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Elvis Presley in Latin? - Primitivus - 04-22-2006
Please Say It Ain't So...
Apparently there is a Finnish Professor who loves to sing Elvis' songs in Latin Translation: [url:39lqcvlf]http://www.drammondt.com/english/index.php[/url]
He says: "Someone asked me 'Why Elvis and why Latin?' I cannot give a short answer. I always liked Elvis music and I like to sing in Latin. It has a very similar pronunciation as the Finnish language. Poetically rhythmical, somewhat rough, clear in pronunciation and distinct."
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - Tarbicus - 04-22-2006
And just in case you're curious...
Doctor Ammondt : The Legend Lives Forever in Latin: Elvis Songs Sung in Latin
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - tlclark - 04-22-2006
If Dr. Suess can be rendered in latin, why not the King? ...er...Rex?
Travis
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - Arthes - 04-23-2006
What about the songs in Sumerian....I like the album cover...lol
http://www.drammondt.com/english/index.php?page=music
1. Gilgamesh 3.29 (Säv. Juha Venäläinen, San. Jukka Ammondt / Elina Bonelius)
2. Blue Suede Shoes 3.57 (Carl L. Perkins)
hock: ???3. Satumaa/Land of Dreams 3.27 (Unto Mononen)
Now these I have to hear.... :roll:
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/saa/sumercd.html
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - tlclark - 04-23-2006
OMG.
The "rocking in latin" album cover is going to give me nightmares. I hope that's a photoshop too.
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - NightHunter24 - 04-24-2006
Oh lawdy lawd what IS the world comin' to??? :lol:
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - tlclark - 04-24-2006
This HAS to be a joke.
I mean this is what it says on the website.
Quote:1993 my first album in Latin Tango Triste Finnicum contains the most beautiful Finnish tangos. Finnish foreign ministry delivered the album to the Vatican. I and Dr. Teivas Oksala, who translated the songs, were honored by the Pope's medal in 1994.
Finnish Tangos?
Pope's medal?
Puh-leeeze.
Someone is funning us.
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - Marius_Ursus - 04-24-2006
A little off-topic, but this is the Off-topic Forum...
When my wife was in high school, she had to translate a modern song of her choice into Latin for her Latin II class. She chose "Epic" by Faith No More. When she got to, "Feels so good, it's like walking on glass," she busted her little hiney trying to find a word for "glass".
she ended up translating it as, "Feels so good, it's like walking on broken shards of pottery."
LOL
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - Praefectusclassis - 04-24-2006
:lol:
Re: Elvis Presley in Latin? - Jeroen Pelgrom - 04-25-2006
hock: