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I mentioned the TV Show Glee and they are HOT and exposing lots of songs to a new generation (and races) that would just NEVER hear these songs!!! Each week in one hour they have more songs that you would never thing to combine and it is WORKIN'!! Some are the real deal and some are remakes with the cast from Glee singing them and remixing them.
This week (yesterday) they had:
Bust a Move by Young MC
What a Girl Wants by Christina Aguilera
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman
Thong Song by Sisqó of Dru Hill for the Def Soul
I Could Have Danced All Night (Broadway Version from My Fair Lady)
Last week they had Hate on Me which was done by Jill Scott.
You can decide which version you like better.
Here is the Jill Scott version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw3Z8Oa7E3Y
Here is the TV Glee version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKBsqBVgwdQ
Lyrics:
If I could give you the world
On a silver platter
Would even matter
You'd still be mad at me
If I can find in all this
A dozen roses
Which I would give to you
You'd still be miserable
In reality
I'm gon be who I be
And I don't feel no faults
For all the lies that you bought
You can try as you may
Break me down when I say
That it ain't up to you
Gon on do what you do
[Chorus:]
Hate on me hater
Now or Later
Cause I'm gonna do me
You'll be made baby
(Go head and hate)
Go head and hate on me hater
I'm not afraid of
What I got I paid for
You can hate on me...
Ooh if I gave you peaches
Out of my on garden
And I made you a peach cobbler
Would you slap me out?
Wonder if I gave you diamonds
Out of my on womb
Would you feel the love in that
Or ask why not the moon
If I gave you sanity
For the whole of humanity
Had all the solutions for the pain and pollution
No Matter Where I live
Despite the things I give
You'll always be this way
So go ahead and ...
[Chorus x2]
You Cannot...
Hate On me
Cause my mind is free
Feel my destiny
So Shall it Be
[Repeat x2]
[Chorus]
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I love it when it all comes together!
Okay, Lampada has been posting about MUSE since like... FOREVER!!! Back on August 1st, I mentioned on her thread about their new album 'The Resistance' and the single "Uprising." Then on the Film Thread the other day I mentioned the remake of the TV series "V" that is coming out soon. Yesterday, I saw a commercial for the series not once, but twice. In the background the girls and I heard this song and we were like "Wait a minute... what is that song? We know it." It took me until the second time to figure out that the song playing in the background is....you guessed it.... "Uprising"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr2sETqQ68U "V" Commercial
"Uprising" is currently:
#64 on Billboards Top 100 (and one of the songs with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week)
#6 on Billboards Top Rock Songs
#55 on Billboards Top Digital Songs
#1 on Billboards Top Alternative Songs
#38 on Billboards Top European Hot 100
#62 on Billboards Top Canadian Hot 100
For those of you who have not heard this great song, and here are a couple of links to the video and one to the full song... and of course... with the lyrics!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KQmps-Sog Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwvI4BQLpGo Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCdMMd3dpk4 Full song from Album
Lyrics:
The paranoia is in bloom, the PR
The transmissions will resume
They'll try to push drugs
Keep us all dumbed down and hope that
We will never see the truth around
Another promise, another scene, another
A package not to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Interchanging mind control
Come let the revolution take it's toll if you could
Flick the switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
We should never be afraid to die
Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
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We seem to be into the more hard rock/heavy metal grove... how about some Deep Purple!!
From 1974 "Mistreated." I added two versions of the song to the "new" Playlist. One a live version and one the studio version from the album "Burn."
Lyrics:
I've been mistreated, I've been abused.
I've been struck downhearted, baby, I've been confused
'cause I know, yes, I know I've been mistreated.
Since my baby left me I've been losing my mind, you know I have.
I've been lonely, I've been cold.
I've been looking for a woman to have and hold
'cause I know, yes, I know I've been mistreated.
Since my baby left me I've been losing, I've been losing,
I've been losing my mind, baby baby babe.
I've been mistreated, I've been abused.
I've been looking for a woman, yeh, I've been confused
'cause I know, yes, I know I've been mistreated, ooh o-o-oh.
Since my baby left me I've been losing, losing,
I've been losing my mind, baby baby babe.
Oh oh oh, oh woman, oh woman, oh woman.
ooh o-o-oh
ooh o-o-oh
ooh o-o-oh
ooh o-o-oh
ooh o-o-oh
ahh-ahh-ahh
ahh-ahh-ahh
ahh-ahh-ahh
ahh-ahh-ahh
I've been losing my mind.
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Now, for a limited time, the rousing musical score "American River Suite" from the nation’s largest July 4, 2009, fireworks display (Macy's New York Firework America’s Birthday Celebration) performed by The New York Pops and Music Director-Designate Steven Reineke, is yours to download for free!
This is an original composition with music by Broadway composer Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by William Schermerhorn. The piece features the vocal talents of Audra McDonald and Idina Menzel, as well as Sara Caswell on violin, and the Choir Academy of Harlem.
