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The History of "Prisencolinensinainciusol"

45 pointsby NaOHyesterday at 7:14 PM11 commentsview on HN

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pavel_lishintoday at 12:02 AM

This doesn't feel like much of an article. I know it's gauche to accuse something of being AI written, but even if this is written by a human, this feels like something that a student would scribble in their notebook on the bus ride to school to turn in for their first period class.

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petefordetoday at 2:22 AM

It is criminal to read an article about one of the catchiest songs of that decade and not see at least one of the excellent videos embedded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ee1gxJvVi4

Just make sure that you switch to the Italian audio track when the music kicks in or you will be profoundly confused by the auto-dubbing attempting to translate for you.

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legerdemaintoday at 4:39 AM

This... doesn't explain anything about the song. Not its writing, not its production, not the music video. It's just a list of platitudes. Even the Atlas Obscura article has more content.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/deep-roots-italian-son...

buildsjetstoday at 12:02 AM

Kikagaku Moyo does this with Japanese Psychedelic Rock. “Monaka” is a fine example.

https://kikagakumoyo.com/works/kumoyo-island/

trilogictoday at 3:11 AM

Adriano sei forte uei! (Meaning: Adriano You´re cool Hey), an Italian LEGEND very smart rich in all and humble, (you too Claudia) from somebody you used to know :)

smitty1eyesterday at 11:45 PM

It sounds as though this set the precedent for "I, Zimbra" by Talking Heads.

https://open.spotify.com/track/2zdlkG9g5Mt0alUdqn7s3D?si=L1N...

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