On a dare from AP's Scott Haisel, I'm learning to perform our song What Katie Said en Espanol. Curious how accurate the alta vista babel fish translation was, I translated the spanish back to english:
About a face completely of words, you would think straight that some correct? And with some extremities of the value, you would think my lips less firmly to straighten? Broken window of the passenger next to itself in the floor. A-whoa-a-Ohh estereofonia can take my, but you cannot take me for a cabrito which I go more again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" Payphone of the STD that hangs of my face, its roomie obtained me in grasping, and damn, why I am so dishonor? With a full fist of change and absolutely any sense. A-whoa-a-Ohh what little which I have learned on love is in the cost of my pride I go again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" I go again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" the Ohhh of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of you always know the place last to be with his will shake friends and his their eyes of the neon will shake honoraria that flashing the vacancy Babeh Babay that you have been always the last thing to be with your girls of guestlist and their decayed pleas hear to hear! Three aclamations for its apathy! Porqué divides posteriora of the I in its house, back of deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" I go again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" Yes, what hell you are doing with me? Which is a decent girl who does with me "
About a face completely of words, you would think straight that some correct? And with some extremities of the value, you would think my lips less firmly to straighten? Broken window of the passenger next to itself in the floor. A-whoa-a-Ohh estereofonia can take my, but you cannot take me for a cabrito which I go more again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" Payphone of the STD that hangs of my face, its roomie obtained me in grasping, and damn, why I am so dishonor? With a full fist of change and absolutely any sense. A-whoa-a-Ohh what little which I have learned on love is in the cost of my pride I go again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" I go again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" the Ohhh of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of you always know the place last to be with his will shake friends and his their eyes of the neon will shake honoraria that flashing the vacancy Babeh Babay that you have been always the last thing to be with your girls of guestlist and their decayed pleas hear to hear! Three aclamations for its apathy! Porqué divides posteriora of the I in its house, back of deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" I go again to its house, behind deads porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said: "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" Yes, what hell you are doing with me? Which is a decent girl who does with me "
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Suggestion: Play this (either in Spanish or badly translated English) and Jack Slap Cheer in SF in June
Due to gross syllable differences, this performance will be bilingual, featuring some lines in Spanish, really.
And I don't know if they've begun showing up on youtube yet, but this tour, we've found a new breathe of life in the Jack Slap Cheer out in the parking lots on acoustics after some shows. Something about no microphones or stage, and a bunch of hoodied folks singing along under a street lamp makes the original vibe of the song palpable to me after years of estrangement.
I used to have so much fun translating songs into another language and that back into english.
i love it !
promise to always play it this way..
Haha that was hilarious and needed.Thankyou.I wish Jack Slap Cheer had made an appearance under any Sydney street light.
HA!
really makes you think about the complexity of words...
like "STD pay phone." obviously STD is used to describe the pay phone, but its not an adjective. So one would infer that it stands for something, such as a company or organization, but it doesn't. Its a filthy, Sexually-Transmitted-Disease covered phone. But literally, a phone cannot be covered with STDs, [keeping our minds out of the gutter, anyway.] Its just used to describe how vile the thing is. So somehow through the magic of the English language, "Disgusting" or "Filthy" has turned into a medical condition.
Or perhaps babel fish is just a shitty translator, and I'm just over thinking things...
french seemed a tad more accurate.
Oh the things which boredom can induce...
Of would a face completely of the words you think that some would be right (right) and with some ends of courage you would less strongly think my window broken (right) of passenger of lips close of itself on the floor than they can take my stereophony, but you cannot take to me for a kid more I go again to your house, behind of dead why cannot I forget which Katie indicated? you of the standards, girl, devil do they have do you with me? Phone box of STD hanging in addition to my face your roomy obtained me on the catch, nothing, why I am such a dishonour? with did a fist full with the change and absolutely any direction which little I get information about the love is at the expenses of my pride I go again to your house, behind of dead why cannot I forget which Katie indicated? you of the standards, girl, devil do they have do you with me? Can't I go again to your house, behind of dead why I forget which Katie indicated? you of the standards, girl, devil do they have do you with me? Can't you always know that the last place to be with your undulating with the friends and your to undulate with the fees your eyes of neon flickering the offer of employment, baby, baby were to you always the last thing to be with your daughters of guestlist and their indifferent complaints intend to hear, three acclamations for your apathy I go again to your house, behind of dead why I forget which Katie indicated? you of the standards, girl, devil do they have do you with me? I go again to your house, behind of perhaps dead that I will forget which Katie did indicate? you of the standards, girl, devil do they have do you with me? Do Ouais, devil make you with me? which is a decent girl making with me?
