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waider ([personal profile] waider) wrote2003-08-31 08:39 pm
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more musique

The Jack L show I went to see on Thursday last featured said Jack performing the songs of Jacques Brel, a Belgian crooner who died some 25 years ago. The songs have been translated from their original French to English; some poking around on the web suggests that there are good and bad versions of the lyrics, the bad ones being technically accurate but losing the spirit of the original song in the translation. My current favourite song, which I am attempting to learn - without the benefit of a backing band featuring a double bass and an accordian - is Jacky, the good translated lyrics for which feature on someone's vanity domain.
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