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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOh Fortuna -- Misunderstood lyrics
Actual lyrics:
O FORTUNA
O Fortuna,
velut Luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem;
egestatem,
potestatem,
dissolvit ut glaciem.
the rest and translation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna
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Oh Fortuna -- Misunderstood lyrics (Original Post)
KurtNYC
Aug 2014
OP
I'm guessing this is coming up again because O Fortuna is in the new commercial for Hershey's Spread
pinboy3niner
Aug 2014
#11
Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)1. LMAO!
That was awesome!
progressoid
(49,991 posts)2. Bravo!
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)3. Wonderfully Funny !
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)4. "Bring more tuna!"
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)5. oh.my.god.
That's some funny shit right there.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)6. I will never hear that song that same way again
and I will get hungry
for tuna!
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)7. ...or hippies.
flying rabbit
(4,635 posts)8. OH FUCK
That was funny.
Now I can sing along!
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)9. Brilliant, Sir
Absolutely amazing....
( quoting wife, who was watching over my shoulder )
And is still laughing.
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)10. Your dog can talk.
Ask him:Who wrote Carmina Burana? Orff.
Of which O Fortuna is the first movement.
Carmina Burana means the songs of the monks of Beuren. They wrote about some pretty wild stuff.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)11. I'm guessing this is coming up again because O Fortuna is in the new commercial for Hershey's Spread
I just saw the ad on TV and went, "Aha!"
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)12. It gets used frequently, good for over the top dramatic music
perhaps because few subjects would pair appropriately with music that dynamic.
Used effectively here at 1:32