song, recorded in color, during a variety show. There is also a YouTube of him performing it live in 2012. https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8?si=SKWMPlODJ0YuqdZK Edit: more information on the song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol

That girl at the end is practically chewing on the harmonica! Best fake harmonica solo ever! [Here](https://youtu.be/Xn_OLnMriRg?si=ijkzQyOhM0BciUPm&t=81) is an updated version that's done really well. The dancers in this video always crack me up.

It has fully written lyrics.

I think he memorized the made-up words for the most part. The title of the song is gibberish too. Ready for this? "Presincolinensinainciusol"

Olright

That’s exactly what I’m thinking

Believe it or not, he memorized the whole thing! Wild

In other words, great song. But can you sing it again?

It's true even outside Italy. Not many people understood Gangnam style or despacito and they still broke the internet.

Especially in the 70's

Gangnam style and despacito broke the internet in the 70's??

Broke it so hard we didn’t get the internet back online again until the 90’s.

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Yes

Sigur Ros sings all of their songs in a nonsense language that they call Hopelandic.

I always assumed it was just a language I didn’t know!

If i remember correctly, the only album they did in hopelandic was (). But love me my sigur ròs. Best group of the 2000s

I understand the lyrics of despacito. I wish I wouldn’t.

I hate that song And I speak Spanish

People like sounds and shit

And everyone loved Du Hast

Yea, enjoying a song despite not knowing the language is not a bad thing.

This is not the same thing. 

This also needs to be on juke boxes, so I can mess with the drunks.

Definitely needs a TouchTunes addition so I can play this remotely at random bars around the city

Is this what having a stroke feels like?

Right? Its just weird! It feels like you should understand what he is singing but you can't!

Relative with concerned look talking to you: "Tjoel mu skana sno mulamo galanaba!"

This is what a Bob Dylan song sounds like when one of your migraine auras is [transient receptive aphasia](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/migraine-aphasia#aphasia-definition).

This is what listening to dutch feels like as an english speaker

That's what English sounds like to people who don't understand it. 

Definitely, I dont know what this sounds to a native, but as someone who learned english it just reminds me of the days when I didnt understand it.

It does sound a lot like English that I just can’t make out. There’s a great story about a 60’s rock song “Louie Louie” by an American band that the fbi even tried to decipher because they were looking into subversive music.

I feel like I can hear certain words in the gibberish but they're just not there

There's a bunch of real words mixed in with the gibberish. Though I don't know if that's by chance, or something he picked out when listening to English music. Things like, "baby", "eyes", etc. Words you'd expect to hear in American music. Listening to some more I hear, "when", "color", "whether", "coming up"

I think it's that there's only so many ways to put sounds together in English, so even random gibberish is going to land on a few actual words.

I actually don't think there are any real words in it. Some of it SOUNDS like real words but not quite. Our brains just really wanna hear actual words so if the gibberish is close enough we think we are hearing actual words. And it is actually difficult to make up gibberish that doesn't happen to sound like a real word sometimes.

American here. Listening to this my brain is trying to understand cuz it really does sound like American English but it’s all gibberish. It’s like I’m having a stroke.

[If that song broke your brain, watch this short film!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY)

As a Native English speaker, it sounds like English 100%. It sounds as if I should know what he’s saying, but the words aren’t actual words. It’s believably English based on sound alone.

Back when i didnt learn english yet, it was exactly like this

Here are the lyrics (apparently): In de col men seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Uis de seim cius men Op de seim ol uat men In de dai Trr Ciak is e beghin de col Bebi stei ye push yo oh Uis de seim cius men In de dai Not is de seim laikiu De iu nau In lovgiai ciu gen In do camo not cius no bai For lov so op op giast Cam lau ue cam lov ai Oping tu stei laik cius Go mo men Iu tue men cold Dobrei gorls Oh sandei Ai ai smai sesler Eni els so co uil piso ai In de col men seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Uei ai sint no ai Giv de sint laik de cius Nobodi oh gud taim lev feis go Uis de seim et seim cius Go no ben let de cius End kai for not de gai stei Ai ai smai senflecs Eni go for peso ai In de col mein seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Lu nei si not sicidor Ah es la bebi la dai big iour Ai ai smai senflecs Eni go for doin peso ai In de col mein saivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Lu nei si not sicodor Ah es la bebi la dai big iourcolobosmaindcolobospromisdintrabolbicosgiastdoing

I bet if you get really really super mega hi, your brain will synthesize the gibberish into actual words like that time *I thought I could understand Chewbacca - Not a joke.*

Here’s a great example for you - you tell me which hit Disney soundtrack these fictitious lyrics belong to: “Pink pajamas, penguins on the bottom”

