SoundCzech The dog died here

03-10-2009 02:01 | Christian Falvey

Welcome to SoundCzech, our weekly exploration of Czech idioms as used in Czech songs. Have you ever heard any Czech renditions of popular Western songs? Their lyrics usually bear no resemblance at all to the original, except that the Czech is sometimes made to rhyme with the English, for some reason. That’s the case in this version of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best” by Těžkej Pokondr, in which “simply the best” becomes chípnul tu pes, “the dog died here!”

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