dog_style

in your opinion that is.

i hear Spanish rock bands covering classic rock songs in Spanish. but is it really a two way street in social undertone terms? do you think i would get complaints for doing this ?

and this is a language barrier question ONLY!

thanks.

metaldud536

Neither song is offensive so I don't see why not.

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dann_blood

Depends. Are you doing it because you genuinely like and connect with the music, or are you just being a culture-appropriating hipster douche?

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supersac

i dont think people would be offended

but the translation might not be as cool as th eoriginal languange

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Simsimius

I want someone to do a cover of the Soviet national anthem in English.

That would be sweet.

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captainsnazz

..why would anyone be offended?

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archangels

This. There should be two questions you ask yourself before doing a cover:

-Am I doing this because I love the song or because I want to look cool?
-Can I cover the song well enough that people will actually know what I'm playing?

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snipelfritz

Offended? No. Highly put off? Probably. Most of the time trying to translate a song directly and cram the words in a melody that they weren't meant to fit just sounds terrible.

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dog_style

well i can be a culture-appropriating hipster douche, especially by using my mouth.

but i do like the songs, why else would i play them with 20 million other songs to do that i like?
i don't speak Spanish and i thought it would be interesting to do in English, or German.

anyway, you doing anything this Friday?...you like taco bell or del taco?

dog_style

as cool as the original Language, you say?

i would make it more cool because I'm doing it, and not someone else.

i would make it work for sure.

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dog_style

because people never get offended about anything that has to do with their culture?

oh yeah, and other musicians are never judgmental towards each other?

MinterMan22

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dog_style

yeah, because nobody on earth ever wants to be cool ever. that;s why nobody ever uses the word to describe something or someone.

dog_style

depends on the artist/person.

archangels

Well duh. Nobody has used the word "cool" in decades. It's so last millennium.

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VanTheKraut

Who the **** needs to hear la bamba in English? Whose going "this is nice but I'd like it taken out of the language it was originally written in and roughly translated into a language not even related to the original."

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VanTheKraut

I don't speak a lick of Spanish and I can sing ****ing La Bamba.

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Malchius

No, but the translation might not fit the melody. Saying that I think Elvis and Frank Sinatra did some Italian songs in English with some changed lyrics.

Off Topic: What's with all the double and triple posting?

VanTheKraut

We do it just because it irks you so.

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