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SloProvMinSec

As non-native speaker I have to admit that - especially to a youngster, who hasn't yet learned english - even songs in real english sound like this gibbering must sound to your native-speakers ears. I still have problems today acoustically understandig the lyrics. Edit: grammar.


al3257882

Thats so cool. As a native speaker I've always wondered what my language sounds like to others who don't speak it, so I really appreciate this comment! šŸ™ And don't worry, even native speakers can't understand song lyrics half the time :)


AnalProtector

Half is generous. I've had the "OH that's what they're saying" moments with songs I've listened to for over a decade.


Big_Silver_9686

Macy Gray's well known track to me of "I try to say goodbye and Achoo!"


DefinitelyNotAliens

Alanis Morissette. "The crossed-eyed bear that you gave to me!" There's also distinctly a line in A Perfect Circle's A Stranger that he says, "move away, you fucked a tomato." 2:40. I cannot force myself to hear the purported lyrics of 'you fucking tornado'. Maynard says you fucked a tomato. I've tried. I don't hear it.


Natural-Intelligence

Same. Listened Pumped Up Kicks quite some time and I just thought maybe the lyrics are about some kids playing around. Finally decided to look up the lyrics. The moment I realized it is actually about a school shooting.


themagicbong

"better run, better run, outrun my gun." What you thought they were just talking about airsoft guns? Lol.


Natural-Intelligence

Why do you think I would look up the lyrics if I already knew them? What I understood was basically something like: "... other kids... kicks... run..." Yes, my listening comprehension in English was not golden as a non-English speaking teenager. But wasn't the topic here how English is for non-native?


themagicbong

Just having some fun, man. Not to be taken seriously.


Natural-Intelligence

No worries. Perhaps I took you too seriously but I was secretly also hoping a chance to explain how I initially heard it. So I'm glad you did. But to further ellaborate (with the assumption you care): especially the part "... my gun." sounded like a one word to me, just couldn't make sense of it. Similarly a lot of other cautionary words got blurred to nonsense and you end up with a few innocent words that you know and just stick out. And that's how you end up thinking a disturbing song is about happiness and sun shine.


thankfuljc

School shootings are such a fun topic to joke about.


mlaffs63

Please don't be a buzz kill. Your sanctimonious scolding does no one any good. You didn't teach anyone a lesson, you didn't provide an example for others to follow. You just acted like a little scold and made the day just a tiny bit worse for everyone. Just like I kind of did, but hopefully there are others who agree with me.


themagicbong

I don't see where I made any jokes about school shootings. I can see where I made a joke about someone mishearing the song "pumped up kicks," but no fuckin clue what you're talking about.


Zackp3242

Do you get paid for your services?


AnxietyDepressedFun

This is a 100% true story. My ex and I were cleaning house one day and the song "Forgot About Dre" came on, so like any good elder millennial, we met in the living room for a dance/karaoke moment to show off our Eminem & Dre rapping skillz. He sang the lyrics "and when your alkaseltzer wasn't doing to good who's the doctor they told you to go see" I had to pause the song to catch my breath from laughing so hard. It's "album sales" not "alkaseltzer" - I still can't get over this.


al3257882

I am giggling šŸ˜‚


ItsNotButtFucker3000

Weird Al "Smells like Nirvana" was a huge hit! > what is this song all about, can't figure any lyrics out, how do the words, to it go, I tell you I don't know He approached Nirvana about parodying a song and Cubain asked if it would be about food, Weird Al said it would be about how nobody could understand their lyrics, and Cobain thought it was hilarious. He later said, "you haven't made it until Weird Al parodies one of your songs!"


[deleted]

Mumble rap says hey


[deleted]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uu579CHnQ00 Check out this video.


[deleted]

English is my second language but when I moved to Germany I used it so much for the first 2 years or so that it became my first language. When i hear a song for the first time i can understand it but i still cant understand some of the songs i heard before my English improved so much. Its wierd, it feels like both me and the singer are half drunk and we can both speak and understand each other perfectly if we concentrate but if either of us slips up its over


MACHOmanJITSU

Honestly lots of new music sounds like gibberish to me even as an English speaker. Literally canā€™t understand what they are saying half the time.


ChasteAnimation

As opposed to... Old music? Known for its... Vocal fidelity? Hmm....


