Prisencolinensinainciusol anyone?

Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing commenting on a 1972 song by the Italian singer Adriano Celentano, intended to sound like English (it's pure English gibberish, the song is titled "Prisencolinensinainciusol"):

"[...] the video is meant to illustrate which English phonemes and syllables carry into the foreign ear, but I tell you what, it sounded like English to me [...]"

The bast part are the comments - here's our top ten:

10) Not only does he manage to capture the essence of our music, but also our national foreign and domestic policy as well.
anansi133

9) The whole thing sounded a lot more like English to me than anything I ever heard a cab driver say in Edinburgh.
Ito Kagehisa

8) Anyone heard of lorem ipsum...?
Anonymous

7) Can't you people recognize Finnegan's Wake when put to music?
Bl0tt0

6) As easy to understand as Bob Dylan ever is.
Baldhead

5) It does sound a lot like "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
Marchhare

4) It's tricky. Like looking at stereograms with your bare eyes, no stereoscope.
jaytkay

3) I look forward to potential ukulele girl covers.
Ted8305

2) Some bored Star Trek fan will adopt this as a language and create a culture based on this one video.
InsertFingerHere

1) It's like having an aneurysm.
Trent Hawkins

Do check out the video on BoingBoing:
• Gibberish rock song written by Italian composer to sound like English

Author: Regular Expression, for AZ10.com ~ 19 Dec 2009

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