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PolyglotDome: Music from Everywhere
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Beware of the Boys and Kuu both score comfortable victories.
I still have a tie for Golpe de Estado vs Sparkle from two days ago, if nobody breaks it today it goes to a coin-toss.
Today @Torzelbaum explores the Inner Universe with Origa in Russian and Latin, while @Paul le Fou joins Tokyo Jihen for Gunjo Biyori in Japanese
CONTRA / 対
And then @Exposition Owl explores Afirika with Angélique Kidjo in Fon and Yoruba, while @Ixo and ALIEN WEAPONRY experience Rū Ana Te Whenua in Maori
DIPO / KI
I still have a tie for Golpe de Estado vs Sparkle from two days ago, if nobody breaks it today it goes to a coin-toss.
Today @Torzelbaum explores the Inner Universe with Origa in Russian and Latin, while @Paul le Fou joins Tokyo Jihen for Gunjo Biyori in Japanese
CONTRA / 対
And then @Exposition Owl explores Afirika with Angélique Kidjo in Fon and Yoruba, while @Ixo and ALIEN WEAPONRY experience Rū Ana Te Whenua in Maori
DIPO / KI
Inner Universe
and
ALIEN WEAPONRY
and
ALIEN WEAPONRY
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Gunjo Biyori and Afirika
Here are the original lyrics:
And what follows is a rough translation that a native Fon speaker offered in a YouTube comment, because the Internet doesn’t have many resources for translating Fon into English:
Also, if you like the song, here’s a somewhat different version just for fun. It’s just Kidjo on vocals and the great jazz bandleader Christian McBride on solo double bass.
Here are the original lyrics:
Min bi fon do africa gblé lo
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Min dé lè tin bo dji djan yin
Bomin dé lè fon do nou wa wè
Yénan don nou towé gblé lo
Yéman do nou dé wa wè nin yon
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Min bi fon do africa gblé lo
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Min dé lè tin bo dji djan yin
Bomin dé lè fon do nou wa wè
Yénan don nou towé gblé lo
Yéman do nou dé wa wè nin yon
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika, Maman Afirika
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Nishè o, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo, nishèo
Min bi fon do africa gblé lo
Min wè na fon bo mon dèkpè ton
Min déssou sin alo min wè dé
Mindé ma nan lin dagbé min ton
Yé fon bo do yanyan ton do wè
Africa min bi sé ton wè
Min nou min gbè yanyan ton dido
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
Ashè é Maman, ashè é Maman Afirika
Maman Afirika
And what follows is a rough translation that a native Fon speaker offered in a YouTube comment, because the Internet doesn’t have many resources for translating Fon into English:
1st verse (Fon):
Each day we’re saying that Africa is ugly (or is lost), but who will wake up to see its beauty? This is in our own hands, nobody will think about our happiness. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus (Yoruba):
(Blessings/power) to mother Africa!
2nd verse (Fon):
Some people are sitting and others are working. The first ones will destroy your works, but they are not doing anything. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus
Repeat 1st verse
Chorus
Each day we’re saying that Africa is ugly (or is lost), but who will wake up to see its beauty? This is in our own hands, nobody will think about our happiness. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus (Yoruba):
(Blessings/power) to mother Africa!
2nd verse (Fon):
Some people are sitting and others are working. The first ones will destroy your works, but they are not doing anything. Each day they’re saying evil about Africa. Africa is for everybody, let’s stop saying evil about Africa.
Chorus
Repeat 1st verse
Chorus
Also, if you like the song, here’s a somewhat different version just for fun. It’s just Kidjo on vocals and the great jazz bandleader Christian McBride on solo double bass.
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Afirika Biyori
!!!!
That’s amazing! I don’t know anything about recording, but I wish I’d been there. Do you remember what food she brought?
Violentvixen
(She/Her)
Thank you for sharing the lyrics, this is awesome.
I like the Russian/Latin song (and am always excited to see a song in Latin that isn't religious chanting) but it somehow recalls Evanescence's Bring Me To Life which I've just heard way too much.
And I'm super sad to vote against the badass Maori metal song. But Angélique Kidjo is amazing and this song is a classic. My mom has mentioned that we saw her live when we lived in Kenya when I was young, but it doesn't seem to coincide with any of her actual tour/concert dates although this would have been the late 80s so who knows what would have made it to the internet.
This is great.
I'm about 70% sure there was some kind of chicken and polenta involved, but this would've been about 10 years ago so I'm a little fuzzy.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Gunji Afirika
same vote for me, but im just replying because i prefer the cookie monster sound
Olli
(he/him)
Inner Universe narrowly moves on and Afirika takes it in a walk. Meanwhile nobody ever broke the tie from earlier in the week so a coin-flip sends Sparkle on to the next round.
Next matches will go up either later this afternoon or tomorrow morning depending on when I find time; either way voting for it will go through the end of tomorrow.
Next matches will go up either later this afternoon or tomorrow morning depending on when I find time; either way voting for it will go through the end of tomorrow.
Going ahead and posting this now, but again, next round won't start til Tuesday morning to make sure everyone has time to see it.
Welcome back; for the first match of the second week @Johnny Unusual and Adriano Celentano say Prisencolinensinainciusol in something that is definitely Not English, while I have a Kokoro Odoru with nobodyknows+ in Japanese (with Latin influence, but not Latin the language, Latin the music style, so nevermind).
SVURSE / 対
And also kicking off the week, @Purple dances at the Liskodisko with Hevisaurus in Finnish, while @pudik sails Óró mo bhaidin with Mary O'Hara in Irish.
VASTAAN / IN AGHAIDH
Welcome back; for the first match of the second week @Johnny Unusual and Adriano Celentano say Prisencolinensinainciusol in something that is definitely Not English, while I have a Kokoro Odoru with nobodyknows+ in Japanese (with Latin influence, but not Latin the language, Latin the music style, so nevermind).
SVURSE / 対
And also kicking off the week, @Purple dances at the Liskodisko with Hevisaurus in Finnish, while @pudik sails Óró mo bhaidin with Mary O'Hara in Irish.
VASTAAN / IN AGHAIDH
Violentvixen
(She/Her)
Kokoro Odoru
and
uh
okay seriously I don't know if I've ever had two such completely different songs against each other. Traditional harp music versus hard rock dinosaurs?
Help (I'll come back but seriously this is impossible)
Edit: I'm going to go with Óró mo bhaidin, but boy this is hard
and
uh
okay seriously I don't know if I've ever had two such completely different songs against each other. Traditional harp music versus hard rock dinosaurs?
Help (I'll come back but seriously this is impossible)
Edit: I'm going to go with Óró mo bhaidin, but boy this is hard
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nobodyknows+
and
pass
and
pass
Olli
(he/him)
Aside: Hevisaurus is a band that performs primarily for kids and ostensibly liskodisko means "disco for lizards". A fun dinosaur thing, right? However, the term is often used by adults to refer to the night of bad sleep and delirium you get after you've had way too much to drink. "Liskodisko" is a bastardization of "liskojen yö", "night of the lizards", which is probably more descriptive, and also the translated title of Tennessee Williams' Night of the Iguana.
Purple
(She/Her)
Going to go with english-sounding gibberish and dinosaurs.
And Olli just scooped me as I was typing some of this fun fact-ery but yeah, Hevisaurus is a Finnish metal band for kids. They have over 100 songs. It was shockingly hard to narrow down which one to share. I almost went with "100" which commemorated the above and has a bunch of other metal people doing guest solos, but most of those have no lyrics, so here we are.
And Olli just scooped me as I was typing some of this fun fact-ery but yeah, Hevisaurus is a Finnish metal band for kids. They have over 100 songs. It was shockingly hard to narrow down which one to share. I almost went with "100" which commemorated the above and has a bunch of other metal people doing guest solos, but most of those have no lyrics, so here we are.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Prisencolinensinainciusoldisko
PrisencÓró ma bháidhín
I’ve edited this at least three times to put in an accent that I missed.
I’ve edited this at least three times to put in an accent that I missed.
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Prisencolinensinainciusol Mo Bhaidan
Looks like Prisencolinen squeaks by, but Lisko vs Oro is TIED, someone please throw me a tiebreaker today.
Next up @Falselogic experiences Un Anno D'amore with Mina in Italian, but @Lumber Baron misses Wo Qui Non Coin in Japanese and French with Aoi Tada and the Seatbelts
CONTRO / CONTRE
And in the other corner @WildcatJF feels a Zara Zara with Bombay S Jayashri in Hindi, while @lincolnic declares Mi Kple Dogbeko with Lokonon Andre and Les Volcons in Fon
बनाम / DÓ
* The Fon language isn't available in either Google Translate or the other resource I've been using; I did a little digging to come up with the word I used but it's very possible it's entirely wrong.
Next up @Falselogic experiences Un Anno D'amore with Mina in Italian, but @Lumber Baron misses Wo Qui Non Coin in Japanese and French with Aoi Tada and the Seatbelts
CONTRO / CONTRE
And in the other corner @WildcatJF feels a Zara Zara with Bombay S Jayashri in Hindi, while @lincolnic declares Mi Kple Dogbeko with Lokonon Andre and Les Volcons in Fon
बनाम / DÓ
* The Fon language isn't available in either Google Translate or the other resource I've been using; I did a little digging to come up with the word I used but it's very possible it's entirely wrong.
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