Music you enjoy in a language you don't understand...
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One of my favourite power metal bands, Tyr, sing most of their songs in English but on each of their albums they also have a couple of songs sung in their native Faroese which are awesome.
I'm also a fan of the Japanese hiphop group nobodyknows+ - their songs are funky and catchy despite me not understanding a word they're saying (besides the occasional line in English).
Another Japanese crafter of gorgeous pop songs is Shugo Tokumaru who I was lucky enough to see when he came to Australia last year. Wonderful songs, still no idea what he's actually singing about ^^;
I'm also a fan of the Japanese hiphop group nobodyknows+ - their songs are funky and catchy despite me not understanding a word they're saying (besides the occasional line in English).
Another Japanese crafter of gorgeous pop songs is Shugo Tokumaru who I was lucky enough to see when he came to Australia last year. Wonderful songs, still no idea what he's actually singing about ^^;
Well since I'm a Black Metal fan, about a quarter of my music library is in a language I don't understand. Here are two examples:
How do you even pronouce those two words? All I know is that they are Slovakian.
Not all of their songs are in German, but quite a few are, and I have no clue what they mean.
How do you even pronouce those two words? All I know is that they are Slovakian.
Not all of their songs are in German, but quite a few are, and I have no clue what they mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Hkf0CGoYU
Basta-Mama from the Eastern European radio station in GTA IV.
I liked the song before I knew what the hell the lyrics meant. I liked it even more after I found out what they meant.
Basta-Mama from the Eastern European radio station in GTA IV.
I liked the song before I knew what the hell the lyrics meant. I liked it even more after I found out what they meant.
Aw. Ninjas.SkullKing84 said:
Well, aside from aforementioned ninja'd song, the only "foreign language" bands I have on my music player right now are Dir En Grey and Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, which are Japanese Prog-metal and Electrocore, respectively.
I enjoy all genres of music and especially in different languages. I have many songs in German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, and Portuguese.
I really like Rammstein. Most of their stuff I don't understand when it's been translated, let alone in German 
Music from Anime is pretty cool too.
Music from Anime is pretty cool too.
I have a not-so-secret love for the Yiddish anti-Czarist song...
Translated and untranslated lyrics available here [http://www.jewish-music.huji.ac.il/thesaurusb09b.html?cat=10&in=0&id=2345], too.
Translated and untranslated lyrics available here [http://www.jewish-music.huji.ac.il/thesaurusb09b.html?cat=10&in=0&id=2345], too.
What? No one's posted a song in Chichewa yet? I'm shocked.
An honorable mention goes to my love of French songs, as I speak French just well enough that I exempt French songs from this thread. Still, Serge Gainsbourg is the champion.
An honorable mention goes to my love of French songs, as I speak French just well enough that I exempt French songs from this thread. Still, Serge Gainsbourg is the champion.
Well, I love anime, so I can appreciate JPOP and JROCK.
I love rock, so I can appreciate Rammstein, Raubtier, Sabaton and Korpiklaani.
I love rock, so I can appreciate Rammstein, Raubtier, Sabaton and Korpiklaani.