Steve Albini on "Fake Italian"

[AndreeaM33]

oh...and I forgot to mention the cinema...which is genius if you have the patience to watch the black and white movies from the fifties..and I don't mean only La Dolce Vita, or the Sofia Loren and Mastroianni movies..there are many more. The most recent ones would be the Roberto Benigni directed and played..absolutely wonderful..

[AndreeaM33]

I love Italian and the Italian culture...But I think that the accent became popular in the United States only after the emigration waves in the beginning of the 1900 and the Godfather books and movies...unfortunately the world knows only a mix of cliche` gestures, loud expressions , pasta and pizza...yet there is much more to Italian culture: the Renaissance art, opera and poetry, the architecture, even the food contains much more refinement than the popular belief...

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@AndreeaM33 Then tell your wop buddies to stop feeding the stereotype...

I kid, I kid.

But in all seriousness, some Italian people act that way. In turn it feeds the sterotype, also in turn making all Italians look bad.

[Funkcesco]

Italians are poets, artists of the word and we are feeling. Love is not dead because he survived the platitudes. Software written in Italian would not need updating. The Italian language is musical, rich in nuances. Sometimes you do not need words, just his intonation. The cars are cool, fast and synthetic: that is why they love the English language. (I'm an Italian too wordy, I know ..)

[tonyvenne]

father guido sarducci.

[jieuxarmeni]

Got a little close to "Fake Arabic" twards the end there. :P

[weedfest94]

Why the fuck steve hasnt won the nobel prize yet is beyond me.

[mikebott]

i will have to pass the video along to a linguistics prof...

[avclubman]

Ha ha- I almost got kicked out of the house for doing fake Italian non- stop after seeing this.

[simo4339]

CIAO,non ci ho capito niente se,qualcuno mi spiega di che sta parlando,mi fa un un favore, poi magari dice pure cose interessanti...

[froncable]

@simo4339

ciao! io ho capito questo: quando era in tour in Italia e incontrò Agostino Tilotta, chitarrista degli Uzeda, che parlava un inglese molto buono, ma lento e prolisso; quindi, definisce "fake italian" un modo di parlare tipicamente italico che trasforma una semplice frase come "non mi piace il modo in cui suoni il basso" in "noi suoniamo una musica soave come il nuoto di un delfino, e il tuo basso sembra un rinoceronte, e un rinoceronte non può nuotare con un delfino, perchè annega":)

[emmamakhno]

This video it a make me laugh, many time like a tickle on small baby

[nubbins86]

On a side note, I prefer the crewcut Albini to the generic indie rocker mop Albini...

[NicksComments]

maybe the rhino can't play with the dolphin cause the dolphin's a racist...

[Leadhead444]

This guy is an amazing producer!

[mutantcommunist]

@alucardisdumb care to elaborate?

[andymetaldeth]

that dolphin/rhino thing sounds more like an ancient chinese proverb than anything italian :P

[germanroots]

Agostino Tillota from Uzeda.

Agostino ,she rules.

[micromegas]

Ah Agostina from Bellini!

[GurtMcDirt]

Italian that doesn't offend anybody... ...

[codeaires]

Steve is adorable...LOL

[nakedmolerat43]

hahahahaaaaaaaaa

[MistaMANG]

Haha, watching Steve Albini on "Fake Italian" with bambalaya cooking in Hell's Kitchen.

[RoboDope]

i love theees so much it's-a-pathetic.

[grumo81]

Chico Marx is the original master of fake Italian :D

[godfreyhowatchin]

@grumo81 you-a a righta guy, you know

[Wihonymous]

This video, she is like a beautiful dolphin.

[bigbadchang]

Albini should read kid's books. Such a nice voice.

[TheSodiumhaze]

He's so sweet yet his music is so fucked up! I love it!!!!!!!!!!

[badazzpresidents23]

his music is a message. its fucked up because its a reflection on society

[Jerdna3]

this is so funny, hes so mellow in this video, he's even let his hair go

[vernmiller23]

We gonna have some salamis?

[solonely8777]

@vernmiller23 salami

[eccedenza]

ma mori

[thatiamdisco]

the best

[jonvanflan]

Steve's also good at the fake indie dialect -- "Nirvana, shes an alternative band but the Smashinga Pumpkins, shes not a so good -- tweedledeniro is better than tweedlegepetto". Or my favorite -- "I donta like the major labels, I only like their trillions of lira".

[precinctful]

@jonvanflan Is it true that Billy Corgan was born with 2 arseholes and a cock growing out of his chest?

[jonvanflan]

How does one say "Damon Che is an asshole" in fake Italian? I have a feeling Augustino has actually said that. That said, Don Cab are still around and doing better than before, even though Damon was so drunk the last time I saw them (2009) he looked like he had fucking Parkinson's...

[mikebott]

@jonvanflan you may remember when damon looked like a fresher younger charlie sheen... now he looks like jim brewer.

[cetaka]

steve albini has a great ass yes

[rossettro]

questa intervista non ha prezzo.

[SaintJust101]

That was awesome!

[kunluv]

hahaha. Tell us more about REAL hipster culture this is what we've all been dying to know! Fuck you faggots it's done.

[kunluv]

They really fuckin will! Like listen to how this guy talks about it and look at all these comments. It's truly remarkable.

[kunluv]

I love how hipsters are all 'punk atheists' and laugh at you automatically if you have the slightest interest in religious but will honest to god secretly think less of you if you're culturally from a catholic or Jewish background.

[CheezyDonSenior]

REAL hipsters

don't give a fuck what you worship

[zer77o]

yeah, i know that. this is because you are an idiot.

[kunluv]

why can't you kick it with hipsters? take a look.

[kunluv]

these comments are all great

[muler321]

Italian is a hairy greasy language

[stefanodef]

wow,  you are a smart person

[VanillaMidget]

Steve is the coolest nerd on Earth.

[thecrikster]

@VanillaMidget

And he is a nerd...

Long live the nerds I say! They're the a nice a guys a! Ciauaua!

[AFirmKickInThePants]

Isn't Albini of italian origin too, by the way?

[digimaton]

holy crap, that's a lot of words to say "lightening up and having fun keeps the vibe alive".

[kunluv]

wow i wonder if that Italian person ever toured with them again

[oiyabastard]

FATHER GUIDO SARDUCE ALBINI

[MissJagUR]

Steve Albini's so articulate!

[myguitardidyermom12]

the funny thing is it really did blunt the blow of telling you your bass playing sucks.

[thegreatfantastic]

hahahahaha this is great!

[ItalianWarrior777]

This is ridiculous

[bucktoofus]

swing and a miss

[alphacat13]

Artistfige:

You're missing the point.

1) Silkworm's 'fake Italian' is actually 'fake English with an Italian accent.'

2) Trust me when I say that Albini probably does not suffer any delusions whatsoever about the real Italy, whatever you think that is.

His point was that this kind of English (used in a manner like conversational Italian) is funny and casual.

Yet another case of humor not surviving linguistic lines...

[artistfige]

Gentile alphacat13 puo essere che non ho capito il messaggio del signor Albini. Tutti hanno il loro definizione di cos'è la vera Italia anche gli italiani stessi. Per coloro che non parlano la lingua ne conoscono la cultura e sua storia possano trovare simpatico questo video, gli capisco, in fondo potrebbe essere buffo per loro ma non per me, è mio diritto non trovi?

[saturn11]

you need some context to understand this.

[iwitchhunter]

yeah, that's why it's called *fake* italian...

[rftc700]

Awesome

[Bodmerocity]

lol.

[Becky81]

Gotta love that boilersuit....!

[haupper]

When he says he's an engineer, not a producer, he really means it.

[dbmountain1]

fucking awesome...

[BILLTHEDEDGI]

'tis music we amaking, she is like a beatiful dolphin'. thats awesome, i think i'll use that phrase alot now.

[BabyJeeJee]

Haha do Italians really talk that elaborately when they're speaking Italian?

[66420192]

And the rhinoceros... She will drown....

<3 Steve

[roxsursoxs6]

I never realized Albini shoudl be acting until right about..... now!

[looshkin66]

i love steve! Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac!!!!!!!!!!

[449wessexrd]

Ummm. Has anyone else noticed the whole Chunklet aesthetic of vitriolically crapping on people like Steve was basically stolen whole sale from his style of fanzine writing for his column " Tired of Ugly Fat ? " Yes bitter hipster, your quite clever shitting on Steve, it's just kinda cute that you're using his own mannerisms to state how illegitimate he is.

[billhicks8]

Wow what a hateful little forum this is.

[redshaftedflicker]

Shove it up your pretentious ass Steve and go push play for Silverchair.

[maplecreekjunction]

It would be the "record" button...

[superfurry92]

A catastrophic cock-up in your insult there.

[Sgrat]

I'm not sure I get the point of that, umm...do americans think that italians speak like they're poets?

[TuMira85]

wow i love this so much

[Freya5000]

.....SUCCA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kenjikitahara]

GOLD

[herrxav]

I like the points he brings up at the end of the video- fake accents really can make mundane things more interesting to talk about, etc. Granted, his Italian accent isn't the best, but that's not really the focus of the video (or that part of the Silkworm documentary for that matter). When you get down to it, It's all just for fun.

[andie531]

I'm unimpressed. And I'm Italian.

[TAD1960]

Fake steve more like it , i think you look more like rhino with his head up the dolphins ass, what a douche bag, taci tua !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SenaraBlenethwyn]

great accent Albini eheh ;-)

[Quicksand402]

Im going fake Italian for the rest of the day..

[kickouttheyuppies]

what the hell. ha ha albini's theory of language lol!

[sgrroiii]

I think in the U.S. it's called bullshit.

[Thewonkandfriends]

Wouldn't Steve Albini be part Italian though? With a name like Albini? That would mean in the starting line up of Big Black (Steve,J.Pezzati and S.Durango) that they were all Latino heritage. Except for Roland, who was probably made in China ;)

[Jamesp1972]

Dumb tour antics and also beautiful!

[davidoffski]

interesting view on bla bla : )

[HandJobFilms]

LIVE SHELLAC ON MY CHANNEL

[UltimateVenom]

i think i'm in love with him.

[heitmanek1]

rhinoceros can not play with dolphin. So true.

[buckdich1]

I just watched him say "Um". I fucking love him.

[armofinfant]

thats was pretty funny

[KingGreen12]

Steve albini.. Legend

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[fibrillatorD]

Escusa, wowow8870, I gave you a thumbs down by da accident

[13crapa]

He did this interview in fake italian.I was helping the sound guy in a Silkworm gig in Rome with Uzeda's Agostino: he spoke so slow I almost falled asleep. In plain english he was boring.

[lutherblissett3]

steve albini paid his bills with razorblade suitcase as u did with something else it's not that bad of a living.think about it.

[emilyrl]

I love that Steve Albini!!!

LMAO man he's just the best!

[1210donna]

very cute.

[deepblackrown]

the steve is a funny guy, but some times it is better if she try to act like the intelligent person she is supposed to be,

taking out his head from the ass of the rinocherose, do you know what i mean?

ma steve è nu bravu guaglione!!!

[arecon66]

this totally makes up for razorblade suitcase :P

[barrystock]

It's all Father Guido Sarducci.

All hail Don Novello.

[wowow8870]

dat steve iz a one funny guy - no?

[dannynanner]

lol