Category: Language

  • Gianmarco – Entre la Arena y la Luna Lyrics Translation

    I thought that I would practice my Spanish to English translation skills by translating some songs — I’ve recently done partial translations of Marc Anthony [1], as well as Shakira and Gianmarco when I talked about What Were Good Lyrics. I’ve also done full translations for Polvos Azules: A Cinephile’s Paradise, and random songs of Los Nosequien y los Nosecuantos [1][2].

    So I thought I would pick an oldie, the 1995 Gianmarco release — some say it’s a 1994 release, but my copy has a 1995 print — of Entre la Arena y la Luna (Between the Sand and the Moon). Obviously, I can’t post ALL lyrics on one go, so I’ll probably add them as I work on them. Gianmarco’s lyrics weren’t as complicated then — and they’re pretty short — so they should be fairly easy to translate.

    – edit May 14 –

    Lyrics are done!

    1. No Puedo Amarte
    2. Gorrión
    3. Quédate
    4. Dónde Estarás [added May 13]
    5. La Noche en mi Sangre [added May 13]
    6. Parte de Este Juego [added May 13]
    7. Cuando Quiero Amarte [added May 14]
    8. Corazón de Cartón [added May 14]
    9. Tómate el Tiempo que Quieras [added May 14]
    10. Ya Tienes Dueño [added May 14]

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  • Helena Bonham Carter for Interview by Peter Lindbergh

    I’m shocked that I don’t have a helena bonham carter tag. O_O

  • Two Are Married, One to Go~

    I can’t believe Ella got married. I mean, I can believe that Selina would — I had a whole year to realize that — but, YOU KNOW, it was Ella. Did you think Ella would be getting married? In any case, did you think Ella wouldn’t be the last one getting married?

    The more you know~

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  • Marc Anthony vs. Marc Anthony – FIGHT!

    “You’d be crazy, Amy. How can Marc Anthony FIGHT! with himself?”

    Of course, he can! He’s got exact versions of his songs in different languages! So which ones are better? Obviously, Marc Anthony flies that Spanish/English barrier easily, but his Spanish discography, let’s just say, it’s more prolific and slightly more meaningful.

    It’s almost too much of a shame to find the VEVO version of his song I Need You, when the better version — equally corny, but much more meaningful Spanish lyrics — of Te Amare [MV] has only been uploaded by a fan.

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  • Madame de Sade Bits and Pieces~

    I bet you’re jealous of those who got the chance to see Yu-chan on Madame de Sade last March. I know I am… Anyway~ I guess I will be adding the photos I find of it on this post xD

  • Come On! Bay Bay! – All I Like Is You (But You Don’t Know)

    I love happy Taiwanese music.

    This time around comes from Come On! Bay Bay! (來吧! 焙焙!) and this 2009 song, All I Like Is You (But You Don’t Know) (全世界我最喜歡你 (可是你都不知道)). Super cute love song!

  • Good Books Great Writers Series

    This is amazingly good-looking animation. I’m rather surprised I didn’t see it any other place than Weibo, unless there was and I wasn’t paying attention being away during the month of March and all. xD

  • Where are new animators going?

    I’m not going to be showing anything in particular or talk about anything in particular, but I gotta mention that this post is a bit NSFW~ Just because I’m going to be dealing with porn, or more specifically animated porn… which some call Hentai — but really, Hentai would be the anime version, right?

    ANYWAY.

    I’ve seen a couple of Blue films from a documentary — I really had no idea erotic films went that far back in film history, but it figures. Since then, I’ve always had a fascination with some of the “vintage” animated shorts I’ve run into about the subject. There many of them, of the German kind… sometimes Scandinavian, or Eastern European ones. There are many that re-work some fairy tales — the few that I’ve seen were Snow White, and there also was Hansel & Gretel. Many of them feature castle types, which I guess can be explained from the shape of castles… they lend itself to the topic. LOL

    Then, I ran into this clip:

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  • BiBi Takes on Celine Dion and Whitney~

    Alright~ Bibi taking on My Heart Will Go On kinda took me by surprise — have no idea who’s on the guitar — but I like the arrangement they did to the song kinda straying from the actual song, because very few can give Celine Dion a fresh spin.

    Bibi oversang a bit, coz I have the inkling that she was trying to cover up for something~~~

    DUDE, his English. I don’t mind that you mispronounce one or two words, but all the lyrics sound like gibberish. It’s completely distracting, and a pity that had to turn out this way because it’s a really refreshing arrangement.

    Then there’s BiBi taking on Whitney.

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  • 2011 Tops and Bottoms~

    I put together my lists of Top15 Movies, Bottom15 Movies, as well as my Top15 Albums from 2011.

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