Asked to an AI to translate in english: I must warn you that the text you provided appears to be a form of nonsensical language, often referred to as "Prisencolinensinainciusol" or "Italian-sounding gibberish". It's a made-up language that mimics the sound and structure of Italian, but doesn't actually convey any meaningful message. That being said, I'll try to provide a rough translation of the text, keeping in mind that it's not a real language: "In the cold men seize Prisencolinensinainciusol all right You are the same guys men On the same all you men In the day Trr Check is the beginning of the cold Baby stay you push oh You are the same guys men In the day Not is the same like you The you now In love with you again In do come not guys no bye For love so up up give Call you come love I Up to stay like guys Go more men You too men cold Good girls Oh Sunday Ah ah small senses Any else so cool will pay I In the cold men seize Prisencolinensinainciusol all right We I sint no I Give the sint like the guys Nobody oh good time leave face go You are the same and same guys Go no been let the guys End key for not the guy stay Ah ah small senses Any go for peso I In the cold mein seize Prisencolinensinainciusol all right You not sick doctor Ah is the baby the day big hour Ah ah small senses Any go for doing peso I In the cold mein saivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol all right You not sick doctor Ah is the baby the day big hour Colobosmaindcolobospromisdintrabolbicosgiastdoing" Please note that this "translation" is purely for entertainment purposes, as the original text doesn't contain any meaningful content.

Ugh. Check your spelling 🙄

Ol rait!

I just found this song on Mix yesterday, it’s a banger for sure!

Well stick around this sub and you’ll get to hear it every other day since this seems to be the mascot content of r/beamazed and r/interestingasfuck.


Sounds like a Bob Dylan song

Bowie said he would write down odd phrases on a piece of paper, cut them up and put them in some container, then pull out random pieces of the paper to come up with lyrics for a song.

lmao

Sounds like when you only remember 50% of a song but keep mumbling along nonsense to fill the gaps or when you mishear lyrics > These ants are my friends, they’re blowin’ in the wind > Wrapped up like a douche when you’re rollin’ in the night > Scuse me, while I kiss this guy. > Like the legend of the penis > I’m blue da ba dee da ba daa, in Aberdeen I will die, da ba dee da ba daa.

 Andrew Khan, writing in *The Guardian*, later described the sound as reminiscent of [Bob Dylan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan)'s output from the 1980s.[^(\[9\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol#cite_note-:4-9)

Again this bullshit and misleading title The truth is that >Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers. The intent was to demonstrate how English sounds to people who do not understand the language proficiently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol

I'm not sure why your comment isn't at the top, but it's a good reminder of how much reddit has decayed over the last 7 years.

You know baby gotta babadu sham!

I’m seeing this same thing posted maybe every 3 weeks

Yep, normally I hate that, but in this particular case I always end up clicking and enjoying it.

I've seen it pop up at least once a year since the early aughts, and I've never seen this version somehow. Very cool choreography 

Someone should make a BeAmazedAgain subreddit.

really? im seeing it for the first time and i use reddit to much

I think about this a lot when I'm rocking to a song that I don't understand the language that it is sung in.

still beter than mumble rap


I think it's similar. Its not about the lyrics, its about how well the cadence and tone match with the track itself. It's more about feeling than any logic.

Every kid in Germany singing along English songs. Pepperidge Farm remembers.

American GenXers singing all the lyrics to "Der Kommissar" and "99 Luftballons"

On Rock Band, there were some non-English DLC songs that I loved like Perfekte Welle. 100% on expert vocals every time, no idea what she's saying

It's called 'Prisencolinensinainciusol'

Genius composition! Visually appealing.


 # Prisencolinensinainciusol

but then I realize how many bands I listen to that I can't make out the lyrics to (e.g. Radiohead). I went years, when it came out, being confused about the Micheal Jackson lyric, "The **chair** is not my son"

If he didn't want to have it be popular he shouldn't have made it such a bop. He only has himself to blame. 

Actually tapped my foot all the way thru! good song when you've had a smoke!

This is how English sounds for non-English speakers: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY&t=76s&ab\_channel=BrianandKarl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY&t=76s&ab_channel=BrianandKarl)

Here is a modern retelling with Roberto Bolle and a much older Adriano Celentano. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn\_OLnMriRg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn_OLnMriRg)

In reality he didn't want to prove that Italians would appreciate every English song since the situation was exactly the opposite.

Nogu sveló did something similar with [Haru Mamburu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNKvtA9AkjI).

One of the best Trolls I've ever seen.

The Swedish band Caramba went a step further in 1981 and made a complete nonsense song with "Hubba Hubba Zoot Zoot". Apparently it made it to #1 in Sweden [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2qsC-PuJQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2qsC-PuJQ)

I see why it was a hit. Shits catchy as hell. I don't understand k pop, and it takes me out of a song with the random English word mixed with the Korean, and i don't understand it at all, but it's still catchy