Dada Was Here? Translation?
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Topic: Dada Was Here? Translation?
Posted By: illustrated
Subject: Dada Was Here? Translation?
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 19:41
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Does anyone know what this translates to in English?
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Por qué trabajas tú por all?
Por qué no estas aquí en casa?
La la la, yo no sé... sólo me pregunto
Porque no soy feliz en la escuela?
Es que puedo confiar en alguien que no est?
Yo no sé...
Es que puedo fumar cuando soy ma viejo?
Es que puedo creer en el ídolo que queremos?
Digame si es justo que no estés aquí?
Para ayudarme, yo no sé, sólo me preguntan
Yo no sé, no sé, no sé... |
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Posted By: Someo Therguy
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 20:17
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It's Spanish, I popped it into a free translator on line so it ain't perfect.
Why do you work for all?
Why are not you here in house?
Her her, I do not know ... only I wonder
Because I am not happy in the school?
Is it that I can trust in someone that not est?
I do not know...
Is it that I can smoke when I am ma old?
Is it that I can believe in the idol that we want?
Say to me if it is just that you are not here?
To help me, I do not know, only they ask me
I do not know, do not know, do not know...
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 20:20
What is that, a mars Volta lyric or something?
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Posted By: fractal
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 20:37
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It is not Portuguese, but I will give it a try...
Por qué trabajas tú por all?
Why do you work for all?
Por qué no estas aquí en casa?
Why aren't you here at home?
La la la, yo no sé... sólo me pregunto
La la la, I don't know... I just wonder.
Porque no soy feliz en la escuela?
Why I am not happy at school?
Es que puedo confiar en alguien que no est?
Is it that I can trust in someone that isn't... ?
Yo no sé...
I don't know...
Es que puedo fumar cuando soy ma viejo?
Is it that I can smoke when I get older?
Es que puedo creer en el ídolo que queremos?
Is it that I can believe in the idol we like?
Digame si es justo que no estés aquí?
Tell me if it is fair that you are not here?
Para ayudarme, yo no sé, sólo me preguntan
To help me, I don't know, they just ask me
Yo no sé, no sé, no sé...
I don't know, don't know, don't know...
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 20:38
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I hear that song last year but i dont remember by who??
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Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 00:44
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 el böthy wrote:
What is that, a mars Volta lyric or something? |
memowakeman wrote:
I hear that song last year but i dont remember by who?? |
The song would be by http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=633 - The Soft Machine . 
If youlike psychedelica and jazz-rock, then they are a must. The first three albums rule. I haven't listened to much post-Wyatt SM, but I've heard that it isn't nearly as good.
To the others, thanks for the translations!
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 00:47
illustrated wrote:
I haven't listened to much post-Wyatt SM, but I've heard that it isn't nearly as good.
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You're missing out, really you are....
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
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Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:04
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
I haven't listened to much post-Wyatt SM, but I've heard that it isn't nearly as good.
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You're missing out, really you are....
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I actually just remembered that I'd heard the side 1 of Sixth, and that was pretty sweet.
But, anyway, what's the best of the SM albums after Wyatt left?
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:14
illustrated wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
I haven't listened to much post-Wyatt SM, but I've heard that it isn't nearly as good.
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You're missing out, really you are....
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I actually just remembered that I'd heard the side 1 of Sixth, and that was pretty sweet.
But, anyway, what's the best of the SM albums after Wyatt left? |
Yeah Six is pretty good, that was the first album with Jenkins and an
obvious Nucleus sound, seeing as Jenkins had just come from
Nucleus. Seven is the best of the post-Wyatt numbered albums and
Softs is the best album of the Harvest years IMO.
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
-Merleau-Ponty
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Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:31
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
I haven't listened to much post-Wyatt SM, but I've heard that it isn't nearly as good.
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You're missing out, really you are....
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I actually just remembered that I'd heard the side 1 of Sixth, and that was pretty sweet.
But, anyway, what's the best of the SM albums after Wyatt left?
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Yeah Six is pretty good, that was the first album with Jenkins and an obvious Nucleus sound, seeing as Jenkins had just come from Nucleus. Seven is the best of the post-Wyatt numbered albums and Softs is the best album of the Harvest years IMO.
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Good deal. 
I had no idea a member of Nucleus was in the Soft Machine though, I've heard a few of their songs, and they're really good!
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:35
illustrated wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
I haven't listened to much post-Wyatt SM, but I've heard that it isn't nearly as good.
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You're missing out, really you are....
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I actually just remembered that I'd heard the side 1 of Sixth, and that was pretty sweet.
But, anyway, what's the best of the SM albums after Wyatt left?
