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Title: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: theradiantradicchio on December 05, 2017, 10:25:07 PM
This a version of Surfin' USA made by a Brazilian duo called Juba & Lula, in 1988. The language is Portuguese.
How bad is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXtLzIpTS4E


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Wata on December 05, 2017, 10:50:02 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b55Evr8EDiI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b55Evr8EDiI)

A Beach Boys medley in Japanese....


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: JK on December 06, 2017, 01:55:08 AM
Hi, OP, and welcome. :=)

This is the most comprehensive list of foreign-language versions you're likely to find: 

https://christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/languages.php


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: rab2591 on December 06, 2017, 04:45:16 AM
In My Room (German Version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNzGKFMiwGY&app=desktop) by The Beach Boys themselves. Really beautiful.


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: GoogaMooga on December 06, 2017, 08:25:20 AM
Sloop John B in Danish, by pub rocker/folk singer John Mogensen:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x322fkn


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: JK on December 06, 2017, 10:46:47 AM
Sloop John B in Danish, by pub rocker/folk singer John Mogensen:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x322fkn

A better foreign-language example of "Sloop John B" is the one in Czech by Pavel Novák, as it takes its cue from Brian's arrangement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaa9Cr2ck4


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Pablo. on December 06, 2017, 10:56:58 AM
'Til I Die in Spanish

(live at the Pink House, Argentina's White House)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltctJ8QLgeI


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Stephen W. Desper on December 06, 2017, 10:58:11 AM
COMMENT:  Done a couple of these.  A language coach is at the session. Words are written phonetically, that is, by the way they sound, and after a few rehearsals, it's done.  ~swd


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on December 06, 2017, 11:06:24 AM
COMMENT:  Done a couple of these.  A language coach is at the session. Words are written phonetically, that is, by the way they sound, and after a few rehearsals, it's done.  ~swd

That was the way Robert Palmer wrote/sang "The Silver Gun" in Urdu back in 1983


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: theradiantradicchio on December 06, 2017, 11:40:08 AM
Hi, OP, and welcome. :=)

This is the most comprehensive list of foreign-language versions you're likely to find: 

https://christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/languages.php

Hello, and thank you!  ;D


That's amazing! I'll definitely have a look at it, thank you for sending me this.


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: theradiantradicchio on December 06, 2017, 11:42:25 AM
In My Room (German Version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNzGKFMiwGY&app=desktop) by The Beach Boys themselves. Really beautiful.

It's beautiful! But, I can't seem to stop laughing everytime they sing the chorus, it sounds they're saying "God's a lie".


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: theradiantradicchio on December 06, 2017, 11:50:22 AM
COMMENT:  Done a couple of these.  A language coach is at the session. Words are written phonetically, that is, by the way they sound, and after a few rehearsals, it's done.  ~swd

Yes! I was actually talking about it today. Brazil definitely used it a lot in the 50s/60s/70s, almost every hit song at that time was written with this pattern.


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Hickory Violet Part IV on December 06, 2017, 02:27:57 PM
'In The Parking Lot' in latin

'Cuckoo Clock' in binary



Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: JK on December 06, 2017, 02:50:16 PM
'In The Parking Lot' in latin

'Cuckoo Clock' in binary

 :lol

How about "Loop De Loop Flip Flop" in binary?


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Hickory Violet Part IV on December 06, 2017, 04:09:08 PM
01001110
101000111
000111001100
11001100
00110011
00110000111
0011100110000
101011000
01100010001
111010001

(Instrumental Break)

01001110
101000111
000111001100
11001100
00110011
00110000111
0011100110000
101011000
01100010001
111010001


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Magic Transistor Radio on December 08, 2017, 06:32:01 AM
At My Window
Belles of Paris
Sumahama

Lol!


