Probably my favorite English/non-English song in the universe. For anyone who doesn’t know the infectious magnificence… (to coin a phrase)
MTV-style version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-wH8SrFro
(that’s Adriano Celentano’s amazing wife btw, on harmonica, Claudi Mori)Long-form B&W-style art/singing/dancing piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foU3Tgg7VJI
(understandable if you skip to 2:12, where the video kicks in)
(and then check out a bit early, where was some rapper hacks in, oops)Explanation?
JohnnyEnzyme’a comment is an excellent breakdown of everything. But the quick and short is that is an Italian / English inside joke from five decades ago.
You are in for a treat.
Lol that’s what all songs sounds like to me. TBF I’m french… But french songs are the same gibberish as English songs
Nicely done. Took me a second to parse it.
Now I need to find a friend I can share this with
I showed it to my wife and she did not get it. Then I played her the song. She has heard it before but this time she started thinking she was stroking out during an aphasia induced panic attack. So that was fun.




