Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Canzone

Ho sentito una canzone alla radio e volevo trovare il testo con google per
tradurmelo cercandone un "pezzetto" che mi ricordavo...
Ma come era prevedibile misà che non ho azzecato nemmeno una parola :)
perchè non trovo risultati soddisfacenti :(
La canzone dice qlcosa del tipo "and only breaker (pronuncia: breica, o
qlcosa del genere)" "na na na na na to you" (nota: na na.. sono parole che
non capisco/non ricordo).
Da queste poche informazione qlcuno ha idea di che canzone possa trattarsi?
(mi pare che passi abbastanza frequentemente x radio ultimamente...)
Grazie.
:-)

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Indizi? Genere musicale? La canta un uomo o una donna? Un gruppo? Inglese,
americano, etc.? 
Ciao, FB

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non è che si tratta per caso di "breathe" di sean paul?
no, perchè nel caso, sean paul io non lo capisco nemmeno con i testi
delle canzoni davanti agli occhi (lol)

 delle canzoni davanti agli occhi (lol)
I noticed it some time ago. If that is English, I've been learning and
listening to another language.
Bye, FB

 americano, etc.?
Boh!

 delle canzoni davanti agli occhi (lol)
Scaricata: no!!!
Questa è + tipo discoteca/rock/boh, la "mia" è più stile musica leggera.

 Donna (al 90%)
Come?
Altri indizi?
Ciao, FB

Che vuol dire? La musica è generalmente commerciale.
ROTFL. Commerciale è anche un genere di musica da discoteca. :)
Sebastiano
-- 
No wonder people say "gesundheit" when you say "Tchaikovsky".

 (mi pare che passi abbastanza frequentemente x radio ultimamente...)
Ma, tirando ad indovinare, anche se si tratta di una canzone
vecchissima, potrebbe essere questa?
The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair now,
And wondering what dress to wear now,
I say a little prayer for you
Forever, and ever, you'll stay in my heart
and I will love you
Forever, and ever, we never will part
Oh, how I love you
Together, forever, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me.
Aretha Franklin
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Mary

 listening to another language.
Sean Paul's Jamaican :-)
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Mary

 Altri indizi?
E' molto famosa (probabilmente uscita da poco, ma non potrei giurarci...)

 vecchissima, potrebbe essere questa?
Scaricata: no!
Però è bellina...

 ROTFL. Commerciale è anche un genere di musica da discoteca. :)
Ma Massy ha detto che è tipo musica leggera...
Ciao, FB

 vecchissima, potrebbe essere questa?
How nice! Isn't it Dionne Warwick's, though?
Ciao, FB

 
Sorry,  you're quite right; Dionne Warwick's was the original version,
and Aretha Franklin did a cover version.
It is a nice song; you can find the rest of the lyrics and hear the tune
here (not very well played, and no vocals, but it'll give you the idea):
http://users.cis.net/sammy/lilprayer.htm
-- 
Mary

 non capisco/non ricordo).
Beh, se le parole che non capisci fossero "uh uh uh" sarebbe "Sunrise" di
Norah Jones (niente "breaker" però).
Dacci qualche indicazione: gli strumenti (chitarra elettrica, pianoforte,
che-ne-so)...
CIao, FB

 listening to another language.
in fact that's not English, as Mary Cassidy said he's Jamaican.
I can't understand any word he speaks, it's maybe too hard for me..

 Aretha Franklin DID a cover version.
Uhm...shouldn't it be "made"? I know you are mother tongue, so...I think
you are right :), but I knew that when you "create" something you have to
use "to make"... or not?
Please, don't destroy those few sure things of my poor English! :)
Ciao
Davide

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The film "The Harder They Come", starring Jimmy Cliff, a Jamaican,
made use of subtitles because of the
incomprehensible Jamaican accents. The film was very influential in
popularizing Reggae music in the US.
Joe from Massachusetts

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You could also say "Aretha Franklin did a cover of Dionne Warwick's
hit, 'I Say a Little Prayer'".
And you could also say "Aretha Franklin covered Dionne Warwick's hit
'I Say a Little Prayer'".
Many artists have covered (done cover versions of) (done covers of)
the original hits of other artists.
A cover, or a cover version is a re-recording of a hit song by another
artist.
It is also sometimes used regarding live performances.
You could say "The Blues Brothers cover several James Brown hits when
they perform live".
Joe from Massachusetts

, [B&M]Ice 
says...
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But, but, but... they DO speak English in Jamaica! :[) Heavily accented, 
to be sure, but Yes, It's English!
-- 
Un-not my address if you wanna reply.

