It's Gibberish, But Italian Pop Song Still Means Something
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#2I think it helped that the dance video is pretty awesome :)
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#3I can't for the life of me remember where I had originally seen this video, but the version I remember seeing was this, which looks like a (visual) remix and is the far more nonsensical (and memorable) one, IMO:
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#4Reminds me of hearing pop songs in Asian restaurants that sound like English but I listen more closely and understand none of the words.
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#5Anyone else remember that latin pop song "Asereje" by Las Ketchup? You're probably dancing to it on your game console right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzyYYZsxGc
The chorus is a nonsense, a spanish-sounding reproduction of Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
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#6Reminds me of when I was a child, didn't understand English (not my native language) yet, and heard American songs on the radio!
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#7There is a band called Fantomas that does something very similar. The voice is more of an instrument that moves the listener through the music.
Re: It's Gibberish, But Italian Pop Song Still Means Something
#8There is a band called Fantomas that does something very similar. The voice is more of an instrument that moves the listener through the music.
Try listening to old Cocteau Twins sometime. Similar effect, except Elizabeth Fraser is actually singing in English.
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#9I'm amazed at how well he has the sounds down. I'd never peg him as Italian, and I probably wouldn't realize it was gibberish until the backup singers did it slowly; I'd think I was just failing to get it, like listening to Dylan on a bad day.
I'm amazed at the contrast with British actors trying to do American accents, which never fool me; is it easier to do it with gibberish, or is he just unusually good at mimicking American sounds?
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#10I can't for the life of me remember where I had originally seen this video, but the version I remember seeing was this, which looks like a (visual) remix and is the far more nonsensical (and memorable) one, IMO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZXcRqFmFa8
This is one with English sub-titles: