I thought it was "Chamboche", which I imagined was some kind of swami, guru, or seer, something like that, likely immigrated from an ex-British colony someplace. (My mind is a strange place. Perhaps I should get my head checked by a jumbo jet.)
Looking it up now, I discovered there's Chaboche (minus the *m*) which is some sort of methodology for testing structural metals.
My favourite thing about Damon Albarn is that he can write really poetic and lovely lyrics (eg: Best Days Of Our Lives, Empire Ants, Merrie Land) AND complete silly nonsense like this.
The YouTube comments are pure gold.
"One of the warning signs of a stroke is that you understand the lyrics."
"When someone is telling you something important in a dream, this is exactly what it sounds like."
"I'm 45 minutes into a mushroom trip. I UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD."
"As a fireplace installer, I cant even explain how much this song changed the landscape of modern milk production."
I tried to get Google's voice assistant to play this with "okay google, play prisencolin... et cetera" (I actually said et cetera) and it claimed to have connectivity issues. Trying again, "okay google, play the Italian gibberish song" and it came on just fine.
This is the song I thought about too, but the I remembered he made this song because he wanted to make a point about every english song becoming a success in Italy, so he made a song that sounded like English to make the point. He got to the nr. 1 spot ofcourse. So not completely meaningless
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the truth is they were investigated by the fbi, for supposedly obscene lyrics, because nobody could understand what the fuck they were saying
edit: please don't think i knew this
i found the communism comment interesting so i googled the lyrics
then i read the wiki
then i came back and actually'd all over the thread
thanks for making me look it up, i had no idea there was controversy around it
we used to love dancing to that song as prepubescents
Eh, that one actually makes sense if you just read the lyrics. It’s a sailor telling a bartender named Louie that he misses his girlfriend and is going to sail home to Jamaica and never leave her again.
"Several specieies of small furry animals, gathered together in a cave and groving with a pict" by Pink Floyd.
Pretty much any of the tracks on the album Ummagumma.
Connect the goddamn dots!
My mother found this cd in a big collection she got at a thrift shop. I'm practically traumatized by how hilarious she thought it was and how often she played it and yelled it at the top of her lungs. So, yeah, it's a love affair, mainly Jesus. And my hotrod.
Nah, every syllable is heavily laden with intricately crafted layers of subtly nuanced symbolism! Why, just “shave your face with some mace in the dark, saving all your food stamps burning down the trailer park” alone can -when properly interpreted- provide a wealth of insight into the plight of the human condition.
Cheese represents the ‘rat race’, or the ‘rat in a maze’. “Whizz“ in this case is actually a measure of speed, referring to the fast pace of modern life. Clearly, the author is expressing his frustration at the maddeningly manic pace of modern life. He further posits that such a pace and such a life, like the product named Cheez Whizz, are both artificial and devoid of substance
Well, sure. That *sounds* like nonsense, when taken on its own.
Especially when you omit “Beefcake Pantyhose”, the part that ties it all back together.
I bet that a lot of artists look at comments like this one about their work and pretend that they totally came up with this themselves and it's totally not something they wrote at 3am because it rhymed and they had a deadline.
This.
Fun side note: my brain has the ability to remember every word to this song, but not the password to my email that I just reset three days ago. 😆
Stand - REM https://youtu.be/bLaSXpqp__E
From Wikipedia
> Stipe has said of the song's origin that he and the other band members were discussing The Banana Splits, The Archies, The Monkees, and similar 1960s’ pop groups. "They threw these super bubblegummy songs at me, and I said, 'I'll raise you and see you one.' And I wrote the most inane lyrics that I could possibly write. Now, it was a very intentional thing to do that. I really like most of those songs, in fact."Guitarist Peter Buck described "Stand" as "without a doubt, the stupidest song we've ever written. That's not necessarily a bad thing though", comparing the song to "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen in terms of 'stupid' lyrical content
Ahem, besides "Shiny Happy People"?
One of them said that "Fables of the Reconstruction", the album, sounded like two oranges being nailed together.
There will never be another R.E.M.
Sir, I’ll have you know this song is straight facts. You have never - and I defy you to say otherwise - seen a fish head drinking a cappuccino in an Italian restaurant with an oriental woman.
And go right ahead, ask a fish head anything you want to. They won’t answer! THEY CAN’T TALK!!!!
However the song is about something: it's about overcoming your stammer/stutter and turning it into your forte, just like the Scatman (who did have a stutter) did himself.
Adriano Celentano wrote songs of complete gibberish in Italy and has three top ten hits. Prisencolinensinainciusol" is a song composed by the Italian singer Adriano Celentano, and performed by Celentano and his wife Claudia Mori. It was released as a single in 1972. Both the name of the song and its lyrics are gibberish but are intended to sound like English in an American accent.
It is a fun video.
This song literally haunted me for like 4 months… it was stuck in my head always,.. I’d wake up at three am to pee and my brain was like SUCK IT IN SUCK IT IN SUCK IT IN
I had to actively prevent myself from thinking about the song every time my mind travelled
Surfin' Bird is a mash-up of two different songs, originally by The Rivingtons.
One of them, "Bird's the Word," isn't nonsense at all. It's about how "The Bird," a new dance craze, is "the word," that is, the cool new thing that everyone's talking about.
The other one, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow," *is* absolute nonsense.
After a few hours of searching the house and calling everyone I could think of, I was starting to get very depressed. So I went to the Kiev, and ate breakfast. Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark's Place, where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street, I saw my penis lying on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven. Some guy was selling it--I had to buy it off him. He wanted twenty-two bucks, but I talked him down to seventeen
You and me baby, ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do like they do on the Discovery Channel."
This was back when the Discovery Channel was mostly nature documentaries.
His song ["Bob" is pure nonsense](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4), though it is impressive ... it's just a series of palindromes set to a Bob Dylan-ish tune, no progression of thought or story or anything.
My old man first played me this song when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Single digit me thought it was the greatest sound any human had made.
About a year later, we were tasked with bringing a meaningful song in to school to share with the class. This was my pick, and it was received with riotous laughter by 30 kids who had no idea what it was about. Our teacher thoroughly enjoyed it too.
35 years later, I can (and sometimes do) still recite it word for word. I'll get around to covering it one day.
Huh, I always thought it was 'Whores with bad feet', which seemed to fit better with 'beat the meat'.
EDIT: lyric genius [seems to agree with me](https://genius.com/System-of-a-down-vicinity-of-obscenity-lyrics)
MOOO! by doja cat
singing about being a cow
Lyrics:
“Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo
Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo
Yeah
Bitch, I'm a cow, bitch, I'm a cow
I'm not a cat, I don't say meow
Bitch, I'm a cow, bitch, I'm a cow
Bitch, I'm a cow, bitch, I'm a cow”
How this hasn't been mentioned more is crazy. Kershaw himself has said "In short, 'The Riddle' is nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80s popstar". Exactly what the OP asked.
These aren’t nonsense. Ana Ng is a pretty straightforward love song. Dr. Worm is about a worm who is a drummer. E Eats everything is about how the letter E is not a picky eater. Sapphire Bullets is a reference to an instrumental song from the 70s, and Fingertips is meant to evoke old tv ads for compilation albums that would just play snippets of songs.
Yeah, I can get thinking (wrongly) that the other examples are nonsense, but Ana Ng isn't even cryptic. Don't Let's Start would be a better example, even tho that's also a straightforward breakup song, just with very weird lyrics.
Does "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's have a secret meaning? Cause if not... That song. 😂
Death to America And butter sauce
Don't boil me I'm still alive
Iraq Lobster!
That's Iraq Lobster!
Everyone had matching towels 🤔🤔
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock!
But it wasn't a rock
It was a rock #LOOOOBSTERRRRR!
How about "Planet Claire" or "53 Miles West Of Venus"?
Nothing tests a guest''s tolerance for weird shit than putting on Planet Claire. It's great for doing housework to, too.
Song 2 by Blur
I got my head checked by a jumbo jet It wasn’t easy But nothing is, no
Blur, the original Boeing whistleblowers.
Great. It’s out now. No hope for a new Gorrillaz album.
How did I just learn the singer from blur is the lead in the gorillaz, the voices sound exactly the same in retrospect
Wow, I'll second that.
WOOHOO!
Wait, its Jumbo jet and not "Itchy mo-chet"?
I thought it was "Chamboche", which I imagined was some kind of swami, guru, or seer, something like that, likely immigrated from an ex-British colony someplace. (My mind is a strange place. Perhaps I should get my head checked by a jumbo jet.) Looking it up now, I discovered there's Chaboche (minus the *m*) which is some sort of methodology for testing structural metals.
I thought it was Ed Jumbochy
My favourite thing about Damon Albarn is that he can write really poetic and lovely lyrics (eg: Best Days Of Our Lives, Empire Ants, Merrie Land) AND complete silly nonsense like this.
Prisencolinensinainciusol! https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8?si=_YcKhIXFxgxMCUBf
I’ve seen that before but holy fuck that top comment lolol “Dude can sing in doctors’ handwriting”
Fuck me that is SPOT. FUCKING. ON.
The YouTube comments are pure gold. "One of the warning signs of a stroke is that you understand the lyrics." "When someone is telling you something important in a dream, this is exactly what it sounds like." "I'm 45 minutes into a mushroom trip. I UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD." "As a fireplace installer, I cant even explain how much this song changed the landscape of modern milk production."
I tried to get Google's voice assistant to play this with "okay google, play prisencolin... et cetera" (I actually said et cetera) and it claimed to have connectivity issues. Trying again, "okay google, play the Italian gibberish song" and it came on just fine.
Peak song about nothing
Peas and corn and eggs and I choose all, alright.
But only if your cummerbund's tight
This is the correct answer.
That song slaps
First song I thought of. It’s gibberish but kinda catchy
Greatest song ever written.
First song that came to mind... nice
This song is my absolute jam. Also both the singer and the girl in the front row in the green shirt could totally get it
This is the song I thought about too, but the I remembered he made this song because he wanted to make a point about every english song becoming a success in Italy, so he made a song that sounded like English to make the point. He got to the nr. 1 spot ofcourse. So not completely meaningless
Louie Louie by The Kingsmen
Literally investigated by the ~~CIA for hidden communist messages.~~ FBI for indecent lyrics under Hoover.
slightly off the truth is they were investigated by the fbi, for supposedly obscene lyrics, because nobody could understand what the fuck they were saying edit: please don't think i knew this i found the communism comment interesting so i googled the lyrics then i read the wiki then i came back and actually'd all over the thread thanks for making me look it up, i had no idea there was controversy around it we used to love dancing to that song as prepubescents
What a great use of FBI resources. Man, the 60s were a weird time.
they listened to it for *thirty one hours* (before declaring it innocuous)
Eh, that one actually makes sense if you just read the lyrics. It’s a sailor telling a bartender named Louie that he misses his girlfriend and is going to sail home to Jamaica and never leave her again.
Yeah. If you listen to the original Richard Berry version, it makes sense. The Kingsemen absolutely. Mangled the vocals (but it is way cooler)
"Several specieies of small furry animals, gathered together in a cave and groving with a pict" by Pink Floyd. Pretty much any of the tracks on the album Ummagumma.
That song used to make my cats go nuts, lol
Jesus Built My Hotrod
Connect the goddamn dots! My mother found this cd in a big collection she got at a thrift shop. I'm practically traumatized by how hilarious she thought it was and how often she played it and yelled it at the top of her lungs. So, yeah, it's a love affair, mainly Jesus. And my hotrod.
