Re: Godfather them song

[Ha Anh Vu <vu@as.nida.ac.th>]

Cao Xuan Thanh wrote:

  HI,

  Cam on Hai da post loi bai hat Speak sofltly Love.
  Bai hat nay thuc su co lien quan toi Italy . WHY ?
  Boi nguoi sang tac toan bo nhac cho film "The Godfather la nha.c sy~
  Nino Rota, nhac sy
  go^'c Italia, nguoi cu~ng da~ cho chung ta nhu+~ng melodies tuyet
  voi khac nhu+
  Romeo&Juliet. Sau nay Nino Rota sang USA so^'ng nhung ha(?n trong
  nguoi van mang giong
  ma'u va tra'i tim Italia. Toi tin rang khi nguoi ta yeu cau Nhac sy
  soan nhac cho film
  cu~ng co' ha`m y' muon co mot cha^'t nha.c Italy cho mot cuon film
  noi ve mafia My go^'c
  Y'.

Khi to^i co`n nho? ra^'t thi'ch nha.c Y'. To^'i thu+' na(m ha`ng tua^`n
ha'o hu+'c cho+` xem chu+o+ng tri`nh "Ca nha.c quo^'c te^'", thu+o+`ng
bao go^`m nhu+~ng ca si~ ban nha.c no^?i tie^'ng cu?a Ddo^ng A^u. Thi?nh
thoa?ng co' ddie^?m mo^.t  va`i  ca si~ Y', Pha'p.

Lo+'n le^n ddu+o+.c may ma('n "xua^'t ngoa.i" mo+? mang dda^`u o'c mo+'i
tha^'y ra(`ng nha.c Y', ngoa`i mo^t so^' ba`i ballads (da^n ca??),
thu+.c ra nha.t phe`o.

  ++ Noi to+'i bai hat Anh hay My nhung de nha^`m tuong la bai hat Nga
  cung con mot bai
  nua. Do la bai : "Those were the days" quen biet voi nguoi Viet duoi
  ten goi: "Ti`nh ca
  du muc". Co ai biet xuat xu bai hat nay khong???

To^i dda~ tu+`ng no'i chuye^.n vo+'i mo^.t so^' ngu+o+`i tu+` nhie^`u
nu+o+'c (Indonesia, Thailand, India etc.), ra^'t nhie^`u ngu+o+`i
tu+o+?ng ra(`ng "Those  Were The Days" la` ba`i ha't da^n ca cu?a xu+'
ho.

Ve^` chuye^.n di.ch lo+`i ca'c ba`i ha't, to^i ddo^`ng y' la` kho' co?
the^? vu+`a di.ch sa't nghi~a vu+`a ho+.p nha.c. Tuy va^.y nhie^`u ba`i
ha't nu+o+'c ngoa`i di.ch sang lo+`i Vie^.t nghe "cho^'i tai" kho^ng
ke^? sie^'t. Ti? du. ba`i "Donna" di.ch sang tie^'ng Vie^.t dda.i dde^?
la`:

    "A'nh dde`n soi hiu ha('t, kho'i tra^`m cay ddo^i ma('t, em na(`m
ddo' sao kho^ng cu+o+`i kho^ng no'i...."

Upon my words, i almost fell out of my chair when i first heared this
lyrics.

A few random thoughts, more later, Vu~