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Old 08-26-2009   #1 (permalink)
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Opel Kapitän on Youtube

I don't understand a word besides "Opel Kapitän", I'm not even sure about the language. Who can help out?


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What's with all the Opel Kapitan songs? I clicked on 2 other videos and they had different songs, all about the Kapitan.
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Back in Europe as a child I remember 1951 Opel Kapitäns (yes, I am that old). Somehow, most of them were in black colour. It was pretty much an upscale and larger model of Opel Olympia from the same period. Here are few pictures that I found on Internet.
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File Type: jpg Opel Kapitan 1951-1953.jpg (24.5 KB, 4 views)
File Type: jpg Opel Kapitan 1953-1955.jpg (20.2 KB, 5 views)
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The people who posted the video on You Tube appear to be Swedish. Swedish is one of the huge number of languages of which I know almost nothing, but the first few words sound like Swedish to me. Did you hear the several mentions of "Opel Rekord" in the lyrics? Bill

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I don't understand a word besides "Opel Kapitän", I'm not even sure about the language. Who can help out?

YouTube - Opel Kapitän

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Sounds like a Swedish impersonation of the Beach Boys to me!
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I have a Swedish contact (the fellow I bought my Rekord P2 Coupe from), and I sent him the song. He said that it is Swedish. The lyrics are about the greatness of the Kapitän and how superior it is to other cars, including the Opel Rekord. Bill
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Its a swedish "tribute" song to opel kapitän
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If someone in the US wants one.. I KNOW of one in VA.. but its rough and doubt it has run in 30 years. Want me to go get pictures? Its in a old junkyard with tons of weeds.. and stuff stored on it.
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they probably made a song about that since they probably didn't have any 409's running around back then. and i'm sure ther is no Pasedena, Sweden thus no little old lady either
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Sounds like a Swedish impersonation of the Beach Boys to me!
. . . not ABBA!
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