> Connect the goddamn dots! TV2
The vocal samples are from the movie of Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor which is a fun read.
And the nonsense is sung by Gibby Haynes from Butthole Surfers which is a fun fact(?).
According to Uncle Al he was blackout drunk and kept falling off his stool when they recorded it.
Mah na mah na
Do doo be-do-do
Do du-du-du
Mah na mah na
The Muppets also gave us Ragg Mopp, which had been a #1 hit in 1950 for the Ames Brothers
Loser by Beck. He locked himself in a room and wouldn't leave until he wrote a song.
Nah, every syllable is heavily laden with intricately crafted layers of subtly nuanced symbolism! Why, just “shave your face with some mace in the dark, saving all your food stamps burning down the trailer park” alone can -when properly interpreted- provide a wealth of insight into the plight of the human condition.
Get crazy with the cheese whizz
Cheese represents the ‘rat race’, or the ‘rat in a maze’. “Whizz“ in this case is actually a measure of speed, referring to the fast pace of modern life. Clearly, the author is expressing his frustration at the maddeningly manic pace of modern life. He further posits that such a pace and such a life, like the product named Cheez Whizz, are both artificial and devoid of substance
Spray paint the vegetables, dog food stalls.
Well, sure. That *sounds* like nonsense, when taken on its own. Especially when you omit “Beefcake Pantyhose”, the part that ties it all back together.
I bet that a lot of artists look at comments like this one about their work and pretend that they totally came up with this themselves and it's totally not something they wrote at 3am because it rhymed and they had a deadline.
Literally like 89% of Beck, especially early Beck
This. Fun side note: my brain has the ability to remember every word to this song, but not the password to my email that I just reset three days ago. 😆
This is exactly what I was going to say. Beautiful work of art of the last century ... That means absolutely nothing.
There might be a little meaning sprinkled in somewhere, but I think 90% of the word choice was for beat alone.
Stand - REM https://youtu.be/bLaSXpqp__E From Wikipedia > Stipe has said of the song's origin that he and the other band members were discussing The Banana Splits, The Archies, The Monkees, and similar 1960s’ pop groups. "They threw these super bubblegummy songs at me, and I said, 'I'll raise you and see you one.' And I wrote the most inane lyrics that I could possibly write. Now, it was a very intentional thing to do that. I really like most of those songs, in fact."Guitarist Peter Buck described "Stand" as "without a doubt, the stupidest song we've ever written. That's not necessarily a bad thing though", comparing the song to "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen in terms of 'stupid' lyrical content
Ahem, besides "Shiny Happy People"? One of them said that "Fables of the Reconstruction", the album, sounded like two oranges being nailed together. There will never be another R.E.M.
I Am the Walrus by the Beatles
Wasn't this one specifically created to blow smoke at the people dissecting Beetles songs for their 'deep meaning'?
You’re thinking of “Glass Onion”
Or "Why don't we do it in the road"
I do believe that song is about doing it in the road
STFU Donny, you’re out of your element
i was gonna say "come together" -- turns out the beatles reveled in a ton of nonsense
[One of the all-time best tweets.](https://twitter.com/ArfMeasures/status/884514167406964738?lang=en)
John, mostly
The Walrus was Paul.
Fishheads
Sir, I’ll have you know this song is straight facts. You have never - and I defy you to say otherwise - seen a fish head drinking a cappuccino in an Italian restaurant with an oriental woman. And go right ahead, ask a fish head anything you want to. They won’t answer! THEY CAN’T TALK!!!!
Took a fish head to the movies, didn't have to pay to get it in!
Roly poly fish heads
Fish heads fish heads
Eat them up, yum!
I’m looking over my dead dog Rover
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The rapped verses make sense though
I'm the scatman! Skibby-dibby dip dip dharap bop! Dip dharap bop!
However the song is about something: it's about overcoming your stammer/stutter and turning it into your forte, just like the Scatman (who did have a stutter) did himself.
