Can you enjoy a song in a foreign language?

[Leyawiin]

nvm

 

[tynopik]

Pretty sure this thread needs moar Alizee


also did no one mention that 90's classic Enigma - Sadeness?

 

[Naer]

I quite much enjoy female French vocals

 

[IronWing]

I listen to Tom Petty, don't I?

 

[Rubycon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OWiK8yiMXE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g8s86R8mQQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HiRjblCypw

 

[ModerateRepZero]

Ready Steady Go - L'arc en ciel (Japanese)

Sogno - Andrea Bocelli (Italian)

 

[Ichinisan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HiRjblCypw

Kraftwerk :thumbsup:

 

[EliteRetard]

Kraftwerk :thumbsup:

Another +1

One of the only bands I own actual albums for.
Friends dad used to listen to them way back in the day and that's what got me into techno.

I only own physical media for 2 others...

Vegas album from Crystal Method I got as a gift back in the 90's, I haven't listened to it in years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUSyoJcbxU&feature=kp

Listening to it now, it's not really my style.

And 3 main albums from Mind.In.A.Box:
http://www.mindinabox.com/

I just randomly picked 2 from each, they're all good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF2RTHcZZ4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xAxZ7miYU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuRmXendSU8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG8GXSLpzsc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoRBOuVyr_0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln8u8kQ5IK8

There's actually an overarching story to the albums if you listen to them in order.

 

[uhohs]

Kraftwerk :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG1pfnAW6g

 

[The Boston Dangler]

The Supremes - L'amore verrà

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Damn didn't realize this post is 4 years old when it kept popping up in my CP.

I always find it weird that I can speak Vietnamese fluently but its hard to understand the music. Same with any other language that's not my first.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

My Japanese is only middling, but I do enjoy Kakumei Dualism :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnJm4tyvs4M&t=7m47s&hd=1

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Another metalhead here, and I listen to songs in:

English (English isn't my mothertongue) (for example Within Temptation, My Dying Bride)
German (Rammstein, Knorkator)
Russian (Arkona)
Swedish (Vintersorg)
Finnish (some songs by bands which mostly sing in English)
Arabic (Myrath)
Yiddish (Orphaned Land)
French (Arkan)
Portugese (Moonspell)
Turkish (Almora)
Sumerian (Therion)
Gaulish (Eluveitie)

And once in a while also to:
Chinese
Spanish
Italian
Greek
Japanese
Gaelic
Latin

Edit: Thought Arkan had French songs as well, but although they speak French in between songs the songs are (at least mostly) in English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kf7lSo-v34
Maybe I'll think of another one instead later

 

[TheVrolok]

Of course. Music is often about the emotion rather than the language, which comes across just fine.

 

[JMapleton]

Two words: João Gilberto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtA9sTK8DRM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOHlyuct2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJCzA2FP5to

Found this famous Brazilian guy on YouTube like 5 mins ago. I've already resolved to buying one of his albums.

Wow, the music just oozes class and sophistication.

 

[JMapleton]

He is so classy he needs a music conductor during live performances:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTZgJTyxB-M

*mind asplodes*

 

[Mixolydian]

Girl from Ipanema

 

[John Connor]

I have two:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA

Throw in Glukoza Schweine for good measure. LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zGwKoHNl8k&list=PL723AFE1E1922781C&index=10

 

[nakedfrog]

The last concert I went to was Finntroll, Korpiklaani, and Ensiferum, so I'd say I can.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

German? Yes. Russian? Maybe. Spanish/Italian/Portuguese? No.

 

[polarmystery]

I don't know Japanese but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxEcbQKy10Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rK1mKfmpHk

 

[Ichinisan]

Cara Mia Addio from Portal 2.
(skip to 50s)

 

[MongGrel]

Of course you can.

 

[gdansk]

Most languages. But I can't stand French for long.

Ofra Haza is my favorite non-English singer.

 

[JMapleton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRTC3cfWfGk