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Is there a song in a foreign language you like the melody to but didnt know the lyrics?

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    Mari Hamada • アイレ可愛や (Aire Kawaiya) Autechre remix

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      For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.

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      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 gym

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        My 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.

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          Oye Como Va - Santana

          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.

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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

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              For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.

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              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.

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                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

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                  I think they also did the opening and closing for Call of the Night, but of which are also great.

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                  • cutebc24@piefed.socialC [email protected]

                    For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.

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                    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.

                    https://youtu.be/zafm7q7lbl8

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                      For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.

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                      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.

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                        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.

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                          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

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                            The prettiest song ever about nuclear war.

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                            https://youtu.be/yx5xhlwUxxA

                            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 rises

                            Then everything is long too late
                            Then, when nothing works anymore
                            Visit Europe
                            As long as it still stands

                            In 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 appears

                            Then everything is long too late
                            Then, when nothing works anymore
                            Visit Europe
                            As long as it still stands

                            When 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 appétit

                            Then 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
                            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.

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                              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.

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                                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.

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                                  Leek spin
                                  https://youtu.be/GCO62VNm67k

                                  Which 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.

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                                    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

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                                      For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.

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                                      There's this Norwegian metal band called Kvelertak and I absolutely love their sound, but have no idea what the lyrics are about as I don't speak the language.

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                                        Leek spin
                                        https://youtu.be/GCO62VNm67k

                                        Which is actually the Finnish song "Ievan polkka" and not just scatting/jibberish as I always naively used to think

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                                        Except, it is mostly scat/jibberish! Just in Finnish! Most of the song is nonsense lyrics.

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                                          There's this Norwegian metal band called Kvelertak and I absolutely love their sound, but have no idea what the lyrics are about as I don't speak the language.

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                                          I did not expect to find a Kvelertak fan in this thread! Cool!

                                          If you ever decide to learn a little to understand them, know that the dialect in Stavanger is very different to what you normally learn.

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