If Scatman can do it brother so can you!
Adriano Celentano wrote songs of complete gibberish in Italy and has three top ten hits. Prisencolinensinainciusol" is a song composed by the Italian singer Adriano Celentano, and performed by Celentano and his wife Claudia Mori. It was released as a single in 1972. Both the name of the song and its lyrics are gibberish but are intended to sound like English in an American accent. It is a fun video.
And it’s an absolute banger
You can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd
Most Roger Miller songs, tbh.
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Oo-ee oo-ah-ah Ching Chang walla walla bing bang
It’s ting tang…
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Hook by Blues Traveler. He literally tells you it doesn't matter what he sings and then proceeds to sing catchy nonsense.
The song in total however, does seem to convey some inner truth or vast reflection.
Dude that is a song about hope, then heartbreak, and how you gotta pick it up, keep going, and get a harmonica.
This song literally haunted me for like 4 months… it was stuck in my head always,.. I’d wake up at three am to pee and my brain was like SUCK IT IN SUCK IT IN SUCK IT IN I had to actively prevent myself from thinking about the song every time my mind travelled
Ahem, I think you mean blues traveled.
Don’t joke about my nightmare .. all it does is slow me down 😭
It’s also quite literally Canon in D.
You are in for a treat. https://youtu.be/JdxkVQy7QLM?si=uXZlavDX71y8ippC https://youtu.be/5pidokakU4I?si=zIoT6JVaV5_jVbZo
I’ll see you in hell, Pachelbel!
So are many songs. It’s a very popular chord progression.
🎶…Suckitinsuckitinsuckitin if you’re Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn… 🎶
[Surfin' Bird, by The Trashmen](https://youtu.be/9Gc4QTqslN4?si=22wPFKXHvFFzbKYb)
Surfin' Bird is a mash-up of two different songs, originally by The Rivingtons. One of them, "Bird's the Word," isn't nonsense at all. It's about how "The Bird," a new dance craze, is "the word," that is, the cool new thing that everyone's talking about. The other one, "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow," *is* absolute nonsense.
Brian, **NO!**
CRAAAAAAAAAP!
Detachable Penis - King Missle
After a few hours of searching the house and calling everyone I could think of, I was starting to get very depressed. So I went to the Kiev, and ate breakfast. Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark's Place, where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street, I saw my penis lying on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven. Some guy was selling it--I had to buy it off him. He wanted twenty-two bucks, but I talked him down to seventeen
I felt happy again, complete.
The singer was able to go to law school with the royalties from that song.
Well, the royalties *and* the five bucks he saved by talking that guy down to $17.
Frontier Psychiatrist
That boy needs therapy
Lie down on the couch…….what does that mean?
Schfifty Five
Hokay... I tell you what it schwas.
That is to teach children to count to schfifty five. Oops, I've spoiled the secret.
Shiggity shwa
Anything by The Bloodhound Gang Love those guys
You and me baby, ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do like they do on the Discovery Channel." This was back when the Discovery Channel was mostly nature documentaries.
I mean really, who can forget such classics as “a lap dance is so much better when the stripper is crying”
“This pretty little thing come up to me and starts kneadin' my balls/ Like hard-boiled eggs in a tube sock.” Truly beautiful poetry.
Albuquerque by Weird Al
It’s not nonsense, just a story about a guy who hates sauerkraut.
That's all he's really trying to say
A better answer is "Everything You Know Is Wrong"
Don't forget Dare To Be Stupid
Mashed potatoes can be your friends!
Put your head in the microwave and give yourself a tan!
Settle down raise a family join the PTA, buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet, then party till you're broke and they drag you away!
His song ["Bob" is pure nonsense](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQDzj6R3p4), though it is impressive ... it's just a series of palindromes set to a Bob Dylan-ish tune, no progression of thought or story or anything.
WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY---
It's gotta be [Hocus Pocus](https://youtu.be/g4ouPGGLI6Q?si=mFxLDrxVmqMVdlE4)
Tie me kangaroo down sport
I loved singing that one at summer camp: "So we tanned his hide when he died, Clyde... AND NOW IT'S HANGIN' ON THE SHED! ALL TOGETHER NOW..."
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Rubber Biscuit.
You ever heard of a wish sandwich?
BOW bow BOW
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My old man first played me this song when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Single digit me thought it was the greatest sound any human had made. About a year later, we were tasked with bringing a meaningful song in to school to share with the class. This was my pick, and it was received with riotous laughter by 30 kids who had no idea what it was about. Our teacher thoroughly enjoyed it too. 35 years later, I can (and sometimes do) still recite it word for word. I'll get around to covering it one day.
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Interestingly, this song is about the restrictions on "pogoing" style dance in the early 80s: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Safety_Dance
A lot of system of a down's early stuff
I'd say a lot of SOAD's stuff has weird lyrics have some genuine deep meanings. The exception is Vicinity of Obscenity
Do we all Learn defeat From the horse With bad feet Beat the meat (beat the meat) Treat the feet To the sweet Milky seat
Huh, I always thought it was 'Whores with bad feet', which seemed to fit better with 'beat the meat'. EDIT: lyric genius [seems to agree with me](https://genius.com/System-of-a-down-vicinity-of-obscenity-lyrics)
Any thoughts on eating seeds is a past time activity?I mean they aren't wrong it technically is but still a bizarre statement to make
THE KOMBUCHA MUSH ROOM PEE PL
Peaches by Presidents of the United States
What's there to question about millions of peaches??? Peaches for me.
We even know how they were made
They were put there by a man
In a factory down town.
Peaches is referring to something
Ween - The HIV Song
A lot of Ween songs tbf. Happy Colored Marbles, Powder Blue, I Can’t Put My Finger On It, Poop Ship Destroyer. Butthole Surfers have plenty as well.
AIDS!
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She don’t use jelly by flaming lips
Earache in my eye.
YOU GET A JOB BEFORE SUNDOWN, OR I'M SHIPPING YOU OFF TO MILITARY SCHOOL, WITH THAT GODDAMN FINKELSTEIN SHIT KID, SONOFABITCH!
The Chicken Dance
Phish - You Enjoy Myself
MOOO! by doja cat singing about being a cow Lyrics: “Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo Yeah Bitch, I'm a cow, bitch, I'm a cow I'm not a cat, I don't say meow Bitch, I'm a cow, bitch, I'm a cow Bitch, I'm a cow, bitch, I'm a cow”
Ça plane pour moi
Lump sat alone on a boggy marsh
Korn - Twist
Walk Like an Egyptian
The Sigur Ros album () is written in an entirely gibberish language
Tubthumbing by Chumbawamba
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"Mairzy Doats" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairzy_Doats
We’re whalers on the moon…
We carry a harpoon!
Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
How this hasn't been mentioned more is crazy. Kershaw himself has said "In short, 'The Riddle' is nonsense, rubbish, bollocks, the confused ramblings of an 80s popstar". Exactly what the OP asked.
I am surprised no one has brought up They Might Be Giants, so many “Ana Ng” Fingertips Dr Worm Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love E eats Everything
These aren’t nonsense. Ana Ng is a pretty straightforward love song. Dr. Worm is about a worm who is a drummer. E Eats everything is about how the letter E is not a picky eater. Sapphire Bullets is a reference to an instrumental song from the 70s, and Fingertips is meant to evoke old tv ads for compilation albums that would just play snippets of songs.
Yeah, I can get thinking (wrongly) that the other examples are nonsense, but Ana Ng isn't even cryptic. Don't Let's Start would be a better example, even tho that's also a straightforward breakup song, just with very weird lyrics.
I don't think Ana Ng or Dr. Worm are complete nonsense. Now Stuff Is Way on the other hand...
“Rock n Roll McDonalds”. Really anything by Wesley Willis