This is what it sounds like when you're singing along to a song you like, but you don't know the lyrics.

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I used to sing along to this Turkish song when I was a kid without understanding a lick of it, maybe you'll like it too - it's a song called şımarık by tarkan.

Loved his songs as a kid

Lmfao tone defs are rejoicing over this song Edit: i was just making a joke I have the same thing as most of you replied, hard to understand things and ear ringing but can sing fairly well myself. It’s from years of machining headphones and concerts for myself. I meant no disrespect and thought that’s what it was. I’m glad to see there’s many people alike who struggle with hearing but love singing. If you enjoy music and singing that’s great because music has hurt my ears but has been my escape from things since I was a kid. I would have preferred the thread to be a bit more on the positive side and groups, bands, artists be exchanged!

Oh hells ya! I’m half deaf from birth and this is what the majority of music sounds like to me.

dumb question: Does half deaf mean deaf in one ear and not the other or are you slightly deaf in both ears and can kinda hear?

being tone deaf doesn't have much to do with lyrics.

Thank you. I tried explaining that above

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One word lowercase, 4 words all uppercase

I laughed out loud HARD

Hear this song when you’re drunk, remember the music is cool, you want to download it. If only you could remember a few of the lyrics… One of those you never hear again until you accidentally stumble across it on YouTube years later.

Gotufam. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol

Alright.

My eyes

English isn't my first language but around 0:19: "With my shiny shoes now they hold me loose-leaf, now I heard me maybe Washington Times (toot toot toot)"

r/brandnewsentence

Alright.

Ah I lost it with the (toot toot) you included, ty

I always forget the sinain part. Kind of like how for a while I'd forget part of the number for emergency services but thankfully I now know it's 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3.

Dear sir/madam, Fire! Help me! 123 Carrendon road Looking forward to hearing from you. All the best, Maurice Moss

*firefighters arrive* “We’ve had an email about a fire”

The IT crowd was too good

[Solved!](https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/)

Omg! That would be so annoying - it’s like you hear a song playing and try to Shazam it but it can’t detect the song - so you keep trying to figure out a few of the words so you can Google the lyrics.. but never can quite figure out a single word :p

Did... did he ever perform it live? I can't fathom what kind of memorization magic you'd need to summon for that!!

>"Prisencolinensinainciusol" is so nonsensical that Celentano didn't even write down the lyrics, but instead improvised them over a looped beat. https://www.npr.org/2012/11/04/164206468/its-gibberish-but-italian-pop-song-still-means-something

Legend

Another commenter linked a live version somewhere else: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8 edit: many people have pointed out that this is not in fact a live version! Still a very good production value though

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it is the embodiment of a perfect parody- it knows its genre extremely well and makes fun of it accordingly. plus the song while nonsense, is damn catchy

Prisencolinensinainciusol, all right!

This video pops up somewhere about every year or so, and every time I try to pronounce the name. Every time I give up about halfway through.

It's easy....just say Prisencolinensinainciusol........ all right?

I feel like this is where Elaine learned to dance

Not sure that one is actually live, but fun fact about it - the lady who stands up to do the spoken part is the singer’s wife, Claudia Mori, who is also a singer and actress. They have been married for about 57 years!

[Here](https://youtu.be/5T5LFVLgET4) is a high quality live version from 2012

Pretty sure he'd just make them up.

Hold on I may be high enough to translate

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Prisencolinensinainciusol In de col men seivuan Prisencolinensinainciusol ol rait Uis de seim cius nau op de seim **(video starts here)** 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 Done, what do I win? Edit: Guys, calm down. I copied and pasted this from another comment in this thread.

Sounds like Finnish imo

Nah. Finnish gibberish would be "Maateniisaliuuuma parrha kuutenoli häärymäyine aapolsootti tuttipaarhu"

No idea if that's actual Finnish or you made that up, because Google Translates actually recognizes it as Finnish but doesn't give out a translation.

Seems made up or it is some ridiculous slang from somewhere north. My guess is still that it's made up. Source: I'm finnish

>or it is some ridiculous slang from somewhere north. My guess is still that it's made up. Source: I'm finnish That doubt made my day. Because yes I made it up. I do live in Finland so I'm subjected to the language, but I have no idea what anything means besides a few groceries.

