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Will you listen to songs in a language you dont understand?

Posted by GFG • 7/19/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

post a non-english song...which is ur fav

youtube.com/watch?v=PwSQQoWqeBs&feature=related

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7/19/08

GFG

BTW the lead singer died when he fell from a platform

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Ka_Kui

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7/19/08

bohemian

of course.music is beauty.beauty knows no boundaries.i listen to music all over the world but deep down in my heart i love soul music

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7/19/08

ThriftShopRomantic

All the time. I listen to bands like Clannad, which do many songs entirely in Irish, and I have a few Bollywood soundtracks, like Om Shanti Om, that are all in Hindi.

I don't know what I'm actually singing (I have at least tried to read up on what the songs are about), but it's a lot of fun.

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1. 7/19/08
  
  weemundo
  
  woa so u like Songs from India ! I am highly impressed
2. 7/19/08
  
  CrotchetyOldMan
  
  I spend Saturday mornings watching Showbiz India and Asian Variety Show. Half the time I have no idea what's going on, but I rock out anyway.
  
  And I have a Pink Lady CD that is in mostly Japanese. Again, I'm clueless but happy.
3. 7/19/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Weemundo-- yes, and am wlling to take recommendations if you think there's something cool I should be listening to in terms of Indian music!
4. 7/19/08
  
  weemundo
  
  Okie Listen to music of Jaane Tu or Jaane Na - Its the Number One album In India at present
5. 7/19/08
  
  CrotchetyOldMan
  
  I forgot to include my favorite songs
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEPKvC5n97A
  
  And, of course, Kareena Kapoor
  
  youtube.com/watch?v=kitv-G88cBs
6. 8/19/08
  
  DelightedScribbler
  
  I like this one. Also Japanese, not nearly as funny as CrotchetyOldMan's (youtube.com/watch?v=wdoRbc_wxHU), but sweet.
  
  delightedscribbler.blogspot.com/2008/07/always-together.html
7/19/08

legbamel

I listen to quite a few. One of my favorites is www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP3ttjoanSk
Then there's Ladysmith Black Mombazo www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiB6vT5HT3U
and Manu Dibango www.youtube.com/watch?v=62HXA6Sa7OU
and the two together www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeoP54vJHeQ

Edited to add another that I found from that album. Waikafrika is one of my favorite albums, as a whole. Manu Dibango has a fantastic voice. And a horn section. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PRrvkN2JRM&NR=1

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7/19/08

junbitoy

I listen to Spanish songs although I don't understand it. I like the sound of the language especially with guitar accompaniment - Perfect combination!

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1. 8/19/08
  
  kateblogs
  
  Me too! I can't understand any Spanish, but I love the music.
7/19/08

thebigandyt

Joe le taxi.

i think it was venessa paradis

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1. 7/19/08
  
  thebigandyt
  
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krqpod29LzQ
  
  it's still great BaDoop
7/19/08

robinj

all hip hop rap is in a language I dont understand that being said I love opera when I know the story that goes with it

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7/19/08

aningeniousname

I like this one by Plastic Bertrand:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PITnJAnmjqw

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1. 7/19/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Somehow, that reminds me of Rex Manning. www.youtube.com/watch?v=szvt8iWJ0oo (You have to crank it, because the volume is really low, and kinda crappy.)
2. 7/19/08
  
  Fusionista
  
  I love that song!
7/19/08

jan4insight

Well, yes - I'm an opera fan, and I don't speak Italian, German, or French so I"m listening to lots of language I don't understand. Of course, for my faves I know the story so well it makes no difference. And besides, the music is a language of its own.

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7/19/08

Musing

I like all kinds of music. I listen to Rammstein (German), Saez (French) and a ton a Japanese bands.

Here's one I love:

Taiji (Embryo)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d97leeevNPs

"All I do is make mistakes, with no womb I can return to..."

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7/19/08

Anniepooh

We all have! Remember La Bamba? I listen to anything that catches my ear.

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1. 7/19/08
  
  ender
  
  para bailar la bamba
  para bailer la bamba
  se necisita una poca de gracia
  una poca de gracia p'mi, p'ti
  ay arriba y arriba
  
  the Los Lobos version is the best. if you listen to Ritchie Valens' version, you can tell he didn't know spanish - he adds some extra syllables in a few spots.
  
  i love that song.
  
  i also enjoy the *spanish* version of vida loca FAAAR better than the english version. the spanish lyrics are way better and less pop fluff.
7/19/08

morgantj

Begin - 島人ぬ宝 (Shimanchu nu Takara) - It's about how much he loves Okinawa. I love Okinawa too so it always makes me feel like crying when I hear it. I want to live there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Lg3dHFfsM

and BEGIN －涙そうそう
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_65TFH_BJQ

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7/19/08

kevinatserieatalk

Tiken Jah Fakoly " Africain a Paris "

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATtFpc7N-js

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7/19/08

Fusionista

I really like the second song on Maga Bo's Myspace (by Saye Mbott feat ALIF).
www.myspace.com/magabo

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7/19/08

DelightedScribbler

Yes. And I often get strange looks from the cars next to me at street lights. I'm always curious if the looks are because they don't understand the lyrics either or because they do. I mean, does my creative pronunciation in foreign tongues have me saying something completely out there? Am I saying "pillowcases in the dishwasher" instead of "strangers in the night"?

Don't know, don't care. I open my sunroof, crank up the tunes, and sing to pillowcases everywhere anyway!

