When you were getting started,
you used to
play piano and sing.
Yeah, I wanted to be a musician
when I was a kid.
You wanted to be a musician
and I was told that sometimes,
because you were playing for people
that didn't understand English,
you would pretend that you could sing in English.
Why would you do that?
Yeah.
Now it's out, now I, yeah.
So I apologize for these people
who paid drinks for years
and thought it was English.
They probably thought, "Oh, this is cool,
this guy knows English."
No, the thing is,
I sung in a piano bar
and one day the owner said, "I have one
of my most important clients here
and it's his wife's birthday."
"They want English."
"They're giving you a great tip,
they're having 20 bottles, it's great,
we need English."
I didn't know any song in English.
I didn't speak English.
It was like 15 years ago.
"They need English."
I don't know English!
So I made up a language that sounded like English
to them, and they were thrilled.
They were so happy.
'Cause obviously they didn't speak English,
they thought that you were.
They didn't speak English!
You know, when I worked
They were like yeah!
I'm fascinated, I wanted to hear,
'cause I wanna hear what your interpretation,
I wanna hear you sing this fake English,
'cause I wanna know what,
would you do that for us?
That was gibberish.
I know, I wanna hear it, though, don't you?
Oh!
I really wanna hear this.
It's a chance for us to hear
what English sounds like to the rest of the world.
Is this a little, a small piano?
Yeah.
That I'm putting?
Yeah.
Okay, I flew here,
I thought I was gonna experience the American dream.
And here I am.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
I would have a very long intro to think about the words.
Oh, that's great, bring the lights down a little bit.
That's nice, it's romantic.
My pearls!
♪ Topray to franis frice. ♪
♪ And greyta greytis slose. ♪
I don't even know what I'm saying!
♪ Arterna monna day sweets donsolo. ♪
♪ Animmy analan sadon sobro. ♪
♪ An beena lotta fose! ♪
♪ An praysee de foren gray-ay-ay. ♪
♪ Annewa strey nafresto franana regretso ♪
♪ Anafreena freena strawna alltha ♪
♪ preyna senna fersen onemray. ♪
And I love when they go like this.
♪ Anana sonna (singing in high falsetto). ♪
I love that.
Everyone!
♪ Sheema totoaya ♪
All right, well,
Gad Elmaleh, American Dream
will be available on Netflix on March 6.
I love this guy, Gad Elmaleh,
we'll be right back.
Thank you, Conan, thank you everyone!
Thank you, America!
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