Elvis in Latin
Finnish academic Jukka Ammondt made a name for himself by singing Elvis songs in Latin.
In the video below, he starts out with a Dire Straits song, "Calling Elvis" (in Latin), and then transitions to two Elvis songs — "Don't Be Cruel" and "It's Impossible."
I like the thrilled reaction of the high school students forced to listen to him.
In the video below, he starts out with a Dire Straits song, "Calling Elvis" (in Latin), and then transitions to two Elvis songs — "Don't Be Cruel" and "It's Impossible."
I like the thrilled reaction of the high school students forced to listen to him.
Comments
I "passes" HS Latin because the teacher said, "I really don't want to see you back here next year."
In Hoc Signo Vinces - But only if your particular.
In Hoc Signo Vinces - But only if your particular.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/22/16 at 09:58 AM
Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua.
Posted by Phideaux on 01/22/16 at 10:35 AM
He doesn't take his own advice -- don't be cruel. Seriously, I like Latin. Took 4 years of it in High School, a few courses in college. But it's for reading literature, not for singing Elvis.
Posted by ges on 01/22/16 at 11:22 AM
Sorry kids, but Elvis is still dead. Just like Latin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvpRkn_R5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvpRkn_R5g
Posted by KDP on 01/22/16 at 11:42 AM
Maybe ego youll 'have a frixum et Musa sapientum fixa eros butyrum Sandwico pro prandium.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 01/22/16 at 12:05 PM
I prefer the Beatles in Russian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDeFe9yIhg&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtDeFe9yIhg&feature=youtu.be
Posted by Phideaux on 01/22/16 at 01:10 PM
Latin Elvis is all very well, but for sheer Latinate authenticity nothing beats Winnie Ille Pu.
Posted by Richard Bos on 01/22/16 at 03:48 PM
I have on the shelf across the room, his album "The Legend Lives On In Latin". On K-tel. European K-tel. It's...sublime.
Posted by Puptentacle on 01/22/16 at 06:52 PM
My favorite Latin phrase:
Catapultam habeo nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
("I Have a Catapult; Give Me All Your Money, or I will Fling an Enormous Rock at Your Head!")
Catapultam habeo nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
("I Have a Catapult; Give Me All Your Money, or I will Fling an Enormous Rock at Your Head!")
Posted by Captain DaFt on 01/22/16 at 08:36 PM
Oh that's hard to listen to... about as entertaining as a lead balloon.
Posted by Mike on 01/23/16 at 02:43 PM
How dare he insult Dire Straits,(my favorite band), by singing their song in Latin.
Posted by Gator Guy on 01/23/16 at 08:21 PM
Now, be fair, Mike... led balloon... at least he didn't do Gradus ad Caelum!
Posted by Richard Bos on 01/24/16 at 03:18 PM
I didn't take Latin in school, I took Spanish so I could communicate with my neighbors growing up in SoCal.
Ol' Jukka almost pulled the hip shake for one tiny moment there.
Ol' Jukka almost pulled the hip shake for one tiny moment there.
Posted by GFinKS on 01/25/16 at 10:18 AM
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