Damn this song brings back childhood memories. Think I should do a rewatch 😂
What always got me – and still does! – is the flute melody in the background of the second verse. I'm sorry, yes, this is a children's afternoon cartoon, but: this is just masterful composing.
The chorus starts with "мишки Гамми" ("gummi bears") like the English one does. But that's four syllables instead of three ("mishki gammi"), and now that's how it's stuck in my head and the English¹ version feels off, and … argh.
¹ and German, for that matter, which goes "Gummibär'n", i.e. drops the E to make it fit in three syllables
Now, #Swedish, on the other hand, where the Gummi Bears are called Bumbibjörnarna, circumvented this issue completely by making the chorus start with "hipp hurra för här kommer Bumbibjörnarna" ("hip hooray, for here come the Bumbi Bears").
Anyone from #Sweden who can tell me why they've used "bumbi" (which afaict isn't a word, even in Swedish)? According to the Swedish Wikipedia, the show was originally called "Gummibjörnarna", but then renamed once a Swedish dub had been produced in 1989.
@scy O.o they could just have omitted the definite article suffix (the "na" at the end), effectively calling it "gummy bears" instead of "the gummy bears", and it would have fit into the four syllables just fine...
Ok, I admit they found an elegant way to solve the problem (and it even has a rhyme!), but still... feels a bit weird because it was a problem that didn't even have to exist.
@scy
ok, I admit they found an elegant way to solve the problem (and it even has a rhyme!), but still... feels a bit weird because it was a problem that didn't even have to exist.
@flauschzelle Remember that four syllables was already a hack by the Russians. In the English original it's just three.
They could've done the same, sure, and it would've sounded like in the Russian version. But tbh I quite like the Swedish version as it is. It works really well and sounds nice :)
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