The singer is Italian, yet he’s not singing in Italian or French or anything else.
He’s purposefully doing this song in pseudo-English, and it sure does sound like English, except the words just aren’t right.
Bonus 1: disco dancers.
Bonus 2: Weird hats.
Bonus 3: Switching to black-and-white for the big dance numbers involving halls of mirrors.
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Guy – Photo by Suhyoon Cho
Reformed journalist. Scribbler of speeches and whatnot. Wrote a thriller that was a finalist for some award.
There’s nothing wrong with being nuts…I love the vibe of this, made me want to get up and dance…
The hobo-chic outfit he wears for most of the video is what makes the whole thing work. More singers should wear hobo-chic.
Or maybe not.
Adriano Celentano! He’s still going (and got crazier with age). The song you posted is in black white because the telly at the time was still mostly in b/w, early 70s, I believe. (and I yes, I remember him). In part he wanted to prove that it didn’t matter what you said in the lyrics – lots of people in Italy were listening to English songs and despising the Italian ones, even if they didn’t speak English at all!
It amuses me and pleases me (but why, why?) that you find it funny and posted it.
In part he’s nuts