#children's songs

[lilyginnyblackv2]

Buddy Daddies E8 - Sub vs. Dub Comparison:

I did this for Episode 7 as well. I want to start with the most interesting difference in the Episode 8 dub vs sub, then I’ll go into some other changes that are still intriguing in their changes, but not quite to the same level.

Okay, so, first up: Satoru’s Last Words

Sub: I’m on my way. Dub: My love, I’ll see you soon.

Of course, hearing anyone’s last words is an incredibly special (as in, like sacred) and intimate thing. But, “My love, I’ll see you soon,” is extra intimate. And since Satoru and Rei are being paralleled in a way, with Kazuki and Miri paralleling his significant other...oof.

Let’s move over to some more amusing lines. Like this one from the dub taken out of context: Oh, yeah!? That’s interesting, because I don’t seem to recall hearing any complaints at the time! 

Context: Kazuki to Rei after Rei told him that kinda sucked as a hitman when they first started working together.

Okay, now let’s go back to the start of the episode and work through this in a more linear way. 

Miss Anna’s Song:

In the sub, we get “Close your hands! Open your hands!” though, technically it should be “Open, shut them! Open, shut them!” (or “Close them, open them!”) since that is the song she is singing here:

(Video of the Japanese Song: むすんでひらいて - Musundehiraite)

But the English dub chose Jack and Jill, likely to make it sound more diabolical: “Jack fell down! And broke his crown!” lol

Shigeki (Rei’s Father) : 

A lot of the dub lines hold more assertiveness and sound more emotionally manipulative than the sub lines. The dub lines also tend to come off more distant/cold sounding than the sub lines (though, those are plenty cold too, the dub lines are just icy!)

Some examples:

Sub: The time may have come. Dub: I think it’s time.

The sub is in passive voice, while the dub is in active voice, so more assertive and certain in tone.

Sub: Return to this home. Dub: I want you to move back here.

The sub uses the word “home,” the dub does not. And while both are commands, the dub is centering Shigeki’s wants, while the sub is more of a general command. Going back to the use of the word home, when I worked as an ESL teacher and was preparing my students for the Eiken exams (English placement exams), one of the things I would focus on where the small, nuanced differences between English words. Since that could make or break student’s understanding of long texts or in the multiple choice vocabulary section. 

House vs. Home is a good example of this. House is the place where we physically live, while our home is the place where we not only live, but where we have people waiting for us that love and care for us. 

In Japanese, Shigeki uses 家 (ie) which means “house, residence, dwelling,” but can also mean “family, household.” It holds a colder mean in this way than 家族 (kazoku) does, which also means “family,” but more in a way similar to the difference between “house” and “home.” The dub really captures the colder, commanding aspect of Shigeki demanding Rei return to the here, not to his home but to the residence and household he left. 

We see similar coldness with the dub deciding to say: “carry on that name” instead of “carry on your family” like the sub went with. In this case though, I can understand why they went with both options, since “family” ties in with the family aspect, while “name” in this sense also denotes “family,” it just sounds colder and more distant.

The emotional manipulation of Shigeki comes across more intensely and clearer in the dub. The two examples of this are:

Sub: You belong here with us. Dub: Of course not, because the place where you belong is here with us.

The sub feels more like a general statement, while the dub line involves denying any thoughts of Rei actually leaving and reaffirming that the place he belongs is with the Organization. Not anywhere else.

Sub: You’d better not betray my expectations. Dub: You know how I feel about betrayal, don’t you, Rei?

The sub does still convey the underlining threat aspect that is present in the dub line too. But the dub line as an emotional aspect to it (”how I feel about”) that highlights more of how Shigeki has emotionally controlled Rei over the years, since the wording (and tone of how it was stated in the dub) makes it feel like this is a underhanded threat that Shigeki has made to Rei before.

After all, the dub also translated the bit when Kazuki is telling Miri about why Rei left his “home” with the Organization.

Sub: I guess rebelling against his dad was part of the reason he left home. Dub: I think that’s a big part of why he left home. He finally had enough of his father controlling his life, and decided to take a stand.