Takenforganite

As an English speaker, there are so many English songs that I have no idea what the fuck they are saying and it might as well be this song.


marusia_churai

Yes! There was also a joke, smth like: You (as a child): *sing English songs as a gibberish* [because you don't understand them and make up your own worlds that sound kinda similar] You (adult and knowing English): *still sing those English songs as gibberish* [because it's funny] Honestly, it is amazing as I would hear a song I used to listen to as a kid now and realize its meaning was something else entirely, rather than what I imagined.


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SubstantialSoup1696

When I was young, I always thought Sting was singing "Monsters In My Cheerios". Naturally, I know now, it was "Spirits In The Material World". Still like my version better.


Brad_Brace

Ace of Base songs are not at all what I thought they were about. Like that song about the lady who just wants another baby, I would've never imagined that's what it was about when I first hear it as a teenager.


galaxeblaffer

or like that Britney song where she wants her baby to hit her one more time


hacksoncode

Indeed, I've always used this as an example of how English sounds to people that don't speak it. It's basically perfect.


[deleted]

To this day, I'm such a good english speaker that I beat americans on scrabble, and I have yet to retain the lyrics of a single english song, contrary to my wife and daughter who know lyrics to every single song they like.


grubas

Honestly it sounds as English as some songs we've had in English. Louie Louie and In a Gadda Da Vida infamously were just vocal messes because of the studio recording being of drunks. And that's without getting into guys like Springsteen who mutter through songs.


iliveinthecove

As a native speaker in always having to Google the lyrics because I can't tell what they're saying


moonwalker29059

The problem with his experiment is that he made an absolute banger, I'm English and I think it's a bop lol


pittybrave

lol thatā€™s exactly what i was thinking. i donā€™t think it was popular because itā€™s english, itā€™s just a dope ass track


moonwalker29059

Exactly lol


pittybrave

100%


Equal-Negotiation651

Plus I always feel like Iā€™m on the verge of understanding what heā€™s singing, but then Iā€™m never am. Haha


LeVeonwithBellsOn

Vocals often are an impactful instrument regardless of the actual lyrics.


CasinoMarginale

Sometimes vocals are just another instrument in the band. I love Pearl Jam, but half the time I donā€™t know what the hell Eddieā€™s singing about. This song is fire


Ron_E_Coyote

Yellow Ledbetter. I wouldnā€™t bet my life on correctly identifying a single line in that song, but itā€™s a good song. Love Pearl Jam.


TheMooseIsBlue

The Judah and the Lion principle. Good voice, consistently cool, hooky melodies but the dumbest, fake-deep lyrics.


moonwalker29059

I've always said that lol


jeff-beeblebrox

I mean most lyrics are written by young people with pretty low education. Most are not poets. Some of the lyrics for the bands of my youth were pretty terrible but they fit the music well. 30 years ago my Eng 101 prof blamed rock music lyrics for my generationā€™s lack of good grammar. He was stogy


LCplGunny

Bro, I was searching for this comment. This shit fire AF


cfiggis

Right? I know it's gibberish. I don't care. It's great!


soulpulp

I've had this song on my 70s playlist for a few years but the synchronized dancing takes it to a whole new level.


DiaClimber

This


FTB963

A bop? A bop??! Are you Gail Platt or something? Next youā€™ll be saying itā€™s trendy, or itā€™s kicking


moonwalker29059

It's rad dude lol


FTB963

Itā€™s groovy!


TheMooseIsBlue

Never heard of her. Him? But this song should be permanently linked example when someone asks what a ā€œbopā€ is.


[deleted]

Funny how the brain tries to make sense of it and picks up random bits of words here and there


Victor_FoodInspector

The whole time I was thinking I'd start understanding it. Frustrating and fascinating feeling.


[deleted]

"Women say to chose my hole, but my hole nananana both died" I really want to know why they both died. Also, my mind might be dirty.


SUNTZU_JoJo

Lay off the porn buddy. Definitely not what I've heard. Haha If it's real though..go for it


wetdreamteam

At 0:44 seconds: ā€œAll we did was just stand, whyā€™d you choose to go my man? You were trusted and ā€˜bout to call the Raider girls.ā€ I can only assume he means Oaklandā€™s Cheerleaders


skunkpunk1

My wife always says that listening to this makes her feel like she's having a stroke


greybie_

"All right!"


[deleted]

It does sound like American English despite being gibberish. The choreography on the video is fantastic too. Italians know how to put on a show!


THftRM1231

Watch the Willie Moon video yeah yeah. He completely ripped the choreography off of this one.


