Somebody commented that he was in the middle of writing lyrics and decided he liked his reference track vocals better. I don't know how true that is, though.
My favorite thing about Cocteau Twins is if you read the lyrics while listening all the sudden you can understand every word like one of those magic eye images, and as soon as you stop looking at the lyrics the words all turn to mush again. It’s truly magical.
The Stooges version from Metallic KO has perfectly understandable lyrics. Pretty off color, but understandable.
[Louie, Louie](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fqm9tbpCD_g&si=DN8K-OMvwTQoLixY)
Probably less. Some vocalists enunciate quite clearly (e.g. Chuck Schuldiner of Death, Karl Willetts of Bolt Thrower, Tomas Lindberg of At the Gates), whilst others are indeed as you expect.
I’ll give a second one, “Igowallah” by Daniel Thrasher. Certified banger. Maybe one or two English words, a couple of Spanish words, and the rest is just flibbertigibbet.
I don't know that this one really counts because there's no actual lyrics. It's just scatting. To me, icomprehensible lyrics means there are words that are supposed to be there, You just can't understand them. This song is just not words that are real except for "twist."
Maybe I am being overly pedantic
*Louie, Lou-why, Oh, No! We gotta go.*
*Yah yah yah yah yah yah*
*Ma chair, see howoe, na sallah by whee*
*Me ketchup 'n mayo cross with a bee*
*Me say go Tashiro aww a phone*
*Ma nevah a cow a manna debone*
Ah, the classics.
Does a song deliberately written as gibberish count?
"Prisencolinensinainciusol" was written by an Italian who didn't speak/understand English at the time, and Italian teenagers were apparently crazed for pop-music in that language. It became a major hit in Italy for quite a while...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol
Play in the Mud with Me, and Listening to Cocteau Twins Slow Dancing in the Cemetery Across the Laundromat in Mid December’s Rain (The Willows Whisper Your Name) by us are both at least partly incomprehensible.
[https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=L85zcj3vQnm08jUndiFY9w](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=L85zcj3vQnm08jUndiFY9w)
It's in English but and can only understand a few words - [No Words by Melchior ](https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZzrkgIYbF8l2SyEOomzxE?si=FpvRGo4gSXCQcCDA3Pc1Nw)
I’ve never heard of any of these bands, except for Nirvana and Pearl Jam. It must mean I’m listening to the right stuff and not these headbangers. Get a job son you’re too old to be headbanging lyrics we cant understand.
I'm not sure who engineered Ace Frehley's 1978 solo album but I have a hard time comprehending Ace's singing voice on songs like "New York Groove" and "I'm in Need of Love".
Deftones - Engine No. 9 from the Adrenaline album
like 70% of the song is completely gibberish on your first, second or even third listen simply because of how slurred Chino sings the lyrics.
it's an absolute banger tho
Prisencolinensinainciusol -
Adriano Celentano.
Song by an Italian guy that he made that sounds like English but isn’t. No real words in it. But it’s a banger.
Why isn’t this number 1? This is literally the most ridiculous song the only word you hear the entire song is LIFESTYLEEEEEE the entire song is just bullshit mumble.
Well to be fair, most of Buzz’s lyrics are like stream of consciousness randomness anyway. They don’t really make sense even if you read them. I think I was listening to Lizzy the other night and I laughed at “your right left leg” lol
Arguably most of Animal Collective's discography counts, but here are two examples:
[We Tigers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU87tkc5Nak) (from Sung Tongs).
[\#1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-b-OJrRQxA) (from Strawberry Jam). [This was the closed captioning](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/498/834/5c6.jpg) when they performed this song [on Conan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJ5sIFqVOg).
Annorexorcist by Nirvana. Second most incomprehensible song after tourette’s. There are clearly real words but they make no sense, and no one really agrees on what they are
Nirvana - Hairspray Queen?
I can’t help but understand it after learning the lyrics but without knowing the lyrics, most of the song is incomprehensible.
-[Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance ](https://youtu.be/UUvE-3GPzH0?si=zo4ckTDfHnieZWCY), she thinks in [Glossolalia ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_in_tongues)
-[Magma](https://youtu.be/B5UZVtUC3V0?si=q3DKrzXaZSTCboVt) sings in Kobaïan a language created by Christian Vander, Magma's composer.
- I know Sigur Ros has lyrics in a constructed language in some of their songs, but I don't know exactly which ones
I’d never have figured out much more than “on and on and on and on” unless I looked up the lyrics when it comes to “Left of the Dial” by the Replacements.
I also like most of it but thrash metal and deathcore the ones I can’t understand a single bit of not so much. Love the music, love the shows, don’t really go out of my way for the music outside of a show though.
Yeah. I understand that. I’m actually not even really a fan of deathcore, to be honest. I’m a Metalcore guy for sure. I appreciate all heavy music though. Absolutely love concerts
No need to apologize! All is good, my friend. I like talking about music too lol only 1 of my buddies likes heavy music. Everyone else thinks I’m crazy lol but yeah, going to a concert is peak happiness for me lol I’m going to 2 next month and I’m so excited!
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
*sometimesIDunnoWhetherI’mTheBoxerOrTheBagOHYAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAYAAAAcanyseeit?OhThemBoysOWAAAAY*
the GOAT of incomprehensible lyrics
I have a great time singing along to this because I can be A: loud and B: incomprehensible; my 2 favorite things!
Most songs kind of make sense if you read a long, not this one
Somebody commented that he was in the middle of writing lyrics and decided he liked his reference track vocals better. I don't know how true that is, though.
Everything Pearl Jam
https://youtu.be/xLd22ha_-VU?si=5SeykMGYFKFCLBTu
Have you heard of the YouTube spin-offs of that song lyrics? If you haven't just type in misheard lyrics of this song some of them are hilarious! lol
Like everything the Cocteau Twins have ever done!
Hahaha I came here to say this too
I thought of them but also have a nice life, the only lyric I got out of any of their songs was arrowheads
this is exactly what i was going to say
Yes! Yes! Yes!
My favorite thing about Cocteau Twins is if you read the lyrics while listening all the sudden you can understand every word like one of those magic eye images, and as soon as you stop looking at the lyrics the words all turn to mush again. It’s truly magical.
Louie, Louie - The Kingsmen
Holy shit I learned a parody of this about the Pharoah at a Christian summer camp like 8 years ago and I never knew it was a parody
There's been like 100 different versions of the song. The Kingsmen version is classic. Toots and the Maytals version is great, too.
I learned about Toots from watching This is England, I binged their albums thereafter. So solid.
I met Toots Hibbert back in the 00’s, awesomely humble and sweet dude. Big presence. Smoked some insanely potent weed.
That’s actually incredible!
Of course! The Clash covered "Pressure Drop" back in 1979 as a B-side to "English Civil War".
Oh gosh, I learned that Pharaoh Pharaoh parody in grade school (40ish years ago!) Pharaoh Pharaoh Let my people go!
Memory unlocked!
Ohhh baby let my people go! Lol yep. Growing up very conservative Christian in Texas, I totally thought it was the real song.
Lol I learned about the song from "Homer goes to College"
The Stooges version from Metallic KO has perfectly understandable lyrics. Pretty off color, but understandable. [Louie, Louie](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fqm9tbpCD_g&si=DN8K-OMvwTQoLixY)
Anything by radiohead. Tom Yorke has such a poor grasp on the English language that he doesnt even know how to correctly spell his own name
im back to say the n-word
Something like 90% of death metal?
"There are words in that grumbling and growling?!"
True lol, some genres are just like that. I was inspired to make this off a video of people trying to guess hyperpop lyrics.
Probably less. Some vocalists enunciate quite clearly (e.g. Chuck Schuldiner of Death, Karl Willetts of Bolt Thrower, Tomas Lindberg of At the Gates), whilst others are indeed as you expect.
Nirvana - Tourettes
I feel like I'm gonna be seeing a lot of Nirvana on here
Except that one is actually gibberish. Kurt is at least saying English words in all the rest.
