I remember when i started my quest to hear every song in the world (an endeavor that would turn out to be fruitless), i started listening to stuff i didn't understand, it was really hard to be interested because it just didn't sound good to me, until i found a few russian bands that i fell in love with (and tried to learn russian because of, i know some, not alot) and listened to even though at the time i couldn't understand.. i can't explain why one language sounded good to me and all the others didn't at all, but i was wondering what other people think of this.

Ye :kink:

 

I do it all the time. I love European music, not just in English but in native languages, especially French, Italian and German. And I love Asian music, mostly J-pop and K-pop. Also I love Eurovision :kink:

I do - Rammstein, Unheilig, Oomph, various other German or Scandinavian Industrial/Synthpop/Rock acts, some Italian, Portuguese and Spanish bands too..... In fact, I'm a little disappointed when these bands DO sing in English and it doesn't work out so well because of the phonetic differences (and the fact that most of the lyrics just really dont translate at all well....)

 

I do know a bit of German however...

We should open a thread for pop music in foreign language, so people can post videos and talk about it :)

I don't really, but recently a guy from Hungary covered a JLS song in another language and I think I like his equally as much as theirs

 

JLS - Kickstart

 

Bereczki Zoltán - Kerek egész

Yeah, i love Molly Sandén's debut album and thats entirely in Swedish. Her cover of Hallelujah is incredible

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with listening to foreign language songs but in the best album ever thread someone said that the main reason people have chosen modern albums is because they can't connect with the older albums because they weren't around during their release. Yet the can connect to a song were they don't have a clue what they are going on about. :lol:.

 

Anyway, ignore me, I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this as well.

 

PS, I do realise that was one person and doesn't represent everyone. Sorry.

Edited January 12, 201114 yr by laddergoat

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with listening to foreign language songs but in the best album ever thread someone said that the main reason people have chosen modern albums is because they can't connect with the older albums because they weren't around during their release. Yet the can connect to a song were they don't have a clue what they are going on about. :lol:.

 

Anyway, ignore me, I'm probably going to get a lot of hate for this as well.

Why get hate for your opinion? Anyway, i think that listing a song as one of your favorite is because this song has a meaning to you and even if you don't know what lyrics mean, it may give you memories of something! One of my favorite songs is Mala Vida by Mano Negra! Although i know what it says :rolleyes:

 

 

Why get hate for your opinion? Anyway, i think that listing a song as one of your favorite is because this song has a meaning to you and even if you don't know what lyrics mean, it may give you memories of something! One of my favorite songs is Mala Vida by Mano Negra! Although i know what it says :rolleyes:

 

 

Obviously the majority of people listening to foreign songs would either know what the lyrics say or have the common sense to go out and find out what they mean. :lol:

Actually I don't always... I can often enjoy a song just as much without really knowing what it means, like K-pop (Korean pop) that I have got into lately, I speak no korean but it gives me a similar kind of feeling to J-pop (I do speak a bit of Japanese) and I love it :wub:

 

Regarding your comment Laddergoat, I never understood why people couldn't connect with older music? Maybe if it's about courting or animal husbandry they wouldn't, but surely most themes of songs, love, alienation, happiness, unhappiness etc are universal? I think most people never try listening to older music and they should, but I feel this about foreign language music too.

I listen to music in other languages (or no languages at all) quite a lot to be honest. Even some songs in English, I don't have a clue what the lyrics are (e.g. Stereo Love), so they may aswell be in a different language as far as I am concerned. :lol:

 

I also like some asian pop songs, particularly some Japanese ones. There was an asian pop song (I think it was Korean, although I can't remember for certain) I listened to the other day which sounded VERY similar to Telephone actually! I watched the video, and even some of the dance moves were similar! :o I'll try and find it again...

 

EDIT: Found it!!!!!!!!! Translated to English, they're a ground called Co-Ed School doing a song called "Bbiribbom Bbaeribom" or vice versa. :lol:

 

Edited January 12, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

I like listening to French music.

I listen to music in other languages (or no languages at all) quite a lot to be honest. Even some songs in English, I don't have a clue what the lyrics are (e.g. Stereo Love), so they may aswell be in a different language as far as I am concerned. :lol:

 

I also like some asian pop songs, particularly some Japanese ones. There was an asian pop song (I think it was Korean, although I can't remember for certain) I listened to the other day which sounded VERY similar to Telephone actually! I watched the video, and even some of the dance moves were similar! :o I'll try and find it again...

 

EDIT: Found it!!!!!!!!! Translated to English, they're a ground called Co-Ed School doing a song called "Bbiribbom Bbaeribom" or vice versa. :lol:

 

Wow. Indeed remind me of Telephone! Part 1:50 and 2:10 wtf?? And the choreography too! But it sounds European instead of Asian, apart for language.

Wow. Indeed remind me of Telephone! Part 1:50 and 2:10 wtf?? And the choreography too! But it sounds European instead of Asian, apart for language.

 

lol yeah. It's a weird video! :o

 

And I think it was made after Telephone, although I'm not 100% sure, but it could be coincidental.

 

Also, that's what Glee Cast's version of Telephone should be sounding more like tbh... Their version is just a bit too similar to the original. :(

Edited January 12, 201114 yr by Eric_Blob

Actually I don't always... I can often enjoy a song just as much without really knowing what it means, like K-pop (Korean pop) that I have got into lately, I speak no korean but it gives me a similar kind of feeling to J-pop (I do speak a bit of Japanese) and I love it :wub:

 

Regarding your comment Laddergoat, I never understood why people couldn't connect with older music? Maybe if it's about courting or animal husbandry they wouldn't, but surely most themes of songs, love, alienation, happiness, unhappiness etc are universal? I think most people never try listening to older music and they should, but I feel this about foreign language music too.

 

I can appreciate and listen to a lot of older music, well musically, but I certainly don't form the same connection that I did to songs that came out when I was growing up and defined particular moments or events. Each to their own though. I enjoy very few songs pre 70's, apart from the odd few from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and some of the female pop singers around then. Pre 1960, I honestly can't think of any pop/commercial music that I particularly enjoy but I do like quite a bit of classical music from centuries ago :lol: So I love a bit of 60's and 70's music and a lot of 80's, 90's and 00's music but I don't relate to, and therefore generally enjoy, songs let's say, pre 1994 in the same way that I do as my favourites that have come out since then. Maybe that's irrational but I think it's a worthy argument to put out there. The main exception is ABBA, but I think that there music has been revived and become culturally important so many times since (1999/2008 being the main two occasions) that I sort of can relate to their music.

 

On the foreign music situation, of course I listen to a ton of it, it comes naturally with being a fan of Eurovision :lol: But I do listen to a lot of non-ESC related foreign music too. I've never been afraid to admit that I'm a sucker for a catchy/memorable/great melody, and lyrics nearly always come 2nd to me. So if the music's great and the lyrics are in a different language, it makes no odds to me :lol: That's not to say that I've NEVER cared about lyrics - some I definitely relate to, usually from the singer/songwriter genre. In terms of pop music, where the melody is deliberately made more important than the lyrics, I have to say I rarely pay any attention to them at all, as shallow as this may make me sound :drama:

Not a huge amount admittetly but occasionally, yes. French Pop in particular appeals to me, though I dont really like a great deal of Asian Pop, sometimes it produces a few good things here and there, but bands like Kara just dont appeal at all.

I do understand the issue some people have with foreign language stuff, but I think once you get round the issue you can enjoy it.

 

Shy'm - Je Sais. Possibly one of the best Pop records of last year.

I dont listen to a lot admittedly, however I certainly don't oppose it

 

this in fact is one of my favourite songs ever:

 

 

 

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seriously beautiful, I didn't know what he was saying at first so I looked up the lyrics and the video- and it honestly brings me close to tears when I hear it :cry:

 

Another song I discovered because of JLS :lol:

 

The chorus is in English though

 

& the JLS version in English (It's a live performance version)

There is a Japanese singer called Utada Hikaru who has some Japanese songs that I like. Also, Mylene Farmer (the French Madonna) sings basically all her songs in French and I like a lot of them. Although I obviously much prefer English, I think the point really is that you just like a song whethere it's in English, French, Spanish or whatever, even if you don't speak the language. I do think it's easier to enjoy a song in a foreign language though if you speak the language. I find it easier to listen to French music as I speak moderately good French thanks to school.

I dont listen to a lot admittedly, however I certainly don't oppose it

 

this in fact is one of my favourite songs ever:

 

 

 

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seriously beautiful, I didn't know what he was saying at first so I looked up the lyrics and the video- and it honestly brings me close to tears when I hear it :cry:

 

That's a good point I didn't think about Sigur Ros before going into my point about not understanding lyrics. Me 0 Foreign Music 1 :lol: