However, one thing did come to light that I don't think has been reported elsewhere. Most accounts say that Felgen had 24 hours to write the translations, then fly to Paris from Germany to teach the songs to The Beatles. That may have been the case, but it meant he would have been contacted on 26 Jan 1964, three days before the session actually took place. Why? Because the session was originally supposed to have been ...]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:37:05 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/german-komm-gib-mir-deine-hand-superior-to-english-version/page-2/#p67945 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/german-komm-gib-mir-deine-hand-superior-to-english-version/page-2/#p67945

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 ...]]> Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:06:00 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/german-komm-gib-mir-deine-hand-superior-to-english-version/page-2/#p67864 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/german-komm-gib-mir-deine-hand-superior-to-english-version/page-2/#p67864 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.

Funny Paper said
Thanks mja for those links.

With the 2nd link, hope you noticed there's a link to the German lyrics on that page, and from that page there's a link to an English translation of the German lyrics. Answers your "Einmal so" question in another thread.

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.

The guitar tone on that 5-note fill does sound a lot different here than the German version.

Among the foreign language versions included in their list was "Ganz Allein" (In My Room) by Die Beach Boys.

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:27:34 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/german-komm-gib-mir-deine-hand-superior-to-english-version/#p67738 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/german-komm-gib-mir-deine-hand-superior-to-english-version/#p67738 Oh, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with being behind the beat - John Bonham and Charlie Watts always seemed to lag just an infinitesimal bit, and they were fabulous drummers. I was mostly just trying to describe all the differences I'm perceiving between the two in addition to the reasons why I have a (slight) preference for one over the other. My main reason for preferring the English one is because of the vocal.