Here is the link to download all 7 tracks http://www.newyorkpops.org/fireworks/American-River-Suite-MP3s.zip
American River Suite
The New York Pops
Steven Reineke, Conductor
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by William Schermerhorn
Orchestral Arrangements by David Hamilton
Track 1: Prologue: Through the Mist; Half Moon
Audra McDonald and the Choir Academy of Harlem
Track 2: Majestic Valley
Track 3: Sparks & Smoke: The Clermont
Sara Caswell, Fiddle Soloist
Track 4: River at Play
Track 5: American River
Idina Menzel and the Choir Academy of Harlem
Bonus Tracks
Track 6: River Medley (arr. Steven Reineke)
John Fogerty Proud Mary
Traditional (arr. Carmen Dragon) Shenandoah
Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II Ol’ Man River
Track 7: Americana Medley (arr. Steven Reineke)
William Steffe/Julia Ward Howe The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Woody Guthrie This Land Is Your Land
Samuel A. Ward/Katharine Lee Bates America the Beautiful
John Philip Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever
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Originally Posted by rockzmom
We seem to be into the more hard rock/heavy metal grove... how about some Deep Purple!!
I like that drift. Come to think of it, it must be really hard or heavy, but I, for one, [s:15lvenpa]have[/s:15lvenpa] did not see[s:15lvenpa]n[/s:15lvenpa] it as such, it was just a good song. What labels it had attached to it[s:15lvenpa]self[/s:15lvenpa] didn’t matter to me at all.
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Originally Posted by alexB
Quote:
Originally Posted by rockzmom
We seem to be into the more hard rock/heavy metal grove... how about some Deep Purple!!
I like that drift. Come to think of it, it must be really hard or heavy, but I, for one, have not seen it as such, it was just a good song. What labels it had attached to itself didn’t matter at all.
Alex.. your sentences bothers me and as my head is also bothering me this morning so I am not at 100% brain power (as if I am ever at 100% to begin with) to really be certain what it is that's wrong or how to fix it. Robin/Johanna? I know the part "have not seen it as such" could be "did not see it as such" but the part about "it must be really hard or heavy" you are loosing me with that. Are you trying to say that "Come to think of it, the song must really have been hard rock or heavy metal; but, I never really saw it that way. To me, it was just a good song. Whatever labels it had attracted or were attached to it, didn't matter to me at all.
Finally, I got you to participate :yahoo: Ya know.. I do have one of the "The Best of Deep Purple" CD's. :spiteful:
I also have a boat load of AC/DC stuff:
Back in Black
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Highway to Hell
Gimme a Bullet
Safe In New York City
American Woman
Ballroom Blitz
And then there is Def Leppard:
Did you ever hear their version of Rock On? The one that was made famous by David Essex?
I can only find it with copyrights... otherwise I would post a link to it :wall:
So... any of those strike your fancy?? Want any to be added to the Playlist or lyrics posted? Or do you have something else you would like to share with the class? :unknown:
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Dudes, Peeps, Compadres, (insert favorite slang term)... I just received the next song from the girl's dance teacher and OMG this song just ROCKS!
It is a guitar instrumental, Diablo Rojo by Rodrigo y Gabriela from the album Diablo Rojo. I found a live version and the music video for the album version. On the live version Gabriela explains that it is a tribute to a roller coaster and the crazy looping shapes.
Both versions have been added to the Playlist
Now the Music Video version is AMAZING (which for Johanna means "BRILLIANT") and right before the 2 minute mark, "Baby, you ain't in Kansas no more!!"
For those older American's out there or those who know their American cultural expressions... This song and video are IMHO, "an E Ticket Baby!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KBgg-hrtyo 1st link to Music Video Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FXOd97CtnQ 2nd link to Music Video Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lvMQCmUVv8 Live Version
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As it-ogo went to all the trouble of writing the lyrics :bravo: ... might as well post them here and add the songs to the Playlist!!
From the new Slot (Слот) album 4ever
Quote:
Originally Posted by it-ogo
OK, here is a lineal translation of the first song. There is also heavy youngster slang which I can not translate because my English is not so rich. :) Original rhymes and rhythm are missed in translation too.
4еловек-паук - Spiderman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDJbCOCy-4Q
Висит на стене
He hangs on the wall
На пальцах, без страховки
By his fingers, with no belay
Влез на забор
He climbed on the fence
Ну нереально ловкий
So incredibly dexterous
Прыгнул в окно
Jumped to the window
Оттуда на скульптуру
From there - to the sculpture
Ясно одно
Definitely
4ел заболел паркуром
The guy caught a parkour-fever
У мамы шок
Mom is shocked
Реально
Indeed
Он заболел паркуром
He caught a parkour-fever
У папы шок
Dad is shocked
Реально
Indeed
Он заболел паркуром
He caught a parkour-fever
У Лены шок
Lena is shocked
Реально
Indeed
Он заболел паркуром
He caught a parkour-fever
Зато архитектуру знает вдоль и поперёк
But he knows the architecture all along
Я ужас, летящий на крыльях но4и
I am the horror flying on the wings of night
Я медиатор судьбы
I am the mediator of fate
Я Альфа и Омега этого мира
I am the Alpha and Omega of this world
Я кру4е, 4ем 4еловек-тапок
