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Music and Media => The Music Circle => Topic started by: mix4fix on 23 Jun 2023, 03:27 am

Title: "Speak English Or Die"
Post by: mix4fix on 23 Jun 2023, 03:27 am
What are some of your favorite foreign language songs?
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Post by: mix4fix on 23 Jun 2023, 03:30 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKGbjJarMeA

Selena - "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"

Who doesn't love Selenas (with an "s")?
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Post by: mix4fix on 23 Jun 2023, 03:34 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hGrsExuyc

GZUZ - "Was Hast Du Gedacht"

(video NSFW)
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Post by: mix4fix on 23 Jun 2023, 03:38 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_yATzyi-3g

BABYMETAL - "Catch Me If You Can"
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Post by: Tyson on 23 Jun 2023, 04:21 am
Korean hip hop is fun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9qZR_OGa0
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Post by: FullRangeMan on 23 Jun 2023, 04:58 am
Amelinha:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1cl1WO3uI8

Christophe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldf8YfF2Fx8

Pierre Bachelet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksKr6p6GyFA
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Post by: nlitworld on 23 Jun 2023, 05:25 am
For a second there, I thought you were posting about the S.O.D. album.

I always have to giggle about NOFX covering the old French song Champs Elysees

Sample (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OiqGEls8_Yc)
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Post by: FullRangeMan on 23 Jun 2023, 08:13 am
Iam not going lie to you, I dont know these bands, but if the music has refinement there is no problem.
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Post by: toocool4 on 23 Jun 2023, 08:35 am
Mory Kante - Yeke yeke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJNiMNUSrw8
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Post by: mix4fix on 23 Jun 2023, 02:27 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOBBPpg1r_M

Die Twinnies - "Bayernmädels"
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Post by: simoon on 23 Jun 2023, 07:26 pm
Way too many to list!

I am a big prog fan, and in the 70's, and up to the present, some of the best prog is from non-English speaking countries.

Sure, everyone, even with just a passing knowledge of prog has heard of Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, and the other British bands. But in the 70's, other countries, especially Italy, produced music that rivaled the British bands. And since the music itself, conveys so much emotional and/or intellectual content on its own, very little (if any) is lost by not being able to understand the lyrics.

There is no way to list just a few favorite songs, since I rate quite a few at equal levels. Instead, I will list a few albums per band and per country/language.

Italy:
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico, Storia di un Minuto / beautiful melodies, incredible musicianship, complex.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQQR8NGgqw&list=PLEhKnbYtxwiLsHvi3HDHGcdthdX16qi_Q&index=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSQQR8NGgqw&list=PLEhKnbYtxwiLsHvi3HDHGcdthdX16qi_Q&index=1)
Banco - Io Sono Nato Libero, Darwin!, Canto di Primavera / Great playing and composing. Vitorio Nocensi on keys rivals the chops of any of the well known Brits (Wakeman, Emerson).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G63SvySmzc4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G63SvySmzc4)
Deus ex Machina (these guys sing in Latin)- De Repblica, Cinque, Equilibrismo da Insofferenza / Kind of straddles the line between fusion and prog, with touches of avant-garde. 5 octave voice be Alberto Priras.
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra / One of the best Italian prog recordings.

France:
Magma - KA, Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (this band sings in an invented language called Kobaïa) / Inventors of the prog subgenres known as Zeuhl. Influenced by Coltrane's late period 'spritual' jazz, but filtered through 20th century classical. Every lineup of this band, from 1971 up though the present, has had terrifying levels of musicianship, and tons of emotion. 
Eskaton - 4 Visions / One of the best Zeuhl bands, that is not Magma. Beautiful female vocals, otherworldly melodies.
Atoll - Musicians Magicians, L'Araignee-Mal / Slightly Yes and Genesis inspired prog.

Spain:
Triana - Hijos Del Agobio / Spanish prog bands had a unique take on the genre, by adding Flamenco influences.
Cai - Noche Abierta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sLwEooa8gw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sLwEooa8gw)
Haizia (they sing in Basque)- S/T
Itoiz (sing in Basque) / Some beautiful folk/prog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MoBSzaslkU&t=739s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MoBSzaslkU&t=739s)

Japan:
Koenjihyakkei - 弌 , Angherr Shisspa / Magma influenced band. Pretty intense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiy8MHXUu8o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiy8MHXUu8o)
Bi Kyo Ran - Parallax, A Violent Music / King Crimson influenced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gPTY0f0RXg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gPTY0f0RXg)
Shingetsu - New Moon, From Distant Star

Sweden:
Anglagard - Hybris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFI554_xM-I&t=445s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFI554_xM-I&t=445s)

I could list quite a few more bands from other countries, or more from the countries already listed.
Title: Re: "Speak English Or Die"
Post by: SteveFord on 23 Jun 2023, 08:03 pm
It's hard to go wrong with White Punks On Dope sung in German.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPQB-mtQDY

Speaking of German...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPzvr9S34pc
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Post by: ctviggen on 23 Jun 2023, 10:52 pm
Quote from: Tyson on 23 Jun 2023, 04:21 am
Korean hip hop is fun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9qZR_OGa0

That was interesting. I liked it, though I'm not a big hip hop fan. 
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Post by: mix4fix on 23 Jun 2023, 11:49 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - "PONPONPON"
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Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 12:00 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1q0UDZD2U

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus - "Holzfällersong"
Title: Re: "Speak English Or Die"
Post by: listenermark on 24 Jun 2023, 12:16 am
Nena - 99 Luftballons.  Shameless 80's synth pop, one hit wonder, but her vocals are great and it's an earworm for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMSlTQmDLx4
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Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 12:22 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-bgiiTxhzM

Falco - "Der Kommissar"
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Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 12:24 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3q8Od5qJio

Rammstein - "Du Hast"
Title: Re: "Speak English Or Die"
Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 12:26 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXay1pdfQpI

Blümchen - "Heut' ist mein Tag"
Title: Re: "Speak English Or Die"
Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 12:27 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIW9ikyRAGE

Azad feat. Akon - "Locked up"
Title: Re: "Speak English Or Die"
Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 12:34 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSy2DcATYUo

Mo-Do - "Eins Zwei Polizei"
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Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 12:41 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZUQS5lmTY

Amy Farrah Fowler - "Weiches Kätzchen"
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Post by: nlitworld on 24 Jun 2023, 01:47 am
I really appreciate Opeth's album In Caude Venenum where it was releases as both an English version and in Swedish. I guess I could treat it as a basic way to learn Swedish but it just sounds really damn good to focus on that.
Title: Re: "Speak English Or Die"
Post by: mix4fix on 24 Jun 2023, 02:25 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbcXR91jNGE

Cypress Hill - "No Entiendes La Onda"
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Post by: mix4fix on 29 Nov 2023, 07:18 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQRaj1vcnrs

Peter Schilling - "Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst...)"
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Post by: ThePriest on 29 Nov 2023, 11:24 am
Knorkator: Der Ultimative Mann:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IW6mB1N6-g

The entire album 'Ich hasse Musik' is great.

/The Priest
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Post by: mix4fix on 2 Feb 2024, 02:52 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPdn9_h2dCY

Dschinghis Khan - "Moskau"