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Yeah Six is pretty good, that was the first album
with Jenkins and an obvious Nucleus sound, seeing as Jenkins had just
come from Nucleus. Seven is the best of the post-Wyatt numbered
albums and Softs is the best album of the Harvest years IMO.
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Good deal.
I had no idea a member of Nucleus was in the Soft Machine though, I've heard a few of their songs, and they're really good! |
Actually, several members of Nucleus migrated to Soft Machine (even Holdsworth was in Nucleus for Belladonna)  . Nucleus are also worth checking out, start with the debut, Elastic Rock.
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
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Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:37
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
meurglysIII wrote:
illustrated wrote:
I haven't listened to much post-Wyatt SM, but I've heard that it isn't nearly as good.
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You're missing out, really you are....
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I actually just remembered that I'd heard the side 1 of Sixth, and that was pretty sweet.
But, anyway, what's the best of the SM albums after Wyatt left?
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Yeah Six is pretty good, that was the first album with Jenkins and an obvious Nucleus sound, seeing as Jenkins had just come from Nucleus. Seven is the best of the post-Wyatt numbered albums and Softs is the best album of the Harvest years IMO.
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Good deal.
I had no idea a member of Nucleus was in the Soft Machine though, I've heard a few of their songs, and they're really good!
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Actually, several members of Nucleus migrated to Soft Machine (even Holdsworth was in Nucleus for Belladonna) . Nucleus are also worth checking out, start with the debut, Elastic Rock.
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Cool man, thanks again.
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:39
^No problem, I love talking about my favorite bands, I could go on forever......
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 20 2005 at 01:57
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¿Por qué trabajas tú por allí ? ; ; ; ; Why do you work by there?
¿Por qué no estas aquí en casa? Why are you not here at home?
La la la, yo no sé... sólo me pregunto Da da da I don't know...I just wonder
¿Porque no soy feliz en la escuela ? ; ; ; ; Why am I not happy at school?
¿Es que puedo confiar en alguien que no está? Can I trust in somebody that's not here?
Yo no sé... I don't know...
¿Es que puedo fumar cuando soy ma viejo? Would I be allowed to smoke when I'm older?
¿Es que puedo creer en el ídolo que queremos? Can I believe in the idol that we love?
¿Digame si es justo que no estés aquí ? ; ; ; ; Tell me if it's fair that you're not here?
Para ayudarme, yo no sé, sólo me preguntan To help me, I don't know, they just ask me
Yo no sé, no sé, no sé... I don't know, don't know, don't know
*LA LA LA can be understood as Do Do Do, Da Da da, or sha na na, it's only an onomatopeyic reference to the sound made when singing whitout knowing the lyrics.
Honestly all this whinning doesn't make sense to me.
Iván
BTW: Some Other Guy, don't use online translator, all suck, if there is a mistake (and there are a lot in this two parragraphs) they simply answer any crap. |
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Posted By: illustrated
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 02:31
ivan_2068 wrote:
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Honestly all this whinning doesn't make sense to me.
Iván |
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A friend of mine clued me in to something. I think that "Dada" in the title of the song refers to the Dadaist movement which took place in the early 1900s. It was basically a form of anti-art (due to the rejection of the standards of art in that time), which ironically turned out to be art in what it was trying to achieve... it was conveyed through literature (primarily poetry) and visual arts, and was characterized by nihilist views, illusion, cynism, and randomness among other things. Getting back to nihilism, I think most of the lines in the song refer to the confusion or disbelief of the presence of God, such as "Es que puedo confiar en alguien que no está?" (Can I trust in somebody that's not here?) or "Es que puedo creer en el ídolo que queremos?" (Can I believe in the idol that we love?).
So yeah, I think that's what all the whining is about.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 10 2006 at 20:46
illustrated wrote:
ivan_2068 wrote:
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Honestly all this whinning doesn't make sense to me.
Iván |
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A friend of mine clued me in to something. I think that "Dada" in the title of the song refers to the Dadaist movement which took place in the early 1900s. It was basically a form of anti-art (due to the rejection of the standards of art in that time), which ironically turned out to be art in what it was trying to achieve... it was conveyed through literature (primarily poetry) and visual arts, and was characterized by nihilist views, illusion, cynism, and randomness among other things. Getting back to nihilism, I think most of the lines in the song refer to the confusion or disbelief of the presence of God, such as "Es que puedo confiar en alguien que no está?" (Can I trust in somebody that's not here?) or "Es que puedo creer en el ídolo que queremos?" (Can I believe in the idol that we love?).
So yeah, I think that's what all the whining is about.
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Now it makes sense (Even when full of gramatical and structural mistakes), but again I'm sure I never understood Dadaist literature, in painting makes a bit more sense.
Iván
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