07 February 2009

Carmina Burana, with lyrics


With "misheard" lyrics, to be more precise. The original of this, with higher definition images, is here.

Enjoy. Even though Carl Orff is probably rolling in his grave...

Addendum: This video was so well done I had trouble believing that the audio was in fact the original lyrics and not overdubbed for humorous effect. So I searched and found the actual lyrics. Here's the first part (Latin and English). The rest is at this link.
O Fortuna,                          O Fortune,
velut luna like the moon
statu variabilis, you are changeable,
semper crescis ever waxing
aut decrescis; and waning;
vita detestabilis hateful life
nunc obdurat first oppresses
et tunc curat and then soothes
ludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it;
egestatem, poverty
potestatem and power
dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice.
What's amazing to me is that if you listen to the music and view the Latin, it sounds nothing like the joke English version, but if you listen to and watch the video by itself, just the opposite is true.

2 comments:

  1. Is this called mondagreen? The mistaking of lyrics? Anyway, it's brilliant.

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  2. I previously blogged about "mondegreen here -

    http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-lady-mondegreen.html

    Unfortunately the Joe Cocker with subtitles I had in an earlier post has been withdrawn from YouTube. I hope I can find a replacement...

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