Subs always have to be a bit more concise in how they word things because of word limits and the like, so that is a factor here as well. But the dub really gets across the point that Rei was being emotionally controlled and manipulated by his father, something we see in the conversation taking place at the same time Kazuki is explaining this in slightly kinder words to Miri. The sub makes it sound more like teen rebellion or something similar to that. Of course, we can tell from the visuals (like the state Rei was in at the time Kazuki first met him) that it was far more than just that.

We know that Rei’s father has had Rei view him as his “Boss” since he was a child. But, interestingly, Shigeki is still able to read Rei fairly well. In the sub, Shigeki was able to pick up on Rei’s dislike at the thought of returning back to the Organization and taking over, stating: “You don’t like that?” The dub changes that line to “We had a deal, right?” Which kinda fits back into that emotional manipulation aspect that the dub really went into with Shigeki. 

However, the dub does show this more perceptive side of Shigeki, in regards to reading Rei in this bit:

Sub: It seems you’ve formed pointless ties. Dub: And yet, it seems there’s something holding you back.

The dub definitely alludes to reading Rei’s character and what he isn’t saying, and adding a bit more of an emotional aspect to the “ties” Rei has made (Kazuki and Miri).

Shigeki’s threats come off with a little more bit and weight to them in the dub as well, with him stating: “Over the years I’ve learned ow to deal with bad influences,” and “If that’s what needs to be done here, I can certainly---”

That last line was the one he says that causes Rei to cut him off and tell him that Kazuki has nothing to do with this.

This post is already long (and gets longer, lol), so I’ll put the rest under a Read More. Under the Read More, I talk about Ryo, Miri, Kazuki, and Rei’s lines.

Ryo

Now let’s take a look at some of Ryo’s lines and dialogues here. I feel the dub lines makes his thoughts come across a bit better (as in clearer and more natural, not like, in a good way) than in the sub. That’s what a good dub translation should do, since the focus is on making the dialogue sound more like natural, spoken language.

So, first we have Ryo calling Satoru the target in the dub, instead of that man like he does in the sub and Japanese That definitely comes off as a bit colder, makes it clearer how he doesn’t really view humans as humans.

The dub also makes him like 100x creepier when he asks Rei why he kills. In the sub he asks Rei, “For fun?” But in the dub he asks, “For pleasure?” in a really goosebumps inducing way. Also, pleasure always has this added sexual connotation and nuance to it that fun doesn't, and the way the line was delivered, i definitely think that was what they were aiming us to get the implication of with that line.

Other dub lines that just clarify his mindset are things like him saying “Out of curiosity” instead of “For the concept,” when explaining his reason. He goes on further to say, “What’s not so clear to me, is why people exist.” And then he finishes with “Such intriguing questions” instead of “I speculate on the answers.” The dub still gives him that edgelord aspect that the sub does as well, but the way he explains it feels more natural and conversational.

Of course, there is something to be said about how the dub lines feel more human, while the sub makes Ryo sound far less human in his conceptualizations. Either way, looking closely at Shigeki and Ryo’s conversations really does show how the two are very similar in how they view their job and the business from a less human perspective. Shigeki from a more contractual POV and Ryo from a more conceptual POV. 

Kazuki, Miri, and Rei:

I’m going to devote this last section to Kazuki, Miri, and Rei’s lines. 

Miri:

With Miri, the dub makes it extremely clear that she learned the phrase, “Men are a mystery” from her mother. The dub also added in a line with Kazuki asking her if she learned it from TV lol.

They also have Miri’s English VA say her last line (outside of the Birthday Song) as she is walking away from the table and towards the couch to sleep within a yawn. So you can’t really make out what she says (unlike in the Japanese and subs). It helps to show just how exhausted Miri is.

Kazuki:

Kazuki is also pretty savage to Rei in the dub, lol. A lot of the lines are very similar to their sub counterparts, but there are slight differences that make them a bit more sassy, imo. Like the word order as well, which I’ll explain a bit more in a second. Some examples:

- Listen, just be back by dinner. Are you able to handle that much?

