Italian actor/singer pretending to sing in English filter???
December 17, 2009 4:33 PM   Subscribe

This song is rocking! What other music/songs do you think I would like?? ( I think I love the upbeat feel and those horns!)
posted by beccaj to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (24 answers total) 19 users marked this as a favorite
 
This is what Pandora does.
posted by hermitosis at 4:38 PM on December 17, 2009




Response by poster: Hermitosis.. yes, and I love Pandora for that. However they don't recognize "Prisencolinensinainciusol" from a 1970's song by an Italian actor.
posted by beccaj at 4:42 PM on December 17, 2009


Just off the top of my head, the Beastie Boys' "Brass Monkey" is similar, in that it's a rap and that it has horns. However, I don't think it's quite what you're looking for.
posted by LSK at 4:48 PM on December 17, 2009




How about most of Otis Redding's catalog? And a lot of southern soul records before 1970? (Stax/Volt and the like)
posted by el_lupino at 4:49 PM on December 17, 2009 [2 favorites]


the clash - try rudie can't fail
posted by nadawi at 4:52 PM on December 17, 2009


It reminds me strongly of parts of the Katamari Damacy soundtrack, which had similarly goofy vocals over inappropriately joyous music.
posted by Kirklander at 4:54 PM on December 17, 2009 [1 favorite]


Red Elvises (who can sing in both English and Russian).
posted by Staggering Jack at 4:56 PM on December 17, 2009


I've been thinking about that song and others like it, and one that I think is close is The Fall- Telephone Thing.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 5:08 PM on December 17, 2009 [1 favorite]


I agree with the Otis recommendation. I'd add Lotta Lovin' by Sam & Dave, and stuff imitating Stax, like Elvis Costello's Get Happy!!, or Have You Seen My Baby by Randy Newman.
posted by ibmcginty at 5:13 PM on December 17, 2009


Serge Gainsbourg
posted by nitsuj at 5:15 PM on December 17, 2009 [2 favorites]


DeChirico Street (album version w horns, not the one on YouTube) by Robyn Hitchock

As a rock song without horns, Plastic Fantastic Lover by Jefferson Airplane has that beat and drive.
posted by msalt at 5:48 PM on December 17, 2009


Mebbe you like ze Leningrad Cowboys?
posted by carsonb at 5:54 PM on December 17, 2009


Reminds me of faster-paced Motown stuff? A couple tracks spring to mind:

Martha and the Vandellas - (Love is Like a) Heatwave
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
posted by cobwebberies at 6:39 PM on December 17, 2009 [1 favorite]


That's a sort of a tough one, because they're kind of playing a very generic sort of R&B-kind of stomp that's meant to be a generic imitation of American music, right?

However, I think I can point you to the music that will almost perfectly approximate this: Mardi Gras R&B/funk!

Professor Longhair - "Mardi Gras in New Orleans"
Professor Longhair - "Big Chief"
The Meters - "Look-Ka Py Py"
The Meters - "Cissy Strut"
The Meters - "Chug-Chug-Chug-a-Lug (Push and Shove)"
posted by koeselitz at 6:54 PM on December 17, 2009 [1 favorite]


Mumbles!
posted by fish tick at 7:23 PM on December 17, 2009


OK, here's a specific song:

A Minha Menina as performed by The Bees. It's about half in Portuguese and half in English, transitioning between the two effortlessly and at odd moments. Which makes for a similarly disorienting experience. Sort of a classic psych-rock sound that's full of horns and lots of fun, even if it doesn't go back as far as Mr. Italian Pop Star (who's awesome, btw).
posted by carsonb at 8:19 PM on December 17, 2009


Your description reminded me of Save Ferris; the song somehow sounded a little like Elvis Presley and just a little like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. None of those are a great fit but they might be worth checking out.
posted by roystgnr at 9:22 PM on December 17, 2009


Right, if unintelligible lyrics is the hook, then
Portugese David Bowie covers Ziggy Stardust Changes Rebel Rebel

Or, early REM (ie Chronic Town) Gardening at Night -- Carnival of Sorts -- Stumble -- Wolves, Lower
posted by msalt at 9:23 PM on December 17, 2009


Cramp Your Style by Breakestra, as complied by Thievery Corporation (who are also known to avail themselves of funky horns).
posted by dephlogisticated at 9:28 PM on December 17, 2009


Sounds kinda funkish to me. I'd say check out Betty Davis. Though she's that x 10.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 10:25 PM on December 17, 2009


It sounds like he's trying to emulate "Chicago" and "Blood, Sweat and Tears" style bands to me (right time period, spikey horns). So a good genre to explore would be jazz-rock

try:
25 or 6 to 4
The Spinning Wheel
(Also super awesome, Jason Forrests' "War Photographer" made mostly from cut up "Blood, Sweat and Tears songs")
posted by cyphill at 9:11 AM on December 18, 2009 [1 favorite]


reminded me of the monks
posted by MetaMonkey at 12:07 AM on December 19, 2009


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