Lost in retranslation

[jack_babalon]

From weishaupt -

1. Randomly pick a song from your music library.
2. Find the lyrics for the first four verses/chorus
3. Go to Google translation and translate the lyrics from English into German.
4. Take the new German lyrics and translate them into French.
5. Take the new French lyrics and translate them into English.
6. Post the NEW English lyrics and have people guess the original song.

There's nothing more you can leave
You see, then forgotten, you will receive your opinion
Everything is better, if the world is black
Tomb of the range, make the first attack



EDIT:: With no guesses down some 14 hours later, the correct answer is - Lights Out by The Angry Samoans.

Comments

[catwalk.livejournal.com]

i knew i wouldn't know it,
your musical tastes being
so much more esoteric than mine...

fun game, though :-)

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

No worries. The meme required me to randomly pick a song and that took me three tries as it is (getting Man or Astro Man surf guitar solos at first followed by a moving cello piece by Zoe Keating before finally getting a song with actual lyrics).

steak knife

[ammutbite.livejournal.com]

a hole in my head
steak knife
I'm gonna be dead


"Back From samoa" is one of my all time favorite HC albums ever.
I wish I would have had time to take a closer look at your entry, 'cause I would have guessed it.

Re: steak knife

[jackbabalon23.livejournal.com]

Excellent album (or cassette tape in my case).

I figured the third/fourth lines would've given it away.