Saturday, August 06, 2005

Worth checking out...

MUSIC: Germans Love David Has... I Mean Johnny Cash: "I've just heard the most bizarre version of 'Space Oddity' since The Langley Schools Music Project:



For the past few years, producer Jennifer Sharpe has amassed a small collection of what she likes to call 'foreign tongue recordings.' They're versions of hit songs from the American charts, sung by the original artists, usually in German, Italian or French.



The singers learned the lyrics phonetically, line by line, taught by a language coach. Sharpe says the songs were recorded in a time when English-language songs had a tough time making it in Europe.





I don't know much about the German language, but I'm pretty sure the Beatles butchered it unmercifully.

(Written by: Cigarette)

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(Via SuicideGirls: News Wire.)

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