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ngvx@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

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What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?

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    So many. I like music and I like languages so when there are lyrics there’s a good chance it’s not English.

    • Dead can dance - The Host of Seraphim - moody female vocals with backing instruments and synth that resembles religious sad hymns (not even in a real language)
    • 王菲 Faye Wong《四月雪 April Snow - melancholy mandarin pop from 2003
    • Hocico - Ecos - Mexican electro-industrial on the aggressive side
    • Juno Reactor - Conquistador (part 1 and 2) - technically 2 songs, in Latin, Spanish and I think Xhosa. Same person who did the music from the matrix, these are sort of a musical interpretation of South American history
    • Sepultura - Ratamahatta - Brazilian metal
    • All about Lily Chou-Chou OST - Arabesque(アラベスク) - fictional band with female vocals, beautiful melancholy song in Okinawan
    • Fly, Fly My Sadness - The Bulgarian Voices Angelite with Huun-Huur-Tu and Moscow Art Trio - Mongolian throat singers (if you’ve never heard this technique, it’s incredible and unlike anything else, this song isn’t the best example though, search for huun huur tu videos) and an ethereal Bulgarian choir.
    • The Mirror Conspiracy ft. LouLou - Le Monde - French lyrics, chillout downtempo electronic
    • Björk - Úm Akkeri - Icelandic version of her song The Anchor Song
    • Yothu Yindi - Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming) - a classic 1989 Australian song in Yolŋu and English. Not my favourite but I wanted to have the continent represented here.
    • Thievery Corporation - Satyam Shivam Sundaram - another downtempo chillour from the same group, this time in Hindi
    • Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun - too catchy not to mention, Punjabi pop, hilariously cheesy video clip

    There are so many more. I didn’t even touch Caribbean patois or Arabic or Polynesian languages etc. I’m very big on global music though, especially with a strong beat and lyrical themes on anti-colonialism…

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