Amazing songs with unintelligible lyrics

[Mysterian]

What I came home to playing in the house and thought this might be a fun thread

Hahaha- this was actually the exact song I would have posted. Used to listen to this often, back in the day, despite not knowing what the fluke Vedder was talking about.

 

[Mysterian]

I may have a winner. Discovered this by accident years ago.

This song was written in complete gibberish, because the songwriter noticed how often Italians were enjoying English-language music while never understanding the lyrics.

Basically, this is how Americans sound to Italians. And the song is actually catchy in a weird way.

Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

I'm using this particular video because you people need to see all this dancing:

 

[Mysterian]

Faith No More - Das Schutzenfest

It's just in another language is all. I miss Faith No More...

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

A friend from China.
My English must be bad. I can't understand anything.
Neither can native English speakers.

Laughter ensued.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Falco- Rock Me Amadeus It might not be unintelligible if you speak German, but I don't Either way, it is a cool song.

 

[disneychrista]

It was confusing but after I learned about "Movin' in" I can never hear it any other way.

I don't know if it was always clear to me or if it only became clear after learning the lyrics but it seems pretty clear "movin' in" when I hear it now.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Volbeat Still Counting makes 99% no sense but the word that I can make out would blotted out on a clean version, the rest is fine but I can't understand it, an irony I find very amusing.

 

[LuvOrlando]

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

 

[Imzadi]

It was confusing but after I learned about "Movin' in" I can never hear it any other way.

I don't know if it was always clear to me or if it only became clear after learning the lyrics but it seems pretty clear "movin' in" when I hear it now.

Exactly. When I first heard it, it sounded like he was saying, "I'm not talking 'bout the millennium," which didn't make sense since it was written & released in 1976. And there was no Internet back then to look up the lyrics. So, that one was confusing for a number of years. Of course, when I finally found out what the words were, it then made sense and I hear the actual words now.

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

Almost anything by Michael McDonald, whether as the lead singer or backing singer. Here’s just one example:
Yah Mo B There by James Ingram (Michael singing key parts)

 

[Lumpy1106]

What I came home to playing in the house and thought this might be a fun thread

This song - WOW. Glad you started the thread with it because it's the only one I think of. Hey, let's look up the actual lyrics! That will clear it up. Nope.
https://www.google.com/search?q=yel...512j0i512l4.6106j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Unsealed on a porch a letter sat
Then you said I wanna leave it again
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand I wanna leave it again, yeah
On a weekend wanna wish it all away
And they called and I said that I want what I said
And then I call out again
And the reason oughtta leave her calm, I know
I said I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Oh yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch
Yeah but they don't wave
I see them
'Round the front way, yeah
And I know and I know I don't want to stay
Make me cry
I see
I don't know, there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
Oh, I said I don't, I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Oh yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch
Yeah but they don't wave
I see them
'Round the front way, yeah
And I know and I know I don't want to stay
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay, oh no
Yeah
Oh, oh
Oh, oh

Yeah, still really confused...

 

[GoingSince1990]

Is this cheating?

 

[Lumpy1106]

Resurrecting this thread because I heard a classic from the 80's that I just could not decipher. The crazy thing is it's the dramatic part where he actually says, "I turn to her and say..." That should be a pretty important, very clear message but...huh?

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

So this should be In the Garden of Eden

instead we have iconic gibberish

Oh but it was. It was.

 

[Lord Manhammer]

I may have a winner. Discovered this by accident years ago.

This song was written in complete gibberish, because the songwriter noticed how often Italians were enjoying English-language music while never understanding the lyrics.

Basically, this is how Americans sound to Italians. And the song is actually catchy in a weird way.

Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

I'm using this particular video because you people need to see all this dancing:

What in the wide wide world of sports did I just watch? The embedded video wasn't working so I did a search on YouTube. I can never unseen that goofy dancing.

 

[Lord Manhammer]

This one might be cheating too...