Not necessarily, have heard it done by many artists, male and female, always better in Italian. Believe it or not, heard a good rendition done by a couple of COUNTRY artists..
I was thinking of more "high brow" music, but it's true of more contemporary tunes. I've listened to The Beatles in German and Spanish and it's just not the same.
Nice translation, but far more powerful in Italian IMO.
It's cuz she's a girl
Not necessarily, have heard it done by many artists, male and female, always better in Italian. Believe it or not, heard a good rendition done by a couple of COUNTRY artists..
There's a special synergy in music sung in the language for which it was written. A decent translation might get close but it never seems to equal.
Just look at 99 Luftballoons. Should have never been sung in English.
(Yeah, yeah, I know. Not the same. Just listen to the message in the song, though...)
I was thinking of more "high brow" music, but it's true of more contemporary tunes. I've listened to The Beatles in German and Spanish and it's just not the same.