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BaldJean ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10387 |
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well, since Friede stole the contribution from the country I grew up in, I will provide a contribution from her country. it is "Die Legende vom toten Soldaten" ("he Legend of the Dead Soldier") by Bertolt Brecht (lyrics) and Kurt Weill (music). unfortunately I couldn't find an online translation. the song is about a dead soldier being dug up again because he is needed for the war.
Und als der Krieg im vierten Lenz
Der Krieg war aber noch nicht gar
Der Sommer zog über die Gräber her
Es zog die ärztliche Kommission
Der Doktor besah den Soldaten genau
Und sie nahmen sogleich den Soldaten mit
Sie schütteten ihm einen feurigen Schnaps
Und weil der Soldat nach Verwesung stinkt
Voran die Musik mit Tschindrara
Und brüderlich den Arm um ihn
Sie malten auf sein Leichenhemd
Ein Herr im Frack schritt auch voran
So zogen sie mit Tschindrara
Die Katzen und die Hunde schrein
Und wenn sie durch die Dörfer ziehn
Mit Tschindrara und Wiedersehn!
Und wenn sie durch die Dörfer ziehn
So viele tanzten und johlten um ihn
Die Sterne sind nicht immer da |
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VanderGraafKommandöh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
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Ah yes, I remember that from the Woodstock Festival footage I've seen.
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Chicapah ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 14 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8238 |
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Dylan's "With God on our Side" is a classic.
I love Porcupine Tree's "A Smart Kid" on Stupid Dream, too. One sole survivor left on earth following a "chemical harvest." Chilling.
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Dick Heath ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12818 |
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Sorry Erik I'm missing the point????? No the Danger Money version. Actually the lyrics really clicked home driving down London's Park Lane one Sunday afternoon c1980, with a cassette copy (take from my LP) in the car player
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cuncuna ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2005 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 4318 |
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I absolutely love Kurt Weill's music. Sadly, I haven't been able to find those lyrics translated into some language I can read, but, given the awsome musical work, those lyrics must be worthy of reading. ¿Would you please try to translate at least one song?. ¿Please?. I can trade it for a translation of a beautiful chilean song from band extraordinaire "Congreso", from their "Clay birds" album. You won't regret it, that song "Clay birds" has that cristal clear overwhelming beauty that leaves you with shivers running down your back. |
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cuncuna ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2005 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 4318 |
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As for the topic, I would point Art Bears "Martyr's song" as a favourite of mine.
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Rottenhat ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: February 14 2006 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 436 |
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"I Come and Stand At Every Door" as you name it "Lost Chord" is an awesome piece of music. Have you heard the version by "This Mortal Coil"
The piece always gets me crying like a little baby. If I play this song the tears will come out of me like a fountain.
No piece of music could move me as much as this.
Thank you for bringing up a good thread, Lost chord.
Rottenhat
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BaldFriede ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: June 02 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10266 |
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Ok, I will translate the song Jean posted. |
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BaldFriede ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: June 02 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10266 |
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Ok, here the translation of the song Jean posted. I will post a German verse followed by the translation, then continue the same way, instead of posting the whole translation after the poem; that way one can see which verse the translation belongs to more clearly.
