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Facilitator
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Where people kill 30 million pigs per year
Posts: 2,014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmidti
Good afternoon!
I have written a new, melancholic, mediative song about leaving the monotony.
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Schmidti, instead of asking what instruments you play, I should ask what instruments you *don't* play! 
Great saxophone playing in your monotony song. The image of going to the university library makes me shudder. It reminds me of memories of studying for hours and hours and hours that I'd rather forget. :/
I especially like your motivation song. Wonderful instrumentals! Very jazzy. I don't know which to like more, your musicianship or your video work! Seeing the double you was a great effect, and I love the scenes of your village and the forest. I am envious of your trumpet skills. I bought a trumpet fairly recently, but haven't progressed far. I suppose I have to practice sometime, huh? 
I relate to your motivation lyrics very much. All the plans and dreams of doing more, and the downhearted feeling when you don't manage to get yourself to do what you want. But then the feeling of inspiration hits again! You use very dense lyrics...a lot of words close together. I felt the song might benefit from having a slower section, where the words are more drawn out.
Schmidti, I have made a few changes in your English translation below, in bold, where I felt they might be in order.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Schmidti
and here the text:
Hab schon alles geplant
I have already arranged everything
übermorgen fang ich an
and I’ll begin the day after tomorrow
dann bin ich überübermorgen fertig
then, I will be ready the day after the day after tomorrow
Gott sei Dank
Thank God!
Es würde ja reichen,
It would be enough
wenn ich 4 Stunden am Tag mach,
to work 4 hours a day
dann hab ich an die 12 Stunden Freizeit,
so I’ll have nearly 12 hours of leisure
pro Tag
per day!
come on!
Inzwischen ist es überübermorgen
By now, it’s the day after the day after tomorrow
Und die Sonne scheint auf meinen Bauch
And the sun is shining on my waist (stomach)
Ich lieg im Liegestuhl denn das Wetter ist so wunderschön
I’m lying in the canvas chair and the wheather is so gorgeous
Ich glaube, dass ich die nächsten Tage
I think I won't need to do any work
mal nichts zu tun brauch,
for the next few days
eine Woche später ein riesen Berg Arbeit, was ist geschehn?!
One week later, a colossal mountain of work, what has happened?!
Ich war doch so motiviert,
But I was so motivated,
hab alles genau geplant,
have arranged everything accurately
doch wiedermal ist nichts passiert
but once again nothing happened,
ich fing ja nichtmal damit an,
I didn’t even begin,
wo ist meine Energie?
Where is my energy?
Ich hab sie verloren irgendwann
I’ve lost it sometime,
Ich bräuchte eine Batterie
I needed a battery
Dann treibt mich wenigstens irgendwas an
Then at least I'd get something started.
Come on!
Auch dieses Lied
Also this song
Lies länger auf sich warten
Took a lot of time.
made me wait for it longer than expected
(there really isn't a good direct translation, is there)
Hatte es im Kopf,
it was in my head,
doch da blieb es lang
but there it was camping a lot of time
Wollt gleich texten,
I wanted to write the lyrics,
aufnehmen,
record it,
arrangieren
arrange it
damit ich es gleich
so that I can upload it at once
auf Youtube stellen kann
to youtube
Come on!
Doch das Sofa war so bequem
But the couch was so comfortable
Und es lief grad so ein guter Film
And there was such a good film on TV
Den muss ich mir jetzt unbedingt ansehn
I absolutely had to see it right away
Manchmal braucht man einfach mal Entspannung
Sometimes you just need to relax
Man muss doch abundzu mal chilln,
you have to chill from time to time
Doch das Lied blieb wieder ungeschrieben
But the song wasn’t written!
Ref
Und dann jogg ich 20 km
And then I’m jogging 20 km
Durch die Stadt und durch den Wald
Through the city and through the forest,
Mach noch 30 Liegestützen
And do 30 push-ups
Und dann dusch ich eiskalt
And I take a freezing shower
Denn eine leise Stimme in mir drin
Because a quiet voice in my head
Sagte “wach auf!”
Said: “Wake up!”
Du kannst noch so viel erreichen,
You can still achieve so much,
mach was daraus
make the best of it!
make something of it!
Doch jetzt bin ich inspiriert,
But now I’m inspired
in Zukunft werd ich ein besserer Mann,
in the future I'll become a better man
sodass jeden Tag was passiert,
so that every day something happens
ich fang jetzt sofort damit an
and I begin at once
ich nehm mir meine Energie
I get my energy
aus einem guten Schnitzel daheim,
from a good meal at home
das ist viel besser als ne Batterie,
that’s much better than a battery
und heizt meinen Stoffwechsel gut ein!
and speeds up my metabolism very well!
Come on!
So, come on, your Schmidti
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Neapolitan:
If a chicken was smart enough to be able to speak English and run in a geometric pattern, then I think it should be smart enough to dial 911 (999) before getting the axe, and scream to the operator, "Something must be done! Something must be done!"
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Last edited by VEGANGELICA; 10-16-2010 at 10:27 AM.
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