A Day At The Races
It was named after a Marx Brothers movie from
1937.
Bellow you will find translated words from Teo Torriate.
'Good Old-Fashioned Boy' was released on Queen's First EP.
A special horse race at Kempton Park was organized to promote the album, and in 'A Day At The Races Stakes', a special race sponsored by EMI, all four of them backed the same horse without telling each other - and it won!
| UK Release Date: 10 December 1976 US Release Date: 18 December 1976 UK Chart Info: 1 (24 weeks on chart) - Gold US Chart Info: 5 (19 weeks on chart) - Gold Japanese Chart Info: 1 (11 weeks on chart) 1. Tie Your Mother Down [4:46] Recorded July to November 1976 at The Manor, Wessex and Sarm East Studios |
Translated Japanese words from Teo Torriate:
"With special thanks to our Japanese friend and interpreter
Chika Kujiraoka for the translation:
Te is Japanese for the word hand. O is the partical that indicates the object.
Toru means to take. Toriate is the form of the verb that means please take. More
polite would be toiatekudasai. The phrase means please take my hand.
A literal word-for-word translation would be as follows:
Teo: hand/hands [doesn't distinguish between number]
toriatte: hold
konomama: as it is
iko: go
Aisuruhito: to a loved one
yo: dear
Shizukana: silent
yoi: night/dusk
ni: in/at
Hikario: light/lamp
tomoshi: turn on; connected with fire [very poetic expresion]
Itoshiki: lovely
oshieo: a word from God/instructions/something given by a respected or highly
educated person or persons [a very religious word]
idaki: keep/have
Note that the Japanese consider "toriatte" as the correct spelling!"
(translation taken from Bijou)