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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:19 PM
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I wish I understood Spanish.
:( It would make analyzing the lyrics of this song & writing an 1800-word paper on it SO much easier. x(

/whining
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:24 PM
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1. ¿Cómo se dice el canción?
Maybe there's a translation for it online.



:hi:



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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:27 PM
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2. Pedro Navaja
by Ruben Blades and Willie Colon, and I've found a translation or two online, so it should be OK. I just wish that I could understand the lyrics on my own, though...I feel like so much gets lost in translation, you know? x(

:hug: Sorry for being whiny. Exams + stress = instant beeyotch, lol. :pals: :hi:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:31 PM
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5. Yeah
Too often, the sentiment of the art is lost in translation.



I can imagine your version of "beeyotch." You probably even (Horrors!) say stuff like "Oh, bother!" :D



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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:33 PM
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7. Haha
Yep, you've got me all figured out. :rofl: :hug:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:35 PM
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9. BTW
If you don't understand Spanish, how'd you know what "¿Cómo se dice el canción?" means? :shrug:



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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:38 PM
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10. Well, I can understand a few words and phrases here and there
but definitely not enough to be useful at all in the real world. (Unless it's, like, MTV's "The Real World," because one of the phrases I semi-know is "_____ has a cat in his pants." Oh, and I know how to say "drunk," too - that would probably help me out.) :rofl: :hi:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:41 PM
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11. You'd be surprised how many times I've used
"El presidente tiene un gato en sus pantalones." :D



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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:45 PM
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12. Considering this particular presidente...
...I probably wouldn't be all that surprised at all. :P (But that poor gato!) :scared: :rofl:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:48 PM
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14. El gato es muerto
Cheney shot it. :cry:



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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:51 PM
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16. Ay Dios mio!
Why was Cheney shooting the president's pants?! :wow: :silly:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:54 PM
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20. He thought they were a quail
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:57 PM
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22. Too much brainpower
;)
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:06 PM
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25. Oops
Edited on Sat May-03-08 10:06 PM by Oeditpus Rex
I almost forgot to call you a juera.



Cómo remiss of me. :blush:



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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:07 PM
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26. I don't know
what juera means...it's not anything like puta, is it? :P :rofl:
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:10 PM
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27. Noooooooooooo!
Would I do that to you? :(



It's slang for "white chick." :D



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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:12 PM
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28. Ah, okay.
:D That certainly fits, then! :rofl:

And I know you wouldn't call me a puta - you are far too much of a gentleman for that, I was just teasing. :hug:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:28 PM
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3. What song?
*perks ears*

hehe

:hi:
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:30 PM
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4. See post #2
:hi:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:33 PM
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6. oh yea.. umm.. read the thread before askin dumb questions
:blush:

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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:34 PM
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8. Hehe, no worries
:hug: I posted my reply, like, maybe thirty seconds before your post, I think, so you probably wouldn't have seen it anyway. :pals:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:47 PM
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13. Youtubed with lyrics
In hopes a spanish speaker can toss you some info :)

Never know :)

:hi:
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PEDRO NAVAJA (RUBÉN BLADES)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRFF73HDFCw

Por la esquina del viejo barrio lo vi pasar,
con el tumba´o que tienen los guapos al caminar,
las manos siempre en los bolsillos de su gabán
pa´ que no sepan en cuál de ellas lleva el puñal.

Usa un sombrero de ala ancha de medio la´o
y zapatillas por si hay problemas salir vola´o,
lentes oscuros pa´ que no sepan qué está mirando
y un diente de oro que cuando ríe se ve brillando.

Como a tres cuadras de aquella esquina una mujer
va recorriendo la acera entera por quinta vez
y en un zaguán entra y se da un trago para olvidar
que el día está flojo y no hay clientes pa´ trabajar.

Un carro pasa muy despacito por la avenida,
no tiene marcas, pero to´ saben que es policía. Mmm...
Pedro Navaja, las manos siempre dentro el gabán,
mira y sonríe y el diente de oro vuelve a brillar.

Mientras camina pasa la vista de esquina a esquina,
no se ve un alma, está desierta to´a la avenida
Cuando de pronto esa mujer sale del zaguán
y Pedro Navaja aprieta un puño dentro 'el gabán.

Mira pa´ un lado, mira pa' el otro y no ve a nadie,
y a la carrera, pero sin ruido, cruza la calle.
Y mientras tanto en la otra acera va esa mujer
refunfuñando pues no hizo pesos con qué comer.