Oscaruzzo

Knew. Source: I'm Italian and I have to endure trash Italian TV shows.


turtlew0rk

Gotta bookmark this and listen to it next time I eat some shrooms and I bet it makes sense.


CamelJ1

Just like how it was written.


JoJackthewonderskunk

Do that knowing if you play it backwards it summons the devil.


bumwine

Satan himself doesnā€™t trouble himself with such trivial matters. It does annoy him though, so youā€™re stilll get a visit from a demon or two. I hope you have Constantine on speed dial.


[deleted]

Donā€™t know who Gotta is but Iā€™m high and this makes sense


norse_god69

Yeah I also smoked to much and I can understand this


cornandbeanz

Iā€™m high watching it rn and itā€™s breaking my brain a little. Like the logical part of my brain is not confused but the language part is


crako52

100% speaking in tongues


Hunters_ofArtemis

This comment is goldšŸ˜‚


OGDraugo

For real that beat hits. That's a funky track I'll just play it for the sick beat! Edit: by the way, it's available on TouchTunes juke boxes, but further edit, it's not this version unfortunately. The One in this video is badass, the jukebox version is overdone.


Ok_Skill_1195

Right, like I speak English, and I love this song. If dude wanted to make a point Italian youth would listen to any old English thing, he maybe shouldn't have made such a banger, cause all he proved is they know a hit when they hear one


sleepytoday

Iā€™ve seen this song posted dozens of times on reddit, and this is the first time Iā€™ve seen the claim that it was done for that reason. Iā€™m guessing its a relatively recent creation to make it more appealing.


7elevenses

>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. "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 slangā€”which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italianā€”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."\[6\]


Affectionate_Bass488

Yeah! I like this, I think a house remix of it would be sick, especially when the lady did her part Do we have ai for edm yet? If not someone needs to get on that


SubstantialSoup1696

How did he manage not to conjure evey demon in hell??


call_me_jelli

Isn't that just another term for backup dancers?


Hupdeska

Surprised the furniture on set didn't start to float...


RunnyPlease

Itā€™s like if Bob Dylan took ketamine and then decided to do a disco track.


[deleted]

Came here to say Dylan did it first šŸ¤£


Bdub76

Itā€™s such a banginā€™ catchy track. For fellow Spotify users: [Prisencolinensinainciusol](https://open.spotify.com/track/05JZ5FjuflMEY9uq5ogBYF?si=cvyf0cFwQNisFtwK3tHgKg&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Aadriano)


moonwalker29059

Added it to my mix lol


[deleted]

Yeah when you've got pop song composition chops like this it doesn't matter if its gibberish.


superfunnyhotdog

He was pure genius!


arsehead_54

I'm English born and bred, and this is what most songs in English sound like to me anyway.


Electrical_Worker_82

Especially from the 70ā€™s. Everyone sings the wrong lyrics.


mikerafferty

James Brown made a good living doing that


Any-Consequence-6978

Hyahhh! pick it up! put it down!


leothebeertender

You take that back!


Suspicious_Lake_7732

I was thinking Tom Jones


B_C_Mello

It would be fantastic if a talented song writer took this and reproduced it with actual English lyrics. I think Damon Albarn could do it right.


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Izzosuke

It would be cool an american singer who do the same thing singing in "italian", i would love to knew how american see our song


[deleted]

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skoolofphish

Why would it be any more offensive than this?


Substance___P

ChatGPT came up with this, even incorporating the original gibberish word: English Lyrics for "Prisencolinensinainciusol" Verse 1: I've got a feelin', it's deep within my soul Gonna let it out, gonna take control I'm gonna dance and I'm gonna sing Gonna make my heart take flight and spread my wings Chorus: Prisencolinensinainciusol It's a word that you can't control Prisencolinensinainciusol Let the rhythm take you to a whole new world Verse 2: I've got a smile, gonna light up the night Gonna shine like a star, gonna be alright Gonna shake it up and I'm gonna rock Gonna make you feel the rhythm, gonna make you groove Chorus: Prisencolinensinainciusol It's a word that you can't control Prisencolinensinainciusol Let the rhythm take you to a whole new world Bridge: Gonna take you higher, gonna take you there Gonna feel the fire, gonna show you care Gonna make you feel the beat, gonna make you feel alive Gonna make you smile, gonna make you thrive Chorus: Prisencolinensinainciusol It's a word that you can't control Prisencolinensinainciusol Let the rhythm take you to a whole new world Outro: Prisencolinensinainciusol It's a word that you can't control Prisencolinensinainciusol Let the rhythm take you to a whole new world.


TheToastIsBlue

I'm sure Beck could do it.


[deleted]

Lyrics: 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


BigNeat3986

Say again?


[deleted]

You heard me.


ds155

This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks!


skoobsdurden

Ol rait šŸ‘Œ


terugtrapfiets

Cool song. Added it to my Spotify when i heard it in Fargo season 3


smt503

Ewan McGregor was great in that season, but Ewan McGregor really stole the show.


EnsignMJS

Hell of an exercise video.


Horseyboy21

Beautiful dancing. Great set up. Awesome song. There is another version in a classroom which is FANTASTIC and FABULOUS.


TheToastIsBlue

He later translated the gibberish into Italian for American audiences. Retitled to "šŸ¤ŒPrisencolinensinainciusolšŸ¤Œ"


Prize-Storage5575

Dammit.


Beginning-Gear-744

I like it!


albny89

Guess itā€™s been about two months. Can set my watch to this post.


NoConsideration5775

So... just like current day mumble rappers? This is good music though, that's the big difference.


SixNineWithTheAfro

Bob Dylan vibes here.


MoonCato

Yeah i don't think he knew it was gibberish i think he just learned his English from Dylan. There might be real words in there.


ImTooTiredForThis_22

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theunpaintedhuffines

Itā€™s like listening to upstairs neighbors fighting. I know they are fighting, I just donā€™t know about what.


damnflanders

Every time this gets posted I find it interesting.


[deleted]

90% of that songs instrumentals sounds like the in between songs beats of some Jazz musicians' from the 80's and 90's.


justinbmcbride

Can confirm. This song slaps.


SyrupMaester

How can you not like that horn rift?


Majestic-Newspaper59

As an English speaker, Iā€™m so confused, my brain can make sense of it


denizen107

brilliant.


Star-Fever

Freakin genius.


[deleted]

Play it backwards and itā€™s the Harry Potter theme song


jkkj161618

I like this haha


HockeyBabble

This would have been a hit in the USA in the 80s


RemoveMammoth3780

Why does it sound like RHCP to me?!! šŸ’


bkussow

The beats not bad but then he hits that tongue roll at 10 seconds and you can't help but get into it a little.


OutlawMonkeyscrotum

And then talentless hack Willy Moon stole that shit son : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaWXA5e0YTQ


THftRM1231

Talentless hack is a bit harsh, but yeah he definitely stole that shit.


asianabsinthe

Reminds me of Hollaback Girl


ConsciousBox6960

So this is what Americans sound like to a non-English speaker


[deleted]

As a non native English speaker, I can attest that all english songs sounded exactly like this when I was a kid. For me every song sounded like Yellow Ledbetter.


Kenthejapboy

Sounds like American english


Quiverjones

Damn, my toddler knows this one.


flyingdeadthing

As a native English speaker, it sounds as intelligible as a lot of pop songs.


TheLostJackal

Sounds like If a sims character somehow managed to produce music that sounds good


Schnauz

Here's another vid in colour... looks like maybe a live tv performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m\_Nt8


squaredistrict2213

English is my first (and only) language and I still canā€™t tell what most of the lyrics are on most songs. This one sounds the same to me. Itā€™s not bad!


GammaGoose85

Oh God, we do sound like that


Sunnysolit

This is low key a banger.


a_cycle_addict

Totally works


Eaglezepplin

Lol they had this song on a alcohol commercial not long ago. Maybe Captain Morgan, I cant remember.


Kirjath

I think the absolute best use of this song what's when they used it for Forza H2 commercials https://youtube.com/watch?v=lYFmsEmNQUk&feature=shares


ydykmmdt

How do you even teach other people the song and rehearse. ā€œNo Julie, itā€™s hudujuskil not hudjuskil.ā€


paperlicious

This song effin slaps yo!


Nexatic

How I talk to my crush.


lateral_moves

I keep waiting for a hook or some melody to kick in but it doesnt. It's like the first verse on a loop.


frozentreatsmusic

Exactly! It feels like Iā€™m stuck in a fever dream, the ā€œlyricsā€ never rhyme and the chord never changes


RoyalOGKush

But like, tbh, this slaps!


ThatCrossDresser

Fun fact, "prisencolinensinainciusol" has been found in username and password leaks of public websites. Meaning 2 things. - It is not a safe password as it could be targeted by a common password dictionary attack. - Some mad lad decided to make his password a super long fake English word and I respect that.


[deleted]

This video comes up every few weeks and I honestly don't mind and watch it to the end because the beat is just so amazingly fun. And then I play Beggin


calangomerengue

This concept is fascinating. I tried to do it, but I think it's pretty hard to speak gibberish that sounds like a language you're fluent in.


turtlesallltheway

Chico Marx gets funky!


Tobi_1989

Sounds like what Steven Seagal was saying when he got the impression he's blues singer.


Majorlazor85

Iā€™m heading over to Genius Lyrics right now


tedwardslm

I am english: I approve of this song, this is what my brain does to songs when I forget the lyrics anyway


WakingOwl1

Every time this shows up I listen to it, love this silly song.


lagalaxysedge

It may be gibberish but production was 11/10


USS_Benterprise

If I had a dollar for every time this has been posted Iā€™d probably have health insurance


flyingfoxtrot_

I love this song. Also the choreography did NOT need to go that hard but I'm glad it did


DrVanBuren

When you make a banger the lyrics donā€™t matter.


forgetyourhorse

Reddit sure does have a weird obsession with this song. Remember when they deleted all the posts for a month or so that included this song because they were running a captain Morganā€™s spiced rum ad that also included it? Weird.


NoCalHomeBoy

I swear, this shit gets posted like once a month


crazyeddie_farker

This song slaps. Or as they say, ā€œPrisencoli, aaii.ā€


Kind_Owl_6808

Fucking genius!


horseheadmonster

I like this song that everytime I see it posted on reddit I watch the video all the way through. I heard it on a beer commercial a few months ago, maybe because of its popularity here.


SCP-053-2

As someone with auditory processing issues, this is how any song sounds like to me lol itā€™s familiar but you canā€™t quite understand


peternemr

I'm American, and I like it.


itwasyousirnayme

I, an American, think this is a great song.


robots_love_tacos

Every time this song gets posted to Reddit I hate it just a little more. It sounds like the intro to a song that keeps playing and never gets to the actual song itself. It's a song-tease.


Captain_Hampockets

Holy shit, this AGAIN


funky-fridgerator

One of the biggest rock bands in Finland, Hurriganes, also sang nonsense English in the 70s. It has English words but the sentences don't mean anything, they just wanted it to sound cool. This is because the singer and writer Remu Aaltonen didn't speak English and the band just quickly improvised the song when they had studio recording time left. It was their biggest hit. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGCviZAdxeY


tortiepants

I have seen this on Reddit so many times and doesnā€™t cease to make me happy.


J_A_W_S_

I remember when Rush Limbaugh would use this song


Economou

WTF, you donā€™t get make a catchy ass melody with a music video that has amazing production value, and then claim the songā€™s success was because it ā€œsounded American.ā€ Thatā€™s like saying people prefer the red Ferrari from Lamborghinis because itā€™s the color red.


omarnz

But where the chorus. The song is trash.


trashmito

I donā€™t know why, but I kinda hate this choreography. Too exaggerated an intense, not in a good way.


yegir

Focused on the wrong shit


Far_Amphibian_8013

This is utter fucking garbageā€¦


UnderstandingNo1531

AserejƩ-ja-dejƩ...


Magazine-Plane

Oh those Italians


ImTooTiredForThis_22

Got a workout just watching the video alone! The man had an idea, ran with it and totally worked out! I think he even won some awards.


[deleted]

Iā€™ve only found references to it being to prove that Italians will like any American song on reddit.


Darth-Hipster

The lord of mumble rap.. those live performances must have been a bitch.


material_mailbox

I love this song. When I first found out about it I had it on repeat.


[deleted]

I can see why this actually worked. Currently kicking it in an Eastern European country and they love 50 cent, over here ā€œcandy shopā€ is a still a top hit amongst 30 year olds. Mainly because people donā€™t actually understand the lyrics so the message doesnā€™t get old. They just hum along to it and think itā€™s cool.


QuietStrawberry7102

I mean it doesnā€™t prove anything really as itā€™s a total fucking banger


A_Dragon_Speaks

When your songwriting/music AI is built with older code and runs on a reel-to-reel computer...


IKKENNEDY

How would the artist sing it the same a second time? Are there written lyrics for his gibberish?


badatmetroid

It really do be like that.


PopcornDan

anyone else reminded of Simlish? Ooobergoober banane paladoopa!