@Thesmellyone The problem is that the "Spanish" is mangled beyond recogition. As a native speaker I can perfectly understand the sung lyrics, even though they use a strong Puertorican dialect, but we hispanics manage to understand each other pretty neatly.
@Thesmellyone The problem is that the "Spanish" is mangled beyond recogition. As a native speaker I can perfectly understand the sung lyrics, even though they use a strong Puertorican dialect, but we hispanics manage to understand each other pretty neatly.
The story goes:
The story goes:
There's a dude and a gal called Rosa, who is a surfer, they are on the becah walking and fucking... and her surfboard is swept away by the waves (Se fue su madera, oh my golly, oh my golly)
There's a dude and a gal called Rosa, who is a surfer, they are on the becah walking and fucking... and her surfboard is swept away by the waves (Se fue su madera, oh my golly, oh my golly)
And then he goes on bitching about that the live is crap etc.
And then he goes on bitching about that the live is crap etc.
Note that...
Note that the lyrics as written down (and I know these are copied from the album's lyrics sheet) are totally different from what Joey Santiago sings in the song. I have no idea why they did this, Joey's Spanish is pretty bad, but workable, what's on the sheet seems like somebody else with little to no clue about Spanish writing down what Joey was saying. Maybe some sort of inside joke?
Erm...This song is great! How can you not tell what it means after 18 years?...Somebody who speaks Spanish...anybody...help please?
@Thesmellyone The problem is that the "Spanish" is mangled beyond recogition. As a native speaker I can perfectly understand the sung lyrics, even though they use a strong Puertorican dialect, but we hispanics manage to understand each other pretty neatly.
@Thesmellyone The problem is that the "Spanish" is mangled beyond recogition. As a native speaker I can perfectly understand the sung lyrics, even though they use a strong Puertorican dialect, but we hispanics manage to understand each other pretty neatly.
The story goes:
The story goes:
There's a dude and a gal called Rosa, who is a surfer, they are on the becah walking and fucking... and her surfboard is swept away by the waves (Se fue su madera, oh my golly, oh my golly)
There's a dude and a gal called Rosa, who is a surfer, they are on the becah walking and fucking... and her surfboard is swept away by the waves (Se fue su madera, oh my golly, oh my golly)
And then he goes on bitching about that the live is crap etc.
And then he goes on bitching about that the live is crap etc.
Note that...
Note that the lyrics as written down (and I know these are copied from the album's lyrics sheet) are totally different from what Joey Santiago sings in the song. I have no idea why they did this, Joey's Spanish is pretty bad, but workable, what's on the sheet seems like somebody else with little to no clue about Spanish writing down what Joey was saying. Maybe some sort of inside joke?