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: hideyotsuburaya on December 08, 2017, 06:48:20 AM
NO GO SHOWBOAT = J'AI PAS LE TEMPS

Petula Clark sang this on a French record, but the lyrics were re-written so they've nothing to do with cars (so a translation of the title will have no connection)

this one can be found easily enough on compilation CD's


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: STE on December 08, 2017, 08:07:37 AM


"Don't Worry Baby" in Italian:  https://youtu.be/iSlYwN20sNk (https://youtu.be/iSlYwN20sNk)
"Barbara Ann" in Italian: https://youtu.be/_-7x2N35JwA (https://youtu.be/_-7x2N35JwA)
"Girl Don't Tell Me" in Italian: https://youtu.be/9r1C-jeYubs (https://youtu.be/9r1C-jeYubs)



Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on December 17, 2017, 09:02:09 PM
https://christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/languages.php
New addition to the site - Sylvie Vartan's 1966 "Mister John B" with BBs arrangement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1FZPCr_yDM


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: JK on December 18, 2017, 03:37:20 AM
https://christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/languages.php
New addition to the site - Sylvie Vartan's 1966 "Mister John B" with BBs arrangement:

Great find, RR. I'll pass it on to Mr. Cook (unless you have already).

I believe he's keeping foreign-language versions of BB-covered songs on hold for a future new section of his website.


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Jukka on December 18, 2017, 03:47:46 AM
"God Only Knows" sung in Finnish, "Taivas vain tietää" (Heaven only knows):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqzVx8PRa4g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqzVx8PRa4g)


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Jukka on December 18, 2017, 03:50:29 AM
"Good Vibrations" in Finnish, performed by Ernos as "Kaikki hyvin" (everything's alright):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH8ouN3n23M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH8ouN3n23M)


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Silken on December 18, 2017, 11:51:09 AM
'Til I Die in Spanish

(live at the Pink House, Argentina's White House)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltctJ8QLgeI
Muy bueno! Nunca lo había escuchado (y nunca me había cruzado con otro argentino en un foro  :))


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: BeachBoysCovers on December 18, 2017, 01:05:04 PM

Great find, RR. I'll pass it on to Mr. Cook (unless you have already).

I believe he's keeping foreign-language versions of BB-covered songs on hold for a future new section of his website.
Added to the list - Thanks JK and RR  :)

As JK says, I'm keeping covers (both English and foreign-language) on hold at the moment, since it turns out there is a lot more covers of Beach Boys originals than I thought, and I'd like to make a bigger dent in them before moving expanding my scope even more. I currently have 1352 covers and it still feels like a drop in the ocean - there are way more than I realised - currently 131 are in the non-English list.

I've added those Italian ones and the Spanish 'Til I Die also - thanks Pablo and STE.

Finally, this is off-topic, but I've also set up a Christmas page for those interested. https://christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/christmas.php


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: dombanzai on December 18, 2017, 10:36:33 PM
I went to a scouts jamboree in Norway in 1989 (Skaugum 89) and there was an album produced just for the occasion, with various Norwegian artists including Morten Harket of A-Ha fame and Bjorn Eidsvag. Well, one of the tracks was Hjelp Meg Ragna which was a re-working of Help Me Rhonda, recorded by Vazelina Billophoggers, sung in Norwegian,


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: BeachBoysCovers on March 12, 2018, 05:16:49 PM
I went to a scouts jamboree in Norway in 1989 (Skaugum 89) and there was an album produced just for the occasion, with various Norwegian artists including Morten Harket of A-Ha fame and Bjorn Eidsvag. Well, one of the tracks was Hjelp Meg Ragna which was a re-working of Help Me Rhonda, recorded by Vazelina Billophoggers, sung in Norwegian,

Thanks dombanzi, I've added that.

Since I last updated you lot here, there have been additions in languages including Slovene, Romansch and Icelandic. We've just passed over 2000 covers (way more than I thought there would be when I started!) and thanks largely to people here and at other forums, over 180 are in a non-English language. So thanks guys  :)


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Lady Lynda on March 14, 2018, 07:25:20 PM
In My Room (German Version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNzGKFMiwGY&app=desktop) by The Beach Boys themselves. Really beautiful.
This is the first song that came to mind.  Just listened to it a few days ago actually.  Very nice.


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: JK on April 27, 2019, 05:05:17 AM

Great find, RR. I'll pass it on to Mr. Cook (unless you have already).