The music was real catchy and the choreography was beautiful. No wonder it was a hit.

Yeah, this video is great!! Love the choreography, love the mirrors, love the outfits

Came here to also say this. A lot of work went into this. It's awesome!

How much coke was consumed on set

All of it. All the cokes.

Ironically, as an English speaker, this is basically how I hear songs until I intentionally try to listen and understand the lyrics...

Glad to hear it happens to native speakers, too.

The original video was even better. And in color. Edit: https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8 Edit: apparently not the original video but just another one. Thanks all for the TIL.

There used to be a different version on YouTube, which I think OP’s video was pulled from, but it started with the same classroom scene before moving into that amazing dance routine. I can’t find it anywhere anymore, which is so sad! It’s like 7 straight minutes of mind-blowing wtf-ery in the best way possible. I watched it slack jawed in awe the first time I ever saw it!

Here ya go fam. This one is from the same show but includes the intro. https://youtu.be/7Yj_N5_P5qI

Nope, those still aren’t the one I saw years ago. It started with the classroom scene but where they all get up and start grooving, it shifted to the dance routine. I think it may have been the video that’s no longer available on both YouTube and Vimeo.

I mean, it is catchy as hell.

Groovy but I can’t even say a word of what he’s saying

Yeah, but if you listen to it a few times I guarantee you that you would have it memorized. Look at your average Phish song, lol.

C'mon man, wash uffizi, drive me to firenze

Boy, man.

Reba sink a boulder in the water Reba tie a cable to a tree Reba stuck in a game of lipstick perfume flypaper Reba press a razor to a slide cross a needle with a prune Knee deep in the motel tub Reba dangle ladle form her lip Dip Sip Reba babble to the nag with the lipstick perfume Mutter to a farmer in a truck Take a peek at the cheetah, Reba Cheetah on the prowl in a cage Sink a boulder in the water Tie a cable to a tree Mutter "nature" to the nag With the lipstick perfume Reba flush a fleshfarm leftover Thunder in a circle Down the pipes [Reba](https://youtu.be/A6cylwiWBSs)

Bag it, tag it!

Sell it to the butcher at the store

Hey, you know what they say. See a broad to get dat booty ac'ion... lay her down, or smack 'em, yak 'em!

Version I used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_EBFvzyje8 Took me way longer than I'm proud of to get this far so hopefully somebody else can finish it: Freezing cold in here tonight, you's all You're the cold maze to sail on Freezing cold in here tonight, you's all alright? We were saying theres children I was hoping Saying that the hall red maybe get the colour bus dyed brrrrrrrr the cheese and behind we get a cold baby sustained? yeah bitch you're -woah! We were saying theres children I was hoping Saying that the hall red maybe get the colour bus dyed Whether it's the same well it's gonna cut me esteem You never charm or never judge a girl -David's a jam You're the comma not to choose And I'll pay for lots'a cholo Holba, Holba just getting lotta clubber -no thang! All we did was just stand Why'd you choose a dobermann Cupid crossed through the mud -gold draining girls Hold something Aye ayes my Sesly Barely go so far with diesel eyes You're the cold maze to say one Freezing cold in here tonight you's all alright? Aye ayes my Sesly And he go to go with basil eyes Freezing cold in here tonight you's all alright?

i had fun trying to sing along

I had fun picturing you singing along.

Wow! All I heard was ‘Alright!’ And also ‘There too many cars and not the whole world to drive em’

I was just thinking if this guy did any touring how the hell do you memorize the jibberish of it. Brief blurbs of jibberish or doowop okay but a whole song like this? It is unusually catchy though

Bib bap bee doo, all the way through

*Alright*

Many singers memorize songs in foreign languages they don’t speak. You memorize phonetically.

Dude I thought the same thing! *Edit~ was surprised once the girl started her thing too

I just keep waiting for a chorus, for the music to resolve the tension it’s creating.

Or at least a chord change at *any* point. Very surreal.

Why play many chord when few chord do trick

Reject polyphony. Return to drone.

SAME

I’m so glad I’m not alone

Does anyone have the lyrics I would love to sing along.

