Looking through the comments on here i think a lot of people need to listen to the original song.
The original was sung by The Knife and is an amazing version... Jose Gonzalez has changed the style dramatically and done a briliiant job, but changing the style does not change the meaning.
The song is not a beautiful song like his version is leading you too believe.
The song is about a 1 night stand that was never intended as anything more... The girl in the relationship falls in love without meaning too but unfortunately the guy does not.
She had no intention to fall in love, and the song leads you through the stages until the inevitable realisation that the guy still considers it just a one night stand as is continuing similar nights with different people (heartbeats)... The girl therefore is missing out on what she thought was her perfect love (her Deus Ex Machina) which leads to a sad ending to the song. Not necessarily a beautiful one.
Please listen to the original because its a brilliant song, and i think its unfortunate that Jose Gonzalez seems to have paid little attention to the true meaning of the song, and innevitably lost its true meaning in his treanslation.
i think you are right, but now we're not talking about the original song, but about José's version. We have to look for the intention he has given to it. Is it like when you read a poem, the meaning changes depending on the reader.
i think you are right, but now we're not talking about the original song, but about José's version. We have to look for the intention he has given to it. Is it like when you read a poem, the meaning changes depending on the reader.
just because it is a sad ending to the song, it doesn't mean that the song can't be hauntingly beautiful
another example is Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift from the Hunger Games ST (though only if you listen to it and picture it as either after the trilogy finishes or midway through Mockingjay, katniss singing to Prim in both scenarios)
just because it is a sad ending to the song, it doesn't mean that the song can't be hauntingly beautiful
another example is Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift from the Hunger Games ST (though only if you listen to it and picture it as either after the trilogy finishes or midway through Mockingjay, katniss singing to Prim in both scenarios)
@Moulds0904 I don't think that he lost the true meaning in his translation i think it was re-interpreted. Having listened to both, i think the original is harsh and realistic.
However i think that Jose's version emphasises the beauty of love, even if unrequited. Its almost as if this version is the hazy imagination of the girl romanticising the events. The continuous repetition of the guitar shows that life goes on and it's almost a naive version of the events, full of longing and hope and heartbreak, which makes it sad, haunting, beautiful. One night stands and affairs are always portrayed...
@Moulds0904 I don't think that he lost the true meaning in his translation i think it was re-interpreted. Having listened to both, i think the original is harsh and realistic.
However i think that Jose's version emphasises the beauty of love, even if unrequited. Its almost as if this version is the hazy imagination of the girl romanticising the events. The continuous repetition of the guitar shows that life goes on and it's almost a naive version of the events, full of longing and hope and heartbreak, which makes it sad, haunting, beautiful. One night stands and affairs are always portrayed as sexy and meaningless and fiery and passionate and heartless. But this show what a one night stand can be, because at the root of a one night stand is two people who aren't thinking straight having a moment that would not usually happen. And i think that that is beautiful.
Even if you disagree with that and take the opposite view, the dissonance of the soothing tune and the harsh cruel truth of not being loved creates an intriguing dynamic which emphasises her naivety and the coldness of the truth which i think shows that Jose really understood the material he was working with and acted accordingly. He gives it a new angle and he does it beautifully as i'm sure you cannot deny his true raw talent he has, his voice and guitar skills are enviable!!
Looking through the comments on here i think a lot of people need to listen to the original song. The original was sung by The Knife and is an amazing version... Jose Gonzalez has changed the style dramatically and done a briliiant job, but changing the style does not change the meaning.
The song is not a beautiful song like his version is leading you too believe. The song is about a 1 night stand that was never intended as anything more... The girl in the relationship falls in love without meaning too but unfortunately the guy does not.
She had no intention to fall in love, and the song leads you through the stages until the inevitable realisation that the guy still considers it just a one night stand as is continuing similar nights with different people (heartbeats)... The girl therefore is missing out on what she thought was her perfect love (her Deus Ex Machina) which leads to a sad ending to the song. Not necessarily a beautiful one.
Please listen to the original because its a brilliant song, and i think its unfortunate that Jose Gonzalez seems to have paid little attention to the true meaning of the song, and innevitably lost its true meaning in his treanslation.
i think you are right, but now we're not talking about the original song, but about José's version. We have to look for the intention he has given to it. Is it like when you read a poem, the meaning changes depending on the reader.
i think you are right, but now we're not talking about the original song, but about José's version. We have to look for the intention he has given to it. Is it like when you read a poem, the meaning changes depending on the reader.
just because it is a sad ending to the song, it doesn't mean that the song can't be hauntingly beautiful another example is Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift from the Hunger Games ST (though only if you listen to it and picture it as either after the trilogy finishes or midway through Mockingjay, katniss singing to Prim in both scenarios)
just because it is a sad ending to the song, it doesn't mean that the song can't be hauntingly beautiful another example is Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift from the Hunger Games ST (though only if you listen to it and picture it as either after the trilogy finishes or midway through Mockingjay, katniss singing to Prim in both scenarios)
@Moulds0904 I don't think that he lost the true meaning in his translation i think it was re-interpreted. Having listened to both, i think the original is harsh and realistic. However i think that Jose's version emphasises the beauty of love, even if unrequited. Its almost as if this version is the hazy imagination of the girl romanticising the events. The continuous repetition of the guitar shows that life goes on and it's almost a naive version of the events, full of longing and hope and heartbreak, which makes it sad, haunting, beautiful. One night stands and affairs are always portrayed...
@Moulds0904 I don't think that he lost the true meaning in his translation i think it was re-interpreted. Having listened to both, i think the original is harsh and realistic. However i think that Jose's version emphasises the beauty of love, even if unrequited. Its almost as if this version is the hazy imagination of the girl romanticising the events. The continuous repetition of the guitar shows that life goes on and it's almost a naive version of the events, full of longing and hope and heartbreak, which makes it sad, haunting, beautiful. One night stands and affairs are always portrayed as sexy and meaningless and fiery and passionate and heartless. But this show what a one night stand can be, because at the root of a one night stand is two people who aren't thinking straight having a moment that would not usually happen. And i think that that is beautiful.
Even if you disagree with that and take the opposite view, the dissonance of the soothing tune and the harsh cruel truth of not being loved creates an intriguing dynamic which emphasises her naivety and the coldness of the truth which i think shows that Jose really understood the material he was working with and acted accordingly. He gives it a new angle and he does it beautifully as i'm sure you cannot deny his true raw talent he has, his voice and guitar skills are enviable!!