#Think that record was called Ll Ll vs DRE (an abbrev of both names)

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Lyrics and translation of Cân i Gymry, from a friend of David's in 2012:

Gradd da yn y Gymraeg Ar y Volvo bathodyn Tafod y Ddraig Hoff o fynychu pwyllgorau blinedig Am ddyfodol yr iaith yn enwedig, Meistrioli iaith lleifrifol fel hobi Platiau dwyiethog i helpu y gyrru Agwedd cwbl addas Ar gyfer cynllun cartre Syth mas o set 'Dinas'. Wastod yn mynd i Lydaw Beth yn mynd i Ffrainc, Wastod yn mynd i Wlad y Basg Byth yn mynd i Sbaen. Fin nos yn mynychu bwytai Wedi dydd ar y prosessydd geiriau, Mewn swydd sy'n talu'r morgais I'ch gwyneb person cwbl cwrtais, O'r ysgol feithrin i Brifysgol Cymru Tocyn oes ar y tren grefi, Byddai'n well da fi fod yn jynci Na bod mor wyrdd a phoster Plaid Cymru. Darnau gosod yr Wyl Gerdd Dant A holl broblemau'r ddau o blant, Gweri telyn Llinos Wyn, A phroblem acne Llwarch Glyn, Heb anghofio codi stwr Am straen angeuol job y gwr- Mae'n gorfod gweithio un tan tri Yn gynhyrchydd BBC, Llosgwch eich tafodau Ar eich panedau piwritanaidd, Collwch eich dynoliaeth Mewn economeg academaidd. Ewch cyfeillion sy'n enwogion Gyd o'r Seri Rhyddion, Trafodwch tapiau corau meibion A'r eitemau sydd ar 'Hel Straeon' Rhifau cynulleidfa'r oedfa A pha liw lenni'r lolfa, Tiwtoriad preifat i helpu'r plant Neuadd Dewi Sant, Digon o wyliau i gynnal lliw haul Digon wrth Brydeinig i swnio fel Sig Heil (x2) Meistroli iaith lleifrifol fel hobi Dweud fod Cymru'n cael ei orthrymu, Cawsoch radd da yn y Cymraeg (x4) Ar y Volvo bathodyn Tafod Y Ddraig Gradd da yn y Cymraeg (x3) Cymraeg (x6) Gradd da yn y Gymraeg Ar y Volvo.

A good degree in Welsh On the Volvo a Tafod Y Ddraig sticker, Fond of attending tiresome committee meetings About the future of the language in particular, Mastering a minority language as a hobby Bilingual plates to help the driving, A perfectly appropriate attitude For a home plan straight out of the 'Dinas' St. Always going to Brittany, Never going to France, Always going to the Basque country Never going to Spain. At night going to restaurants After a day on the word processor, in a job that pays your mortgage To your face a perfectly courteous person From nursery scholl to the University of Wales A lifetime ticket on the gravy train, I would rather be a junkie Than be as green as a Plaid Cymru poster. The set texts of the Cerdd Dant Festival And all the problems of the two children, Llinos Wyn's harp lessons And Llwyarch Clyn's acne problem. Not forgetting to raise a fuss About the deadly strain of the husband's job, He has to work from one to three As a BBC producer. Burn your tongues On your puritanical cups of tea Lose your humanity in academic economics. Name your friends who are famous All of them freemasons, Discuss male voice choir tapes And the items that are on 'Hel Straeon' The numbers in the congregation And what colour should the lounge curtains be, Private tutors to help the children, St. David's Hall. Enough holidays to maintain a suntan. Anti British enough to sound like Sieg Heil (x2) Mastering a minority language as a hobby Saying that Wales is being oppressed, Even thouh your cars have Tafod Y Ddraig stickers You had a good degree in Welsh (x4) On the Volvo a Tafod Y Ddraig sticker, Good degree in Welsh (x3) Welsh (x6) Good degree in Welsh On the Volvo.

Hi hello I saw the other ask about Welsh music - do you know of any Welsh stuff that's got a more rocky/gothy bent to it? I've been getting mad into Gene Loves Jezebel lately but all their actual stuff seems to be in English from what I've seen so far T_T

I really must stress that I'm not good at music and that really does extend hard into What Genre Is This, but I shall give this my best shot and shall advise you keep an eye on the notes to see what other suggestions people throw into the ring.

Y Bandana. I fucking love them anyway, and they're a fascinatingly versatile band, but a lot of their music is pretty rocky. In fact I'm pretty sure their softest song is Cân y Tân, which they deliberately wrote to be a bit more accessible for when they needed a softer song (its chorus is still pretty rocky). Otherwise I think they fit the bill very well. Um... ooh, recommendations... Geiban is one of their most popular songs, Siwgwr Candi Mêl is a particularly rocky offering... there's a lot, I think.

Fairly new, but the Night School are a bilingual band with a growing catalogue of Welsh music. Their best is Edrych i'r Dyfodol. It's very 70s rock, I think. They are Very New, so most of their very limited stuff is still in English, but they are writing more (also two of them were housemates of a friend of mine and one is currently his boss, because Wales is tiny).

Breichiau Hir have some rocky stuff? Can't think of any big examples offhand though, I only discovered them the other day because I went to a Night School gig and they were headlining.

Hmm... maybe Yws Gwynedd? For the most part their stuff is more indie, and certainly not gothy. They're very sunshine. But the odd song I think plays with a bit of a rockier sound, so you might find something in there. Start with Sebona Fi, it's the gold standard anyway (and one of the most popular Welsh lang songs of all time, it's an absolute cultural lynchpin - they closed the Eisteddfod this year, and they finished on Sebona Fi and we all went FERAL).

Softer rock/slightly more indie - Goleuadau Llundain, by Daniel Llwyd a Mir Pinc. It's a fucking tune.

Annoyingly I am coming up short on female or female-led artists for rock. Hopefully someone else can think of some and recommend! The best I can think of is Cymru, USA by Meinir Gwilym, which I don't think is quite right, but eh, give it a whirl. Maybe it'll work. I think Band Pres Llarregub are more bluesy than rock.

I'm afraid I don't know genres well enough to even guess at gothy stuff I'm sorry. I only know the genres my synaesthesia gives me, like "Is this music Dry" or "Is this music Sunbeams", both of which make perfect sense to me and then non-synaesthetes look at me like "Are you having a stroke"