On Friday, I gave you my oldest draft. Today, I give you my newest, and it started as a meme,
You might have heard about Adriano Celentano, the Italian artist who wrote a song that was complete gibberish but supposed to sound like American English, and whose absolutely bonkers song was an Italian hit.
I had to know if this was true.
It was.
Yep. Celentano and his wife really did this, not to make fun of American English, but to show communication barriers - but also, to show that "ol rait" was a universal sound.
The lyrics do NOT say "all right." They say "ol rait".
Celentano wrote the song over top of a bunch of looped drum beats in the studio and added bass guitar - and not the acoustic guitar he's playing here - and horns. Despite making ABSOLUTELY no sense, it's a remarkably catchy song.
But how the hell do you perform such a dense song live?
In 2012, Celentano did just that, with what looks like a full orchestra. Also, he would have been 74 when he performed this, and he's amazingly spry.
Those of you familiar with the TV show Ted Lasso may think this song sounds familliar.
It is. Season 3, Episode 3, over a montage of Zava.
The song was also part of an
elaborate prank on Italian TV at Will Smith's expense. No word on whether or not he smacked the host and said anything about keeping his wife's name out of anyone's mouth.
In 2016, Celentano rerecorded the song, with additional vocals from Italian star Mina and beats from Benny Benassi. It's got a different feel, but it's clearly the same song.
This was not the first time he had done this. In the 90s he gave his song new lyrics and turned it into the hip hop parody he didn't know he had written in 1972.
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