Ever Listened To A Song In A Foreign Language

[nailit]

That you just don't know the words to but resonate with the tune anyway?
Cant speak German but just love this upbeat tune anyway.




Love the 'primal' feel of it as well.....

[jno]

Chris, the record company (was it Columbia?) just wanted to give it a title that Americans would recognise and that was the only Japanese word anyone had ever heard of.

He died in the crash on Mt Fuji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123

[sanmac]

The first time I heard the German version of "Lilly Marleen", which was a popular song of both the allies and the axis during WW2, I was really impressed. It just sounded more haunting and emotive than the English version:

[jno]

you'd better post the English one separately.

There's an old comedy called Desert Mice in which Sid James hears the song in German while he's in the desert with Ensa and tries out several different possible English versions - quite clever.

[sanmac]

Jno, any chance of posting a clip of that scene in that movie, I'd like to see it.

[bodeker]

Thanks Jno for that further info .

[fender62]

beautiful -

[jno]

I've never seen even a clip of it online, sanmac, but I think it turns up on Talking Pictures TV occasionally. Seemingly just a cheap British comedy but I've managed to remember bits of it for 50 years and more.

[tara20]

All time favourite - Adriano Celentano