I am more cool then slipperman
У кого 10 ног, 10 рук
Who has 10 feet and 10 hands
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
Для кого стопицот километров не крюк
One hudred five hundred km. is not a problem for him
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
А кто кандидат стенолазных наук
And who has a PhD in wall-climbing
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
Это не терминатор и не физрук
He is neither terminator nor body-builder
4ёрную Смерть
Black Death
Привёл в прокуратуру
He brought to the prosecutor's office
Гоблина сдал
He (arrested) goblin
Зелёного с обкуру
Who was green because of the marijuana
Всех победил
He won everybody
Испортил маникюр
He spoiled his manicure
А повод один
The only reason is
Паркур, ещё паркур
Parkour, more parkour
У мамы шок
Mom is shocked
Супермен
Superman
Паркур без перекура
Parkour with no rest
У папы шок
Dad is shocked
Супермен
Superman
Паркур без перекура
Parkour with no rest
У Светы шок
Sveta (female name) is shocked
Супермен
Superman
Паркур без перекура
Parkour with no rest
А вдруг он супервумэн… под костюмом не понять
Maybe he is superwoman... The costume doesn't allow to recognize
Смотри - в потолке открывается люк
Look, a hatch opens on the ceiling
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
Это правда реально, это не глюк
It is really true it is not a hallucination
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
У кого 10 ног, 10 рук
Who has 10 feet, 10 hands
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
Для кого стопицот километров не крюк
One hudred five hundred km. is not a problem for him
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
А кто кандидат стенолазных наук
And who has a PhD in wall-climbing
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
Это вам не Галанин и не Юрий Шев4ук
He is neither Galanin nor Yuri Shevchuk (some real guys)
Мой лу4ший друг - 4еловек-паук
My best friend is a spiderman
Uffff... Got boring. :(
Вампирская - Vampire's song (Literally: "Vampirish")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGRFlvMpiq8
Мрак срезал крылом
Слона и ферзя
Мой голый король
Убит взглядом
Ну и поделом
Я знал, 4то нельзя
Но о4ень хотел
Быть рядом с тобой
Я призрак в но4и
Без права на свет
В плену долгих лет
И голода
Кровь тоже кри4ит
И пла4ет в ответ
Когда её нет
Так холодно
... мне о4ень холодно
... мне о4ень холодно
... мне в этом ве4ном огне
Теперь ты в группе риска
Мой загнанный
Ты подошёл так близко
Я тигр, а не киска
Осталось заманить мне тебя к себе домой
И там убить
Я умираю, 4тобы жить
Я кровь теряю, 4тобы пить
Я всех бросаю, 4тобы быть с тобой
Вдох, сладкая смерть, оргазм и испуг
Внизу кровь кипит, вверху стынет
И не вырваться из оскаленных рук
Когда моя тень тебя обнимет
Ля-ля - La-la
Вновь повтори, как ты ску4ал
Как перенёс минуты разлуки
И расскажи, о 4ём ты мол4ал
Когда держал меня нежно за руки
Мне каждое слово так ново
Все слова это только слова
Будто летит с веток листва
И E-2 они могут помо4ь
Описать этот день [И!!!] эту но4ь
Всё слова это только слова
Опять 25, или там 2х2
Ля-ля тополя, потом "суп с котом"
Но всё не туда, не так, не о том…
Ты не звонил и не писал
Уже пол 4аса… наверно работа
Но мне надо знать и ты должен сам
Сказать, как видеть меня охота
Так слово за слово
Всё снова
Как рассказать тебе про любовь
Не говоря слов розы, слёзы, морковь
4тобы вспомнила кровь тот 100-градусный бред
И самые главные слова - "слов нет"
А есть прикосновения разрядами тока
Взгляды, подёрнутые пеленой-поволокой
Придыхание прибоем о борт корабля...
А тебе бы только ля-ля-ля
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I translated Вампирская to German the other day, I'll just whip up an English version. However, native speakers might notice mistakes (I'm sure there are lots), please point them out!
By the way, actually there's the text to the song Ля ля in the last message, too.
The vampiric one (a female vampire)
The gloom cuts with wings
The elefant and the queen (beats me what the elephant is doing here, may be a mistake)
My naked king
Kills with a glance
Serves him (?) right, too
I knew I wasn't allowed
But I wanted so much
to be with you
I'm a ghost in the night
Without a right to light
Captured by long years
And hunger
The blood is screaming
And weeps for an answer
When she's not there
So cold
I'ms o cold
I'm so cold
I in this eternal fire
Now you're in the risk group
My tired hero
You came so close
I'm a tiger, not a pussycat
It remained for me to lure you back home to me
And there to kill
I am dying to live
Losing blood to drink
Leave all behind to be with you
Breath, sweet death, orgasm and fear
Down there the blood is boiling, above it's cooling
And not to break out from empty hands
When my shadow engulfs you
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And while I'm at it, here's another favourite of mine from the new album by Слот, hopelessly mistranslated by myself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZETlqxS3Svk
Зеркала
Ночь
От стены к стене
Я иду в забытом сне
Туда...
В поиске себя
Где-то тут была
Потеряла - не нашла
Звала... всё звала...
В свете дня я закрашу чёрным зеркала
Всё равно в них нет меня
Так я буду верить, что жива
Пусть это и не так
Так [тик – так - тик]
Стрелки где-то спят [в ряд, в ряд]
Не идут и не стоят [таят]
Их нет [как нет]
Циферблат пустой [постой - постой - постой]
Некуда идти [иди, иди]
К новой пустоте лети [прости]
А нас [для нас]
Не спасти
Mirrors
Night
From wall to wall
I walk in a forgotten dream
There to...
On the search for myself
I was somewhere there
I lost - didn't find
I called - I called all (or: I called 'enough')
In the light of day I paint the mirrors dark
No matter I'm not in them
So I'll believe I'm alive
Even if it is not so
So [tick, tock, tick...]