Mientras camina del viejo abrigo saca un revólver,
esa mujer, y va a guardarlo en su cartera pa´ que no estorbe.
Un treinta y ocho "ESmith & Wesson" del especial
que carga encima pa´ que la libre de todo mal.

Y Pedro Navaja, puñal en mano, le fue pa´ encima,
el diente de oro iba alumbrando to´a la avenida,
¡quiso fácil!, mientras reía el puñal le hundía sin compasión,
cuando de pronto sonó un disparo como un cañón.

Y Pedro Navaja cayó en la acera mientras veía a esa mujer
que, revólver en mano y de muerte herida, a él le decía:
"Yo que pensaba: hoy no es mi día, estoy sala´,
pero, Pedro Navaja, tú estás peor: no estás en na´".

Y créanme "gueite" que aunque hubo ruido nadie salió.
No hubo curiosos, no hubo preguntas, nadie lloró.
Sólo un borracho con los dos cuerpos se tropezó,
cogió el revolver, el puñal, los pesos y se marchó.

Y tropezando se fue cantando desafina´o,
el coro que aquí les traje dirá el mensaje de mi canción:
"La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida, ¡ay, Dios!"

La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida, ¡ay, Dios!
Pedro Navaja matón de esquina, quien a hierro mata a hierro termina

La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida ¡ay, Dios!

Maleante pescador, mal anzuelo que tiraste,
en vez de una sardina un tiburó´ enganchaste

(la la la lara la la laaa)

(la la la lara la la laaa)

I like to live in America

La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida, ¡ay, Dios!

Ocho millones de historias tiene la ciudad de Nueva York

La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida, ¡ay, Dios!

Como decía mi abuelita: "El que de último ríe, se ríe mejor"

(la la la lara la la laaa)

(la la la lara la la laaa)

I like to live in America

La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida

Cuando lo manda el destino, no lo cambia ni el más bravo,
si naciste pa´ martillo, del cielo te caen los clavos

La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida, ¡ay, Dios!

En barrio de guapos cuida´o en la acera,
cuida´o camara´ que el que no corre vuela

La vida te da sorpresas, sorpresas te da la vida, ¡ay, Dios!

Como en una novela de Kafka el borracho dobló por el callejón

La vida te da...

En la ciudad de Nueva York, dos personas fueron encontradas muertas.
Esta madrugada los cuerpos sin vida de Pedro Barrios y Josefina Wilson
fueron hallados en una de las calles adyacentes a la autopista New York Inside,
en el bajo Manhatan, entre las avenidas A y B. La causa de la muerte aún no se supo...
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:50 PM
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15. Gracias, Senor Inchworm!
:hi:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:51 PM
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17. de nada
:rofl:

I hope I remembered that correctly

;)
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:52 PM
Response to Reply #17
18. Sounds right to me!
:rofl: :hug: :hi:
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:52 PM
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19. The Boy From...
Music by Mary Rodgers, lyric by Stephen Sondheim, from THE MAD SHOW

Tall and tender, like an Apollo,
He goes walking by and I have to follow him,
The boy from Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz (PRONOUNCED "CROOTH").

When we meet, I feel I'm on fire,
And I'm breathless every time I enquire,
"How are things in Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz?

Why, when I speak, does he vanish?
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
Why is he acting so clannish?
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
I wish I understood Spanish.
When I tell him I think he's the end,
He giggles a lot with his friend.

Tall and slender, moves like a dancer,
But I never seem to get any answer
From the boy from Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz.
I got the blueth.

Why are his trousers vermillion?
(His trousers are vermillion)
Why does he claim he's Castilian?
(He thayth that he'th Cathtilian)
Why do his friends call him Lillian?
And I hear at the end of the week,
He's leaving to start a boutique.

Though I smile, I'm only pretending,
'Cause I know today's the last I'll be spending
With the boy from Tacarembo la Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zacatecas la Junta del Sol y Cruz.

Tomorrow he sails.
He's moving to Wales,
To live in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobullllandysiliogogogoch.

Occch...
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 09:56 PM
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21. OMG...that is so funny!
:rofl: Especially since I saw that song performed live by my former boss a few weeks ago (she's really involved in community theater, and they put on a production of Side By Side by Sondheim, which was great). :D :thumbsup: Most entertaining!
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IntravenousDemilo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:03 PM
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23. Well, it was your OP that inspired me...
So thank you!

And thanks also to your former boss's theatre group for doing that show. It means a few more bucks in my buddy Steve's pocket.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:05 PM
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24. Now all I need to do is inspire myself to write this stinkin' paper...
:P :hug:
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