Disco songs with hidden messages in Spanish!

[Nano]

This will appeal to Spanish speakers only. Muchachos... maybe you spotted some strange words in what appears to be Spanish in the middle of your favorite disco song. Well, here in Argentina I remember, for example, people at the clubs chantin': "QuÈ jamones!" every time J.T. Taylor sang the title phrase of Kool & The Gang's smash hit "Get down on it"!

Get it? "Get down on it" sounds pretty similar to "QuÈ jamones" :D

Anyway, I never thought too much about this until a few weeks ago. A local radio show discovered, by accident, that this issue was a total rating-charmer. Lots of people were calling to post their hidden messages in Spanish over any kind of songs!
Example: the first line of David Bowie's "Slowburn" (first cut from his "Heathen" CD) says very slowly and clearly: "ella vive". From the second line (not so clear) the radio guy assumed he sang "ella vive en Estero y Juncal" (that is two Buenos Aires streets).
Well, guess what? There are disco songs too. Here are two I remember from the old days:

-Stacy Lattisaw - "Jump to the beat": on the instrumental break, she screams "cojer, cojer, cojer, cojeeeeerrr" (that would be "fuck, fuck, fuck") :)

-Sheena Easton - From 9 to 5: on the last line of the chorus, she says pretty clearly "Chupame un huevo Nora" (that would be "suck my testicle") and repeats it on all choruses :) :) :)

However, in this radio show they came up with another I have missed out completely: Bee Gees' "More than a woman". Pay attention after the first chorus, Barry sings with that horrible falsetto:

"perros corren sobre el tren
Pipo se la lava..."

It cracks me up every time I hear it now :D

[QUINNY]

Nano: I think you need to wash your ears out and your mouth. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Unless these were special releases in Spanish, Stacey Lattislaw (a 12 year old when she recorded said record?) would never have sung cojer, cojer etc. Even if it was a Spanish edition, what sicko would get a 12 year old to sing that!! Narada Michael (I'm cleaner than clean) Walden?
To my old old English ears and memory it was more like over here, over here/over there, over there that was sung in the part you refer to.

Just out of interest, You latinos were not alone in adding lyrics to Get Down On It. The chant in UK discos (and probably US ones too) was Get Down On It, SUCK MY HELMET (i.e. suck my dick/give me a blow job).

[NickNack]

Originally Posted by QUINNY

Just out of interest, You latinos were not alone in adding lyrics to Get Down On It. The chant in UK discos (and probably US ones too) was Get Down On It, SUCK MY HELMET (i.e. suck my dick/give me a blow job).

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: SUCK MY HELMET :o That is priceless! Not an expression I've ever heard in a disco or anywhere else but I love it. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[NickNack]

Nano,

When you said Sheena Easton "9 to 5" I didn't realize at first you were talking about "Morning Train". Here's the chorus:

MY BABY TAKES THE MORNING TRAIN
HE WORKS FROM 9 T0 5 AND THEN
HE TAKES ANOTHER HOME AGAIN
TO FIND ME WAITING FOR HIM

?Chupame un huevo Nora? I don't get it. Are you doing a Leatherman :) on us or what?

[kaliffen]

I could have sworn Stacy lattishaw sang "go ahead" "go ahead" in the break on jump to the beat.

Seriously as a non native english speaking - you do get a lot of weird words in the lyrics...

Most unusual example that features danish (my native language) is the nightcrawlers - Dont push this feeling that has this vocal edit all over the track that makes absolutely no sense in any laguage exept in danish as it says " Min lighter fuld af st¯v" which translates to "My lighter is full of dust"

[QUINNY]

Kaliffen: I did say my 20 year old memory. You're more likely to be right, if you've listened to the record more recently.

NickNack: I always aim to please. You mean ya don't use that word over there? :o

[Nano]

Quinny, Nicky: of course Stacy & Sheena didn't sing so nasty My point is, that's what they APPEAR to be sayin' if they were talkin' in Spanish...

TO find ME WAIting for him
CHU pa--MEun-HUEvo Nora

I highlighted the more fonetically similar parts... any perverted mind can fill in the rest. :P

I'm sure our Big Boricua Brother Bernie "got it"... Our Danish friend Kaliffa certainly did.

Remember what I said at the beginning... only people with fluid Spanish can laugh at this one.

[NickNack]

Nano: Now I get it. I misunderstood your post. I thought you meant the artists were actually singing the words you were talking about.

Quinny: Helmet :-?, hmmm... You know, I think it is used, but not to represent the entire piece of equipment . If I say little Jewish boys lose their helmets early in life do you understand where I'm coming from? :D

[QUINNY]

NickNack: The English understanding of the word is as you describe (i.e. with forskin pulled back or Gulp! missing), but the inference is then very plain, no?

[K-Bee]

Most unusual example that features danish (my native language) is the nightcrawlers - Dont push this feeling that has this vocal edit all over the track that makes absolutely no sense in any laguage exept in danish as it says " Min lighter fuld af st¯v" which translates to "My lighter is full of dust"

Kalif, what an interesting interpretation of that line....in fact, I can't stop laughing :lol: :lol:

[efunk_adelic]

dirty minds!


I think that we even do it english vs. english.
when Elton John's song came out...

Don't Let Your Son Go Down On Me :lol:

[Giovanni]

There are so many in italian too...... the most famous being probably:

I shoulda loved ya ---- > Asciuga il moccio (wipe your snot)
Love's comin' at cha ----> Losca minaccia (sinister threat)

[NickNack]

My friend Art reminded me of my lover's interpretation of two disco classics. Please keep in mind my baby has a bad left ear :) :

Madleen Kane's "Rough Diamond". The lyrics 'I'm only rough diamond, only rough diamond' became I'M ONLY RETANYA, ONLY RETANYA. Don't ask me who Retanya is --- never met her.

Donna Summer's "There's a Rumor". Well, these three words became DAISY RUBIN, DAISY RUBIN. When we heard him singing this on the dance floor no one could stop laughing. The three of us had a good chuckle last week on the phone.

And me, today, doing the background to Aretha Franklin's "Respect": 'Lester, Lester, Lester, Lester, Lester, Lester just let me get ya --- just a little bit.' I don't think so. :oops:

[Marcio**]

In Brazil I heard...


kool & gang - get down on it - fica duro fica mole - with hard-on, without hard-on.
chic - ahhhhh freak out ! - ahhhhh fricote ! - ahhhhh prudery !
voyage - point zero - ehhhhh o marinheirooo - ehhhhhh saylor. Not wicked.
gazebo - I like Chopin - I like chopinho - I like beer.

[Nano]

You're doing very good, fellas. Keep on!