I believe he's keeping foreign-language versions of BB-covered songs on hold for a future new section of his website.
Added to the list - Thanks JK and RR  :)

As JK says, I'm keeping covers (both English and foreign-language) on hold at the moment, since it turns out there is a lot more covers of Beach Boys originals than I thought, and I'd like to make a bigger dent in them before moving expanding my scope even more. I currently have 1352 covers and it still feels like a drop in the ocean - there are way more than I realised - currently 131 are in the non-English list.

I've added those Italian ones and the Spanish 'Til I Die also - thanks Pablo and STE.

Finally, this is off-topic, but I've also set up a Christmas page for those interested. https://christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/christmas.php

Hi BBC,

I found this Italian version of "Sail On, Sailor" today. I didn't see it in your list, maybe because it's described as "feat. The Beach Boys" (read the blurb):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7G1JQieS54


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Jay on April 27, 2019, 06:09:43 AM

Great find, RR. I'll pass it on to Mr. Cook (unless you have already).

I believe he's keeping foreign-language versions of BB-covered songs on hold for a future new section of his website.
Added to the list - Thanks JK and RR  :)

As JK says, I'm keeping covers (both English and foreign-language) on hold at the moment, since it turns out there is a lot more covers of Beach Boys originals than I thought, and I'd like to make a bigger dent in them before moving expanding my scope even more. I currently have 1352 covers and it still feels like a drop in the ocean - there are way more than I realised - currently 131 are in the non-English list.

I've added those Italian ones and the Spanish 'Til I Die also - thanks Pablo and STE.

Finally, this is off-topic, but I've also set up a Christmas page for those interested. https://christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/christmas.php

Hi BBC,

I found this Italian version of "Sail On, Sailor" today. I didn't see it in your list, maybe because it's described as "feat. The Beach Boys" (read the blurb):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7G1JQieS54
Did they add an extra verse or something thing? I was following along in my head the original lyrics, but I got lost somewhere after the second verse.


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: Rocker on April 27, 2019, 11:51:42 AM
COMMENT:  Done a couple of these.  A language coach is at the session. Words are written phonetically, that is, by the way they sound, and after a few rehearsals, it's done.  ~swd

Yes! I was actually talking about it today. Brazil definitely used it a lot in the 50s/60s/70s, almost every hit song at that time was written with this pattern.


IIRC that's the way JFK had his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" prepared for him.

The Beach Boys recorded "Kokomo" in spanish, with Brian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIpWEDhnpwk



The german lyrics of "In my room" (translated as "All alone") are not particularly bad, but quite good for those times. They sound schmaltzy now, but there's worse.
The first time I heard that track was around 1997 in a record store on a compilation CD with artists singing their songs in german. Back then you had to go to one of the workers and ask them to open the CD (it was still sealed) and put it into a CD player so that you could listen via headphones. When I gave the CD to that guy he asked me why I was interested in that (I was 13 and all the recordings were from the 60s I believe) and when I told him about the Beach Boys' track he was like "What?! They did that song in german?! I gotta hear that" and then instead of putting the CD in the player I was waiting for, played the song via the store's loudspeakers so that everybody could (had to) hear it


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: JK on April 27, 2019, 11:53:18 AM
Hi BBC,

I found this Italian version of "Sail On, Sailor" today. I didn't see it in your list, maybe because it's described as "feat. The Beach Boys" (read the blurb):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7G1JQieS54
Did they add an extra verse or something? I was following along in my head the original lyrics, but I got lost somewhere after the second verse.

I love the a cappella ending! Yes, Franco T adds an extra verse before "Always needing, even bleeding". Interesting. I must see if I can find any info about an earlier track with that extra verse, unless Signor Turra did some nifty cut-and-paste work...


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: chewy on April 27, 2019, 12:24:59 PM
whats the story w/ the german in my room?


Title: Re: Have you ever heard a Beach Boys song in a different language?
Post by: JK on May 03, 2019, 03:55:44 AM
whats the story w/ the german in my room?

There's a topic devoted to it here, c.

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,18535.0.html

And some additional info in the top post here:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,23330.msg559595.html#msg559595