March 05, 2011

March 5

"Manche sagen ich habe einen Vogel, andere meinen das ich spinne, die haben nur teilweise recht. In Wirklichkeit habe ich eine Vogelspinne, ich bin tight.
-Taktloss - Underground Rap 4 Life ft Ronald Mack Donald / Viva 2 Supreme Teil 3 4: 40
transl.:
"Some say I have a bird(am nuts), others believe I have a spider(am bonkers), they are just partly right. In reality I have a bird spider"

So this punchline is a tough one to translate. The first two expressions are german idioms for being crazy, together they form the name of an animal: the bird spider. Taktloss states that he is being referred to as an insane person. Indeed he is so indescribably insane, that the only name they can put on him is "a bird spider", a dangerous and scary animal.


@ChuckyBalboa: Taktloss is from westberlin. He will also always represent his hometown with the Westside symbol
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14 comments:

  1. MerlyyMarch 5, 2011 at 8:56 a.m.

    Ich hab seit über 4-5 Jahren kein BRP mehr gehört, hab alle verloren. Wird mal wieder Nachholbedarf.

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  2. Something ConcupiscibleMarch 5, 2011 at 9:08 a.m.

    I've never heard of that expression. A bird spider sounds scary to me.

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  3. duffboiMarch 5, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.

    Thanks for the translation. Makes sense tho, and is pretty clever.

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  4. brugMarch 5, 2011 at 2:21 p.m.

    Nice post man

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  5. InnovationsMarch 5, 2011 at 3:06 p.m.

    why would you post a joke that doesn't make sense in english though

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  6. HaggisMarch 5, 2011 at 10:25 p.m.

    Nice blog man.

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  7. AnonymousMarch 5, 2011 at 10:31 p.m.

    nice post

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  8. OlimpikyMarch 5, 2011 at 10:35 p.m.

    what the heck did I just read?

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  9. Jessica ThompsonMarch 5, 2011 at 11:40 p.m.

    Wow nice translation@ Followed!
    alphabetalife.blogspot.com

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  10. russkofkof441March 6, 2011 at 1:14 a.m.

    yeah that guy is really insane.nice german trad man

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  11. TheHarvesterMarch 6, 2011 at 3:32 a.m.

    Tak hat einfach einen sicken flow

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  12. MerlyyMarch 6, 2011 at 6:03 a.m.

    I love the video of Taktloss. Gonna check out if they are still on youtube :)

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  13. Bargain HunterMarch 6, 2011 at 7:44 a.m.

    This confused the crap out of me...

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  14. Anton NuemusMarch 6, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.

    nice post
    have to listen more often to german rap :)

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