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Off topic: A song that puts a smile on your face Thread poster: A.Đapo
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| even if you cry, it's a smile, if it's because of any music, rather than a lie:) | Aug 9, 2007 |
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere over the Rainbow, as Stefanie offered, and Just Jack-Hold on, ı blieve you'll like
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Henry Hinds 
United States
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In memoriam | All English? All USA? | Aug 9, 2007 |
With people from countries all around the world, does it have to be all English? Or all USA?
What are we coming to?
Mind you, I am from the USA, born and bred, but it makes me sad to see people from around the world bow down to USA culture. Do your own cultures have nothing to say? Are they not to be valued?
I did like Tina's selection; it is not from her culture and it's something I have never seen or heard before, but it shows real people having a good ti... See more With people from countries all around the world, does it have to be all English? Or all USA?
What are we coming to?
Mind you, I am from the USA, born and bred, but it makes me sad to see people from around the world bow down to USA culture. Do your own cultures have nothing to say? Are they not to be valued?
I did like Tina's selection; it is not from her culture and it's something I have never seen or heard before, but it shows real people having a good time.
Want to make me smile? Play most kinds of Latin music (yes, some of it is bad, but most of it is great). Or play some music from your own culture, a lot of it is bound to be good, and I'll enjoy it too.
After all, the USA is a country without a culture of its own. Celebrate your own, I can virtually guarantee you a much bigger smile. ▲ Collapse
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Juan Perello
Chile
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| I Can See Clearly Now | Aug 9, 2007 |
Particularly Jimmy Cliffs version
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George Harrison's "Blow Away".
They'd would surely put a smile on my face.
Regards
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Owen Davies
Japan
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| Johnny Boy - You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes | Aug 9, 2007 |
From 2004, but I only heard it recently and it's stuck in my head! I'm now convinced that "yeah, yeah" is the greatest pop lyric of all time And it's got fireworks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hctbGB6DYhU
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Graziano Scaldaferri (X)
Local time: 05:52
English to Italian
"These boots are made for walking" by Nancy Sinatra
"Dont' stop me now" by the Queen
"Never can tell" by Chuck Berry
"Volare" by Domenico Modugno
"Voglio vivere così" - I'm not sure if this is from a play or what, but I have a live version performed by Luciano Pavarotti and Italian singer Elisa which really puts me in a good mood
And I don't usually like Christina Aguilera's songs, but I must say "Candyman" is a very funny one!
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Ana Alves
Local time: 03:52
English to Portuguese
There's only one song that comes immediately to my mind:
"Three Little Birds" - Bob Marley
Ana
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| In Spanish & English | Aug 9, 2007 |
A lo loco - Celia Cruz & Jarabe de Palo
Agustito con la vida - Jarabe de Palo
La vida es un carnaval - Celia Cruz
Puedo vivir del amor - Rubén Blades
Mataculebra - Kepa Junkera
La lista de la compra - La Cabra Mecánica & María Jiménez
Tómbola - María Jiménez version
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross & The Supremes
I Feel Good - James Brown
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Paul Simon - Gumboots
I Like To M... See more A lo loco - Celia Cruz & Jarabe de Palo
Agustito con la vida - Jarabe de Palo
La vida es un carnaval - Celia Cruz
Puedo vivir del amor - Rubén Blades
Mataculebra - Kepa Junkera
La lista de la compra - La Cabra Mecánica & María Jiménez
Tómbola - María Jiménez version
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross & The Supremes
I Feel Good - James Brown
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Paul Simon - Gumboots
I Like To Move It - Madagascar
I Love Music - O'Jays
Thank You For the Music - Abba
But I could go on and on... ▲ Collapse
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| I don't know why... | Aug 9, 2007 |
because I cannot say I am a Culture Club fan at all, but whenever I listen to Karma Kameleon, that puts a smile on my face. Not highly sophisticated, I know, but that tune just puts me in a good mood!
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De la Vera C (X)
Argentina
Local time: 00:52
English to Spanish
| From Argentina | Aug 9, 2007 |
Henry Hinds wrote:
With people from countries all around the world, does it have to be all English? Or all USA?
Any song by "Memphis la blusera"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Qg8cd77Gk
Anyway, Supertramp and UB40 cheer me up too!
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ICL wrote:
I Like To Move It - Madagascar
that's one of my absolutely favourite songs when I need something to cheer me up! Polish lyrics for it are so funny! If you want to check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0W20WT-mtA
[Edited at 2007-08-09 14:03]
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| @ Monika Rozwarzewska | Aug 9, 2007 |
Monika Rozwarzewska wrote: ICL wrote:
I Like To Move It - Madagascar
that's one of my absolutely favourite songs when I need something to cheer me up! Polish lyrics for it are so funny! If you want to check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0W20WT-mtA [Edited at 2007-08-09 14:03]
Absolutely love it, too! I think it's always funny/interesting to hear famous songs in another language.
But I guess the whole world also knows now that we like these "silly" animation movies like Madagascar, LOL! (don't miss any of the Wallace & Gromit series, hilarious, too)
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Williamson
United Kingdom
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| Songs : too much to mention. | Aug 9, 2007 |
Clavelitos (Spanish) makes me remember why I studied Spanish.
Con te partirò/Time to say goodbye (Andrea Boccelli with or without Sara Brightman).
Les lacs de Connemara (French) de Michel Sardou.
Ochi Chernye (Black Eyes) (Russian), you can almost hear the melancholy of the Russian soul.
Lili Marlene (German) reminds me of an old friend with the same name.
When I went see to Queen: "We will rock you", the entire theatre veered up when the question "Who wants to hea... See more Clavelitos (Spanish) makes me remember why I studied Spanish.
Con te partirò/Time to say goodbye (Andrea Boccelli with or without Sara Brightman).
Les lacs de Connemara (French) de Michel Sardou.
Ochi Chernye (Black Eyes) (Russian), you can almost hear the melancholy of the Russian soul.
Lili Marlene (German) reminds me of an old friend with the same name.
When I went see to Queen: "We will rock you", the entire theatre veered up when the question "Who wants to hear the Bohemian Rhapsody?"was asked and began to sing it.
Together with "We will rock you",it's almost the unofficial British national anthem and my favorite song.
After that, I went to "The Phantom of the Opera", I like the opening of this piece.
"The Wall" performed by Roger Waters after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"Money, Money" by Abba.
"One" by U2, Nothing else matters (Metallica).
"Loosing my religion" is a good song to teach the conjugation of "to think".
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Can Altinbay
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In memoriam
Congratulations by Cliff Richard.
A number of early Poco songs - Pickin' up the Pieces, You Better Think Twice, ...
The New Hula Blues - Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues
And for those wishing to see something non-English,
A Vot' Bon Coeur - Adamo
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Juliana Brown
Israel
Local time: 23:52
Member (2007)
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| A song by Bajaga | Aug 9, 2007 |
in Serbo-Croatian, which starts "Moj su drugovi" (can't recall the title) and talks about having his friends spread all over the world-I'm sure most of us can relate! A great song for spinning around and dancing...
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