German "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" superior to English version | Page 2 | Fab forum

Thanks mja for those links. I think the comparison that comes closest may be David Bowie's Italian version, though the Beach Boys would be a close second.

My favorite among the list in that article is the Italian version of "Downtown" -- Ciao Ciao.

Yeah vonbontee, that Chubby Checkers in German is wild.

Run For Your Life,

Your clip only confirms what I said before: it's evident that the Beatles took the opportunity of recording the song again, in German, to improve on it -- which improvements included both the singing (especially the harmony parts) and the guitar fill.

Thanks mja.  They translate einmal so as "never that way", but I think that's still a figuratively stilted translation (since the "never" is already in the noch nie).  I still suspect there's a more colloquial sense to it, something like "nuh UH!" or "no way!"

mja6758 said
If you look at the comments section on the song, in response to a question from me about the translator and Otto Demlar, Joe says he will be changing the song entry to Camillo Felgen when he gets the chance. That little question put to bed.

Thanks for doing that.  Though it seems like a point of minuscule minutiae, I think it's good for a site like this to have its nuts-and-bolts facts straight.

I looked up Camillo Felgen on YouTube; he sounded and looked like an old schmaltzy German version of a lounge lizard.  It would almost be like Lawrence Welk coming in to coach the Beatles!