Is there a song in a foreign language you like the melody to but didnt know the lyrics?
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]A lot of songs come to mind, actually.
But if I had to pick just one, it would be MC Solaar's Carpe Diem.
My French is shaky at best, so back when I stumbled upon MC Solaar (maybe it was via Bearshare), I could barely understand the gist of what was said - and even with a much better understanding, many of the "retro" references in this song specifically would have made no sense to me.
But it evoked a weird sense of nostalgia in me - a longing for a time/things, that I had no connection to (so I shouldn't even feel any nostalgia):
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6-YCancrrBI
PS: If I had to pick something more popular, it would be Plastic Love by Mariya Takeuchi (got recommended by YouTube back when it made its first comeback wave in 2011, I think).
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
Mundian to Bach Ke by Punjabi MC (and famously remixed with Jay Z)
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I love that song
The prettiest song ever about nuclear war.
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Many songs if I like enough I figure out some of the words when looking for the title. Otherwise I remember them then forget them for a while. A couple famous examples I like:
Dschinghis Khan - Moskau, it's a bop, i know the melody but lyrics I only know parts of.
O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tea - this one of course I know front to back but I don't know what a single word means.
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Wolf Totem by the Hu.
In fact, their entire discography.
The heavier stuff is great at the gymMy first introduction to them was Yuve Yuve Yu, also a banger.
I got a little hyper fixated on throat singing one week and they popped into my feed. Bike rides and road trips have never been the same.
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
I know enough Spanish to understand the lyrics now, but loved that song before I knew what it was saying.
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
The band Creepy Nuts is a Japanese rap(?) group that did the Dandadan opening, but I also really like their opening for Mashle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLW35YMzELE
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
If I like a song, I make a deliberate effort to learn the lyrics and what they mean. People wrote those lyrics for a reason.
Or do you just want to dance?
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
A bunch of songs from various Hololive JP talent
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The band Creepy Nuts is a Japanese rap(?) group that did the Dandadan opening, but I also really like their opening for Mashle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLW35YMzELE
I think they also did the opening and closing for Call of the Night, but of which are also great.
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
I basically love city pop cus it has great groove, rhythm and usually the few English words in the lyrics reassuring me that it’s usually about love or a metaphor of it.
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
Polish cow song. The melody itself is from another song, "How long - Lipps, inc" apparently. But both songs do well with that beat.
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
Locutorio - Sara Socas (España)
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
That's a solid "The entire Caramba" album.
You might've heard (of) Habba Habba Zoot Zoot; well, they made an entire album of "plausible sounding" songs in German, Japanese, Finish, American, Russian, etc. It's really quite hilarious.
Here's a Spotify link:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/57BijyLUDfabkaaSwZsxsS -
The prettiest song ever about nuclear war.
There were A LOT of songs about nuclear war in 80s music. German youth in the 80s was very aware that in nuclear war Germany (being a huge part of the east west border) would just be ground zero to be vaporized in WW3.
Thinking about Germany people associate the Autobahn, what some don't know - there were pre-built detonation chambers so key sections and bridges could be mined with atomic demolition munitions in order to stop the east bloc tank armies from advancing.
ChatGpt translation of the song lyrics:
When in the Canale Grande submarines drop anchor
And on St. Peter’s Square in Rome missile launch pads stand
When a carpet of bombs floats over the bazaar of Ankara
And from the hills of Olympus a Pershing II risesThen everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still standsIn front of the old Cologne Cathedral a mushroom cloud rises into the air
And the sky is filled with the scent of neutron waffles
When in Paris the Eiffel Tower bows westward in a final salute
And near Big Ben a gentle Alpine glow appearsThen everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still standsWhen haute cuisine turns into a witch’s cauldron
Where the cook from overseas flambés his old world
There’s laughter and applause, even the waiter gets a kick
What’s left to us but culture — we wish you bon appétitThen everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still stands
Yes, then everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still stands
As long as it still stands, as long as it still stands
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Brutal 6 - Todo en mis Manos.
Olivia Lufkin - Stars Shining Out.
Anna Tsuchya - Kuroi Namida
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Songs from Negura Bunget, First Fragment, and newer stuff from Vildhjarta
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
Leek spin
https://youtu.be/GCO62VNm67kWhich is actually the Finnish song "Ievan polkka" and not just scatting/jibberish as I always naively used to think
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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
I'm surprised that people can answer with only one or a few songs. I don't "discriminate" music by language at all, I listen to a ton of music from all over the world in more languages than I can say. One very good place to find good international music is the YouTube channel My Analog Journal: https://youtube.com/@myanalogjournal
