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No way. It's in English or I won't hear it.
Of course, that's a joke - as it is I can barely understand the English words used in a lot of the music I like and I don't necessarily give a shit about lyrics in the first place. |
All the time! I think it's really interesting tbh. I used to listen to Rammstein.. well I still do along with Peter Heppner, Ruoska, and Furia. Since I usually listen to electronic music that doesn't normally have lyrics it doesn't bother me that I don't understand them.
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I would, and I do. I personally look at the voice as just another instrument. A guitar doesn't spell out for you what point its trying to get across, its up to you to decide and to just listen and enjoy. I think theres a certain mystery and interest that comes with a song in a different language. Some of my all-time favorite songs are by Buena Vista Social Club. I have no idea what they are singing about, I think thats why I enjoy it so much. Its up to me to decide what they are singing about. I don't want to know what they are singing about because I have conjured up in my mind what it think its about and I'm afraid if I look at a translation, I would be dissapointed. Anyway, a beautiful voice is a beautiful voice whether you can understand what its saying or not. Just my thoughts.
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I most definitely would.
There is so much great music in the world that you simply just cannot ignore what's out there. |
Of course, a lot of the best screamo isn't even in fucking English, but goddamn its good :)
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I listen to non-english music ALL the time. I love Russian stuff as of late.:bowdown:
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Envy from Japan are amazing I sing in Japanese. The lanaguage makes no difference as long as its good.
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yeah i like to listen to other languages sing but sometimes, some type of languages sound a little weird when sung. it wouldnt make me go learn a language or anything lol
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I like listening to music from around the world...it is interesting to see what is going on in terms of music in other countries even if I don't understand always what they are saying. And it would be kind of boring (at least for me) to limit music to languages I understand.
And if you are interested in different punk groups from around the world, here is one of my favourites, Ebba Grön. |
I listen to non-english music almost every day :)
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Not sure why this is in the "Punk" Forum--seems like it would be more appropriate to place it in "World Music", but I digress.
Yeah, some of my favorite music in high school was non-english. Stereolab was one of my favorites, especially because they seemed to directly influence one of my favorite American groups, The Rentals. Also, Dead Can Dance was a great group to listen to, creepy and ominous stuff. |
Music is a universal language, everyone can understand it, The lyrics are of secondary importance to me.
If you limit yourself to listening to music only in a language you understand, you will miss out on a lot of interesting musical experiences. |
i do this all the time with yelle and that one nofx song thats in french...well other bands too but thats just a general reference
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Hmmm... I don't know what to think about this. On one hand, I could agree with NumberNineDream:
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The point is that, to value the merit of making a rhyme, you also have to know the meaning of the words. It's not simply a matter of phonetics. Obviously, you can be aware of the similarity between sounds. But if you don't understand the language, you don't know how difficult or how simple is to integrate music and lyrics into a coherent whole. Do you know what I mean? |
haven't read the whole thread but posting to say that music's an international language. while I do appreciate being able to get the lyrics, the melody will always come first to me. so, yes I listen to music that has lyrics in languages I don't know.
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I listen to some bands whose lyrics I'm glad I don't understand.
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Original question: Yes. The English language is not on my checklist for a good song.
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^ Bah I know. It just confused me, cause the whole film goes on about the ex-Yugoslavia and such.
Any other Serbian music you know, cause I can't get enough of it. |
well, I know a lot of Serbian music, being from Serbia and all, but I mostly dislike it. If I dig up something worth mentioning I'll post it for you. Or I might just start a Serbian music thread. :D
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^ You better :D
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I'm a Cocteau Twins fan so the answer is obviously yes.
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Back in the day, I always preferred stuff in English even if I didn't really understand the words or care what they were saying.
Then I discovered progressive rock. |
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I listen to Rammstein, which I really like, even though I don't understand a word of German.
I also listen to alot of death metal bands, which although in English, with the aggressive style of vocals they use, means I don't necessarily understand every word of the song. One of my favourites is Cannibal Corpse. |
No, I would not.
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I went through a period of listening to French Rap. There are a few other types of music as well. I listen to a couple of instrumental bands such as 12 Girls Band. Normally the type of world music I get a hold of is when I'm thinking, "Hey, I wonder what their music sounds like." I google for a few and find a lot. I remember I wanted to hear some yodeling like what was stereotypically done in Switzerland. All I could find was country-yodeling.
There's just so much music out there and it's hard to even just limit yourself in one genre of another country's music. It would be awesome to know every song ever sun and ever piece ever played, but it's obviously difficult. Even knowing that there are plenty of bands in the U.S. who become popular in the underground/indie scene rather than pop radio and such shows the difficulty of mastering such a feat as you wanted. But it's still nice to listen to something different. |
I don't think most people would care. Lady GaGa doesn't even use real words. The Beatles used to record second versions of songs in German so that people would listen to them. It didn't take them long to realize that nobody cares.
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Yes some songs are popular because of their beats and rhythm... even they don`t understand any words remember "Dragostea din tei" the song performed by O-zone band
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Most of the music I listen to is in a different language
I'm English.... most of my favourite singers are Japanese, Korean or Chinese My favourite singer for example: ^^^ the advert/preview for her upcoming Best of + 8th Original album Also... she was able to cover an English song and greatly improve it |
of course i would. icelandic, polish, russian, german... even gibberish made-up languages.
sometimes i prefer it if i can't understand the lyrics - i can just appreciate the music as pure sound. |
Depends. If the accent dectracts from the quality of the music, then no. Otherwise, as long as the musical aspect is good, of course.
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The only music I listen to that are in a different languages are ones where I find the beat enjoyable. Either then that, no thank you.
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although I don't understand a word from portuguese, I find this language beautiful and like Brazilian songs and Br. jazz
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Of course, there is some fantastic foreign music out there. Some of my favourites are Buena Vista social club, Tazenda ( a sardinian rock/folk band) and Serge Gainsbourg.
I sometimes enjoy the fact I dont understand the words and it helps add to the music and I find you listen to the music as a whole rather than seperating the two. |
I definitely would! In fact, I already do listen to music from other countries. Right now, I'm really into Bollywood and Persian music. I first got into it from the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, that soundtrack is great. I recommend checking it out!
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Sure I would! I speak English, Danish and a lot of German, but while most of my music is in English, I also listen to stuff in French, Spanish, Urdu, Arabic and Icelandic..
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