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Hah several years back in my country (Bulgaria) there was a woman in our “Music Idol” tv show that tried to perform Mariah Carey’s “Without You”, but didn’t kno
by seer 9y ago
Hah several years back in my country (Bulgaria) there was a woman in our “Music Idol” tv show that tried to perform Mariah Carey’s “Without You”, but didn’t know a word of english [1]. And not knowing english is something bulgarians like to laugh at - she became a country wide sensation, shown in probably every comedy show and even the news, as well as earned herself multiple covers on youtube. At some point there was even a talk show in france that had Mariah as a guest, and they showed her that video hoping for a reaction [2] :-D But I agree with Mariah’s answer - you have to be reaaly brave to go on stage before the whole country and sing by trying to come up with words in a language you don’t understand.
Weirdly enough, when researching this I realized that “singing Without You with nonsence english” Is a thing in many different countries. I’d like to think we started it all!
[1]https://youtu.be/yqVVv97pKGk https://youtu.be/yqVVv97pKGk
[2]https://youtu.be/xbcp8wZZyII https://youtu.be/xbcp8wZZyII
- 2sk21 9y agoConsidering the rich tradition of Bulgarian vocal music, this is hilarious. I've been fan of Bulgarian choral music since I heard the state choir 25 years ago. In contrast, listen to this version of your famous song Devoyko Mari by an American group called Kitka https://youtu.be/M1eSMDmYzDQ https://youtu.be/M1eSMDmYzDQ
- seer 9y agoWow amazing! A point of pride for bulgarians is that one of our folk songs ended up on the gold record onboard Voyager 1 [1]. I knew about japanese groups singing bulgarian folk songs but this amarican one is new to me, thanks for the link. A fun inter-cultural song is from the italian band Elio el e Storie Tese that recorded one with the choir of bulgarian national radio - “Pippero” [2]. Its sad that there aren’t many modern collaborations like that as it sounds very magical and beautiful to me. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valya_Balkanska https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valya_Balkanska [2]https://youtu.be/l3hlxHhuyaE https://youtu.be/l3hlxHhuyaE
- foobarian 9y agoSpeaking of Delyo Haydutin, and I'm not Bulgarian, but I can't get enough of the Bulgarian Idol version by Nevena Tzoneva. [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuaE8i-aFJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuaE8i-aFJU
- Mediterraneo10 9y agoThe Bulgarian state choir isn't a representative of a rich tradition. Most of that music came about in the Communist era when the authorities wanted music that fit the Western norms demanded by socialist realism, but was lightly spiced with aspects of Bulgarian folk music so that it could seem "close to the people". There is a huge difference between that state-created choral genre and real Bulgarian traditional music as heard on archival recordings by ethnographers. Ethnomusicologist Timothy Rice's publications explain some of these differences.
- jazoom 9y agoI think I saw this in Australia. That the "tulibudibudouchu" lady?
- Yuioup 9y agoOof. The first few minutes of the first video is kinda hard to watch. They seem to make a big deal about where she is from. There is an obvious reaction when she says she's married to a Turk. The guy on the right threatens to leave. This all before she starts singing. I know the video is from 2008, but is everything OK over there in Bulgaria?
- andrey-p 9y agoThat's a leftover thing back from Ottoman Empire times. There is not a lot of love for Turkish people in Bulgaria. So the situation isn't great but it's been not great for a long time.
- toyg 9y agoIt’s not well-known in Western Europe, but a lot of what look like racist undertones in the Balkan/Eastern European area, are deep-seated cultural artefacts from centuries of continuous and bloody war with Ottoman invaders.
- testestx 9y agoThose are racist undertones, even when put in context.
- meri_dian 9y agoBut it's important to put them in context because it makes them more understandable.
- andrey-p 9y agoI have to agree. This sort of hatred kind of made sense 150 years ago when it was part of a liberation struggle, but it's just plain racism at the moment. People should be better than this. (Disclaimer: I'm a Bulgarian who's lived in the UK for the past decade. Most Bulgarians who have lived in Bulgaria their whole lives would probably disagree with me.)
- charlysl 9y agoAs for someone who has the nerve to sing a standard in English without having a clue of the language, and on national TV, this cringefest is hard to beat: El Príncipe Gitano trying his hand at Elvis https://youtu.be/QrTfYItDDwA https://youtu.be/QrTfYItDDwA
- Terretta 9y agoAnd now you know what it sounds like to Italians when Americans sing opera.
- shangxiao 9y agoShe actually had another crack at it where it looked as though she studied the lyrics harder as she does quite a good job [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEbV5M59Xc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEbV5M59Xc8
- officemonkey 9y agoIn the 50s, when Nat King Cole was a world-wide sensation, he recorded a couple albums in Spanish. He learned how to sing Spanish phonetically. He lived and recorded in Southern California, so his record producers made sure he didn't sound too bad. https://www.allmusic.com/album/cole-espa%C3%B1ol-mw0001226054 https://www.allmusic.com/album/cole-espa%C3%B1ol-mw000122605...
- doodpants 9y agoUm, that's not a Mariah Carey song. I mean, she may have done a cover of it, but the original is from the 1970s [1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ZDKirjQgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ZDKirjQgM