My birthday kind of sucked last weekend. Also, some rectal drip leaked a Rammstein single. Also, my lovely Aegean holiday is now over, and I'm back to NZ's winter and work on Monday. Also, I have air-con' nose. I hate the climate control on commercial planes. Also, some woman picked my suitcase up from the carousel and took it home with her, so it's getting delivered to me tomorrow. I should have just taken hers home, rather than reporting the whole screw-up.
Grumpy? Me? Never...
On-topic, my Mann Gegen Mann LILT is being recorded, by the lovely Drax. w00t!
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[Update: my case showed up tonight rather than tomorrow. I'm most impressed with Menzies the company who do SIA's luggage-handling in NZ]
Showing posts with label Mann Gegen Mann. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mann Gegen Mann. Show all posts
2009-07-17
2009-06-28
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 3.1
Destiny gave me a lift
And sent me a loving gift
My gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am well off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
And sent me a loving gift
My gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am well off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-24
Regarding Mann Gegen Mann
I had more fun with Mann Gegen Mann than with any other LILT, and I'm taking into account the laughs I got from Küss Mich (Fellfrosch) and Moskau when I say that. MGM is the most sympathetic commentary on homosexuality I've ever come across in music or poetry. It's also funny and clever. The word-play is absolutely wonderful, and luckily for me translated to English really well, for the most part.
I was also able to add a few tricks of my own. One of the tidiest is 'like and like will come together', which struck me as an improvement on the German as transcribed by Jeremy ('Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern' -> 'Birds of a feather flock together'). I'm not sure what the word for 'orgasm' is in German, and am almost afraid to try and find out, but odds are not good for it being the same as their word for come. I found the same with 'two masters hold my tether', as tether is a fairly obvious euphemism that doesn't wander too far from Till's words. I also flatter myself that with 'when lust is hard on my tail' I may have outdone Till's 'wenn die Lust von hinten zieht' ('when lust pulls from behind', as per Jeremy). Maybe I go too far...
Mann Gegen Mann is not my favourite song. Don't get me wrong; I do like it. It's just not included in my top five. I have to say that it's definitely my favourite LILT though, and I've separated it from the rest to show this.
Once I had started work on it I couldn't stop, and as a result got it to a stage where I felt incredibly satisfied with it very quickly. I also laughed out loud and grinned a lot during this process. Thank you, Till. You're a treasure.*
* Note: I am pretending that there's a possibility he might read this. Humour me. I have read online that he's a bit of a Luddite and I don't know how true that is, but either way I expect no such thing.
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I was also able to add a few tricks of my own. One of the tidiest is 'like and like will come together', which struck me as an improvement on the German as transcribed by Jeremy ('Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern' -> 'Birds of a feather flock together'). I'm not sure what the word for 'orgasm' is in German, and am almost afraid to try and find out, but odds are not good for it being the same as their word for come. I found the same with 'two masters hold my tether', as tether is a fairly obvious euphemism that doesn't wander too far from Till's words. I also flatter myself that with 'when lust is hard on my tail' I may have outdone Till's 'wenn die Lust von hinten zieht' ('when lust pulls from behind', as per Jeremy). Maybe I go too far...
Mann Gegen Mann is not my favourite song. Don't get me wrong; I do like it. It's just not included in my top five. I have to say that it's definitely my favourite LILT though, and I've separated it from the rest to show this.
Once I had started work on it I couldn't stop, and as a result got it to a stage where I felt incredibly satisfied with it very quickly. I also laughed out loud and grinned a lot during this process. Thank you, Till. You're a treasure.*
* Note: I am pretending that there's a possibility he might read this. Humour me. I have read online that he's a bit of a Luddite and I don't know how true that is, but either way I expect no such thing.
[discuss]
2009-06-21
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 3.0
See how many euphemisms you can find:
Destiny gave me a lift
And sent me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
And sent me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 1.2
I can't keep my hands off this one. It's way too good. Herr Lindemann is such a clever sausage (no pun intended):
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 1.1
I fixed the bits I couldn't get right this morning, and managed to get some of my own cleverness to work:
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-20
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 1.0
I have to say that this is one of my favourites so far. The word-play is sheer genius, and lots of fun. Once again, no helpful linking to the music and Jeremy's translations, but I'm sure you can handle that. The three lines still in German are the ones I haven't ironed the wrinkles out of yet:
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mich interessiert kein Gleichgewicht
Mir scheint die Sonne ins Gesicht
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mann gaygen Mann
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mich interessiert kein Gleichgewicht
Mir scheint die Sonne ins Gesicht
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mann gaygen Mann
[lyrics][discuss]
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