my translation site of choice (when working on my spanish 5 papers that my teacher somehow thinks she taught us how to understand) would be freetranslation.com
it too is a little odd so i have to go back and make sure its saying what i want it to but thats better than starting out with nothing i suppose.
anyhoo...im so stoked for next thursday
i plan on throwing my curfew out the window
school the next day? ill get there at some point
*sigh*...that makes me wish i could've stayed for the acoustic set at my show -___- oh wells....
that's pretty impressive though o___O i've used babel fish before...just fuckin around with it...whenever i'm bored..
and it usually never makes an ounce of sense..haha
so i translated salty eyes cause thats just the est matches song ever and i quite like it! especially "he does not drop the ceiling" and "freinds in quotations are not calling"£ however the best is"I am only the moon of the chip that slips to traverse" haha
You belong to a song? He drags to him ahead by the tongue-piece in the cover of his lungs? They drink to him? You have been drinking? You underneath the superior step he goes with fifth in his fist that the past remembers the kiss of a love that just did not love so much as you did it? But he does not give please for above the dear walls. He does not drop the ceiling. When you belong to a song, the salty eyes. You belong. The notes chillonas begin the severe violin. Then of the silence of the violence the sirens orquestran the account. To which corpse is left a plus quiet. How we have made the hollows of drums. The rest between notes and hollers that never the throats of the reach. The friends in quotations, are not calling. But he does not give him please for above dear. I am only the moon of the chip that slips to traverse when you belong to a song, the salty eyes. You belong. Satisfy create nevertheless ingenuous. They can drag advanced to him by the tongue-piece in the cover of its lungs. And the salty eyes belong. When you belong to a song, the salty eyes. You belong.
=) xx
That was pretty funny. I love the "porqué I cannot forget to me of what Katie said" part the most. I may start saying that instead. =^]
Salty Eyes is fun in French... I translated it once for extra credit in French 3. =^]
That person talking about the STD Payphone thing reminded me of the STD Payphone blog that was posted like a year ago. =^]
After remembering that... I realized... I have no life...
Freetranslation.com kinda messed this one up, but head over there to figure out what this means.
"es más que un sentimiento cuando ellos juegan esa canción vieja que ellos jugaban"
I am possibly even more excited than I already am about the Cleveland show.
Please play an acoustic set after that show.
=)
"but you cannot take me for a cabrito"
hahaha, a roasted goat kid and an adolescent is pretty much the same thing if you ask me.
i don't know, Shawn, with lyrics like "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me" are some rather brilliant lyrics. you might want to take notes.
oops best matches song not est! but i dont want to draw too much attention to my preferences because you'll all jump on me and contradict me and that would ruin whats quite a good comments page.
ah well.
=) xx
Want me to translate the lyrics into Swedish? Ha.
The song title is: "Vad Katie Sade". I don't think it was included on the list we gave you after the interview.
I think I found this way more amusing than I should have.
And if Louie isn’t feeling up to it just know that I’d translate any of your songs into Swedish any day. x ]
Muy interesante.
And thank you, again, for FINALLY giving me the Jack Slap Cheer you owed me from last summer. :P
That'll be such a glorious youtube video.
...And all for the cheering of Jack Slaps, I've missed 'em so.
I'd kill to hear the song in Spanish.
haha this is awesome.
interesting how literal and direct different language translations can be.
haha I always love trying to sing songs in Spanish.
que Katie dio
can't be arsed to copy and paste accent marks right now XD
That's how my Spanish teacher could tell if we cheated and used a translation website. They never make sense when you translate back to English, haha.
"Ohhh of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one"
Hahaha, I'm in tears.
A revelation and a coincidence.
I'm completely jealous of the Cleveland AP tour goers.
And, my friend and I were trying to learn Jack Slap Cheer in Spanish...
I can't wait for video of this, Scott is a really awesome guy.
HAHA, I'm even more excited a friend and I are roadtripping to Cleveland for the show now.
Oh my goodness, this made my day.
"Of the one, of the one, of the one.." cracked me up. I simply couldn't stop the laughter from coming out.
Good shit right there.
HAHA
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the google translator is the best. my spanish teacher loves me!
anyways...espanol is like an obession with me and so is the song what katie said. i have been dying to find an acoustic youtube video for that song, but sadly, they're aren't any so i'm stuck with the nintendo ds version. haha
could you possibly do an acoustic/en espanol what katie said? and possibly so i could maybe watch it one way or another? or maybe just in espanol?
good luck with your dare, shawn.
