# Translate that tune! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209 "2002-12-03T14:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/81 "2002-12-05T13:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kyomara \* > **2. odorou > akai kutsu wo haite blues wo odotte > odorou > tsuki no hikari no shita de > shinken na tsuki no hikari…** Very much a WAG, but I’m going with \*\* Let’s Dance \*\* by Bowie??? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/82 "2002-12-05T13:57:31Z")
Here we go again- B1 - Dios de dinero haré cualquier cosa para usted Dios de dinero digame que usted me desea… la cabeza similar de un agujero, negro como su alma. B2- Por favor permita me introduzca, soy un hombre de abundancia y gusto. B3 - Un viejo caballero fue a montar un día oscuro y ventoso. I’m dreading a native speaker coming along and grading my translations! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/83 "2002-12-05T15:22:19Z")
B2- Rolling Stones, “Sympathy for the Devil” “Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste.” Thanks, **Biggirl**. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/84 "2002-12-05T15:27:03Z")
Here’s another: "Je suis humain et j’ai besoin d’etre aime Comme tout le monde. Il y a un club, si vous voudriez y aller Vous pouvez recontrer quelqu’un qui vous aime Alors, vous y allez et vouz etes seul Et vous partez tout seul Et vous allez chez-vous, et vous pleurez, et vous voulez mourir." ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/85 "2002-12-05T15:46:36Z")
lost4life B1 is Head Like a Hole by NIN - “God money, I’ll do anything for you. God money, just tell me what you want me to.” and Zoggie’s latest is How Soon is Now by the Smiths - “I am human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does There’s a club if you’d like to go You could meet somebody who really loves you So you go and you stand on your own And you leave on your own And you go home and you cry and you want to die” bugger, I owe three now. Hang on… ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/86 "2002-12-05T16:09:19Z")
“Y avait un temps ou je courais vers toi Maintenant je fuis de toi Cet amour contaminé que tu as donné Je te donne tout ce qu’un garçon pourrait te donner Te prends mes larmes et ça c’est pas près de tout” (hint for my first one on page one which hasn’t been guessed yet - this song is sung by the same person. So if you get this one, it’ll help with the “un appartement, une sale rue” one) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/87 "2002-12-05T16:16:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tansu \* > \*\*"amour contaminé " > \*\* Tainted Love! Real good on the NIN, considering my translation probably made little sense. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/88 "2002-12-05T16:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > B3 - Un viejo caballero fue a montar un día oscuro y ventoso. Ghost Riders in the Sky This one’s been driving my crazy: > [@](#): > > _originally posted by JRDelirious_ > > 1. Me sentí un poco mareado; la multitud clamaba por más. > La sala giraba más rápido,cuando el techo se voló. I’d love it if somebody got it. A couple more: > [@](#): > > Dame una boleta por un avion > No tengo tiempo para tomar un tren rapido > [@](#): > > Papa se fue cuando tuve tres anos > No dejo much para mama y yo > Solo una guitara viejo > Y una botella vacia > [@](#): > > Si tienes que salirte > Esta bien > Pero si tienes que salirte > Te sale ahora > O tienes que quedarte toda la noche ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/89 "2002-12-05T16:36:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\* > I’m dreading a native speaker coming along and grading my translations! \*\* You haven’t asked! 😉 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/90 "2002-12-05T16:40:21Z")
Andrés, oiste sobre esta (noticia)? (different line) … Si crees que pusieron un hombre en la luna. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/91 "2002-12-05T16:43:58Z")
Another one: Considera esto la clave del siglo. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/92 "2002-12-05T16:51:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Andrés, oiste sobre esta (noticia)? (different line) > … > Si crees que pusieron un hombre en la luna. REM Man on the Moon > [@](#): > > Considera esto la clave del siglo. Losing my religion ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/93 "2002-12-05T17:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Dame una boleta por un avion > No tengo tiempo para tomar un tren rapido Give me a ticket for an airplane I ain’t got time for no fast train. The Letter by---- The Lovin’ Spoonful? The Rascals? ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/94 "2002-12-05T17:12:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > The Letter by---- The Lovin’ Spoonful? The Rascals? The [Box Tops](http://www.boxtops.com/w_letter.htm). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/95 "2002-12-05T17:52:37Z")
**Papa se fue cuando tuve tres anos No dejo much para mama y yo Solo una guitara viejo Y una botella vacia** A Boy Named Sue **KarlGrenze** I’m not going to ask! ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/96 "2002-12-05T18:11:49Z")
More: C1 - Y todo fue hecho para usted y me y todos de él fue hecho para usted y me Porque a pertenece usted y me. C2 - Si me voy aquí mañana Usted sin embargo me recordaría? Hint on this old one, it’s a TV theme song: y el un dia cuando esta senora satisfizo este hombre, y ellos los sabian tenian mucho mas que una idea. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/97 "2002-12-05T19:48:40Z")
**Lost4life** - The Brady Bunch theme song? “And then one day when the lady met this fellow, and they knew it was much more than a hunch…” Or something like that. New one: “Toi! Derriere la ressere des velos Ne t’en vas pas, garcon! … Tu ne peux pas manger le dessert si tu ne mange pas les viandes. Comment peux-tu manger le desert si tu ne mange pas de viandes?” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/98 "2002-12-05T19:49:54Z")
Oh god, that mange should have an “s” on it. I’m so ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/99 "2002-12-05T20:45:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*Oh god, that mange should have an “s” on it. I’m so ashamed. \*\* Ummm, yeah, it was the missing “s” that threw me. Correct with The Brady Bunch. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209/100 "2002-12-05T21:58:37Z")
We need more German! 1. “Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten Du weisst, ich habe meinen Anteil gehabt… Na, meine Frau verlaesste mich mit einem braunaeugigen Mann Aber ich scheine mich noch nicht zu kuemmern.” 2. “Was wuerdest du machen, wenn ich nicht in Einklang saenge? Wuerdest du aufstehen, und weg von mir gehen? Gib mir dein Ohr, und ich werde dich ein Lied singen, Und ich werde versuchen, nicht falsch zu singen.” 3. “Mama, habe einen Mann umgebracht, Steckte ein Gewehr gegen seinem Kopf, Druckte meinen Abzug ab, jetzt ist er tot.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translate-that-tune/140209.md?page=6)