- He’s not really sad that’s just what his face looks like.

- ‘Back by dinner,’ I believe I said.

- Hey, you! What in the hell dumbass?!

- Rei: Look, you don’t understand --- Kazuki: You’re right! I don’t! Now get in!

- Look, asshole, Miri was upset... (The sub started with “Miri was upset” and ended with “you forced my hand, asshole.” I think changing the order makes Kazuki’s line a bit more savage in the dub though.)

Rei:

Instead of having Rei say that Kazuki is “overprotective,” the dub goes with “Always going too far.” Both lines are true to Kazuki’s character, though the “going too far” one is interesting, especially in regards to anything that might happen in these remaining episodes (11 - 13).

Rei tells Kazuki in the dub that “I didn’t really see a point in saying anything” instead of “I didn’t think saying it would change anything,” in regards to Kazuki’s lack of hitmen skills (in the more gunmanship way, I would imagine). This is one change where I think the sub line works better, since it continues the theme of “change” that’s brought up here (first with Satoru, then here with Rei, and then again at the end of the car ride scene, where Rei asks Kazuki if he thinks they can change. That line is left largely the same in the dub though).

Finally, I just really love how the dub worded the part where Rei talks about Kazuki cleaning his apartment:

But, then one day, I looked up, and noticed you were cleaning the place.

I don’t know, it makes it almost seem like Rei suddenly “woke up,” and I feel this wording by the dub really captures what Ayase mentioned the title of the OP is about - the SHOCK of someone coming into your life and changing it. That feel of being like shocked awake by love and care, that sort of feeling.

#Buddy Daddies #BD #KazuRei #Kazuki Kurusu #Rei Suwa #Miri Unasaka #Shigeki Suwa #Ryo Ogino #Anna Hanyu #Miss Anna #dub vs sub #translation differences #children's songs #long post #image heavy post

[salvadorbonaparte]

Classic German Children's Songs

Maybe you're learning German, maybe you're doing research for god knows what, but here is a list of some classic German children's songs and nursery rhymes

Alle meine Entchen

Alle Vögel sind schon da

Auf der Mauer, auf der Lauer

Brüderchen komm tanz mit mir

Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust (for hiking/rambling)

Der Kuckuck und der Esel

Der Mond ist aufgegangen

Ein Männlein steht im Walde

Ein Vogel wollte Hochzeit machen

Es klappert die Mühle am rauschenden Bach

Fuchs du hast die Gans gestohlen

Grün sind alle meine Kleider

Guten Abend Gute Nacht

Hänschen Klein

Hejo, spann den Wagen an

Ich geh mit meiner Laterne ( for St Martin's Day)

Im Frühtau zu Berge (for hiking/rambling)

Kein schöner Land

Laterne, Laterne (for St Martin's Day)

Matten, Matten Meeren (for St Martin's Day)

Was müssen das für Bäume sein

Weißt du wieviel Sternlein stehen

Wer will fleißige Handwerker sehn

Bonus: for modern classics check out Rolf Zuckowsi and Gerhard Schöne

#langblr #german #language learning #children's songs #I just thought this would be fun #sometimes you gotta listen to childrens and folk songs

[dead-byte]

Literally what is wrong with children’s songs???

Like, I know we often joke about how dark some of them are, but holy shit, some of them contain subject matter that’s so fucking depressing.

Like, I’m labeling CSD right now, which is literally a dataset of a singer singing children’s songs in the public domain, and one song it will be like “You do the hokey-pokey and u turn urself around”, and then the next SEVERAL will be like “This girl literally drowned to death, let’s sing about the things she left behind and how sad everybody is”, “This little boy was out playing with the farm animals, before seeing several of them get stolen away and/or brutalized by various local predators”, and “There’s a happy little cockroach who literally just wants to dance, but everybody hates her so they tear her fucking limbs off”.

Like, who made these and thought “ahh yes, children will LOVE these”?????

#children's songs #public domain #nursery rhymes #dark #tw mention of drowning #tw mention of death #tw mention of torture

[princesssarisa]

Here's a lesser-known variation (in the US, at least) of the Sleeping Beauty story:

The German nursery song "Dornröschen war ein schönes Kind" ("Briar Rose was a beautiful child").