The hands (of a watch) are sleeping somewhere [in a row]
Don't walk and don't stand still [hide]
They are gone [like nothing]
The face (of the watch) is empty [wait, wait] ('Zifferblatt' is a loan word from German. Cool... ;))
There's nowhere to go [go, go]
To the new emptiness of the year [pardon]
But us / ours [for us]
Don't fall
The parts in brackets are like echoes in Russian, forming different but similar sounding words.
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Robin, I added your Слот song to the playlist as well and hopefully someone will come along and help you with the translation!
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The next song is currently Billboard's #1 song on their Hot 100 Chart AND #1 on their Digital Songs Chart... It was released in JULY!
Owl City's - Fireflies
In the video there are really old toys.. how many did you have as a kid?? I actually had the Speak and Spell growing up and we bought a used one for hubby to practice English spelling!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3FsuTI7HeY Video with Lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMr52bCXNdU Song only
Lyrics:
You would not believe your eyes
If ten million fireflies
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
Cause they'd fill the open air
And leave tear drops everywhere
You'd think me rude but I would just stand and
Stare
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns, slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Cause everything is never as it seems
Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
From ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach my how to dance
A foxtrot above my head
A sock-hop beneath my bed
The disco ball is just hanging by a thread
(Thread, thread...)
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns, slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Cause everything is never as it seems
(When I fall asleep)
Leave my door open just a crack
(Please take me away from here)
Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(Please take me away from here)
Why do I tire of counting sheep?
(Please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep
(Ha-ha)
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
(Said farewell)
But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar
(Jar, jar, jar...)
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns, slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Cause everything is never as it seems
(When I fall asleep)
[x2]
I'd like to make myself believe
That planet Earth turns, slowly
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams
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Originally Posted by rockzmom
Want any to be added to the Playlist or lyrics posted? Or do you have something else you would like to share with the class? :unknown:
I used to be with it, but then they changed what 'it' was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's 'it' seems weird and scary :)
It’s in my car where, if ever, I listen to the music, on FM radio, and they rarely inform their listeners what they play, so I have to bite the bullets and wait long till the truth comes out as to who’s singing what. Just recently I’ve finally found out that the band I’ve been trying to know the name of is called Jamiroquai, though maybe I’ve been trying not hard enough, all I had to do was type cosmic girl in Google and there would have been my long awaited band. Anyway I often don’t know who is who. There were many whose music I liked, Deep Purple among them too, but the all time favorites are The Queen. Not that I listen to them often, I’d say hardly ever nowadays, just the impact they once had on me have never been matched.
P.S. I somehow missed Def Leppard, I mean I didn’t have the honor of meeting them when I should have. The access to western music was very limited then.
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Originally Posted by alexB
Just recently I’ve finally found out that the band I’ve been trying to know the name of is called Jamiroquai, though maybe I’ve been trying not hard enough, all I had to do was type cosmic girl in Google and there would have been my long awaited band. Anyway I often don’t know who is who.
Jamiroquai (pronounced: juh-meer-o-kwy)
Album: Travelling Without Moving
Year: 1996
Single: Cosmic Girl
Alex, there are a bunch of remixes out there of this song!!!
Here is the real version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2mr2yY5F3c
Tom Belton Remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebMoN89c16U
Full Intention Club Remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfeQPPXmQ-E
Quasar Mix (UK CD Single) Part 1-4 (there areally are 4 versions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkyijP2IgPA
David Morales Classic Mix {faster}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_p73Ag2AEY
ROBIN maybe you can help with a few songs from Def Leppard?? I'll ask hubby too as they are "his" taste more than mine :)
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No, Def Leppard was never among my faves.
Here's something I like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMHQQvBs6o4
What can I say, I like it gloomy...
Type O Negative - Everything dies
Well I loved my aunt - but she died
and my uncle Lou - then he died
I'm searching for something which can't be found - but I'm hoping
I still dream of dad - though he died
Everything dies - everything dies
My ma's so sick - she might die
though my girl's quite fit - she will die
Still looking for someone who was around - barely coping
now I hate myself - wish I'd die
Everything dies - everything dies
everything dies - everything
No why - oh god I miss you
no why - oh god I miss you - I really miss you
no no no no
No why - oh god I miss you
no why - oh god I miss you - I really miss you
Everything dies - everything dies
everything dies - everything - no no no no
Everything dies - everything dies
everything dies - everything
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Nope... I think you have a hair issue.... let's see, who has better hair? Peter Steele or Nuno Betancourt (formerly of) Extreme? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viQWJUoRG50
I must admit... just reading the lyrics was very entertaining!!! :ROFL:
UPDATE...
Younger daughter says... "Emo much?"
For those of you not familiar with "Emo" you can learn all about it here, but be certain to watch the video all the way because the outtakes at the end are VERY funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9onvD6CkCvc
Gotta love the EMO song!!
E is for emotional, ruins everybody's day
M is for miserable people
O is for on the darkside, 'cuz we have some fresh cookies. COOKIES! Wow!
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Just recently I’ve finally found out that the band I’ve been trying to know the name of is called Jamiroquai
I actually used to know the singer in Jamiroqai (his real name is Jay). He's a very funny guy, very smart and deep. He happened to live very close to my house. I lost touch with him after I moved though, but I think he still lives in the same place and still works as a musician. He got into some trouble with the police though, about hashish.
