[Multilingual Monday Music] Foreign covers, vol. 7572
Today we look at two popular English-language songs, covered in other languages:
アンジェラ・アキ / Angela Aki - Kiss From A Rose
Angela is a popular singer, songwriter, and piano player in Japan, and here she covers Seal's song of the same title, with two thirds of the lyrics adapted into English. I say adapted as, though the basic idea of giving into a love as strong as a drug is still implied, the Japanese lyrics are NOT a translation, as seen by the line in the chorus, "愛で死ぬなら キスで殺して", ai de shinu nara, kisu de koroshite,, "If I die from love, kill me with a kiss."
מיי פיינגולד - הללויה / Mei Feingold - Hallelujah
Mei Feingold was one of the stronger competitors in Koxav Nolad, Israel's answer to American Idol. Here she sings Leonard Cohen's song in Hebrew. Her grittier voice has won her fans throughout Israel; I first heard about her through Tzachi, who insists that she needs to go to Eurovision this year to represent Isarel.
Click to viewアンジェラ・アキ / Angela Aki - Kiss From A Rose
Angela is a popular singer, songwriter, and piano player in Japan, and here she covers Seal's song of the same title, with two thirds of the lyrics adapted into English. I say adapted as, though the basic idea of giving into a love as strong as a drug is still implied, the Japanese lyrics are NOT a translation, as seen by the line in the chorus, "愛で死ぬなら キスで殺して", ai de shinu nara, kisu de koroshite,, "If I die from love, kill me with a kiss."
מיי פיינגולד - הללויה / Mei Feingold - Hallelujah
Mei Feingold was one of the stronger competitors in Koxav Nolad, Israel's answer to American Idol. Here she sings Leonard Cohen's song in Hebrew. Her grittier voice has won her fans throughout Israel; I first heard about her through Tzachi, who insists that she needs to go to Eurovision this year to represent Isarel.