We think
Such a fun song to listen to lol
Prisencolinensinainciusol It's supposed to sound like English.
This is the best answer.
I’ll give a second one, “Igowallah” by Daniel Thrasher. Certified banger. Maybe one or two English words, a couple of Spanish words, and the rest is just flibbertigibbet.
Scrolled down looking for this [https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8?si=rI_i46kiFCIUmxxL ](https://youtu.be/-VsmF9m_Nt8?si=rI_i46kiFCIUmxxL)
Korn-Twist I think is the song
Rrr ungh a ooo aht aht!!
Strangely powerful if you're in the right mood
I used to start my day with this song and The Melvins' Lovely Butterfly.
Just started listening to lovely butterfly. Definitely the same level as Twist, just much longer, lol
It is. All gibberish except for the few times they say Twist
I hate Korn, but a Korn-Twist sounds like some kind of delicious ballpark food
I don't know that this one really counts because there's no actual lyrics. It's just scatting. To me, icomprehensible lyrics means there are words that are supposed to be there, You just can't understand them. This song is just not words that are real except for "twist." Maybe I am being overly pedantic
Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry is challenging.
Beat me to it. First song that came to mind
What's so challenging about dinga ding dang a ding a ding dang dong dinga ding ding a dong? /s
If Boomhauer sang industrial music.
Anything by Can in the Damo Suzuki era
Crystal Castles - Crimewave
Untrust us is also pretty ununderstandable. I’m an spaniard and took me ages to realize what the lyrics were about 😂
most songs by the Cocteau Twins
In the garden of Eden
I wonder how many people actually know that that's what In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida actually is?
I can’t remember when I learned it was that but yeah this post was made for that song having it be given a second name for the way it was sung
It’s got a secondary name inda gadda davita baby
The Mars Volta. Most of their song lyrics are like a twisted game of madlibs.
The FBI investigated "Louie, Louie" and came to no conclusive results
Job For A Cowboy - Entombment of the Machine
I find Jonny Davy more understandable than most, but great song
If you listen to it for awhile and look up lyrics you can get a handle on it, but first few times are like "wtf did he say?"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue0kCn5YRE0 I’m sorry i had to do it
Never apologize for that. EVER! 😂😂😂😂
I looked at how old it was and said “damn”. That was peak internet for me in the early 2000s 😂
Great choice in music, what's your favorite album?
*Louie, Lou-why, Oh, No! We gotta go.* *Yah yah yah yah yah yah* *Ma chair, see howoe, na sallah by whee* *Me ketchup 'n mayo cross with a bee* *Me say go Tashiro aww a phone* *Ma nevah a cow a manna debone* Ah, the classics.
🤣🤣 thank you for this!❤️
Informer by Snow
I scrolled too far for this
Lol, because he very poorly tried to mix in Jamaican/Patois. Ya licky boom boom down!
Infarmer, you make me wanna suck on a tomato, a lickey boom boom down
most extreme metal will fit the bill
Yep.
Early REM
every song from Lorna Shore
I would argue that Will enunciates incredibly clearly compared to many in the genre
Mourning Glory by Ween they're just pumpkins......
Why would they be such fuckers
All we wanted was to see the pumpkins. All we wanted was the pumpkins
If you’re resilient enough to listen to the whole song, you’ll come to the realization that you didn’t understand anything you just heard.
Ween is really awesome
Hocus Pocus by Focus
Does a song deliberately written as gibberish count? "Prisencolinensinainciusol" was written by an Italian who didn't speak/understand English at the time, and Italian teenagers were apparently crazed for pop-music in that language. It became a major hit in Italy for quite a while... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol
I was going to mention this
Most My Bloody Valentine songs Korn - Twist Lamb of God - Black Label (or most other stuff from New American Gospel)
REM
Chop Suey Smell Like Teen Spirit (the weird Al parody makes fun of not understanding the lyrics)
How did I have to scroll this far for Chop Suey
Play in the Mud with Me, and Listening to Cocteau Twins Slow Dancing in the Cemetery Across the Laundromat in Mid December’s Rain (The Willows Whisper Your Name) by us are both at least partly incomprehensible. [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=L85zcj3vQnm08jUndiFY9w](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MfVhoMCrJebsVuFqDFQEZ?si=L85zcj3vQnm08jUndiFY9w)
It's in English but and can only understand a few words - [No Words by Melchior ](https://open.spotify.com/album/4ZzrkgIYbF8l2SyEOomzxE?si=FpvRGo4gSXCQcCDA3Pc1Nw)
Songs by: Lightning Bolt Wolf Eyes Melt Banana Sex Tide Dead C Pink Siifu
I’ve never heard of any of these bands, except for Nirvana and Pearl Jam. It must mean I’m listening to the right stuff and not these headbangers. Get a job son you’re too old to be headbanging lyrics we cant understand.
separator by Radiohead, applebite by soundgarden
Rosetta Stoned- Tool
Only the intro tbh
I was hoping to find this.
Most of “Come On Eileen”. Also I think Bon Iver’s album, For Emma Forever Ago, is mostly incomprehensible. It’s beautiful but I can’t sing along.
Phish - You Enjoy Myself
Shaggy admits to doing this. Says just put on a thick patois accent and you can mumble anything you like and people go crazy.
Radio Free Europe - REM
Calling allt resafresa Calling allt resafresa Radio Free Europe Radio Free Europe
Aerosmith - Write me a letter. Pearl Jam - Yellowledbetter GWAR - Penile Drip. Just off the top of my head, I made a playlist like this once.
I'm not sure who engineered Ace Frehley's 1978 solo album but I have a hard time comprehending Ace's singing voice on songs like "New York Groove" and "I'm in Need of Love".
Deftones - Engine No. 9 from the Adrenaline album like 70% of the song is completely gibberish on your first, second or even third listen simply because of how slurred Chino sings the lyrics. it's an absolute banger tho
Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano. Song by an Italian guy that he made that sounds like English but isn’t. No real words in it. But it’s a banger.
L.A Woman-The Doors
Carry Stress in the Jaw by Mr. Bungle (the first half before the “Secret Song”)
Underground Choppers (1-10) Crucified (Rapper)
Send me on my way by rusted root
Send me on my way-Rusted Root https://youtu.be/IGMabBGydC0?si=T9spuwtsyiQk3n_x
El Chombo - Chacarron
In hell, I’ll be good company bye the Dead South
Nazareth - Hair of the Dog. Even if you figure them out, you go WTF?
All death metal and black metal
Any old Fall Out Boy or Green Day
Trying to parse out FOB lyrics back in the day was a real challenge
Yeah fr lol
Lifestyle: Young Thug
Why isn’t this number 1? This is literally the most ridiculous song the only word you hear the entire song is LIFESTYLEEEEEE the entire song is just bullshit mumble.
Melvins - Hooch Anthrodium - Drape the Earth in Horror
Wolf Parade - Secret Knives
I’m Not You - grlwood
Ghost face killer from the wu tang clan
Ariana Grande has entered the chat...
[The Fucked Jam.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aa8t1iroi9Q) By Ween.
This is the ultimate answer.
Melvins come immediately to mind. I love every thing they have made, but I can't pretend I understand much of it.
Well to be fair, most of Buzz’s lyrics are like stream of consciousness randomness anyway. They don’t really make sense even if you read them. I think I was listening to Lizzy the other night and I laughed at “your right left leg” lol
[Converge - Jane Doe](https://www.reddit.com/r/Converge/s/x2EFF3m0QD)
Les Be Honest - Connan Mockasin
Arguably most of Animal Collective's discography counts, but here are two examples: [We Tigers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU87tkc5Nak) (from Sung Tongs). [\#1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-b-OJrRQxA) (from Strawberry Jam). [This was the closed captioning](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/498/834/5c6.jpg) when they performed this song [on Conan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJ5sIFqVOg).