Und als der Krieg im vierten Lenz And when the war was in the fourth spring
Der Krieg war aber noch nicht gar But war was not over yet
Der Sommer zog über die Gräber her The summer went over the graves
Es zog die ärztliche Kommission The doctor's committee
Der Doktor besah den Soldaten genau The doctor looked closely at the soldier
Und sie nahmen sogleich den Soldaten mit And they took the soldier away with them,
Sie schütteten ihm einen feurigen Schnaps They poured a fiery schnapps
Und weil der Soldat nach Verwesung stinkt And since the soldier reeks of decay,
Voran die Musik mit Tschindrara The music ahead with boom-di-boom
Und brüderlich den Arm um ihn And two paramedics walk with him
Sie malten auf sein Leichenhemd And upon his shroud they paint
Ein Herr im Frack schritt auch voran A man in a tailcoat also walked
So zogen sie mit Tschindrara And so they went with boom-di-boom
Die Katzen und die Hunde schrein The cats and the dogs shout,
Und wenn sie durch die Dörfer ziehn And as they marched though the villages
Mit Tschindrara und Wiedersehn! With boom-di-boom and fare-the-well
Und wenn sie durch die Dörfer ziehn And as they marched through the villages,
So viele tanzten und johlten um ihn So many danced and jeered around him
Die Sterne sind nicht immer da there will be a dawn; but the soldier, as he was drilled to, marches into his death of heroes. Edited by BaldFriede - February 15 2007 at 14:12 |
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tdbark ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: November 13 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 81 |
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![]() I've been waiting for something to happen For a week or a month or a year With the blood in the ink of the headlines And the sound of the crowd in my ear You might ask what it takes to remember When you know that you've seen it before Where a government lies to a people And a country is drifting to war And there's a shadow on the faces Of the men who send the guns To the wars that are fought in places Where their business interest runs On the radio talk shows and the T.V. You hear one thing again and again How the U.S.A. stands for freedom And we come to the aid of a friend But who are the ones that we call our friends-- These governments killing their own? Or the people who finally can't take any more And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone There are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire There's a shadow on the faces Of the men who fan the flames Of the wars that are fought in places Where we can't even say the names They sell us the President the same way They sell us our clothes and our cars They sell us every thing from youth to religion The same time they sell us our wars I want to know who the men in the shadows are I want to hear somebody asking them why They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are But they're never the ones to fight or to die And there are lives in the balance There are people under fire There are children at the cannons And there is blood on the wire That is one of my favorites.... Others include:
Blowin' in the Wind
Eve Of Destruction
War Pigs
Two Suns in the Sunset
Ohio
Fortunate Son
Us and Them
Them and Us (Don Henley)
Imagine and Give Peace a Chance
One (Metallica)
There are more but these come first to mind.
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The Lost Chord ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 23 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1907 |
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Glad you enjoy it as much, Rottenhat!
The song always makes me shiver, the melody they put to the lyrics of the poem is just brilliant...it really makes for an extremely emotional experience.
When children die, they do not grow...
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cuncuna ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 29 2005 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 4318 |
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Thank you. ![]() Now, I'll do my part. The only thing is, I'm not sure if this is the best translation possible, but it's close enough. "Pájaros de Arcilla" (Birds of clay) La vestimenta ósea de la calle se vestirá de pájaros de arcilla quien corre y hacia dónde esta mañana quien cambiará el brocal del cielo inmenso The osseus surface of the street will dress with birds of clay who's running and were this morning? who will change the border of the vast sky? Metálicas palabras, versos muertos levantan los andamios, limpian cauces quien corre y hacia donde esta mañana quien cambiará el brocaldel cielo inmenso Metalic words, dead verses rise the scaffoldings, clean the channels who's running and were this morning? who will change the border of the vast sky? Y allá en las altas copas florecidas vuelvo a escuchar tu canto hermano mio And there, in the high bloomed tops I hear your song again, my brother |
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Dick Heath ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12818 |
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Silly me: Rendezvous 6.02 - in which Waterloo was no more............... (comes from my habit singing certain tunes to myself and coming up with lyrics I more prefer; who did the original version of Fish Like Tuna?? - nothing to do with Man) Edited by Dick Heath - February 16 2007 at 14:06 |
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Flyingsod ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: March 19 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 564 |
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That's "The Fixin to Die Rag" by Country Joe Mcdonald I was talking about in case anyone was interested in the title. "Be the first ones on your block to have your boy come home in a box" man is that poignant sarcasm or what! |
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Flyingsod ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: March 19 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 564 |
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Thanks for work on that. What a sarcastic allegory for what govts do to thier populace for the sake of war. Very deep and intelligent. |
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JayDee ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: September 07 2005 Location: Elysian Fields Status: Offline Points: 10063 |
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Iron Maiden's The Trooper is a very memorable song telling of the futility of war. Most of Iron Maiden's albums have "war songs" included on them.
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