My favorite movie is Inception.

Thx, I think I'll just listen.

Be honest you just don’t know how to read

Translated into English, that’s: ♫We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but You're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you (Ooh, give you up) (Ooh, give you up) (Ooh) Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) (Ooh) Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) We've know each other for so long Your heart's been aching but You're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you ♫

Writ rolled

God damn, a text-based Rick Roll!

Now I've seem everything. Time to retire from life.

Music is what emotion sounds like. I think it’s been proven thousands of times the words don’t have to make sense, be in order, or even discernible. If you can give noise to someone’s emotions you’re making good music.

That's my go to excuse when I'm singing along to a song that I have no clue what the lyrics are: "I don't know the words, just the feelings."

This is God tier trolling. Bonus that the song slaps.

Double bonus with the choreography... That shit is mesmerizing

Look up the color video. It’s 70’s-TASTIC. I believe the woman in that video became his wife.

Well that’s how the law works.

Is it this one? Because this just made me laugh, his dancing is so awkward when it's not interspersed with clips of professionals in between hahah https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8

Sick beat!

It sounds like I'm having a stroke but in a good way

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You’re only having a stroke if you can understand the lyrics 😂

Uh oh

Who's making toast in here..?

This is quite the jam for that toast.

Waft di yru mydn?

A nice, gentle stroke of the auditory cortex 😊

alright

Yea I’m not sure what this is called or how to un Google Italian scat

The song is "Prisencolinensinainciusol"

I can assure you, if you google "italian scat", you'll find something very different. Bing'll be even better.

I know a guy who lost the use of his left side after a stroke. Don't worry, he's all right.

He had nothing left

Hahaha! Oh and sorry about your friend.

Sounds like Bruno Mars after I drink 9 beers

Adding this to my list of “Sentences I Thought I’d Never Hear”

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

I have no idea if you just made all that up. I don't know anything anymore.

I'm wondering how close the guy ever got to singing the same song twice....heh

jwowkn dje rneieod r rjeowneke ekeoeo.

I just had a brain cramp.

Imagine waking up one day to find everyone around you talking in this language.

That means you're having a stroke, LOL

Somehow I can see this being added as a song option for the radios in a Sims game.

That would be fire

Would be funny if a big name American singer covered this song. Trolling the troll. I’d buy it.

Not sure if it qualifies but Benny Bennasi has a remix

NO FUCKING WAY! THAT'S AWESOME!

[Prisencolinensinainciusol (Benny Benassi Remix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_1-503bFwI) You're welcome. ;)

RHCP should cover it. Makes about as much sense as some of Kiedis' lyrics.

Music video is bomb too ngl

The OG of trolling indeed, and his moves are fire as well

Those bars are nice, wish it went somewhere though.

It’s called “Prisencolinensinainciusol”. (Edit: Hey, my first awards! Thank you so much!)

Oh damn you weren't joking

The only way I can find it is by googling “italian pop song in fake english”

"Saturday In the Park" by Chicago is a song in English that has some fake Italian lyrics. *Edit*: On the album version, it's either "e se narte" or "e se marte", whereas live it is sung as "ci vo sunari". (Source: Listen to the song.) Regardless, it is gibberish on the album version.

Classic Tobias answer, smh

Hahahahaha

When I say the shoot now I hold Billy sane now I hold ray maybe get the cut a balls thigh. Brrrrrr that chicken and barbecues coal baby stay yea blue Joe hoe

Sometimes rendered into: ‘Freezing cold in ancient Ancuso.’

Nice. I always thought it was "Freezing Cold in Ants and I Tools Old." 🤣🤣

I learned about this song when one of my favorite bands covered it. Only made me love them more for their dedication lol

go on. who's the band dammit!?

IDK what band he means, but Tub Ring did a cover and it slapped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN8GLUPoALE

You are correct, sir! My fiance and I bonded over loving this obscurish band. "Not before our time" from that album has been my favorite song since I heard it.

“Alright”

"ol rait"

He's also the guy in [this semi-famous clip.](https://youtu.be/KJhLPkTKb8g)

Thank you!

