What is this song about?

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-01-14 08:38pm

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-01-14 08:56pm

Video doesn't work for me, but from the description and such, I think I know what it is.

It's a song called "Moskau" performed by the late 70s-early 80s West German pop band/dance act called Dschinghis Khan, released in 1979. It was used as the theme for the 1980 Moscow Olympic games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dschinghis_Khan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskau_%28 ... an_song%29

The song and video are one of the major memes over at YTMND.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-01-14 10:46pm

I hate to sound callous, but I already knew that much. I was hoping for a translation of the lyrics, or at least a general impression on what it meant.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-01-14 11:10pm

It's basically singing praises of Moscow and Russia. Here are the lyrics, see if someone here can translate them:

Moskau
Fremd und geheimnisvoll
Türme aus rotem Gold
Kalt wie das Eis
Moskau
Doch wer dich wirklich kennt
Der weiß, ein Feuer brennt
In dir so heiß

Kosaken hey hey hey hebt die Gläser
Natascha ha ha ha du bist schön
Towarisch hey hey hey auf das Leben
Auf Dein Wohl Bruder hey Bruder ho

Moskau, Moskau
Wirf die Gläser an die Wand
Russland ist ein schönes Land
Ho ho ho ho ho, hey
Moskau, Moskau
Deine Seele ist so groß
Nachts da ist der Teufel los
Ha ha ha ha ha, hey
Moskau, Moskau
Liebe schmeckt wie Kaviar
Mädchen sind zum küssen da
Ho ho ho ho ho, hey
Moskau, Moskau
Komm wir tanzen auf dem Tisch
Bis der Tisch zusammenbricht
Ha ha ha ha ha

Moskau
Tor zur Vergangenheit
Spiegel der Zarenzeit
Rot wie das Blut
Moskau
Wer deine Seele kennt
Der weiß, die Liebe brennt
Heiß wie die Glut

Kosaken hey hey hey hebt die Gläser
Natascha ha ha ha du bist schön
Towarisch hey hey hey auf die Liebe
Auf Dein Wohl Mädchen hey Mädchen ho

Moskau, Moskau
Wirf die Gläser an die Wand
Russland ist ein schönes Land
Ho ho ho ho ho, hey
Moskau, Moskau
Deine Seele ist so groß
Nachts da ist der Teufel los
Ha ha ha ha ha, hey
Moskau
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
Ho ho ho ho ho, hey
Moskau, Moskau Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
Ha ha ha ha ha
Oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Moskau, Moskau

Moskau, Moskau
Wodka trinkt man pur und kalt
Das macht hundert Jahre alt
ha ha ha ha ha, hey
Moskau, Moskau
Väterchen dein Glas ist leer
Doch im Keller ist noch mehr
Ha ha ha ha ha

Moskau, Moskau
Liebe schmeckt wie Kaviar
Mädchen sind zum küssen da
Ha ha ha ha ha
Moskau, Moskau
Komm wir tanzen auf dem Tisch
Bis der Tisch zusammenbricht
Ha ha ha ha ha, hey!

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-01-15 12:16am

Ah, thanks a bunch.

Post by **Zaia** » 2006-01-15 10:22am

StarshipTitanic wrote:I hate to sound callous, but I already knew that much. I was hoping for a translation of the lyrics, or at least a general impression on what it meant.

Next time, include that in your OP, instead of just pasting the link in there and saying, "Hurr, whazzit aboot?"

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2006-01-15 11:05am

see if someone here can translate them:

It's been a while since I've been in Germany, but here goes :

(and mind you, a lot is lost in translation)

Moscow
Strange and full of secrets
Towers of Red Gold
Cold as ice
Moscow
But those who truly know you
Know that a fire burns
so hot in you

Cossacks hey hey raise your glasses
Natascha ha ha ha you're beautiful
Towarish (?) hey hey hey on life
On your brother, hey brother ho

Moscow, Moscow
Throw your glasses to the wall
Russia is a beautiful land
ho ho ho ho, hey
Moscow, Moscow
Your soul is so great
At night the Devil is released
Moscow, Moscow
Love tastes like caviar
Girls are for kissing
Moscow, Moscow
Come we dance on the table
until the table breaks apart

Moscow
door to the past
mirror to the time of Tsars (?)
Red as blood
Moscow
Who knows your soul, knows that love burns
glowing hot

(repeat Cossack verse)

(repeat glasses verse)

Moscow, Moscow
One drinks Vodka pure and cold
it makes you a hundred years old
Moscow, Moscow
Father dear your glass is empty
but there's more in the cellar

(repeat caviar verse)

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-01-15 12:56pm

Zaia wrote:Next time, include that in your OP, instead of just pasting the link in there and saying, "Hurr, whazzit aboot?"

Are you telling me to find another way of asking what a song is about other than asking - explicitly asking - what the song is, indeed, about?

Hurr.

Thank you very much, Bounty.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-01-15 01:05pm

Yeah, such as indicating first thing that you already know what the song is and who it's by.

Also, you could have avoided saying "I hate to sound callous," because it came off as exactly that. A "thanks, I already knew that" could have sufficed.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-01-15 01:11pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Yeah, such as indicating first thing that you already know what the song is and who it's by.

You mean like saying "...a curious song named Moskau." or some other different way of stating the title that doesn't involve the title? Saying a song's title and artist does not reveal the content of the song. What a song is "about."

Am I unaware of vastly different meanings of the word "about" between New England to whereever you two live?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-01-15 01:14pm

Sorry, it's just that it seemed like you didn't know any information about it, so I figured that I'd at least provide what I knew about it, so that at least it wouldn't have been floating in space undefined.

The fact that it was titled "Moscow" in the first place should have clued you in.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-01-15 01:18pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Well, the fact that it was titled "Moscow" in the first place should have clued you in.

I was afraid that someone was going to be cute and say that. I probably should have put a disclaimer for that in the OP.