Saturday, May 6, 2023

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano
3:61
single, 1972
Written by Adriano Celentano

Looped horns and drumbeats, with deliberately gibberish lyrics.  No, it's not the Digitial Underground!  It's a folk-funk number by an Italian guy taking the mickey out of English-language hits.  It's so catchy, though.  It sounds a little bit like Bob Dylan, or at least someone impersonating Dylan.  Who knew grammalot would crack the Top Ten in three countries?  I guess Celentano did.

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