song: Eight Days a Week
language: Chinese
performers unknown
In this scene from the film Romantic Thief (1968), star Connie Chan and her gang escape from their deluxe jail cell by singing Eight Days a Week in Cantonese to cover up the sound of the hacksaw (Officer Toody seems easily snookered). Before you laugh, consider that when this came out, Get Smart was finishing up its third season.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
skwardya
songs: Eight Days a Week, I Feel Fine
language: Cornish
performer: Skwardya
Cornish, a Celtic language related to Welsh and Breton, died out as a community language in the 18th century. There's been a long-standing revival effort, and today there are several hundred (or perhaps a few thousand - depends on who you ask) speakers.
Skwardya was a group that sang in Cornish, and they translated some Beatles songs. This video is a mix of song snippets and interviews but there are brief clips of a couple of Beatles songs:
3:02 - Eight Days a Week
5:12 - I Feel Fine
language: Cornish
performer: Skwardya
Cornish, a Celtic language related to Welsh and Breton, died out as a community language in the 18th century. There's been a long-standing revival effort, and today there are several hundred (or perhaps a few thousand - depends on who you ask) speakers.
Skwardya was a group that sang in Cornish, and they translated some Beatles songs. This video is a mix of song snippets and interviews but there are brief clips of a couple of Beatles songs:
3:02 - Eight Days a Week
5:12 - I Feel Fine
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