His biggest hit is Virtual Insanity --- quite old now. That whole album was very good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q936lXxQPTA
Explanation: Virtual can mean two different things, virtual as in "virtual reality" (=online, electronic world), and "virtual" as the opposite to "actual". So this is a word-play. The song is about the world being too hooked on electronic gadgets.
I have know idea why he sings in American accent, when he speaks he sounds 100% English.
"VIRTUAL INSANITY" LYRICS
Oh yeah what we're living in (let me tell ya)
It' a wonder man can eat at all
When things are big
That should be small
Who can tell what magic spells we'll be doing for us.
And I'm giving all my love to this world
Only to be told
I can't see, I can't breathe
No more will we be
And nothing's gonna change the way we live
Cuz we can always take and never give
And now that things are changing for the worse,
See, it's a crazy world we're living in
And I just can't see that half of us immersed in sin
Is all we have to give these
Futures made of virtual insanity
now always seem, to be governed by this love we have
For useless, twisting, our new technology
Oh now there is no sound for we all live underground
And I'm thinking in what a mess we're in
Hard to know when to begin
If I could slip the sickly ties that earthly man has made
And now every mother can choose the color of her child
That's not nature's way
Well that's what they said yesterday
There's nothing left to do but pray
I think it's time I found a new religion
Whoaaa it's so insane to synthesize another strain
There's something in these futures that we have to be told.
Futures made of virtual insanity
now always seem, to be governed by this love we have
For useless, twisting of our then new technology
Oh now there is no sound for we all live underground
Now there's no sound if we all live underground
And now it's virtual insanity
Forget your virtual reality
Oh, there's nothing so bad, I know yeah
(Bridge)
Oh, this virtual insanity, we're living in,
Has got to change, yeah
Things will never be the same
And I can't go on
While we're living in oh, oh virtual insanity
Oh, this world has got to change
Cos I just, I just can't keep going on, it was virtual,
Virtual insanity that we're living in, that we're living in
That virtual insanity is what it is
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hehehehe
"This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions."
Okay, I found another copy of the video... if the one Johanna posted does not work for you, try this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-CjgSMtcs
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I happened to listen to some albums with covers of Vysotskiy songs that had been translated into Swedish... The translations are SOOOO good. It's like it was the original langauge. I just love it. What a poet he was!
I have never listened to him in Russian though, but soon I will. He's like Leonard Cohen or maybe Bob Dylan, but much better, much smarter, I think, and the topics of his songs are more relevant.
@Bitpicker do you know about Vysotskij? Have you heard any good covers of him in German? Lots of Swedish and Finnish artists have done covers of him and it wouldn't surprise me if there are some great covers in German too - bigger language! (To be honest, who cares about Swedish covers, let's find some in a language that at least some people here can understand) I looked for German covers on Youtube but I couldn't find any.
Do people in Russia still listen to him? Are there any artists there doing covers of his songs or do you listen to the originals? Can you recommend a good Russian collections of his songs?
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HAHA Rockzmom, stop your "copyright infringement" at once you naughty girl! :evil: PS - can you explain "virtual" a bit better than I did...?
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You don’t have to go far, he’s right here behind you http://masterrussian.net/mforum/view...hp?f=61&t=5535
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Brilliant, no wait, Jazz is watching, :wink: :) excellent song.
I must have gotten the same response as rockzmom has on your link and looking for the alternative came upon this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ucdKkk ... re=related.
The bastards have put it all in perspective. :) (May I use the expression that way?) As much as I loved the original I couldn’t help but LMAO or roll on the floor laughing, to put it mildly.
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I actually used to know the singer in Jamiroqai (his real name is Jay). He's a very funny guy, very smart and deep. He happened to live very close to my house. I lost touch with him after I moved though, but I think he still lives in the same place and still works as a musician. He got into some trouble with the police though, about hashish.
You mean that guy?
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Originally Posted by Johanna
I actually used to know the singer in Jamiroqai (his real name is Jay). He's a very funny guy, very smart and deep. He happened to live very close to my house. I lost touch with him after I moved though, but I think he still lives in the same place and still works as a musician. He got into some trouble with the police though, about hashish.
His biggest hit is Virtual Insanity --- quite old now. That whole album was very good.
He does create very cute music, which is well known in Russia. Personally I like his music a lot.
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@Bitpicker do you know about Vysotskij? Have you heard any good covers of him in German? Lots of Swedish and Finnish artists have done covers of him and it wouldn't surprise me if there are some great covers in German too - bigger language!
No, never even heard the name before. And the German Wikipedia entry doesn't contain a hint at German cover versions either.
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Here's a German Goth song from one of my favorite bands. I provide an English translation, too... Of course it is hard to transport ambiguities and puns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5jLK9OCf8w
Lacrimosa - Stolzes Herz
Zu fühlen um zu spüren
Meine Sinne, meine Seele
Mein Gewissen und mein Herz
Am Abgrund meines Lebens
Am Ende meiner Selbst
Gebrechlich tief im Innern
Und schwach nach außen hin
Ist es schlecht ?
Und was ist gut?
Ist es krank ?
Und was heisst leben?
Nein -
Es ist nur ehrlich - menschlich
Und verflucht -
Ist doch nur die Wahrheit
Im Auge der Gemeinheit
Der Allgemeinheit
Schlicht verwerflich - transparent
Doch ist es tiefer, stärker und viel mehr
So ist der Mensch
Nur auf der Suche
Nach der Stärke
Nach der Lüge - blindem Wahn
Und der Oberflächlichkeit
Mit blutverschmierten Händen
Mit einer Träne im Gesicht
Einem Lächeln auf den Lippen
Und der Hoffnung tief im Blick
Aufzustehen auch aus dem Dreck
Tief beschmutzt und stolz im Herz
Dem Leben neu erwacht
Und erwacht ganz neu im Leben
Sind meine Hände blind und stumm ?
Sind meine Augen alt und schwach ?
Ist mein Herz dem Blut erlegen ?
Und bei allem doch nur ehrlich
Bin ich Mensch ?
Bin ich Schmerz ?
Bin ich die Träne -
Und der Kuss zugleich ?!?
Lacrimosa - Proud Heart
To feel in order to experience
My senses, my soul
My conscience and my heart
At the abyss of my life
At the end of myself
Feeble deep inside
And weak to behold
Is it bad?
And what is good?
Is it sick?
And what does it mean to live?
No -
It is only honest - human
and cursed (maybe: damn! as an interjection)
Is only the truth
In the eye of meanness
of the public (pun: Gemeinheit -> Allgemeinheit, hints at 'the mean public')
Simply reprehensible - transparent
But it is deeper, stronger and much more
thus man is only on the quest
for strength, for the lie
Blind madness
And superficiality
With bloodstained hands
Wit a tear on the face
A smile on the lips
And hope deep in the eyes (or firmly in sight)
To stand up even from the dirt
Deeply stained and proud at heart
Newly awakened to life
And awoken fully new in life
Are my hands blind and dumb?
Are my eyes old and weak?
Has my heart succumbed to the blood?
And is it in all that just honest?
Am I human?
Am I pain?
Am I the tear -
And the kiss at the same time?
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Robin, Lacrimosa - Stolzes herz was not bad! I'll have to dig up a song I am trying to recall.
Alex! I took hubby down memory lane last night. Ohhhh, he was like a little kid with a shiny new penny. Remembering his misspent youth.
Here are a few of his favorite heavy metal songs. I'm listing all the songs and links and then the lyrics after:
Def Leppard Love Bites (slow song)
album: "Hysteria" (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPU9az11si0 (lyrics also in video)
Def Leppard Run Riot
album: "Hysteria" (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOD0odt7dN4
Pretty Maids We Came To Rock
album: "Future World" (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzPssVyQVyE
Pretty Maids - Eye Of The Storm (slow song)
album: "Future World" (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Risw-VQFflI
Love Bites
If you've got love in your sights
Watch out, love bites
When you make love, do you look in the mirror?
Who do you think of?
Does he look like me?
Do you tell lies?
And say that it's forever?
Do you think twice, or just touch 'n' see?
Ooh babe
Ooh yeah
When you're alone, do you let go?
Are you wild 'n' willin' or is it just for show?
Ooh c'mon
I don't wanna touch you too much baby
'cos making love to you might drive me crazy
I know you think that love is the way you make it
So i don't wanna be there when you decide to break it
No!
(love bites, love bleeds)
It's bringin' me to my knees
(love lives, love dies)
It's no surprise
(love begs, love pleads)
It's what i need
When i'm with you are you somewhere else?
Am i gettin' thru or do you please yourself?
When you wake up will you walk out?
It can't be love if you throw it about
Ooh babe
I don't wanna touch you too much baby
'cos making love to you might drive me crazy
Oh
Ooh yeah
(love bites, love bleeds)
It's bringin' me to my knees
(love lives, love dies)
(love bites, love bleeds)
It's bringin' me to my knees
(love lives, love dies)
It's no surprise
(love begs, love pleads)
It's what i need
If you've got love in your sights
Watch out, love bites
Yes it does
It will be hell
Run Riot
Living by the law is a bloody necessary bore
Everybody are you gettin' what you're lookin' for?
Livin' by the rule is somethin' that you gotta do!
But does it matter if we
(break a rule or two?)
Get up!
Break out!
Don't be the odd one out
Livin' on the edge, i'm a tryin' to keep a level head
(oh!) ev'ry morning it's a bummer gettin' out of bed
Same old story does a nothin' ever ever change?
Yeah, they lock me up and then they let me out again
Get up!
Break out!
Don't be the odd one out
C'mon, it's alright we're hot tonight
You better run
(run)
(run riot)
You gotta run
(run)
(run riot)
You know the time has come
(run)
(run riot)
I mean ev'ryone
(run)
(yeah, run riot)
Oh, gotta riot babe
Goin' thru the motions desperation guaranteed
Whoa, get f-f-frustrated easily
Pedal to the metal senses working overtime
Oh, a fight to the finish babe
Draw the line!
(night night night)
Run
Speak to me!
They lock me up, they let me out but i'm up and runnin'
I scream and shout
You better run
(run)
(run riot)
You gotta run
(run)
(run riot)
You know the time has come
(run)
(run riot)
C'mon, run with me
(run)
(run riot)
(run)
(run riot)
Hey!
I'll take you from your misery
C'mon!
Stick with me!
We Came To Rock
If you're feeling out of nowhere
If you got no place to go
If you're feeling lost and lonely
When you're down the open road
Oh come on join our show
Here we go
Did they preach you words of wisdom
Did they fill your head with lies
Did they try to break the doorways
To the world behind your eyes
Oh, I want to know
We came to rock
We came to rock
We came to rock
We came to rock
Are you burning with the fever
Are you ready to explode
Can you feel the magic power in your heart
When you hear my voice is calling, calling
Oh come join our show
[Chorus]
We are the faces
We are the guardians of the night
We'll rock the ages
It's all right
We've seen the fire
We are defenders of your rights
We'll take you higher
Gonna take you to the sky
We'll rock until the morning light
We'll rock into your soul
We're gonna hit the stars tonight
We came to rock
To rock and roll
[Chorus]
Eye Of The Storm
Dreams of a lifetime
Thrills from long ago
These years of joy now have flown
Silhouettes in a mirror
I'll recognise her face
Ten thousand years out in space
She
She meant everything to me
Scarlet woman with eyes of gold
She's out on the edge of my dream
Venus arising
Planet caravans
Create a cosmic romance
Like a touch of her spirit
Voices from the past
Just like a spell that's been cast
I've been walking through tears and pain
Every time I catch her breath
Oh, but I still do remain
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm
Seasons are changing
Winter of my life
The memories still survive
And the dreams of my love
Are coming down like rain
Every time I call out her name
And she
She meant everything to me
Scarlet woman with eyes of gold
She
She's out on the edge of my dreams
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm
Eye of the storm
I am no stranger
No stranger to love any more
I've tried it all
So many times before
And I've been going through changes
But I can't fight this feeling
And I'm still dreaming on
And on and on...
[Chorus]
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@Bitpicker do you know about Vysotskij? Have you heard any good covers of him in German? Lots of Swedish and Finnish artists have done covers of him and it wouldn't surprise me if there are some great covers in German too - bigger language!
No, never even heard the name before. And the German Wikipedia entry doesn't contain a hint at German cover versions either.
Here are translations: http://www.wysotsky.com/1031.htm Там некоторые песни с аудио.
Сайт на немецком: http://www.vladimir-vysotsky.de/frameset.htm
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oops, I forgot that the spelling of the name has to be different in German. I tried listening to one of the mp3s on the German site. But actually, it's in Russian, original recording.
I thought his songs would sound good in German. But it looks like there are only text translations --- no actual covers in German.
Perhaps you need to live in a cold country where people drink a lot, in order to really appreciate Vysotsky. :) Otherwise I don't know why he isn't known in DE. When I made a search of the German transliteration of his name I came across lots of covers in Polish.
See links above - Lampada has created a very comprehensive thread about Vysotsky in the music lounge. I can't recommend his music enough.
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Could be an aftereffect of the Cold War period. The Scandinavian countries were closer to Russia, whereas Germany used to have a border running through the middle of the country, separating it into two states. Here in the West there was practically no knowledge of Russian culture at all. I remember that the Russian Heavy Metal band Gorky Park was as exotic to us as a band from Africa would have been.
Indeed, come to think of it, cover versions might have existed in the former Eastern German Republic, but after reunification much of their culture mostly disappeared overnight. And I suppose their government was trying to be holier than the pope, too, so they might have suppressed things which might have been possible in Russia as far as political lyrics were concerned. Germans what can I say? If we do it, we need to do it better than everyone else. :wacko:
Now of course we have 3 million native speakers of Russian in the country, they make for the second largest immigrant group after the Turks if my numbers are correct. Today we have Russian and Polish nights in clubs or even clubs which primarily cater to one or the other nationality. :beer:
And another aspect: the national music industry wasn't always strong. When I was young, German music was mostly 'Schlager' for the old. Then came the New Wave of German pop music (Neue Deutsche Welle), after that nothing for a long time, and only relatively recently did German bands like Rosenstolz, Silbermond, Juli, Rammstein etc. achieve widespread fame. Music with lyrics in German simply wasn't fashionable for quite a while. Therefore, German versions of foreign songs, though they did exist, usually were in the 'Schlager' category. Not exactly the right place for intellectual lyrics.
Robin
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Bitpicker, interesting to read!
About the English-language German groups of the 1980s
Haha - who can forget kitschy "Alphaville", Sandra, Nena... Nina Hagen...?
"Forever Young" or "Big in Japan"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIU04k0o4MI must have been one of the first singles I ever bought. There WAS good music made in the German language back then - at least some that I liked. I had some good mixed tapes... but I can't remember the names of the groups anymore. Kraftwerk was one of them though.
Swedish media had the policy of splitting content from East and West. German was the top foreign langauge on TV after English. So I might even have watched more DDR TV than you did. Particularly Sandmann! :-) They made some pretty good documentaries and criminal dramas too.
Yeah, Germany feels a lot more cosmopolitan now, like you say. I travel to Frankfurt sometimes for work, and I have a good friend in Hamburg. Haven't seen the "new" Berlin though! I remember family drives through DE as a kid (to get to the Alps!) and things seemed quite old fashioned / traditional outside the cities. There was a faster route for us through the DDR, via Sassnitz - but most of the times we travelled through the BRD anyway.
It's "good" in a way that the new "power house" of Europe has the experience of having been split -- so far it continues to be the "kind giant" in Europe, hopefully never wanting to be the "bad guy" again. I feel really positive towards Germany.
Hey, did you hear about the German foreign minister who refused to speak English with the BBC? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5zqt0Jr-Gg I thought it was funny! Did he explain what his exact motivation was? What did you think?
