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by philwelch 2615 days ago
Well, now I know what's going on if the real world starts looking like that. And I bet it will sound like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8
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For anyone wondering what that is:

> The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, vaguely reminiscent of Bob Dylan, but the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words "all right". Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol

After a little therapy, it will sound like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnkK2YEcE
That song is brilliant. I think the video detracts a bit. I recommend just listening to it.

My understanding is that it's entirely comprised of sampled clips. A triumph of sound engineering.

I mean, Coldcut, DJ Shadow and the like were making sample-fests in the early 90s. The word is, Shadow's sampler of choise MPC60 can hold only something like 12 or 16 samples at a time, so the magic was him making ‘Endtroducing’ out of that.
This is one of the more delightful things I’ve come across on the internet. I always end up watching it all the way through. It’s remarkably catchy!
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Oh, that's Geordie.