Tigerdrottningen & La Belle Epoque

[DanielOlin]

Are you coming to Gothenburg, Corrado?

[Brilliance]

About cd delivery, cdon was quite ok, I ordered it on April 24th, was notified it was shipped on April 25th, received it on May 5th. Spent € 23.

[Corrado Cigna]

Are you coming to Gothenburg, Corrado?

Yes Daniel! Flying from Edinburgh on Friday morning.

[DanielOlin]

Cool!
Pack your umbrella, its been raining nonstop today and the weather forecast for the weekend is rain, rain, rain.

[Corrado Cigna]

I live in Glasgow... I know what rain rain rain means LOL

[stjärnor]

And we're getting plenty of it today!

Hope you have a great time in Göteborg and at the gig Corrado and Daniel (and anyone else who's going to it).
Looking forward to hearing what you thought of the new stuff live!

[SportfreundeFCkeane]

La Belle Epoque and Mirage are my two favourites so far I'd say. The female vocals really bug me outside of Godhet...it's not that they sound bad but they seem unnecessary and don't add to the song like FF or Generation Ex. The second half of Allt har sin tid is fantastic though with the female vocals.

[kazzwib]

Anyone going to the concert in Copenhagen? If you need a guide let me know

[Diepher]

Anyone going to the concert in Copenhagen? If you need a guide let me know

Im so damn hoping, that they will give additional concerts in September, when I´m in denmark.

[Dersan]

Hi Guys.
I'm listening to new album on spotify while waiting for CD.
After first time I thought it was plain and quite awful, but I listened to a few more times and it's quite ok.
Probably not their best album, but still pretty good.
I love "Mirage" (thanks for translation stjärnor - good job and fine lyrics) - it's already my top 5 Kent songs.
I also like no 2, 3 and 4.
But the further the (little) worse..

[MaxiKana]

I think this is the last song translation from the album, doing them out of track order hasn't helped things!
Anyway, I need to thank D & ET on twitter, and DanielO, Oktjabrj & barndomsvän on this thread for helping me perfect these translations. Your time & 'swedish lessons' were much appreciated!

Svart snö - Black snow

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I did my own translation for a friend, I think mine fit the chords better while still retaining as much as possible of the original meaning of the lyrics. Opinions?

Svart Snö - Dark Snow

When you feel as though you've waited, since you were born
On something that should happen, of first contact of some kind
When you feel as though you've said everything but no-one bothered a reply
When you feel as though your best is nothing close to enough
When all your levees fail and your holding back storm surge
When your reality is shaking and dark snow's floating though your veins
They say: everything'll be better, time is everything you need
It's political propaganda from a cold war

If you feel like me, put up both of your hands
More than you & I
Who lost something we love in the fire
More than you & I
Dancing all alone in the darkness
As if there's no tomorrow at all

I don't want to be alone, no
But who wants to feel alone, no

And this is no nightmare, definitively no phase
This something happening every damned day
It feels like waking up in some kind of twisted twilight zone
We're living dead, stumbling forward hand in hand

And everyone wants to lead
But we follow just like sheep

Fear slowly creeps in from the light of our small screens
Over streets and squares, after all the stores are closed
Over walls and through windows and down in our bed

If you feel like me, put up both of your hands
More than you & I
Who lost something we love in the fire
More than you & I
Dancing all alone in the darkness
As if there's no tomorrow at all

They say; love is like a drug, I'd take any shit at all
But if love is like a drug then it's no drug for me
You know how I feel as I feel just like yourself
I'm in love with money & money's in love with me
I'm in love with money who's not in love with money
I want to travel the whole world but to lead a normal life
All I love is money, 'cause money sets me free

Take me to the chorus now

Oh can't you recognize you?

More than you & I
Who lost something we love in the fire
More than you & I
Dancing all alone in the darkness
As if there's no tomorrow at all

I don't want to be alone, no
But who wants to feel alone, no

[firth]

Hey, sorry to interrupt too but just wanna say thanks for all your kind efforts on the translations. I was asking for help first but was travelling since end of April and not responding soon (big big sorry stjärnor!). Really love the lyrics of the new album, more straight forward and still form a beautiful image ("There is a world of ice in my heart / You started an avalanche when you gave me yours / It feels like we met in a completely different life/And I know that we will see each other on the other side" so heart breaking feels!). Can't wait for the show in Gothenburg today!

[stjärnor]

Hi firth (and nothing is an interruption in this thread!)
You're welcome! As you know I love doing the translations not just for other fans to read, but for my own Swedish practice. I know I'll never get them 100% correct (since when were lyrics written with proper grammar?!) and there will be some phrases that are 'native' that I'll never get correct on my own, so I really do want to thank all my 'helpers' again! I could be whizzing through a song translation and just get stuck on one little line and would just ask on twitter and someone would pop up and help with some suggestions!

Enjoy the gig tonight. Very jealous of you, and can't wait to hear all about it!

[trickster]

I am listening the album for sometime now and as usual I am stuck with a few songs.

Mirage is one of the best songs Kent have ever written.
Allt Har Sin Tid is another one I love and I play on repeat. Definitely has a place in the best Kent songs.
Den Andra Sidan was a major and pleasant surprise. Even though I love the electronic sound, I miss the guitars so much. Awesome track.
La Belle Epoque is another one that stands out and that I play on repeat.

I am still listening to the rest occasionally and waiting for the "click".
I always need time like an album in full.
Du & Jag Döden took me years to find out and still have a couple of songs that I still skip but not because I don't like them.

I think that Tigergrottningen is a continuation of JAIRFM with a similar sound with added electronic elements.

[Corrado Cigna]

Cool!
Pack your umbrella, its been raining nonstop today and the weather forecast for the weekend is rain, rain, rain.

OT: the predictions were WRONG! As the weather was a.ma.zing!!! lol