ASU Reacts: More Gibberish

In the NPR broadcast "It's Gibberish, But Italian Pop Song Still Means Something"  Adriano Celentano, an Italian songwriter, is interviewed about his song Prisencolinensinainciusol.  Celentano talks about how his song was meant to bring multiple cultures together, and help cross language barriers between multiple languages.  How did he plan on crossing the language barrier?  By writing the song so that it is made up of no real language.  When I presented this clip to my boyfriend, and he had response of intrigue and confusion.  I asked him what his take was on Celentano's purpose of the song, and what he came up with was this:

"The song is pointless.  If you really think about it, lyrics make the song, and if it is just gibberish then there is no point to it."

So you don't feel like the song has any purpose, even though its purpose is to show how we may not understand other languages, but that's alright because we can always get some point across?

"Yeah, no, there was no point at all."

No point at all?

"No point at all."

Though his reaction to the song was different to mine, I can understand his view.  He believes strongly in having a more visible purpose, rather than an abstract or symbolic meaning to a song.  It is understandable to want a more clear cut message in a song, and I can respect that.  However, I do feel as though the song's symbolism is rather unique, and it should be kept in mind to the listener Celentano's purpose of his song.