Chess Pa Svenska - Pity the Child - English subs test

[Magnoliaprod]

Is the Bangkok/one night in Bangkok in the swedish version also? I have yet not found it...

[larteonceagain]

@Magnoliaprod

I´ll put my behind on the line here. I really can be wrong, which I on´t like :-).

No and yes, the actual song from the record and the stage show in London is there only brief in music not sung.

(I can´t find my DVD ) but they just let the music play while rearrangening the scen.

Just a funny thing about this song: Tim Rice got the comment you really nailed that lyrics!

And I had to say it was Björn all the way.

[ebbaannamaria]

Åh, jag älskar denna musikalen! :)

Anders är otroligt bra, vilken inlevelse och vilken röst! Wow!

[LillaMiaVisby]

Han gråter ju :-O Ekborg är otroligt bra och alldeles underbar..

[jackpotjez]

Anders can easily sing higher the top C's and C sharps as demonstrated in merano. Why the hell lower the key? :S

[mjaooow]

I love this musical, i don't care that i'm only 14 :)

[MsApples007]

@mjaooow Im thirteen, heh ^^

[geoffreygoing]

Brilliant!!!

[CloudcoleVII]

Wrong key.

[sidselmittet]

Han synger fantastisk - og så elsker jeg hans øjenbryn!

[4casdean]

Honestly i think Anders performance and voice is so much better then Murray Head and I did loved Heads version until I heard and saw this on DVD.

[sidselmittet]

@4casdean Where can I get the DVD?

[4casdean]

@sidselmittet you can find it here discshop. :write Chess - På Cirkus in the search filed they are pretty expensive in postage then they ship abroad: 10 EURO

[JamesOBrienIDAU]

Note: As someone has noted in Swedish, these are the original English lyrics and don't equate exactly with what was re-written for the Swedish production.

[meijram]

and Anders' tears were real. Everey frikkin time.

[meijram]

my thoughts after seeing Chess like 15 times: yes, Anders comes across as a bit overacting. But - sitting in the theatre it worked. Seeing it on the DVD I felt a bit "oh, stop doing that with your eyebrows and with your head", but I was there during one of the tapings and at that time I bought it. There is a difference seeing it live and seeing it on a dvd, and I have to say that Anders did a great job.

[Felicity1247]

OK, after 3:20 he overacts quite noticeably...

[rozirda]

Hmm, this is interesting. He sings pretty well and I could probably have put up with his slight overacting and exaggerated facial expressions as well, but then his wagging eyebrows started to drive me crazy...

But maybe I'm just biased since I'm absolutely in love with Adam Pascal's performance of this and especially the way he's quite restrained and still manages to portray all the feelings (not to mention his gorgeous voice).

This guy here doesn't seem to know that sometimes less is more.

[Felicity1247]

I'm just like you. I think he sings pretty well, but he could do with a little bit less dramatic facial acting and restrain it a bit. It'd be the perfect one if he could just stop overacting.

I love Adam Pascal's performance too. :)

[Kristina30p]

Anders is an actor in Swedens most finest and prestigious theatre

"Dramaten". When you do musicals on stage you have to "overact" so the audience can see your facial expressions. Look at opera as well.

[rozirda]

Well, as an audience member (and also a performer myself) I'd much prefer a subtle, intelligent performance to seeing somebody making a strange face after another, especially when it's not a vaudeville musical act but a song that really can speak for itself if sung well ( as he does here, really). I don't need to see him toss his head like he does at "pappas arrogans" or repeat the same eyebrow thing over and over again when his voice is already telling me how the character feels.

[Kristina30p]

I actually agree that he overact a bit too much here. To bad when he´s such a wonderful singer. I just wanted to say that it prabably has to do with that he normally acts without singing.

[AdamskiR]

How gay! Great lower rendition though :D

[Hilarygirl93]

Stackars Freddie :)

[shmoogle14]

is it just me or did they lower the key?

[hellobasil21]

yes, by quite a bit.

...looks like some people can't handle a high D flat... =]

[lovejazzH]

Han gör den här sången bättre än någon annan! Vilket skådespeleri han visar upp, vilken talang. Bäst!

[MyOneTime]

Jag tycker han är otroligt bra, bättre än jöback på denna tycker jag . Och när han sjunger mot helen sjöholm i Argumenten, det är otroligt vilken röst de båda två har !

[Glashalt]

Han är så otroligt duktig! Jag har sett musikalen, men då vickade han för Tommy Körberg, och en annan kille hade hans roll. Jävligt proffsigt att kunna båda rollerna tycker jag!

[mrmww]

Sämsta översättningen jag stött på! Den engelska texten blev ju en helt annan historia. Att den som översatte orkade....

[QuadKisshu]

De som dem sjunger om stämmer inte alls med den engelska texten

sorry but its wrong

[EdvinBm]

Men du hur ofta direktöversätter man en text? ^^ Den som står är den engelska originaltexten!

[Frickis]

den är bättre med jöback

[jonabank]

I posted the whole translation for this user through e-mail and it was all for naught. I never got a response. I can promise you that I won't do that again.

[jacobandyt]

Acting is absolutely supereme! Unfortunately I've never seen the Musical, but know the whole CD by heart - and this representation is exactly as I imagined. Pity the Child is my favourite of the whole of Chess - and this one is SUPER!!!!

[sonderfall]

probably the best version I ever heard... well sung and perfect acting.

[YoMa920418]

Finns verkligen ingen bättre musikal. Och svenska chess är verkligen såå mkt bättre än engelska versionen. Man kans e den hur många ggr som helst. <3<3 Otroligt bra sångare i den

[rundhund1]

Anders Ekborg och Thorsten Flinck är Sveriges två bästa manliga sångare. Thorsten har en smärtsam vrede och kännsla; Anders har en otrolig tekninsk finnes och vacker röst och, även han en fantastisk kännsla!

[212dude]

This is absolutley not a translation; it is simply a text of the original British words superimposed over this version, which has included editing and enhancements. The words do not match. This is a total disservice!

[badnomad]

Well that's obvious since the words he sings RHYME! I would rather see the English lyrics that rhyme as well so I can fully enjoy.

[steffenfelix]

The Swedish version is better than the one performed on Monday in London.

[ebachelder]

Whats the name of the guy who plays the American

[nile85]

His name is Anders Ekborg

[Frickis]

har denna låten med peter jöback den är bättre då...

[Xanderon1592]

Anders Ekborg ;D Det finns ingen bättre!

[ebachelder]

i like it very good!!!!!

[bostonup]

This version is so much better than the one with Murray Head!