Music you enjoy in a language you don't understand...

[Scarim Coral]

Pretty much every single Japanese songs (anime and Jpop bands) and others like French and abit of Russian (I'm also a fan of Ghost In The Shell) I have listened to. Well ok half of them I did look at the translation but I don't exactly remember the translation on hand when listenning to it.

I suppose this is a good example since the lyric itself make no sense at all!

Spoiler: Also I have been listenning to these two recently and I have yet look up at the translation lyrics

 

[Mordorkin]

Well, I am particularly fond of Gaelic Song as performed by Old Blind Dogs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU7HbJtop2Q

And the translated lyrics, for those who are interested:

http://www.celticlyricscorner.net/oldblinddogs/gaelic.htm

I also like An Poc Ar Buile (The Mad Puck Goat) and Beidh Aonach Amarach (There's a Fair Tomorrow) as performed by Gaelic Storm, but I was unable to find any good recordings on YouTube. All three of these songs are in Scottish Gaelic which to my ears is one the the most beautiful languages.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Ulver. Many times over, Ulver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNyIWBCFq5Y

This. Many times over, this.

Ok, but seriously, I guess I enjoy a bit of Moonsorrow.

I was also going to post that. Anyway here's a few other examples:

Spoiler

 

[mechalynx]

 

[FootloosePhoenix]

Although I know hear the chorus as this.

Dance on my balls
Cat fucking a hand bag
Yours only yours
Delores tickle dance mat
it's no lie,
Lisa in the club said
No Henry had a vagina malfunction.

Cannot unhear.

OT: This is the only song I can think of at the moment that I love and would qualify. Unless the chanting in One Winged Angel counts.

 

[5-0]

I was also going to post that. Anyway here's a few other examples:

Oh yes, Les Discrets. Forgot about them.
Just realised the song I'm currently listening to is sung in Swedish. Kickass band by the way, everyone must check out their new album Legend.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

Oh yes, Les Discrets. Forgot about them.
Just realised the song I'm currently listening to is sung in Swedish. Kickass band by the way, everyone must check out their new album Legend.

Cool song, sounds a bit like early Sabbath. I dig it. :3

 

[Richardplex]

I listen to Yuki Kajiura, so Italian, Spanish, English, Japanese, anything goes for her.

 

[5-0]

Oh yes, Les Discrets. Forgot about them.
Just realised the song I'm currently listening to is sung in Swedish. Kickass band by the way, everyone must check out their new album Legend.

Cool song, sounds a bit like early Sabbath. I dig it. :3

You've got good taste man. You'll probably like their first album best, cause that's the most doomy/close to Sabbath. Their new one pretty much loses that, but it's a really great fun rock album.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Spoiler: Because everyone knows someone or three is SO going to post it...

fucksssake that's the first thing that came to my head when I saw the title and you slam me down straight away :\

I absolutely love that song even though no-one can understand a word. It's been specifically designed to sound like English to someone who doesn't understand it.

Man that's really weird. I've always wondered what English and French sound like to people who can't understand them.

OT: I really like Rammstein, which is a popular choice. Apart from that I don't regularly listen to music the language of which I don't understand. Lyrics have never really bothered me anyway apart from a few select bands. I listen to a lot of instrumental music and hardcore/metal which are really hard to follow lyrically anyway.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

You've got good taste man.

You'll probably like their first album best, cause that's the most doomy/close to Sabbath. Their new one pretty much loses that, but it's a really great fun rock album.

Cool, I'll have to look that up.

 

[DugMachine]

I don't listen to much foreign music and if I do it's electronic or instrumental with no vocals.

I came across this though...


I absolutely adore this song. I haven't looked into anymore of Yelle's music but the whole production of this piece is amazing. Fun fact, the guy who made this was like 16 or 17 at the time. WHY DON'T I HAVE TALENT. Oh I know it's a remix it was just the only song I knew with french lyrics

 

[lunam-kardas]

Rammstein and Kudai

 

[GameChanger]

Music is a language that everyone understands.

Someone had to say it.

But, I listen to Two Steps From Hell's wonderful stuff so that automatically qualifies as music in a strange language for everyone. I think they might have done one track with English but the rest is elvish, latin or just made-up choir chanti....

Maybe I should post a video

'T is my fave at the moment:

 

[RanD00M]

snip

Ó guð minn almáttugur hvað ég hata Sigur Rós.

OT: Well I listen to music in Japanese with bands/artists like Boris, Utada Hikaru and Ai Otsuka.
Then there is Finnish with Moonsorrow.
German with Kreator and Sodom, and just Onkel Tom in general.
Korean with just a mix and match of K-Pop.
Norwegian with what what little Trve Kvlt Black Metal I still listen to, which to be honest isn't that much anymore.
Lets not forget the glorious language of mute with just the Drone genre as a whole.

 

[Hollyday]

Seeing the amount of replies I was sure someone was going to get in there before me but I've made it unchallenged!

Lucky enough to have lots of friends from different parts of Europe who've shared their music libraries with me!

Spoiler: Fefe (French)

 

[Hylke Langhout]

I generally listen to music in language I speak just because I like to be able to understand the lyrics, those being Dutch and English. I do however really like these:

Spoiler: Zebda (French Ska)

Spoiler: J-rock because I don't know the artist name

 

[zidine100]

it sounds alot better than the English version


would post others, but then i probably would just have the generic anime and fanwork stuff here and all that so lets not bother you've probably heard it all before.

just think stuff like this


and you got it