Italian singer Adriano Celentano released a song in the 70s with nonsense lyrics meant to sound like American English, apparently to prove Italians would like any English song. It was a huge hit
Italian singer Adriano Celentano released a song in the 70s with nonsense lyrics meant to sound like American English, apparently to prove Italians would like any English song. It was a huge hit
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As a native English speaker, I find this a neat little mental exercise in trying to imagine what English sounds like to someone who doesn’t speak it. It’s like hearing my own language again for the first time.
Does anyone have the lyrics?
I think this was a hit in many countries but actually not that big in Italy.
Also I think this “to prove Italians would like any English song” is made up.
The part when he speaks to the mirror cracks me up everytime
It’s quite catchy. Shame they forgot to write a chorus. 😉
I mean it’s kind of a bop, if he wanted to prove they’d listen to anything if it sounded English it shouldn’t have been so good
He went full Italian at 0:45
Reminds me of this – https://youtu.be/Vt4Dfa4fOEY
It all about the beat
It’s a banger tbf