Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Gibberish rock song written by Italian composer to sound like English

In this remarkable and fully rockin' video, an Italian singer performs 
a rock piece whose lyrics are gibberish intended to sound like English. 
Entitled "What English Sounds Like to Foreigners," 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, too, 
though like English as sung in such a way as to make it hard to 
decipher.
http://boingboing.net/2009/12/17/gibberish-rock-song.html

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It is as intelligible as about 98% (unscientifically calculated) of every 
rock song ever written. I guess I've given up on trying to understand the 
lyrics (as one of the commenters pointed out: it's a disappointment to learn 
the actual lyrics after enjoying some songs) and just enjoy the music for 
itself.
I did distinguish some actual, individual words, but no cohesive context that 
would turn them into meaningful lyrics.
-- 
Joey from NY

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I understood every word of it. But then, I understand every word of 
Italian songs that I hear, too.

Renee ha scritto:
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C'avrei giurato che era questa...

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That's the most famous but it's not the only one he wrote in "Celentanese".
Here another example (1972, I think), from 2:45 (toward the end in Italian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZo_MUtbPKI

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZo_MUtbPKI
Ever heard of Denglish?
German - English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLbvffkibyY
Do you speak English? 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G79hrhGa-hA&feature=PlayList&p=E8CC87E7D56F585A&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=63

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G79hrhGa-hA&feature=PlayList&p=E8CC87E7D56F585A&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=63
lol... in fact, to avoid this I learnt a bit of French ;-)

 lol... in fact, to avoid this I learnt a bit of French ;-)
you would be in trouble in the land of clogs and windmills then :P

 cohesive context that would turn them into meaningful lyrics.
I wonder why they sing. They could just play guitar and drums
and keep their mouth closed.
Sometimes their voice is really a musical instrument.
Sometimes they sing poetry trying to conceal the words in a
foggy music.
Boh.
BTW, RIP Tuli Kupferberg (The Fugs)
-- 
"Les gens qui ont bonne conscience ont souvent mauvaise
mémoire."
                -- Jacques Brel

 cohesive context that would turn them into meaningful lyrics.
Adriano Celentano is the greatest Italian singer of the last 50
years.
An illitterate genius.
Imagine an Elvis Presley+Frank Sinatra.
He began his career acting as a mix of Jerry Lewis and Jerry Lee
Lewis. His knowledge of English was just what needed to perform
american rock'n'roll songs, i.e. almost nothing.
In fact he has also some problem with Italian...
Very popular in Russia too.
p.s. I think he has something in common with Mr. Berlusconi, not
sure what.
-- 
"I don't pray because I don't want to bore God."
                -- Orson Welles

 Boh.
There's something to be said for be-bop and scat singing, but in those cases 
no attempt is made to have the ''words' appear to be real.
I grew up with rock 'n roll, a lot of which was just nonsense syllables, 
rhyme-, rhythm- and place-holders, but again: no attempt was made to have 
these sound like real words.
In this case it was an obvious attempt to mimic English, and I take it for 
that; it's entertaining and fun.
-- 
Joey from NY

 sure what.
hmmmm
-- 
Joey from NY