Do you listen to music in other languages?

Links234 · 02-02-2015 2:06am #1

Lot of music threads on AH lately, makes a seriously nice break from the usual threads! So I was curious, do you ever listen to music where the lyrics are in another language?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=berzo1ocFkQ

I do, constantly. I'd say most people would probably guess I'm a Rammstein fan from my username, I listen to them and some similar German bands. There's quite a few Scandinavian bands I listen to, Korpiklaani for example sing in Finnish. Or I dunno if anyone's noticed about here, I listen to a bit of Japanese metal :pac: Just a wee bit.

What about you AH?

iusedtoknow · 02-02-2015 2:11am

yes...I learned a lot of spanish/catalan slang by listening to Manu Chao. My wife is very into Spanish/Argentine indie/alt which is actually not the worst in the world.

Eutow · 02-02-2015 2:11am

Yeah, Rammstein and Manu Chao. So, German, Spanish and Portugese there.
Du Hast and King Of The Bongo respectively would have been the first songs I heard from them, so just got interested.

GLaDOS · 02-02-2015 2:13am

Love Rammstein

Also, Sigur Ros

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xow2gnVTUjs

myhorse · 02-02-2015 2:13am

sigur ros

the evasion_kid · 02-02-2015 2:13am

A lot of hardcore and punk from europe

Darkglasses · 02-02-2015 2:17am

Rammstein, Kila, Loikaemie, Sigur Ros, The Locos, and a few other German bands..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-lJFsDDmM

Ruu · 02-02-2015 2:21am

Yes. Geoffrey Oryema's music.

The Diabolical Monocle · 02-02-2015 2:28am

just the 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4oE2QGgGE

La_Gordy · 02-02-2015 2:30am

I love French rap. It contradicts all the baws we hear about what France is, versus the reality if you're no a rich white guy.

Digital Solitude · 02-02-2015 2:32am

Strimae in French, and Sigur Ros. I like Baba Yetu as a song, its Swahili

biko · 02-02-2015 2:34am

Lots actually, many in languages I don't understand very well but am hoping to learn by listening.

Example

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiskRG7hiVk

agus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2UdJhqVsc8

InTheTrees · 02-02-2015 2:44am

Amadou & Mariam - La Réalité

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O4lGQsf8Tw

The Diabolical Monocle · 02-02-2015 2:47am

biko wrote: »

Lots actually, many in languages I don't understand very well but am hoping to learn by listening.

dont learn German or it'll spoil the Rammstein.
Best ranting language ever.

even moreso when you dont know whats being said.

johnohanlon · 02-02-2015 2:53am

Just the odd drop of gaelic irish and scottish, the track in "The wind that shakes the barley" is a good auld tune

SeantheMan · 02-02-2015 2:56am

The Beatles did a few songs in German (for when they toured Germany), I want to hold your hand - Komm gib mir deine Hand and She Loves you - Sie Liebt Dich
....they translate very well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlhM0gVvAzE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4NLqkv-J4k

Also I love to listen to some Los Lobos or Gypsy Kings in Spanish...classic tunes,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu4Hnbor9rI

and since I've moved to Korea I've gotten into 1 or 2 bands here.....I can't understand most of what they say...but I like the beat and sound of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlMNAC5RKVE

as I'm typing this the Emergency Sirens (in case of war with the North) just started goin off....prob a drill.....I hope...

InTheTrees · 02-02-2015 3:08am

SeantheMan wrote: »

as I'm typing this the Emergency Sirens (in case of war with the North) just started goin off....prob a drill.....I hope...

Jesus... be careful.

Totofan99 · 02-02-2015 3:15am

I listen to a bit of Rammstein. Tinariwen are great too! I recommend checking them out if you don't know them.

InTheTrees · 02-02-2015 3:41am

Bomba Estereo. From Columbia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZXlgNMDK3E

Duggy747 · 02-02-2015 3:45am

Yes, the colourful exotic sounds of Sepultura :pac:

InTheTrees · 02-02-2015 3:53am

Mala Rodriguez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wYjaZEDFb0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkH3iiKjiI4

InTheTrees · 02-02-2015 3:56am

from 1978, Plastic Bertrand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32SkxLCZz_o

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 02-02-2015 4:15am

InTheTrees wrote: »

Bomba Estereo. From Columbia

Don't let them see that U or they'll set FARC on you.

Terrontress · 02-02-2015 4:36am

Wir sind Helden, a German punky pop band with a female singer, are worth listening to. They have split up since, but have a great album called Die Reklamation

K.Flyer · 02-02-2015 4:38am

I have to admit that I enjoy listening to a lot of Kirtan, Sufi, Indian, Qawwali etc etc.

Here is the late great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

iusedtoknow · 02-02-2015 4:52am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW2J4wHHtMs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiPjVqc-E5g

Desolation Of Smug · 02-02-2015 8:18am

I do my best to try and follow Damien Dempsey and pick up some of the lingo, but it's tricky. Apart from that, Rammstein.

inforfun · 02-02-2015 8:23am

99.99% of the time the music i listen to is in another language than my own.

KungPao · 02-02-2015 8:28am

If you like bad music that is trashy and off key, check out some authentic Brazilian Funk music.

Um ba ba, um ba ba.

KungPao · 02-02-2015 8:30am

K.Flyer wrote: »

I have to admit that I enjoy listening to a lot of Kirtan, Sufi, Indian, Qawwali etc etc.

Here is the late great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

More of a Sanjay Dutt person, myself.

galwayrush · 02-02-2015 8:33am

Rammstein, Sigur Ros

Shenshen · 02-02-2015 9:05am

German, French and Italian.

A lot of opera is written in those languages.

Sunnyisland · 02-02-2015 9:08am

I like the Rubberbandits...

rainbow kirby · 02-02-2015 9:12am

Rammstein, Equilibrium (German), Korpiklaani, Kotiteollisuus, Stam1na (all Finnish), some of Tyr's stuff (Faroese/old Norse), Dir en Grey (Japanese)...

Mint Sauce · 02-02-2015 9:19am

Maybe just a bit of Rammstein or Sigur Ros as well. Some of our own recent singers and bands, such as The Coronas, Bell X1, Gemma Hayes, Damien Dempsey, and The Frames, have done pretty good versions of their songs in our native tongue.

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

dont learn German or it'll spoil the Rammstein.
Best ranting language ever.

even moreso when you dont know whats being said.

There's some pretty dark stuff if you translate it.

e_e · 02-02-2015 9:34am

One of the greatest pop songs ever:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUA-DcW1lFc

Yurt2 · 02-02-2015 9:55am

Jacques Dutronc. Great pop songs and effortlessly cool guy..

Links234 · 02-02-2015 2:30pm

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Rammstein, Equilibrium (German), Korpiklaani, Kotiteollisuus, Stam1na (all Finnish), some of Tyr's stuff (Faroese/old Norse), Dir en Grey (Japanese)...

I love Dir en Grey

The new album is just incredible, seriously seriously amazing music, and Kyo's vocals are just... wow. There's very few bands that seem to keep on getting better and better through their careers, and Dir en Grey is one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZceqoeQIAgE

Ben D Bus · 02-02-2015 2:33pm

Julieta Venegas
Kany Garcia
even Nelly Furtado

That's all Spanish/Latin American btw

anncoates · 02-02-2015 2:34pm

Does Damian Dempsey count?

FTA69 · 02-02-2015 2:36pm

For me it's either Mongolian Throat Singing or nothing at all.

JackGM · 02-02-2015 2:37pm

Yep. Mika has some french stuff. Real good

MonkeyTennis · 02-02-2015 2:38pm

I like Cechomor from the Czech Republic

TheBeardedLady · 02-02-2015 2:40pm

Stuff in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Irish. Deadly song by Spanish musician El Guincho but vid is NSFW (boobs) and a bit hipstery.

http://vimeo.com/15247292

Edit:And Welsh! How could I forget Welsh!