The History of "Prisencolinensinainciusol"

(dirkdeklein.net)

55 points | by NaOH a day ago ago

23 comments

  • legerdemain a day ago ago

    This... doesn't explain anything about the song. Not its writing, not its production, not the music video. It's just a list of platitudes. Even the Atlas Obscura article has more content.

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/deep-roots-italian-son...

  • pavel_lishin a day ago ago

    This doesn't feel like much of an article. I know it's gauche to accuse something of being AI written, but even if this is written by a human, this feels like something that a student would scribble in their notebook on the bus ride to school to turn in for their first period class.

  • peteforde a day ago ago

    It is criminal to read an article about one of the catchiest songs of that decade and not see at least one of the excellent videos embedded.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ee1gxJvVi4

    Just make sure that you switch to the Italian audio track when the music kicks in or you will be profoundly confused by the auto-dubbing attempting to translate for you.

    • cbdevidal 15 hours ago ago

      It's funny to me that he wrote the song to prove that his fans would buy any American-sounding song no matter the lyrics, but it was such a banger that even we in America love to listen to it. Backfired in the best way possible.

    • riffraff a day ago ago

      I prefer the black&white version with headbanging Raffaella Carrà but alas, I can't find a proper version ATM.

      Peak early 70s.

    • readthenotes1 a day ago ago

      There is a YouTube link in the article.

    • cubefox a day ago ago

      Song starts at 1:41.

  • buildsjets a day ago ago

    Kikagaku Moyo does this with Japanese Psychedelic Rock. “Monaka” is a fine example.

    https://kikagakumoyo.com/works/kumoyo-island/

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  • trilogic a day ago ago

    Adriano sei forte uei! (Meaning: Adriano You´re cool Hey), an Italian LEGEND very smart rich in all and humble, (you too Claudia) from somebody you used to know :)

    • toyg 21 hours ago ago

      Celentano and Moro are many things, but humble is not one of them... He's a preachy Catholic bore, completely detached from reality; and she's deluded that they're still big stars. They used to be something, but they've long since said anything worth listening to.

      • trilogic 20 hours ago ago

        Adriano is charismatic (public confirms it, they pay for his songs and movies). Claudia Mori beside being a beautiful actress and singer, was the public relation heart, which paid off very well. When I met them they were funny and happy, also by induction the typical VIP behavior. Everyone has a bad day sometime but Overall,they get a very positive sentiment. Still listening to: in tanto il tempo se ne va ....

  • whycome a day ago ago

    This is what I named my Bluetooth speaker.

    • cbdevidal 15 hours ago ago

      Make it your Wifi password too lol

  • mvdtnz 5 hours ago ago

    Ken Jennings (of Jeopardy / Simpsons fame) has an excellent podcast called Omnibus which covered this song. Thanks to them this excellent tune entered my regular rotation, and I strongly recommend a listen (to the podcast and the song).

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/prisencolinensinainciu...

  • smitty1e a day ago ago

    It sounds as though this set the precedent for "I, Zimbra" by Talking Heads.

    https://open.spotify.com/track/2zdlkG9g5Mt0alUdqn7s3D?si=L1N...

    • dhosek a day ago ago

      I zimbra used an existing nonsense word poem by Hugo Ball which predates this by quite a bit.

      I’m drawing a blank on the 60s or 70s pop song which had fake non English lyrics in some part of it. Amusingly in this context, the French lyrics in Psycho Killer are legitimate.

  • zombot 18 hours ago ago

    Not the name of a Welsh village? I am disappointed.