Tune of the week #59

Kent - Musik Non Stop

Όσες φορές και να το ακούσω δεν το βαριέμαι. Πραγματικά μουσική non stop... Το κομμάτι έχει κυκλοφορήσει πρώτα στα Σουηδικά και μετά και με αγγλικό στίχο. Η μετάφραση των Σουηδικών είναι (από εδώ):

I needed a hundredth of a second
now that I've made the decision, I'm calm
visions in my head when you smile
I've found something beautiful
my friend, do you see what I see
I'm almost like you

And you are like me when you're dancing
have never met anyone like you
you are like me when you're dancing
music non stop to the end

I resigned to catch some sun
and I moved my desk and my chair
to the night garage under our house
when I close my eyes I see the light
I'm almost like you

And you are like me when you're dancing
have never met anyone like you
you are like me when you're dancing
music non stop to the end

So it took me a hundredth of a second
I've travelled back in time, become young
visions in my head when you smile
I've found something beautiful, my friend
do you see what I see?
I'm almost like you

And you are like me when you're dancing
have never met anyone like you
you are like me when you're dancing
music non stop to the end

And you are like me when you're dancing
have never met anyone like you
you are like me when you're dancing
music non stop to the end

Το προτιμώ στη γλώσσα που πρωτογράφτηκε. Το έχω λιώσει. Ξανά και ξανά. Δεν ξέρω πού το θυμήθηκα πάλι, ίσως η μουσική γενικότερα να μου το θύμισε. Μαραθώνιος Kent. Το αγαπημένο μου. Και για να γίνονται οι συγκρίσεις ορίστε και η Αγγλική version (κυκλοφόρησε με 2 βίντεο κλιπ, ένα ακριβώς ίδιο με το Σουηδικό - αυτό εδώ - και άλλη μία με το συγκρότημα να τραγουδάει και να μεταμορφώνεται ο ντράμερ σε γυναίκα και άλλα τέτοια κουλά - εδώ στο youtube).

Kent - Max 500

I love Kent so much and it saddens me that I don't know most of the words they're singing... This is one of my favourite songs by them. Kent are a rock group from Sweden, who met a much broader audience with their hit "Musik Non Stop" (Music Non Stop) from their album Hagnesta Hill, one of the band's two albums re-recorded in English. My take is that their songs are better in Swedish, and I am desperately trying to find translated lyrics, so I can finally fully appreciate their work. The lyrics to Max 500 in Swedish are:

Månen hänger lågt
över allt du tror du såg
Under trasigt moln
går ett Yeti-spår

500 mil i snön
Ett UFO över sjön
och i en blixt ser jag
Keats stå bredvid Baudelaire
Som magi ett ljus man drunknar i
Det finns små trick som får folk
att ge dig mer än du är värd...

Mary Shelleys dröm
syr en sick-sacksöm
över allt som vintern gömt
över allt som hjärtat glömt

500 mil i snön
Ett UFO över sjön
och i en blixt dansar
Lady Day vals med Astaire
Som magi ett ljus man drunknar i
Det finns små trick som får folk
att ge dig mer än du är värd...

500 mil i snön
Ett UFO över sjön
och med en blick får jag folk att tro
på magi ett ljus man drunknar i
Det finns små trick som får folk
att ge dig mer än du är värd....

They talk about superstitions and belief in what one's seeing. Is the moon playing tricks on him/her, is it a dream, the unknown? My best part, when he sees Keats stand beside Baudelaire, after a UFO passes by. Any help is appreciated in translating the whole of the lyrics. What I got from an online translator was weird. Especially the "The find small trick as sheep people that impart yourself more than yous is landlord" part...

Max 500 is taken from their 2005 album Du & jag döden (You and me death). Their next one is scheduled for an autumn release!