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Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

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What it is

A 1972 song by Adriano Celentano whose lyrics are nonsense syllables designed to sound like American English to non-English speakers. It is a rock and rap-flavored novelty track with a video.

Why Hacker News recommends it

It comes up whenever threads touch on fake languages, accents, or gibberish that sounds plausible, and commenters like sharing it with people who haven't heard it.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “there are always newcomers who haven't had their brain melted by it”

    SavantIdiot, 2021-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Fakelish – Fake English word generator”

  2. “There's a fantastic English-sounding song by an italian singer”

    sangnoir, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “How to Master an Accent”

  3. “Works amazingly well.”

    Gibberish song imitating American English

    Andrex, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “Name one thing in this photo”

  4. “For anyone who hasn't seen it before, here's a song by an Italian composer made to sound like American English”

    Shows English speakers what English sounds like to others

    Izkata, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Walmart pulls children's toy that swears and sings in Polish about doing cocaine”

  5. “My favorite is the Italian music video of a high school class where they sing in made up English.”

    Music video singing made-up English

    dr_dshiv, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “How Wes Anderson Turned The New Yorker Into “The French Dispatch””

  6. “Quite catchy.”

    Song about the inability to communicate, in fake English

    throw0101c, 2024-03 · Recommendation · in “Fans quitting Spotify to save their love of music (2022)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: celentano, gibberish, accents, italian music, 1972

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