HAHAHA i wonder if the papers i turned in for Spanish class translated to Spanish from English on freetranslation.com turned out this badly!
The translator on the mac dashboard is usually pretty good. I don't usually use it to translate whole songs though... haha
All I can say in Spanish is "Mi gusta cojete!" (I like to touch myself).
And the only French I know is "Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir". I'm not sure if I would want to walk around France saying that all day.
haha thats pretty funny because those translators are often very wrong. if you need some help translating to spanish let me know i will gladly help you.
wow. that was way too amusing. hahaha
(English to spanish to) english to swedish:
About a face completely of words, you would think straight that some correct? And with some extremities of the value, you would think my lips less firmly to straighten?
Om ett ansikte fullt av ord, skulle du tänka rakt att några korrekt? Och med några extremiteter av värdet, skulle du tänka mina läppar mindre fast till raka?
Have I successfully made no sense?
"Which hell you are that you do with me"
If someone said this to me, I'd be most perplexed. It kind of makes sense but the other side of me says its madness!
Damn you Harris, I'll be haunted by this all night.
5 mins later... cos I'm easily distracted and apparently forgot to press publish.
This line now makes me think of a dominatrix and client.
Haha, I meant that I could translate it into Swedish so that it would actually make sense. When Sarah and I are bored we sing Matches songs in Swedish...
Awsome.
Me and my friend once started to translate track 11 into spanish and french. it was hard since I barely know any spanish and I only took a few years of french in high school but the outcome was... interesting.
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hahha i would love to see this
"you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me"
haah.
That like made my day.
wowza i cant wait to see it from a youtube user or live myself!!and i have seen the jack slap cheer video!!its so moody!!
<3
MercedesPage
oh yeah!I know i just commented but omg!i read it again and i thought i should comment again!!becase your so cool!!
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In regards to the "Jack Slap Cheer," what time did you play in Milwaukee? Justin told me that you guys would roughly 15-20 minutes after the show ended, and I went to wait for a half-an-hour after (11:30-12:00) until you told me that you guys already played. That is also when you "proved" to my mother you are as weird as she is and kissed her.
But yea, I'm pretty sad I missed that. By any chance, are you aware of your next tour?
Thanks,
Emily
Wow, that is so diffrent, kinda funny
Ohhh of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of the the one of you
Of the one....ahhh
Hurrah for not studying for finals...My spanish is rusty and a native speaker could do this tons better than I, but hell, then I'd have to work:
con una cara lleno de palabras, crees que unas pocas serían correctos? Y con unas puntas pocas de valor, crees que mis labios son menos de apretado.
una ventana de pasajero quebrantada al lado de sí en el piso. Pueden robar mi estéreo, pero no me puedes tomar para un niño más.
Vuelvo a tu casa, vuelvo del muerte, porque no puedo olvidar las cosas que Katie dijo? Tengo estándares, qué carajo haciendo conmigo?
Spanglish is an amazing thing!
This is silly, yet beautiful. The meaning of words are often forgotten.
My favorite is "And with some extremities of the value, you would think my lips less firmly to straighten?"
Jack Slap Cheer was my first favorite song by you boys, and being one to witness under the florescent street lamps of New York the inception (to me, at least), is an amazing thing. In fact, watching you live is a liege reminder of why I am so fond of your music.
Maybe I'll trek it out to New Haven to see you again... It is quite the costly adventure though, to take the two hour or so ride on the metro north...
Then again, as I have told Jon, I am quite avaricious when it comes to seeing you on this side of the continent.
This is silly, yet beautiful. The meaning of words are often forgotten.
My favorite is "And with some extremities of the value, you would think my lips less firmly to straighten?"
Jack Slap Cheer was my first favorite song by you boys, and being one to witness under the florescent street lamps of New York the inception (to me, at least), is an amazing thing. In fact, watching you live is a liege reminder of why I am so fond of your music.
Maybe I'll trek it out to New Haven to see you again... It is quite the costly adventure though, to take the two hour or so ride on the metro north...
Then again, as I have told Jon, I am quite avaricious when it comes to seeing you on this side of the continent.
I think you should sing the song like normal and then do the chorus as "you have standards, girl, which hell you are that you do with me."
Because it's damn catchy.
And I was glad to be one of the many hoodied folks singing along under a street lamp with you in Milwaukee and I'm glad the song is making a comeback for you!
haha
that's silly.
Wow, my original post sounds wayy too pretentious and stupid.
ANYWAY, I'm glad to have been in the hoodied audience for another sing along. It will never get old.
We are on youtube trying to sing along (with not much resemblance to the original key, or pitch to that of the original song... or msg?!)
ay dios mio. recuerdo cuando necesitaba escribir un proyecto sobre "the matches" para mi clase de espanol y cambiar las palabras de "salty eyes" a espanol...
ojos de sal es mi cancion favorito.
pienso que cuando shawn esta cantando "que dice katie" el es mas entretenimiento de mi presentacion en mi clase.
"I cannot forget to me of what Katie said"
i feel like that should have been the original lyric.. haha
i think it would have been nice to see you guys play outside, as you said, with no microphones or stage. i hope videos of your random acoustic performances don't go on youtube. i would want a memory like that to be all my own.. not anyone with a youtube account and a favorites list.
Did you do a show like that in Columbus? I sort of hope you didn't because I'd be extremely upset if I missed it.
So... I was on Youtube because a friend of mine had completely forgot about the Insurance? dance.
And I saw this video of you doing an accoustic version of Point Me Toward The Morning... And it is BEAUTIFUL!
No lie, I'm inspired to do something (what this something is, I do not know... but it will happen) and now I want to learn guitar now... so I can play something a beautiful. =^]
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Ahh, this almost makes me want to stop using these free translators to do my spanish homework...
Almost.
Ah, this new version is wonderful!
I love languages.
And how little sense literal Spanish translations make.
=)
ahhahahahahahaha :D
Dude you guys are kinda like selena, you sing in spanish but it's not your native tounge
awww Jack Slap Cheeeeeerrrrr.
play it?
in SF?
please..?
If you end up singing that song in Spanish at the SF show you will be mas chingon.
I painted a picture inspired by Darkness Rising...
I'm no Leonardo De Vinci...
But it's better than a 5 year old's paintings.
=^]
I actually started painting because I was inspired by The Matches to do some more creative things.
Now... I write, I paint, I play instruments, I sculpt, and I act.
Next year... I'm taking up singing.
=^]
Hey Shawn,
I am doing a research paper in my advanced English class on conformity and its consequences on society today. I need an interview as one of my sources, and through your individualistic attitudes and outlook (from what I have noticed), I was hoping you would be willing to answer a few questions. If you will, please respond back to me and I will send the questions to abandinhopepayment@gmail.com if that is alright?
I would be truly appreciative if you could give me 10 minutes of your busy schedule; however, I understand that you may not have time.
Thank you,
Emily
haha, this is quite humorous :)
shawn, i'm saddened that you didn't do an acoustic set at the buffalo show. it's ok though :)
wooo hoo
between that and signing my sister's fish card last night, you made my year. haha.
the video of WKS in partial Spanish:
http://i137.photobucket.com:80/albums/q219/nett-07/?action=view¤t=100_2413.flv
That's so great. Doesn't muchacho mean boy? and muchacha mean girl? haha
hahaha, i thought that when I was watching it.
I'm pretty sure it was muchacha, but god, it sounded like muchacho a few times it was sung.
muy bien pues it did sound like muchacho which would be a guy...unless you are trying to hint something at us...
just in time for cinco de mayo!
feliz cinco de mayo!
venga a casa dulce thang
Altavista babel fish is way too amusing...
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Wait, what?
it was careful this morning and the sun was gone Lit some music to begin my day that I lost me in a family song that I closed the eyes and I slipped away
His more than a feeling, when I hear that old song that played (more than a feeling) I begin to dream (more than a feeling) until he sees marianne the walk far away I see my walkin of
marianne far away
So many people have come and departures His faces discolor as the years go for But I still remember since vague in empty Like as the sun in the sky of the
summer
His more than a feeling, when I hear that old song that played (more than a feeling) I begin to dream (more than a feeling) until sees marianne the walk far away I see my walkin of
marianne far away
When Im he was tired and the cold thinker that hidden in my music, the day he is forgot AND the dream of a girl that knew that he closed the eyes and she
slipped away She slipped awa Y. she slipped away.
His more than a feeling, when I hear that old song that played (more than a feeling) I begin to dream (more than a feeling) until he sees marianne the walk far away I see my walkin of
marianne far away
time for a new blog post, mr. harris...
Ben (guitar tech/triangle man) has been on about 3 times in the past 2 days...
Why haven't you gotten on and posted a new blog OR (OMG this is a great idea) the Yankee video that was supposed to be coming out a LONG time ago?
We're having withdrawals...
Shawn Harris/The Matches withdrawals.
Wish me happy birthday, Shawn? It'd make being incredibly sick better.
Three aclamations for its apathy!
"Its roomie obtained me in grasping.."
Weird.