, [B&M]Ice 
says...
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(Now maybe you understand some of the trouble we English Speakers have 
when we try to understand someone speaking one of the many Italian 
dialects.)  8-(
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Ma Massy ha detto che è tipo musica leggera...
Hai ragione, non avevo visto. Sorry.
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to be sure, but Yes, It's English!
Yes. I saw a Jamaican English Dictionary in the library near my
university. It was right next to the New Zealand Oxford Dictionary
and the Australian Oxford Dictionary. :)
Anyway, when I was in NYC, my roomate - a cab driver - bought a CD of
some Jamaican yellin' guys. I was sad, because I was not able to
understand what they were saying. I told me, and I still remember his
answer: "Don't worry, I don't understand it either." ^_^
And, for who is interested in Jamaican English:
www.speakjamaican.com/glossary.html
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 Please, don't destroy those few sure things of my poor English! :)
There are *no* certain things in English!
Bye, FB

 dialects.)  8-(
I perfectly know it, if you ever hear my dialect, you'll probably think to
have discovered another language :)
Italian people don't even understand us while speaking dialect, I'm from
Taranto, I assure it's really...mmm
harsh =)

 
Of this, you may be certain. 8-D
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Of this, you may be certain. 8-D
Then there are certain things in English!
It's a loop! ;)
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 "you are a(n English) native speaker"/"English is your mother tongue".
E due... mi entrerà in testa, prima o poi! :)
 
E a proposito di make/do?

 hit, 'I Say a Little Prayer'".
No, you didn't get what I mean... I know what's a "cover", I was speaking
about the use of do or make in this case. :)
Anyway...thank you for your answer!
Bye
Davide

 E a proposito di make/do?
Both would be grammatically correct, but "do a cover", or just
"cover", is much more common, and I would say more idiomatic than
"make a cover", at least in the jargon of the music industry here in
the USA.
A Google search results in::
7,200 for "did a cover of", and only 594 for "made a cover of";
200 for "did a cover of the song", and only 28 for "made a cover of
the song";
1,930 for "covered the song".
Joe from Massachusetts


I didn't know you had spent some time in NYC, where I was born and
raised.
I went to High School in Manhattan, and often, when school let out
early, I would go to the United Nations Building, and go on the tour
(which was free at that time), and then get a ticket for the General
Assembly. I would sit there eating my lunch while listening to the
French interpreter's version of what was being debated. It was usually
a Russian and an American blaming each other for the world's problems.
I don't think that the public has had free access to the General
Assembly for many years, because of the heightened security.
Shortly after the tragedy at the WTC, just before Christmas, we
visited Ground Zero.Later, at the South Street Seaport, after
listening to the Christmas carols, my daughter had her picture taken
with two firemen who happened by, on their way home after leaving work
at Ground Zero. It was one of the highlights of her life.
We live in Central Massachusetts, and my children know nothing of
Boston, but are very familiar with NYC. They often ask "When are we
going to 'the City'?" It is truly a fascinating place.
I hope you don't think all Reggae music is "Jamaican yellin' guys".
:>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 E a proposito di make/do?
"There are no certain things in English!" (FB)
E' vero quello che dici ("make" per le azioni concrete ecc.), ma quella č
una regola generale. Tieni conto che se io dovessi tradurre "fare una
cover" prima di tutto andrei a vedere come si dice "fare una cover"... E'
troppo facile dire "fare" ==> "to make", "cover" ==> "cover", bene: "to
make a cover". Non č persino cosě scontato che si usi un verbo come "to
make" o "to do" (anche se abbiamo scoperto che si dice "to do a cover").
Bye, FB

I hope you don't think all Reggae music is "Jamaican yellin' guys".
No. I am not a fan of Reggae music, but I am sure there are a lot of
good songs. :)
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