![]() Prisencolinensinainciusol simply distilled this approximation of English syllables into its purest form. ![]() His debut single Jailhouse Rock from 1958 has to be heard to be believed, each verse beginning with a fair effort at English enunciation but ending in a slurred linguistic meltdown. Prisencolinensinainciusol was really just another instance of what Celentano had been doing since the 50s. His kaleidoscopically colourful performance on Formula Due, meanwhile, saw Celentano appear as a hip-swivelling, velvet-jacketed teacher in front of a “class” of dancers dressed as schoolgirls. On the variety show Milleluci, Celentano threw his signature shapes alongside the host, the singer, actress and all-round force of nature Raffaella Carrà, as they were accompanied by 20 black-clad dancers in a maze of mirrors. Prisencolinensinainciusol (1972) was Celentano’s attempt to mimic how American English sounds to Italians, the nonsense lyrics improvised in the studio over a pounding bass drum, and two TV performances of the song from 1974 have preserved Celentano’s curious charisma at that time in his career. He became a sex symbol nonetheless and his private life has been an ongoing public soap opera, the spotlight frequently falling on his marriage to singer and actress Claudia Mori and the two appearing together both on screen and record.Ī major moment in Celentano’s success came 50 years ago this week, with the release of a song that was a surreal experiment in language and culture, and which has brought Celentano to the attention of whole new audiences in recent years. ![]() Gangly and with something of the hangdog mien of Jean-Paul Belmondo but far less good-looking, he embraced Jerry Lewis’s brand of physical comedy. ![]()
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