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Originally Posted by Petula07
For me some magic of international music is in feelings, emotions and strange sounds. I think everybody is able to feel emotions although we don't understand lyrics.
For example this mongolian song... You don't understand but I guess you would agree with me that it's full of emotions.
Music can touch people all around the world because everybody loves, dies, eats... Sufferings and passions are the same or at least very similar.
For example I was surprised how many listeners from abroad czech singer Radůza has. Why they like her? They say her voice is very powerful and they don't need to understand because they just enjoy her voice...
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I agree, Petula, that international music draws me in because I see familiar emotions and experiences expressed in ways that are new to me, like with the throat singing, which I've only ever heard before as background music in documentaries!
I *do* really like understanding the lyrics, though! For example, I'd like to know what is being sung by the Czech singer Radůza, who I agree *does* have a warm, powerful voice that I didn't expect coming out of someone with such a slight frame. Listening to a song without knowing the meaning of the words is hard for me, because I really *want* to know specifically what the song is about. I can feel the emotion, but the intellectual side of me wants to have the thoughts and ideas to wrestle with, too, since understanding them deepens my experience of the emotion conveyed by the song.
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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal
Ops! It's true. I didn't realize.
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Thanks for full video and translations, Zaqarbal!
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Originally Posted by Bulldog
Ah, good old throat singing! Absolutely extraordinary sound, especially if you're approaching it who thought the term had a nice ring to it and have no idea what to expect. Anyone who wants to hear this in the context of good old rock 'n' roll should hunt down Yat-Kha's Dalai Beldiri as if your life depends on it - gives a very familiar form of musical expression such a dark and unique twist.
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I looked and looked for Yat-Kha's "Dalai Beldiri" but alas couldn't find it, Bulldog! I did, however, find him singing a cover of Joy Division's post-punk "Love will tear us apart," using throat singing!
Yat-Kha's cover of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (using throat singing):
Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart":