# What could this song be about? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562 "2010-05-15T18:22:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562/1 "2010-05-15T18:22:32Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=563204) about how English sounds to speakers of other languages, [this clip](http://boingboing.net/2009/12/17/gibberish-rock-song.html) was referred to. Granted that it’s gibberish, what do you think this song could be about? What kind of lyrics would fit the production? I’m trying to peg the aesthetics, and I’m close to concluding that if it weren’t in fact gibberish, it probably would be close to it all the same. Maybe a superficial anthem, or an empty narrative. Clearly not a ballad. Nor is it a rally cry; there’s no dominating chorus. An ode? Hardly; the imagery of the set design rules that out. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562/2 "2010-05-15T19:42:46Z")
There was a reference to a YouTube clip which I followed up. The interesting bit is the speech pattern, where Italian speech seems like a continuous stream with rather a lot of words, and not all that efficient in getting information across quickly, so that lots of gestures and non-verbal tricks need to be used. The pseudo English does seem a little bit pedestrian, but it leaves a whole lot more room within it. The song itself reminded me of this [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_9As_2VAg) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15KL9f38sJ0) ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562/3 "2010-05-15T20:02:58Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544287) I transcribed the lyrics to this song, so you don’t have to wonder anymore. > [@](#): > > With insane and shoes now home build your scene in a whole rain, maybe get yer’ color boss tide. > > Brrrrrrr… Chickens and wine begin to cool, baby sustain, yeah, built yo’ hole! > > With insane and shoes now home build your scene in a whole rain, maybe get’cher color boss tide? > > When it’s a shame, I do the coffee steam. You know for trouble now but Jersey girls pray for this jam. > > You the comin’ up choose no wife, I’m not sure, hoba-hoba this skin, lob a cobra no time! > > Oh, but differences stand, like the shoes of Gobo Man. Cuba cost too, the rap’s called Dufresne a girls. > > Hold something… > > Aye-ayes lie senseless. Benny Hill so go with diesel. Eyes. > > You can call May to say one Prisencolinensinainciusol. All right! > > Aye-ayes mine senseless, any gold so go with bizzo. Eyes. > > Prisencolinensinainciusol. All right! > > What else? You don’t sleep and now you’re givin’a scene, to line the chips you knob a duff-hole, had a good time. Let Fraser know. > > We’ve been seein’ in his tail, run these shoes in Como pail. This is too many cars and over four world he grinds a stain. > > Aye-ayes might chance let, and a hilt so go with Beezo. Eyes. > > You can call May to say one Prisencolinensinainciusol. All right! > > You da’ Hershey in our bills, eekin’ outta my door, less braver do that you lyin’ pleatinyole. (?) > > Aye-ayes might sense let, any gill some frow with beezil. Ayes. > > You can call May to say one Prisencolinensinainciusol. All right! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562/4 "2010-05-15T20:49:34Z")
I heard it as similar to Mambo No. 5, at least in musical style. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562/5 "2010-05-16T00:22:35Z")
I found this months ago and when the first few times I heard it, I thought it was remarkable how much it sounded like English gibberish. But now when I listen to it, I can’t help but think it sounds like German. Anyway, to the OP, I’m sure you’ve already read **cuauhtemoc** ’s lyrics. The lyrics aren’t literal of course, but they never are. I mean, nobody ever really left a cake out in the rain. I think the song is about sex. Possibly between two animals, but that may just be referring to the animal lust occurring between a man and a woman who met on a train, or maybe in a homeless shelter. And there are circus performers involved. Or maybe a trapeze. Or maybe a Volkswagen filled with clowns. Or maybe not. I’m no expert on lyrical analysis. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562/6 "2010-05-16T20:52:41Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544287) I transcribed the lyrics to this song, so you don’t have to wonder anymore. Ah, thanks. That’s what I _thought_ he was saying, but I just wanted to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-this-song-be-about/539562/7 "2010-05-16T22:35:29Z")
What I want to know, is why have I subjected myself to that video like 20 times in the last two days? Make it stop. My OCD led me to YouTube, where it became apparent that Adriano Celentano recorded the song once in the 70s and has been lip-syncing ever since.