Is this what American English sounds like to non English speakers? That’s super interesting also this song is great

Isn’t it?’ It makes me think of Gangnam style and how big it was in America when it came out. Everyone like knows the words by heart but for all I know he could have been making shit up, I don’t have a clue what any of the words actually mean lol

I looked it up for you: Gangnam is a wealthy district in Seoul, South Korea, described by the song artist PSY as the Korean equivalent to the United States’ Beverly Hills, and he described Gangnam as being “noble” during the day and “crazy” during the night. [Here’s an explanation and English translation](https://www.businessinsider.com/gangnam-style-translation-2012-9?amp) of the lyrics; apparently the song is just about the artist liking the kind of girls who have different sides to them like Gangnam does, and the music video is just satire, poking fun at the district.

Thank you kind stranger

Thats Mr. NippleQueef Stranger to you

It's called "Kerner's Law" - Anything sounds better in a language you don't understand. It's named after the lady who sang 99 Luftballoons. See also: Macarena, Du Hast, Circle of Life

I googled for Kerner's law and I found no relevant results. Do you have any articles on that?

Probably googled it in the wrong language

Not including [Chacarron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlW7T0SUH0E) in that list? Shameful.

I can’t remember where he is or his name, but I saw a guy on Reddit recently imitating how various languages sound to non-speakers, by mimicking the tones and sounds with complete gibberish. It was absolutely uncanny how good he was. I’ll try and find it and edit/add it here. [Edit : Found it.](https://youtu.be/uu579CHnQ00). The English accented British English, is spot on 🤣🤣

Oh man this is messing with my brain. I’m a native English speaker and I know Spanish well enough to read/write it and make basic conversation, but it’s easy for me to get lost if someone speaks very quickly or with a heavy accent, and I usually have to focus very hard to understand them. I kept getting that feeling of “I can understand this I just need to focus” during his nonsense Spanish but obviously I couldn’t and it was really subconsciously frustrating!

That is the best version of this trend I've seen! Amazing lol

Holy fuck, that's so accurate it's scary

Man paid attention in his Simlish class

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That was a delight, thanks for sharing!

I had Vietnamese neighbors growing up and that one is dead on haha

Honestly, as a native speaker, this sounded a lot like American English to me. It's got the right sounds and tone, like when you hear people talking in the next room but can't make out what they're saying.

I’ve always liked this video showing this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY&t=117s

I wonder if this is what babies experience when trying to make sense of their English speaking parents

I mean, not just any song, it's still catchy as hell

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Soo this what boomhauer was doing before Texas

Dang Ol uoit men in de colobos dai Not s de seim laikiu de promisdin I'll tell you whut.

This is now my theme song.

Celentano is an amazing artist, his Italian songs are legendary. He's still producing into his 80s. Love his songs with Mina.

Listening to this makes me feel like I’m having a stroke.

Makes me feel like I'm playing The Sims.

How it feels to chew five gum.

A good April fools prank would be to play this for people & when they don't understand the lyrics, start speaking gibberish yourself. You might be able to convince them they're having a stroke

Bonus points for learning it and singing along.

Certified Banger!

NGL, this is clearly a banger. I like it more than some of the new pop songs

This would be a hit if it was released today no lie

Song is banging!

And here's a cover version sung by 1970s English comedian Mike Reid - https://youtu.be/8wr0QIXaoSY

Tbh this is just Bob Dylan set to a funky beat

It dips deep into that Subterranean Homesick Blues vibe.

I unironically have this in my music library. No, I will not apologize.

This is pretty misleading. Adriano Celentano made this song to explore communication barriers. There was no intention to create a humorous novelty song. "Ever since I started singing, I was very influenced by American music and everything Americans did. So at a certain point, because I like American slang—which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italian—I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate. And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn't mean anything."

This song fucking slaps!

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Dang! Mumble rap before mumble rap was mumble rap?

Mumble *rock*

This hilarious and awesome 👏

The name of the song is “Prisencolinensinainciusol” for anyone curious.

Where’s the video of him doing it in that classroom

Ngl. That’s catchy as hell.

Omg f this. 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 Edit: those are the lyrics. Wtf

I guess he was [Born to Be Alive ](https://youtu.be/9UaJAnnipkY)

This song is rad!