“Prisencolinensinainciusol”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

"Prisencolinensinainciusol" ({{IPA-it|prizeŋkolinensinainˈtʃuːzol|pron}}; referred to on the single cover as "Prisencólinensináinciúsol") is a song composed by Italian singer Adriano Celentano, and performed by Celentano and his wife, singer/actress-turned-record producer Claudia Mori. It was released as a single in 1972, and a popular performance of the song was broadcast on RAI.

Language

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".^[1] Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communications barriers. "Ever since I started singing, I was very influenced by American music and everything Americans did. So at a certain point, because I like American slang—which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italian—I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate. And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn't mean anything."^[2]

In this case, Celentano exemplifies the linguistic concept of glossolalia. This is the phenomenon where someone uses a foreign language which they normally cannot speak. He uses sounds borrowed from American English, which form no words at all, and therefore have no discernible meaning.

Releases and versions

The original version of the track was released as a single on 3 November 1972, and appeared on Celentano's album Nostalrock the following year. The song appeared on the 2008 dance compilation album Poplife Sucks.^[3] Celentano later recorded a version with real Italian lyrics; this version, released on his 1994 album Quel Punto, was named "Il Seme del Rap" and served as a hip hop parody. In 2016, Celentano released a new recording of the song (with the original lyrics); this version featured the music of Benny Benassi and vocals from Mina.

Celentano performed the song at least twice on Italian television. In one broadcast, he dances with Raffaella Carrà, who lip-synchs to Mori's vocals. In a second broadcast, the song appears in a comedy sketch in which he portrays a teacher. Video clips of both performances, both separate and edited together, began to appear on YouTube in the late 2000s. It became something of an Internet meme,^[4] and in 2009 it was posted to Boing Boing,^[5] and subsequently saw renewed interest in the Italian media.^[6]

In 1992, remixes of the song by Molella and Fargetta were released on CD Single, along with the original version, to promote the compilation Superbest. An interpretation of part of the song by French actor José Garcia appeared in the 2002 film Quelqu'un de bien; a full version of this interpretation was released as a single with the title "Prisencoli". In 2008, Italian singer Bugo covered the song, which he played on tour around Italy. A remix by the Spanish DJ duo Los Massieras was released in 2010 under the title "Allrighty".^[7]

In September 2017, the American rock group Tub Ring released an album called "A Choice of Catastrophes", which includes a cover of Prisencolinensinainciusol.

In 2017, the song was included in the soundtrack of "The law of vacant places", the first episode of the third season of the FX television series Fargo.

In 2018, the song was included in the soundtrack of "Lone Star", the second episode of the FX television series Trust.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

See also

References

1. ^{{cite book | last = Kroes | first = Rob | title = Cultural Transmissions and Receptions: American Mass Culture in Europe | publisher = Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | location = Austin Tex. | year = 1993 | isbn = 978-90-5383-207-3 | page=147 }}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Raz|first1=Guy|title=It's Gibberish, But Italian Pop Song Still Means Something|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=164206468|accessdate=29 September 2014|work=All Things Considered|agency=NPR|date=4 November 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1415649/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review Poplife Presents: Poplife Sucks|last=Anderson|first=Rick |publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=8 January 2010}}
4. ^Celentano conquista i blogger americani. Wired Italy. 2009-12-18.
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://boingboing.net/2009/12/17/gibberish-rock-song.html|title=Review Gibberish rock song written by Italian composer to sound like English|last=Doctorow|first=Cory |publisher=BoingBoing|accessdate=17 December 2009}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www3.lastampa.it/musica/sezioni/indieweb/articolo/lstp/173112/|title=Review Usa, scoppia la Celentano-mania tutti pazzi per un brano del '72|publisher="LaStampa"|accessdate=22 December 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522131034/http://www3.lastampa.it/musica/sezioni/indieweb/articolo/lstp/173112/|archivedate=22 May 2010|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/aniceto83/allrighty-los-massieras|title=Allrighty|date=August 31, 2010}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php?idt=7233|title=Prisencolinensinainciusol/Disc Jockey|language=Italian|accessdate=25 August 2013|publisher=Discografia Nazionale della Canzone Italiana. Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_C.php|publisher=Infodisc.fr|language=French|accessdate=25 August 2013|title=Les Chansons – Détail par Artiste – C|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715220400/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_C.php|archivedate=15 July 2015|df=dmy-all}} Select Adriano CELENTANO, then press OK.
10. ^¹{{Citeweb|language=it|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1974.htm|title=I singoli più venduti del 1974 |publisher=hitparadeitalie.it|accessdate=20 March 2015}}