Earworm(s) of the day
Nov. 5th, 2018 12:40 am(To be crossposted to Diaspora*)
Same tune, vaguely different lyrics, so two earworms for the price of one.
Some folks who read this won't remember the original. Some won't remember the later one either. So links are being provided to Youtube videos (the first one is a single still with the song playing).
We start with the first hit for surf group Ronny and the Daytonas back in 1964:
Ronny & the Daytonas -- G.T.O.
Fast-forward twenty years, and somebody on the VW ad crew came up with the bright idea of adapting the song for a commercial for the Volkswagen (Rabbit/Golf) GTI, with lyrics *in German*:
VW GTI commercial
What I hadn't known is that they actually wrote TWO verses in German, corresponding to the first and last verses of the song (the last verse has two extra lines). Here are the German lyrics, thanks to Hemmings Daily:
And if I've managed to earworm you, then my work here is done. (For now.)
Same tune, vaguely different lyrics, so two earworms for the price of one.
Some folks who read this won't remember the original. Some won't remember the later one either. So links are being provided to Youtube videos (the first one is a single still with the song playing).
We start with the first hit for surf group Ronny and the Daytonas back in 1964:
Ronny & the Daytonas -- G.T.O.
Fast-forward twenty years, and somebody on the VW ad crew came up with the bright idea of adapting the song for a commercial for the Volkswagen (Rabbit/Golf) GTI, with lyrics *in German*:
VW GTI commercial
What I hadn't known is that they actually wrote TWO verses in German, corresponding to the first and last verses of the song (the last verse has two extra lines). Here are the German lyrics, thanks to Hemmings Daily:
| German lyric | English translation | |
|---|---|---|
| Kleiner GTI | Little GTI | |
| Du siehst prima aus | well, you look so fine | |
| Ich liebe, dich zu fahren | How I love to drive you | |
| Hol' die Leistrung 'raus | Let the performance shine | |
| Hoer nur, wie er sich anlasst, | Listen when I start it | |
| Steck' den Schluessel 'rein | Stick the key in the ignition | |
| Er ist bereit zum Start, | And it's ready to go. | |
| Wie Er braust | How it zips | |
| Wie Er saust, | How it zooms, | |
| GTI. | GTI. | |
| Werde bargeld, sparen | I'll save up some money | |
| Kauf' den GTI, | Buy a GTI | |
| Er faehrt mit mir laessig | 'cause it drives so easy | |
| An den Andren vorbei, | past the other cars | |
| Ueberholt Benzinfresser | passes all the gas-hogs | |
| Macht mir Spass dabei | Makes me smile a while | |
| Und Jedermann sagt sich dann bloss | And everyone thinks to themselves | |
| "Kleiner wagen - du bist gross" | "Little car - you're grand," | |
| Er ist bereit zum Start, | It's always ready to go | |
| Wie er braust | How it zips | |
| Wie er saust, GTI. | How it zooms, GTI. |
And if I've managed to earworm you, then my work here is done. (For now.)