Children traditionally sing it while dancing in a circle, with a few individuals among them stepping into the center to act out the roles of the story characters.

In English it's sometimes sung as "There Was a Princess Long Ago." When I was in kindergarten, my class learned it that way.

The Wiggles have recorded the English version...

... as have some other children's music groups too. The very first time I heard it, even before kindergarten, was as a toddler in the early '90s, when Sharon, Lois & Bram sang it on The Elephant Show. Although their version rewrote the lyrics to be about Snow White instead of Sleeping Beauty.

Two different European film versions of Sleeping Beauty have made use of this song: Fritz Genschow's 1955 German film and Omnia Films' 1990 Czech/German version. They both show peasant children dancing and singing the song after the hundred years have gone by, illustrating how the story of the sleeping princess has passed into folklore in the outside world. A clever choice, I think.

#sleeping beauty #fairy tale #song #dornröschen war ein schönes kind #there was a princess long ago #children's songs #germany #the wiggles #sharon lois & bram

[nobbykun]

Artist - 竹内まりや (Takeuchi, Mariya) Song - アップル･パップル･プリンセス (Apple Papple Princess) Release Date - December 1981

Listen 🎶

https://rumble.com/v2s76sm-mariya-takeuchi-apple-papple-princess.html

My blog: Showa Music Library https://nobbykun.tumblr.com/

#mariya takeuchi #showa kayo #children's songs #japanese music #japanese songs #80s #1981 #p~t

[brazilspill]

Traditional Brazilian Children's Songs #2

If this street If this street was mine/belonged to me I'd order [it to] I'd order [it to] shine With shiny pebbles For my love For my love to walk by/upon it

If I stole If I stole your heart You stole You stole mine too If I stole If I stole your heart It's because It's because I wish/mean you well

=-=-=-=

Se essa rua Se essa rua Fosse minha, Eu mandava Eu mandava ela brilhar Com pedrinhas Com pedrinhas de brilhante, Para o meu Para o meu amor passar

Se eu roubei Se eu roubei teu coração Tu roubaste Tu roubaste o meu também Se eu roubei Se eu roubei teu coração É porque É porque te quero bem

#Traditional Brazilian Children's Songs #children's songs #traditional songs #brazilian portuguese #brazil #portuguese #brazilian culture #brazilian life #portuguese language #langblr #song lyrics

[kasperlundsfryd]

Illustration for the song 'Farmor' by Sisse Skovbakke published by Dansk Sang, Musiklærerforeningens forlag

#ferrari #grandmacore #children's songs

[number1spongebobfan]

#thomas and friends #ttte #ttte bertie #bertie the bus #the wheels on the bus #children's songs #song lyrics #bertie seems like the type of guy who would wear a backwards baseball cap. #my brother thinks he's very 90s. #bertie's a c00l 90s bus boy

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

[Image description: Book and album cover for "Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs: Woody & Arlo Guthrie And the Guthrie Family." The cover art includes a photo of Woody Guthrie standing in front of a microphone, strumming a guitar, with several of the watercolor sketches of different people that Woody Guthrie had painted, scattered across the background. Description ends.]

So -- When his kids were little, Woody Guthrie made a book of songs for them, all about the pleasures and troubles of being a little kid. In 1992, the songbook was published as a hardcover, along with a music CD. I don't care that some reviewers think the album is a disaster,* I love it. And this is one of my favorites:

Don't you push me down! (lyrics)

[Chorus: Don't you push me, push me, push me. Don't you push down! (x2)]

You can play with me. You can hold my hand. We can skip together Down to the pretzel man. You can wear my mommy's shoes, You can wear my daddy's hat. You can even laugh at me. But don't you push me down! No!

[Chorus]

You can play with me. We can build a house. You can take my ball And bounce it up and down. You can take my skates And ride them all around. You can even get mad at me. But don't you push me down! No!

[Chorus]

You can play with me. We can play all day. You can use my dishes If you'll put them away. You can feed me apples, And oranges, and plums. You can even wash my face. But don't you push me down! No!

[Chorus x2]

*(Woody was an untrained musician, and his family trying to sing along with a recording of him comes out rough)

#woody guthrie #favorite songs #youtube #no captions #image described #music #children's songs #lyrics in post #Friendship #setting boundaries #healthy friendships

[17-03-1962]

Dominick Cochlain on SoundCloud calls for donations.

#soundcloud #music #dominick (cochlain) #music for harp #irish tradition #orchestra #children’s #children's songs #chansons pour enfants #songs #chansons #good omens #oc #original character #ooc #cats of tumblr #g #a #artists on tumblr #h #p

[curiousorigins]

I feel the need to inform you guys that due to my unrestricted access to books, awkwardly high reading level in childhood and a well cultivated love of horror starting pre-school; I had encountered Dracula by Bram Stoker in book form long before every hearing of the Lady who swallowed a Fly.

Why is that important? Because The Lady who swallowed the Fly ate things in the same order that Renfield did while he was trying to absorb life.

I knew Dracula was published before The Lady who Swallowed the Fly and thus concluded that the Lady had the same goals as Renfield, and that perhaps that book (and song) was inspired by Dracula.

I have yet to see this in connection made literally anywhere and I’ve kept an eye out since I was like 6 or 7.

Tbh I’m still certain that The Old lady was inspired by Renfield.

Links to Things if you aren’t familiar with them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Was_an_Old_Lady_Who_Swallowed_a_Fly

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfield

#Dracula #Renfield #Children's Songs #Odd Coincidences #Connecting two unrelated things probably #Childhood Beliefs #I still kind of think that Renfield inspired that song #I'm bored so we'll see what the mutuals think of this #(Too bad I didn't think of this when Dracula Daily was still a thing.) #Probably would have heard a lot of opinions on this #Children's Songs and Nurseries often have horrific things around them #Like the Murder investigation around London Bridge Falling Down #And the Plague around Pockets full of Poseys #Hansel and Gretal being about child abandonment and people literally starving #(I learned this around the time I first encountered the Lady who Swallowed a Fly #So it seemed a reasonable conclusion.) #I Am OP #I Speak #Classic Literature

[these-travels]

You’ve heard “Bein’ Green, now here’s “I’m Square”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bredEWEaGQ

More SS at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpW1n3aHYTQn-t3BUzbPa1A

#sesame street #vintage #hipster #vintage sesame street #bert #bert and ernie #old school #old school sesame street #childhood #children's shows #children's songs #square #henson #jim henson #frank oz #muppets #sesame street maria #sesame street songs #sesame street bert

[definitely-not-a-real-phd-diary]

Sometimes I worry that Scottish children need to be told not to shove their granny aff a bus, but then I remember that German grandmas get stuck in car boots every christmas and go on motorcycle rides in chicken coops...

#Scotland #Germany #I suppose there is just an intrinsic link between grandmas and motorised vehicles? #music #children's songs #third culture kid

[mental-mona]

ריקוד הסביבונים - שיר חנוכה לילדים - פרסומת // בתאל צברי בראש צעיר

#youtube #israeli music #music #chanukah songs #שירי חנוכה #בתאל צברי #חנוכה #שירי ילדים #children's songs #hannukah #hanukkah #chanukah #jumblr

[existentialcowboy]

I made a graphic of an old children's song I wrote. I will record a decent version of it someday.

#children's songs

[nobbykun]

Artist - 斉藤こず恵 (Saito, Kozue) Song - 山口さんちのツトム君 (Yamaguchi-San Chi No Tsutomu-Kun) [Eng. "The Yamaguchi Family’s Little Boy Tsutomu"] Release Date - June 1976

Listen 🎶

https://rumble.com/v42a22b-kozue-saito-yamaguchi-san-chi-no-tsutomu-kun.html

My blog: Showa Music Library https://nobbykun.tumblr.com/

#kozue saito #showa kayo #children's songs #japanese music #japanese songs #70s #1976 #p~t