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Lord Gay Van Gay of Gayville

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This has to be the best video ever, but I want to know what they're singing!! Can anyone interpret it for me? (Jeni..?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWtQHw_B48o

xxx

-- Edited by Polo fiend at 19:56, 2007-03-02

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heyhey...

they're called Wir Sind Helden (We Are Heroes) and the song is called Guten Tag (Good Day/Hello) from the album Die Reklamation (The Complaint)...

here's the text followed by translation:

Meine Stimme gegen ein Mobiltelefon
Meine Fäuste gegen eure Nagelpflegelotion
Meine Zähne gegen die von Doktor Best und seinem Sohn
Meine Seele gegen eure sanfte Epilation

Es war im Ausverkauf im Angebot die Sonderaktion
Tausche blödes altes Leben gegen neue Version
Ich hatte es kaum zu hause ausprobiert da wußte ich schon
an dem Produkt ist was kaputt- das ist die Reklamation

Guten Tag guten Tag ich will mein Leben zurück
Ich tausch nicht mehr ich will mein Leben zurück
Guten Tag ich gebe zu ich war am Anfang entzückt
aber euer Leben zwickt und drückt nur dann nicht
wenn man sich bückt -
Guten Tag

Meine Stimme gegen die der ganzen Talkshownation
Meine Fäuste für ein müdes Halleluja und Bohnen
Meine Zähne gegen eure zahme Revolution
Visionen gegen die totale Television

Es war im Ausverkauf im Angebot die Sonderaktion...

Guten Tag guten Tag ich will mein Leben zurück...


Translation:

My voice against a mobile phone
my fists against your nail care lotion
my teeth against those of Dr Best and his son
my soul against your soft epilation

it was in the sale, on offer, the special offer
exchange the stupid old life for a new version
i'd barely tried it at home before i realised
something's wrong with the product - that's the complaint!

hello, hello, I want my life back!
I won't exchange again, I want my life back!
hello, I admit I was enchanted at first,
but your life doesn't just pinch and hurt when you bend over-
hello

my voice against the whole talkshow nation
my fists for a tired halleluja and beans
my teeth against your tame revolution
visions agains the entirety of television

it was in the sale, on offer, the special offer

hello, hello, I want my life back...

END

it's an exact translation so it doesn't rhyme when u translate to english, but there ya go!

sasha
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Oooh, fun video. Though I don't know why I'd be able to translate a whole song, Jeffers! Haha.

My German stops at "Ich habe ein Pony..." (which is a tune!!).



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Anne is miffed that I didn't credit her in my post about Wir Sind Helden, as it was she that introduced them to me.

She is amazing.

Emily

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P.S. Anne does not have me at gun-point, I am saying that of my own free will

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I like Rammstein. They are German too.

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The Rt. Hon. Reverend Dame Brigadier Duchess HRH Lord Sir Gay Senior Junior BA, M.Gay, PhGay, Justice of Gay. GAY

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Haha. I'll tell you what's fun to do. Walk down a dusky back road, listening to Rammstein* full blast. It felt like I was in some sort of first person shooter. xx

*or any similar music. I've only done it, by accident, with Rammstein, and it freaked me out.

-- Edited by Wendy at 01:26, 2007-03-04

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My uber conservative German teacher (seriously, his name should have be Mr walk-all-over-me-please) used to like Rammstein. It freaked me out quite a bit.

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i heart german music. it is comically entertaining. on the amsterdam hitch we got a hitch from ghent to antwerp with this wierd middle aged man who was blaring out german heavy metal music.

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ghehen uber die bruck an der dritte strassa linx.
ich hiesse chris
ich whona in leeds
leeds ist ein gross universitad im de norten von england

its been a verry long time since i did german

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chris, not bad, but it looks like you're trying to write german and coming out with dutch/flemish, lol

i heart all german music (except for Schnappi der Krokodil, Die Firma, and Tokio Hotel. okay, mayeb I admit to a secret love for Tokio Hotel, but shhh!!)

splash

x

p.s. anybody else want stuff translating from germanic, lemme know!

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lol ahh well like i said not spoken or written it since i left school lol and to be fair my english is appaling never mind my german

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