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Post by jk on Aug 4, 2023 4:04:23 GMT -5
I used to be a regular visitor to Mr Cook's website with suggestions for foreign-language additions and generally to have a fun time. I tried to contact the site recently and got no reply, so maybe Mr Cook has moved on. I don't think it should be left to founder, so here it is in all its exotic glory (there's also an English-language section). I may post a song from it now and again. I recall linking a live version of "God Only Knows" in Esperanto (!), probably at PSF, but regrettably it seems to have done a runner... christophercook.me.uk/beachboys/covers/languages.php |
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Post by jk on Aug 4, 2023 7:35:53 GMT -5
Here are all the songs in question, from most covered to least covered. Fascinating!
24
Fun, Fun, Fun
20
Surfin' U.S.A.
19
I Get Around
12
Don't Worry Baby
11
God Only Knows
Help Me, Rhonda
10
Good Vibrations
8
Surfer Girl
6
California Girls
Do It Again
Little Deuce Coupe
Little Honda
Surfin' Safari
5
Dance, Dance, Dance
In My Room
4
Disney Girls (1957)
Man With All The Toys, The
Shut Down
You're So Good To Me
3
Girl Don't Tell Me
Ten Little Indians
Warmth Of The Sun, The
2
Darlin'
Keep An Eye On Summer
Kokomo
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
1
Add Some Music To Your Day
All Summer Long
Busy Doin' Nothin'
Cuckoo Clock
Cuddle Up
Don't Go Near The Water
Friends
Girls On The Beach
Hawaii
Little Saint Nick
Lonely Sea
Noble Surfer
No-Go Showboat
Please Let Me Wonder
She Knows Me Too Well
Spirit Of America
Surfin'
Susie Cincinnati
Tears In The Morning
'Til I Die
Time To Get Alone
Wendy
When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
With Me Tonight
You Still Believe In Me
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Post by jk on Aug 5, 2023 14:24:03 GMT -5
Still in No Life Mode, I went through the list to see which BB songs had the most languages to their name. Two songs tied with nine languages apiece: "Surfin' U.S.A." has versions in Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romansh and Spanish. "I Get Around" has versions in Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Norwegian, Portuguese and Slovenian. |
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Post by jk on Aug 8, 2023 5:22:32 GMT -5
I've started going through the list to see what's still on YouTube, what's been removed and what's been added. Life being short, I'm limiting myself to the third category. This is Dutch singing star Rob de Nijs ("nice" comes close) and his 1977 cover of Disney Girls (1957), which he rewrites as "De Efteling", about the Dutch fantasy-themed amusement part of that name: |
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Post by SMiLE-Holland on Aug 9, 2023 14:34:45 GMT -5
I've started going through the list to see what's still on YouTube, what's been removed and what's been added. Life being short, I'm limiting myself to the third category. This is Dutch singing star Rob de Nijs ("nice" comes close) and his 1977 cover of Disney Girls (1957), which he rewrites as "De Efteling", about the Dutch fantasy-themed amusement part of that name: Apparently, Rob liked Bruce’s repertoire: a year later he covered Tears In The Morning, again with Dutch lyrics, and retitled as ‘Bang’ (Scared). |
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Post by jk on Aug 10, 2023 12:39:58 GMT -5
I've started going through the list to see what's still on YouTube, what's been removed and what's been added. Life being short, I'm limiting myself to the third category. This is Dutch singing star Rob de Nijs ("nice" comes close) and his 1977 cover of Disney Girls (1957), which he rewrites as "De Efteling", about the Dutch fantasy-themed amusement part of that name: Apparently, Rob liked Bruce’s repertoire: a year later he covered Tears In The Morning, again with Dutch lyrics, and retitled as ‘Bang’ (Scared). The drummer in my late '80s, early 90s cover band backed de Nijs for a while. And now, a couple more versions of "Disney Girls", a fairly straight take in Norwegian and a more expansive one in Japanese that acknowledges Bruce's Hollywood leanings: |
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Post by jk on Aug 10, 2023 15:19:30 GMT -5
It's the songs with only one entry in the list that intrigue me the most. From 1966, here's a gorgeous take on "Spirit Of America" rendered in Italian by I Jaguars as "Credimi Ti Amo":
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Post by jk on Dec 5, 2023 6:17:17 GMT -5
Here's a late '80s Spanish cover of "Barbara Ann", the only full-length foreign-language version I could find. Played and sung by Melopea, it's hard to say who influenced it most, The Regents (that sax!) or The Beach Boys. Maybe that's why Mr Cook left it off his list:
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