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

14 comments:

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

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

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

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

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  5. Wow nice translation@ Followed!
    alphabetalife.blogspot.com

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  6. yeah that guy is really insane.nice german trad man

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

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

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