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April 16, 2006April 16, 2006 stany 2 Comments

Ð®Ñ€Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÐµÐ²Ñ‡ÑƒÐº, ÑÐ¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÑ‚ DDT, Ñ Ð°Ð»ÑŒÐ±Ð¾Ð¼Ð° ÐÐºÑƒÑÑ‚Ð¸ÐºÐ°
Jurij Shevchuk, lead singer of rock group DDT, in live solo acoustic concert. (Rest of album is here)

This song actually taxes my Engrish. I am looking at it, and scratching my head, as I have no idea even how to start translating it. I’ve fed this text to Babelfish, but systran choked on it too. I guess it does not only tax me….

Ð Ð¾ÑÑÐ¸Ñ (ÐÐµÐ±Ð¾ Ð½Ð° Ð—ÐµÐ¼Ð»Ðµ)
Rossija (Sky on Earth) (mp3)

Update: Do read comments, as my sister beautifully translated this to English.

Estonian Punk-Rock

April 15, 2006April 15, 2006 stany

One of the more musically advanced comrades introduced me to Estonian punk-rock today. Well, what passes for punk-rock in Estonia.

Vennaskond. People who are interested in what “anarchist resistance” sounds like in Estonian should click on “SISENE” on the index page to actually load the site, and then on “MP3” to get to the list of mp3s.

I wonder if it would sound any better sped up 200%.

Off to chase these with Ramones’ “I don’t want to grow up”

Once I’ve expressed my surprise at lack of drive in this particular sample of Estonian punk-rock, I were pointed at J.M.K.E.’s album “Sputniks PECTOPAH”, issued in 1995.

So, without any further ado, J.M.K.E. “Sputniks in PECTOPAH”.

Song links should work, they did for me.

Update: J.M.K.E. site. Sputniks in PECTOPAH.

Sexual imagery in disco songs

December 28, 2005December 28, 2005 stany

So here I am sitting in a coffee shop, editing DV footage, and listening to 80s disco. In process it occured to me that a whole number of songs that are catchy and were really popular back in the day have tons of really explicit and suggestive sexual content in their lyrics.

Here is an example from “Abracadabra” by Steve Miller Band:

[…]
I feel the magic in your caress
I feel magic when I touch your dress
Silk and satin, leather and lace
Black panties with a ninja’s face

I see magic in your eyes
I hear the magic in your sighs
Just when I think I’m gonna get away
I hear those words that you always say

Abra abra cadabra
I want to reach out and grab ya
Abra abra cadabra
Abracadabra

Every time you call my name
I heat up like a burnin’ flame
Burnin’ flame full of desire
Kiss me baby, let the fire get higher
[…]

MP3 will be available until it is no-longer available.

Black panties with a ninja’s face. I like.

As an aside…. Can’t get enough ninjas? Look no further! Clicking on the “Shirts and Clothing” and then on “Intimates” on the sidebar provides some entertainment.

Then there is the infamous hooligan of the 70s, Tom Jones, with “Sex Bomb”:

[…]
I’m gonna fire, shoot me right
I’m gonna like the way you fight
And I love the way you fight, baby

Now you found the secret code I use to wash away my lonely blues
So I can’t deny or lie cause you’re the only one to make me fly
You know what you are you are aâ€¦

Sex bomb sex bomb you’re a sex bomb Uh, huh
You can give it to me when I need to come along give it to me
Sex bomb sex bomb you’re my sex bomb
And baby you can turn me on
You know what you’re doing to me don’t you, I know you do

Now Don’t get me wrong ain’t gonna do you no harm
This bomb’s made for lovin’ and you can shoot it far
I’m your main target come and help me ignite Ow
Love struck holding you tight Hold me tight darlin’

Make me explode although you know the route to go to sex me slow Slow baby
And yes I must react to claims of those who say that you are not all that Huh, Huh, Huh

Sex bomb sex bomb you’re my sex bomb
[…]

MP3 will be available until it is no-longer available.

Of course Tom Jones also sang “Delilah”, which is a murder ballad worthy of Nick Cave and Bad Seeds

So, I guess an obligatory opinion… I don’t care. I listen to these songs, I recognize the sexual undertones, but are these songs any worse then Boney M’s Daddy Cool? I mean, from a point of view of a bible thumper, isn’t that song advocating incest? Does that mean that everyone should stop listening to it?

There are two problems with this thinking that I see. For starters, “who died and made you judge” problem – in other words, how can anyone decide for anyone else? It might work in certain percentage of the cases, but isn’t a function of a parent to teach by example, and teach children enough morality to form their own opinions that would be “apropriate”?

Second problem is the divide between obscenity and the art. Is “Sex Bomb” art? What about Nick Cave’s “Stagger Lee“?

P.S. (and wild wild tangent that explains how I got familiar with Nick Cave’s songs) Many years ago, William Lee Irwin 3rd, back then at Purdue finishing a math degree , would drop by #unix on efnet (or on Unixnet, it has been a few years) in the wee hours in the morning, drunk, and quote verses out of “Stagger Lee” with every “Lee” replaced with “wli”. Then again, this was normal for #unix.

*** wli is wli@holomorphy.com (William Lee Irwin III)
*** on channels: #chess #prolog @#barbie_doll_torture @#unix @#haskell 
+@#fp @#compsci @#math @#scheme @#mathdepravity
*** on irc via server irc.idle.net ([216.34.2.113] Phoenix Rising)

Those were the times.

*** stany has changed the topic on channel #unix to <wli> 3 cigarettes 
+from now, I suppose I have to put pants on
> Good old vintage wli.
<wli> stany: heh
<wli> stany: Things aren't that different today. =)

I miss wli.

Does Unicode work?

December 7, 2005December 7, 2005 stany 5 Comments

Alan asked me to transcribe and translate an old song for him. I figure this is a good excuse to check if WordPress support Unicode apropriately.

Song is “Ð’Ð¾Ð¹Ð½Ð°” (Vojna) by Ð’Ð¸ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€ Ð¦Ð¾Ð¹, Ð³Ñ€ ÐšÐ¸Ð½Ð¾ (Viktor Tsoj, gr. Kino).

And here is the translation:

Show (point out) me people sure of tomorrow.
Draw me portrets of those who died on this way.
Show me him, who was the lone survivor from a platoon.
And someone has to become a door, someone a lock, and someone a key from a lock.

Earth. Sky.
Between earth and sky there is war.
And wherever you are, whatever you do,
Between earth and sky there is war.

Somewhere there are people for whom there is day and there’s night.
Somewhere there are people who have a son and a daughter.
Somewhere there are people for whom theorem is correct.
But someone will become a wall, and someone will become a shoulder, under which the wall will tremble.

Earth. Sky.
Between earth and sky there is war.
And wherever you are, whatever you do,
Between earth and sky there is war.

Between earth and sky there is war.
Between earth and sky there is war.

I am not certain how long mp3 will last.