The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - Michael Jackson Can Sing in Any Language He Wants

Episode Date: October 9, 2018

Trevor tells a story about how he was once convinced that Michael Jackson's hit "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" featured a verse in a South African language. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And in South Africa, we thought, like we couldn't hear what Michael Jackson was saying. Because no one could actually hear what Michael Jackson was saying, right? Like all the things he was saying, Chamo, do you know what I mean? Like all the things, like, we go like it's normal. But if you think about all the stuff, the stuff, the stuff, the stuff, the stuff, the stuff, the stuff, we the stuff, we, we the stuff, we the stuff, we, we, we th.. We, we th. We, we th. We th. We th. We couldn't, we couldn't, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, we, we, we we.. Like, we couldn't, we we. We, we couldn't, we couldn't, we we. We, we couldn't, we couldn't, we we. Like, we couldn't, we couldn't, we couldn't, like, we couldn't, like, like, like, like didn't hear it, you just sang along most of the time.

And this song, which is going, keep up in the most, like, in South Africa we didn't know what you were saying. So we thought, I guess because everyone was just trying to figure it out, that he was singing in like, Zuana, which is a South African language. So in South Africa, when we would sing the song, we'd be like singing the Michael Jackson, then we'd get to that part, and then we'd be like, give a, ah, cadipot, so, chelet tey fete, feral, give a, ah, catty pozzo, telete the fetey-faire, lea,

that's what we would do. And then, and we were, and we were, and, and, we were, we were, we were, the, the, the, the, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, to, to, to, to, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, tto. tto. tto. ttoo, ttoo, ttoo, ttoo, ttoo, tto, tto, tto, tto, tto, tto, t Jackson is the greatest, how did he know how to speak African languages? And he would make like videos in Africa. So we're like, of course, Michael Jackson, he's just singing like any language he wants. It's amazing like what music can do. So the whole, like we were just like, yeah, and then someone one day was like, oh, that's not what he's saying. I was like, no, you got it wrong it it it it th.

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