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7/19/08

Ravyn

Listen and sing. I was in my university gamelan for as close to all four years as I could get, which means I've done a decent amount of vocal work in Low Javanese; my repertoire also includes songs in Japanese, Spanish, Latin, Welsh and Swedish.

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7/19/08

ender

i listen to songs in spanish all the time and love it.

i also listen to some songs in irish (clannad, but also makem & clancy)

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7/19/08

voodooKobra

I listen to some German music, but I understand most of the language; my vocabulary just isn't that strong in German.

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7/19/08

razajewelrycom

I listen to music from all over the world. I actually enjoy it more when I can't understand the lyrics. I like anything with heavy drum beats so I can dance. Here's a taste, a very popular Turkish singer.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1AN-h2qn1Y

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7/19/08

borzack

I do listen to Chinese songs (not sure if they're Mandarin or Cantonese though), Philippine songs (sang in Tagalog I guess) and Arabic songs, all which I don't understand a word, but are great to listen to

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7/19/08

irelandpropertypro

Yep, any language, once it appeals to my emotions!

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7/19/08

lulubelleb

I speak only English and listen to opera from time to time.

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1. 7/19/08
  
  CrotchetyOldMan
  
  Lulu: I don't speak a word of Japanese. Have no idea what they are saying, but like this:
  
  youtube.com/watch?v=wdoRbc_wxHU
2. 7/21/08
  
  lulubelleb
  
  COM: Very entertaining. Love the choreography and the thunking of the boot heels.
  ;^D
3. 8/19/08
  
  DelightedScribbler
  
  LOL I like your video CrotchetyOldMan!
7/19/08

timethief

I listen to music from all over the world

Tarkan-Kiss Kiss-Turkish Music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h4JCt6SOME

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7/19/08

aningeniousname

My favourite aria sung by Pavarotti, it's called Vesti la giubba (Put on the costume) from the opera Pagliacchi by Leoncavallo. The clown has just found out about his wife's infidelity before he must go on stage and be the clown.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky271W94VHA

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7/19/08

bluemonday

If you want some of spanish rock of all eras:
musicaparacadadia.blogspot.com/2008/07/rock-espaol-de-los-90.html
musicaparacadadia.blogspot.com/2008/06/rock-espaol-de-los-80.html
musicaparacadadia.blogspot.com/2008/05/rock-espaol-de-los-70.html
Enjoy it.

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7/19/08

ttiger

i like german music very much!
i don't understand one single word of rammstein song but i like them very much :-)

Rammstein - Mein teil
fr.youtube.com/watch?v=lk06_ll_vgo

the incredible 'ohne dich' video!!!
fr.youtube.com/watch?v=9pkLDEEs20U

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7/19/08

howardbannister

I do it all the time, actually. We don't get the Eurovision contest in the US, but I'm sort of obsessed with how freaky and crazy it is, so I blog about it, and pull clips from You Tube.

One of my snarky comments about Finland's entry in last year's Eurovision got reposted on a chat board in Finland recently, so all of a sudden, people were taking issue with whatever it was I posted making fun of their national song. So, I became mildly controversial in Finland.

Also, I just blogged this the other day: www.spectacularblog.com/2008/07/whole-world-is-cactus.html

I don't speak a word of French, but, I sure do love that song!

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7/21/08

akumusha

I think the songs that are japanese or korean are topping the non-english songs., that's just my speculation., anime and dramas from those countries are spreading fast.,

this is a song that i liked from Hanazakari no Kimitachi e.,

Peach by Otsuka Ai
www.imeem.com/nomanymore/music/tzYKwtDW/otsuka_ai_peach/

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7/21/08

BlogBadly

I love me some Russian music, although I'm Russian so I do understand it. I guess that's cheating.

Here are some good ones, if you want:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jmmHB3K69A&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNZYPqdtNnU

And here's one that I actually don't understand but is pretty rockin'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV2NpPqIHnw

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7/21/08

tonyspad

I sure do...all the time

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7/21/08

casualinconcern

I love Pink Martini, who sings in many different languages. Edith Piaf. Charles Aznavour. Some others, but mostly French stuff. I should expand my musical horizons soon. This is my favorite now, though:

youtube.com/watch?v=HQ81f-EJdUU

Such a good cover.

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7/21/08

PetLvr

I listen to this one and enjoy it craaaaaanked up!
youtube.com/watch?v=6GHOtxFYc6o
Ojas Asi

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8/19/08

doffer

A couple of my favourites:

Ride On Shooting Star (The Pillows)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rrVZIlpJA

Amerika (Rammstein)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9EksAo5hY

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8/19/08

kateblogs

I like traditional Welsh songs, but I don't speak any Welsh. Well, apart from Pobol Y Cwm which means People of the Valley and was the title of a television series. So now you know LOL

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8/19/08

YourTeacher

Edith Piaf - Non, je ne regrette rien

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kFRuLFR91e4

Xavier Naidoo - Dieser weg

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6O4jLRa1Q98

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1. 10/02/09
  
  DelightedScribbler
  
  "Non, je ne regrette rien" is a classic! Love it.
10/02/09

owlbarn

All the time. I like to listen to random Japanese and African music on radio.

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10/02/09

JellyBee

Do it all the time, Spanish, French, Italian, Cuban, and many more, music is definitely universal.

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10/02/09

crazyTsu

heard and liked the songs at the end of old jackie chan movies

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