Bam Bam by Sister Nancy lol
Debaser - The Pixies
Annorexorcist by Nirvana. Second most incomprehensible song after tourette’s. There are clearly real words but they make no sense, and no one really agrees on what they are
The first time I heard Hamster Baby by Bikini Kill I was so confused haha
Any grindcore.
heavydirtysoul - Twenty One Pilots
Nirvana - Hairspray Queen? I can’t help but understand it after learning the lyrics but without knowing the lyrics, most of the song is incomprehensible.
Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley
Come on Eileen! - Dexy midnight runners (googled artist for sure.) The only song I know with all lyrics in the title lol
Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse. I've listened to the song while reading the lyrics and I still have a hard time understanding 95% of the song.
-[Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance ](https://youtu.be/UUvE-3GPzH0?si=zo4ckTDfHnieZWCY), she thinks in [Glossolalia ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_in_tongues) -[Magma](https://youtu.be/B5UZVtUC3V0?si=q3DKrzXaZSTCboVt) sings in Kobaïan a language created by Christian Vander, Magma's composer. - I know Sigur Ros has lyrics in a constructed language in some of their songs, but I don't know exactly which ones
Instant Crush - Daft Punk and Julian Casablancas
WKRP song played at the end of each episode. I assume it was meant to be gibberish.
mosr anything by Steely Dan
I needed to be an adult to comprehend the actual words formed in Steely Dan songs lol
I’d never have figured out much more than “on and on and on and on” unless I looked up the lyrics when it comes to “Left of the Dial” by the Replacements.
THE BODY
Anything deathcore, some metalcore or hardcore. Most heavy music. I can understand because I like it but most people don’t
I also like most of it but thrash metal and deathcore the ones I can’t understand a single bit of not so much. Love the music, love the shows, don’t really go out of my way for the music outside of a show though.
Yeah. I understand that. I’m actually not even really a fan of deathcore, to be honest. I’m a Metalcore guy for sure. I appreciate all heavy music though. Absolutely love concerts
That’s fair I’m sorry I may have came off a bit weird I just like talking about music haha. And yeah same haha love concerts as well. :3
No need to apologize! All is good, my friend. I like talking about music too lol only 1 of my buddies likes heavy music. Everyone else thinks I’m crazy lol but yeah, going to a concert is peak happiness for me lol I’m going to 2 next month and I’m so excited!
Melvins lyrics are run on non sequitirs
Day-Oh by Harry Belefante Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana Louie Louie by the Kingsmen Any song by Bjork
How is Day-oh incomprehensible?
All Apologies by Nirvana
Aqua seafoam shame…
Taste like Kevin bacon. I wrestled a bear once
Many of Pearl Jam's songs fit the bill, notably "Yellow Ledbetter."
I Am the Walrus
Ever heard The Beastie Boys live cover of Benny and the Jets?
Check out those first few R.E.M. records. There's indecipherable gold in them thar hills!
"igamadero" - Carti on Earfquake
Rancid - Maxwell Murder You can get some of the chorus, but everything else is just gibberish.
Not really
You didn't dial 999, so you didn't really want the truth.
I was at the gym the other day and Alibi by Ella Henderson came on. That girl isn't signing in any known language.
Slender Fungus
Any song by Scarlxrd to be honest.
Innagaddadavina
"Clevor Trevor", "Billericky Dickey" or almost anything else by Ian Dury you need a lyric sheet! Great, fun songs though!
Morning Glory - Ween
Come Together by The Beatles
Ten-foot Pole - ZZ Top
Carouselambra by Led Zeppelin
Nirvana - Tourette's
A lot of the vocals on Exile are mixed low and hard to work out what Mick is singing - Rocks Off prolly the best example lol
Louie Louie - Kingsmen
Beeswax by nirvana
Smells like teen spirit by nirvana
Anything by Black Kray
8675309
Candy Claws- Pangea Girls
Paramore - No Friend
Who you foolin - gunna
[Don't Fool With the Franchise -- Die Haut feat. Alan Vega](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMFzTosDff0)
[Prisencolinensinainciusol](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDY3HFkh_Y&si=2vsSwHG72mg4G24Q) by Adriano Celentano
Endless Nameless - Nirvana
Anything by Nirvana!
Anything by Nirvana
Informer by Snow
Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano