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Old 05-17-2011, 02:01 PM   #541 (permalink)
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You're right. In that way, the original "intentional ambiguity" (a color and a place at the same time) isn't lost in translation. That's fixed now. Thanks for your suggestion!
You're welcome! I didn't realize you'd actually use my suggestion. Since that is the case, here is another, Zaqarbal:

I recommend you write "At the Azure Coast" instead of "In the Azure Coast," because even though "Azure Coast" is a proper name it still sounds like just a coast (seashore). I would say I had a picture taken "at the coast" rather than "in the coast," so "in the Azure Coast" sounds odd to me. It's wonderful that you are providing the song translations for the general public to enjoy.

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I just know two "feline love songs" by April Stevens:
Oh dear. Somehow the overt, fawning, kitty-singing with the purring and the breathy "whoa whoa whoa whoa-ing" is almost humiliating to listen to.

The feigned innocence in the second seemed especially obsequious. However, it did make me chuckle when I imagined her singing to Tiger Woods. I also liked the little twist at the end where she sings that if he doesn't teach her what to do, then she'll teach him! Ha ha! Ingénue she is not. (You go, girl!)

Hmm...so maybe there aren't any love songs written in honor of real cats? Perhaps that is a musical niche that needs filling.
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Old 05-18-2011, 12:24 AM   #542 (permalink)
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You're welcome! I didn't realize you'd actually use my suggestion. Since that is the case, here is another, Zaqarbal:

I recommend you write "At the Azure Coast" instead of "In the Azure Coast," because even though "Azure Coast" is a proper name it still sounds like just a coast (seashore). I would say I had a picture taken "at the coast" rather than "in the coast," so "in the Azure Coast" sounds odd to me. It's wonderful that you are providing the song translations for the general public to enjoy.
Thanks again. I'm always grateful for suggestions and corrections because they help me to improve my English. In fact, that's one of the reasons I write amateur song-translations. Even though my first aim was to do some kind of "poetic justice", after seeing how mediocre the recent Hispanic "pop and rock exportations" were. At least compared to the 90's, when the most internationally-known band was Héroes del Silencio (those were the days!). Sometimes I translate gems from unknown indie bands. For instance, La Señora de González. Despite that funny name (it means "Mr. González's Wife" ), these guys are able to make compositions with a strong lyricism, like the following love song. Pido ("I Ask", 2008):



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Oh dear. Somehow the overt, fawning, kitty-singing with the purring and the breathy "whoa whoa whoa whoa-ing" is almost humiliating to listen to.
Yes, that's quite anti-erotic.

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Hmm...so maybe there aren't any love songs written in honor of real cats? Perhaps that is a musical niche that needs filling.
Yep. The closest thing I've heard is a song about being jealous of a cat:




"My girlfriend's cat is smarter than me"

* EDIT: Here you are, Erica: YouTube - Delilah Freddie Mercury

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Old 05-18-2011, 03:49 PM   #544 (permalink)
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...Sometimes I translate gems from unknown indie bands. For instance, La Señora de González. Despite that funny name (it means "Mr. González's Wife" ), these guys are able to make compositions with a strong lyricism, like the following love song. Pido ("I Ask", 2008):
I like how "Pido" describes all sorts of love, including love for children, rather than just love for romantic partners as in many of the songs in this thread.

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* EDIT: Here you are, Erica:

Delilah - Freddie Mercury
Yeay! I real love song about a real cat! Thank you, Zaqarbal. I hadn't heard this song before. My favorite lines from "Delilah":

"When you throw a moody you’re all claws and you bite -
That’s alright!
And then you make me slightly mad
When you pee all over my chippendale suite.
Delilah - I love you"


Now *that's* true love! You know a love song with urine in it is a realistic one.
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Anybody likes "Stay here forever-Jewel"?That is my favorite love song.And Valintine's Day is a simple and romatic movie.=p
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