The History of "Prisencolinensinainciusol"
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by NaOH
11 hours ago
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| dirkdeklein.net
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peteforde
4 hours ago
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It is criminal to read an article about one of the catchiest songs of that decade and not see at least one of the excellent videos embedded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ee1gxJvVi4

Just make sure that you switch to the Italian audio track when the music kicks in or you will be profoundly confused by the auto-dubbing attempting to translate for you.

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riffraff
54 minutes ago
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I prefer the black&white version with headbanging Raffaella Carrà but alas, I can't find a proper version ATM.

Peak early 70s.

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cubefox
33 minutes ago
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Song starts at 1:41.
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readthenotes1
3 hours ago
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There is a YouTube link in the article.
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pavel_lishin
6 hours ago
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This doesn't feel like much of an article. I know it's gauche to accuse something of being AI written, but even if this is written by a human, this feels like something that a student would scribble in their notebook on the bus ride to school to turn in for their first period class.
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archonis
6 hours ago
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Seriously. Exploring the topic and jumping from 1970s to 2003 without mentioning the Cocteau Twins is criminal.
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whynotmaybe
5 hours ago
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And missing the point that Urban Trad did a complete album, not just Sanomi
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lstodd
5 hours ago
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And everyone forgets Dead Can Dance ofc
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legerdemain
1 hour ago
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This... doesn't explain anything about the song. Not its writing, not its production, not the music video. It's just a list of platitudes. Even the Atlas Obscura article has more content.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/deep-roots-italian-son...

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whycome
35 minutes ago
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This is what I named my Bluetooth speaker.
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buildsjets
6 hours ago
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Kikagaku Moyo does this with Japanese Psychedelic Rock. “Monaka” is a fine example.

https://kikagakumoyo.com/works/kumoyo-island/

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trilogic
3 hours ago
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Adriano sei forte uei! (Meaning: Adriano You´re cool Hey), an Italian LEGEND very smart rich in all and humble, (you too Claudia) from somebody you used to know :)
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smitty1e
6 hours ago
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It sounds as though this set the precedent for "I, Zimbra" by Talking Heads.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2zdlkG9g5Mt0alUdqn7s3D?si=L1N...

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dhosek
6 hours ago
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I zimbra used an existing nonsense word poem by Hugo Ball which predates this by quite a bit.

I’m drawing a blank on the 60s or 70s pop song which had fake non English lyrics in some part of it. Amusingly in this context, the French lyrics in Psycho Killer are legitimate.

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