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So I might even have watched more DDR TV than you did. Particularly Sandmann!
That goes without saying, we didn't get any DDR TV. The DDR Sandmann, however, has survived, is still shown today and was better than ours. That, and the men on the traffic lights for pedestrians.
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Hey, did you hear about the German foreign minister who refused to speak English with the BBC?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5zqt0Jr-Gg I thought it was funny! Did he explain what his exact motivation was? What did you think?
He wasn't foreign minister yet when he said that, but it was clear he would be. He said that when in Germany, you speak German. It has been said that his English is awful.
But ministers aren't selected based on merit or capability.
Robin
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The DDR Sandmann, however, has survived, is still shown today and was better than ours. That, and the men on the traffic lights for pedestrians.
Robin
Okay, I admit I have been out of sorts the past couple of days and the elevator may still not be going all the way to the top and all...but... what is/was the DDR Sandmann??? :oops:
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I suppose you know the story of the sandman, whose dust makes children sleep and the remnant of which you find in your eyes in the mornings? Both the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic used to have a version of that story as a TV show for children. In the evening there would be a short film showing the sandman visiting children somewhere in the world, his dust would make them dream, which means that some other short film for children would be shown, and after that film the sandman would take his leave of the children. There's a children's TV channel even today which still shows the old GDR sandman shows at the end of its daily broadcast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59_MUJL8bHc
This 'video' has a picture of the Western sandman to the left and the Eastern one (the same as shown in all of Germany today) to the right. Youtube searches on the term Sandmännchen may show you more examples.
Robin
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The thing that I liked about Sandmann was that he always travelled in a different "cool" vehicles. Plus the theme song was very catchy. In Swedish and Norwegian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijgtvroA2ls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU1pdKZ-Plo
I saw a video of the German foreign minister speaking English and it wasn't very bad. But the event was interesting because it's a nuisance to have to speak English against ones will, in ones own country. I thought he was making a statement about that, but perhaps he was more concerned about criticism about his own English skills... I personally think the EU should adopt a neutral language as our lingua Franca. Much fairer and more practical. Esperanto can be learnt in a fraction of the time that it takes to learn good English.
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And while I'm at it, here's another favourite of mine from the new album by Слот, hopelessly mistranslated by myself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZETlqxS3Svk
Mirrors
Night
From wall to wall
I walk in a forgotten dream
There to...
On the search for myself
I was somewhere there
I lost - didn't find
I called - I called
all (or: I called '
enough') / Звала... всё звала...
The meaning of "Звала... всё звала... " is "I called and called again and again (all the time) but nobody answered me"
So I would translate it like:
I called again and again, but I heard only an echo.
In the light of day I
will paint the mirrors dark
No matter I'm not in them
So I'll believe I'm alive
Even if it is not so
So [tick, tock, tick...]
The hands (of a watch) are sleeping somewhere [in a row]
Don't walk and don't stand still [hide]
They are gone [like nothing]
The face (of the watch) is empty [wait, wait] ('Zifferblatt' is a loan word from German. Cool... ;))
There's nowhere to go [go, go]
Fly to the new emptiness of the year [pardon]
And we cannot be saved (
or "we will not save") [
from fall]
we will fall (Actually there is no "fall" there, but it fits as one of possible variants for this case)
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Thanks for the corrections, Katerina, it wasn't as bad as I expected. ;) However, you kept my misinterpretation of лети in there, so it should probably be:
There's nowhere to go [go, go]
Fly to the new emptiness * [pardon]
And we cannot be saved ( or "we will not save") [from fall]
we will fall (Actually there is no "fall" there, but it fits as one of possible variants for this case)
* dropped "of the year" from here.
Robin
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Thanks for the corrections, Katerina, it wasn't as bad as I expected. ;) However, you kept my misinterpretation of лети in there, so it should probably be:
There's nowhere to go [go, go]
Fly to the new emptiness * [pardon]
And we cannot be saved ( or "we will not save") [from fall]
we will fall (Actually there is no "fall" there, but it fits as one of possible variants for this case)
* dropped "of the year" from here.
Robin
Russian original use “лети” I suppose that “drop” is closer to “сорваться” than “падать”. I prefer “падать” because I think it saves the hope for person “not to be prostrate” in this case. As for me I’d like to see in Russian text some positive. You can decide yourself what you want to stay there. :roll:
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I meant I dropped 'of the year' as a mistranslation of лети, while it actually means 'fly' - you added the 'fly' but left my incorrect translation in there.
Robin
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I meant I dropped 'of the year' as a mistranslation of лети, while it actually means 'fly' - you added the 'fly' but left my incorrect translation in there.
Robin
This situation amused me a bit. :ROFL:
Actually, I considered "Fly to the new emptiness of the year" like metaphor.
It is something like this in Russian:
Лети к пустоте начала отсчета/времен/нового года жизни.
There is not it in the original text but the idea of this is the same. :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59_MUJL8bHc
This 'video' has a picture of the Western sandman to the left and the Eastern one (the same as shown in all of Germany today) to the right. Youtube searches on the term Sandmännchen may show you more examples.
Robin
Okay, now all I understood was the "ahhhh" by the kids, I guess complaining about going to bed, and the "alvederzane" at the end. You feel up to posting the lyrics in English for us? They sound very cute!
This is the song I think of when I hear "Mr. Sandman" and it was before my time mind you!!! 1954! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8F-yDngEs0
