What is the last song not in English that you heard?

Come on world music lovers, represent! :D

Listening to this one right now:

Alabina Ashtar - C'est la vie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFqDdLqbDpA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPN88D_HjMU
"Ich Kenne Nichts"....Xavier Naidoo


Tikki

(For Irleand I'd Not Tell Her Name)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfngXJMyoS4

Beautiful.

Thanks for that :hi:

Here are two women that I find the most compelling for just listening to their voices, without the need to know what is being sung:

Natacha Atlas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi6CA_1TGns
Azam Ali (vocalist for Niyaz) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91pMQfuZf04

Both women have amazing voices! You're so right that it's not necessary to know what the lyrics mean to enjoy listening to them.

find it on You Tube if it's there. Thanks!

(I love Irish music!)

I'm supposed to be programming but I can't stay away from this thread!

This song is beautiful, her voice is heavenly. Adding to playlist, thank you. :)

did not know who it was.

Thanks!

Ian Clancy has a nice recording of it on You Tube too.

It's a song about a man expressing his love for a woman, but many women vocalists sing it too. It's a much-loved Irish ballad.

Dominique
Volare
100 luftballoons
Lo Mucho que te Quiero
Sukiyaki

fun to watch too. :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXF7KVN3f_U

Don't have a clue what they're saying, though. :D

I don't know what they're saying, either. I only speak English, but still know how to appreciate music in any language :)

Two hiphop artists that rap in Welsh.

rap in WELSH? That has gotta be, um, different. :)

Welsh is a very poetic/musical language to begin with so rapping is just the next step in the evolution.

Welsh society reveres poets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_poetry

Check this one out "Cynrychioli" (Representing)

http://www.rhwyd.org/sleifar/sleifar_sesiwn_rhan1.mp3

by Ozomatli - it's one of a few non-English songs in the playlist I'm currently listening to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kM9_eT7C0k

Sorry for the crappy video but it's sadly the best I could find. :wow:

They have a nice sound to them :)

I could see myself listening to this, cruisin', windows down :D

and the sound is good when they're not talking over it. grumble grumble

Definitely a good cruisin' song.

(FTR, I've bookmarked this thread for later when I can listen to everyone else's songs and add more to my playlist! :) Thanks for that.)

I'm at work, so can't watch the video; I'll have to watch later at home. And look for the cut as an mp3.

I might have to bookmark this thread, too :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhKJ9ig7I1c

I know every word he's saying, though without translation.

Do you like Juanes?

I am not familiar with Juanes but having googled him (assuming it's just him and not the name of a band), I like what I found. If you have suggestions I should look up, I'd be obliged.

Re: Desperado - HA! That's on my workout playlist and I can sing along - every word. I understand most of it however there are a few words here and there I don't understand. :)

And at the risk of appearing a complete dork, I also love Antonio Carmona: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH-k_Y5H9Wo Admittedly here, I have no idea what he's saying. (Not sure what the heck happens to the video halfway through.)

I first saw Juanes with his band on Austin City Limits years ago. Can't find those videos, though. Here's an older video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWkQbrfSvfs

They transcend language. Without translations I am clueless to the meanings, but the singer tells me all I need to know.

It's a love song by a German pop singer from the 1980's. My German teacher used to play it for us in class to teach us to learn popular, vernacular German, instead of just "HochDeutsch" - "High German" of the classroom that can be of relatively little value on the strasse. I enjoyed the song so much as a kid, that I downloaded it from iTunes when it became available online.

:)

Catchiest song ever - it's not English (and in fact isn't ANY bona fide language at all!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00

Check it out, you'll be glad you did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrV2Vqeh_rQ

:D

at jet engine levels.

I'm seriously going to lose it if they keep waking me up like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb8ZFYSg1Tw

:evilgrin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axqRb5NE9sU&feature=related

Still listening to the song after that one. :)

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I'm in! :D

And before that probably the German version of that "Red Balloons" shitstorm.

Vitas Opera #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjO_VXHxsRw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoApELfgWcg


Dannsa, ruidhle, ruidhle bhoidheach Dance, reel, a bonny reel
Ruidhle bhoidheach, dannsa direach A bonny reel, a tidy dance
Dannsa, ruidhle, ruidhle bhoidheach Dance, reel, a bonny reel
Ruidhle bhoidheach, dannsa direach A bonny reel, a tidy dance

Ciamar a ni mi dannsa direach How can I make a tidy dance
Ciamar a ni mi ruidhle bhoidheach How can I dance a bonny reel
Ciamar a ni mi dannsa direach How can I make a tidy dance
Dh'fhalbh am prionn as bonn mo chota The pin went from the hem of my coat

Dannsa, ruidhle, ruidhle bhoidheach Dance, reel, a bonny reel
Ruidhle bhoidheach, dannsa direach A bonny reel, a tidy dance
Dannsa, ruidhle, ruidhle bhoidheach Dance, reel, a bonny reel
Ruidhle bhoidheach, dannsa direach A bonny reel, a tidy dance

Ciamar a ni mi dannsa direach How can I make a tidy dance
Ciamar a ni mi ruidhle bhoidheach How can I dance a bonny reel
Dh'fhalbh am prionn as bonn mo chota The pin went from the hem of my coat
Dannsa Dance

O cha bhi mi fo mhulad Oh I won't be sad
Nuair thig a' fidhleir, a' fidhleir anochd When the fiddler, the fiddler comes tonight

Tha nid na circe-fraoiche The nest of the grouse
'S a' mhuilinn dubh, 's a' mhuilinn dubh In the black mill, in the black mill
Tha nid na circe-fraoiche The nest of the grouse
'S a' mhuilinn dubh o shamhraidh Is in the black mill since the summer time
Tha nid na circe-fraoiche The nest of the grouse
'S a' mhuilinn dubh, 's a' mhuilinn dubh In the black mill, in the black mill
Tha nid na circe-fraoiche The nest of the grouse
'S a' mhuilinn dubh o shamhraidh Is in the black mill since the summer time

Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
'S e togairt dol a dhannsa And we expect to go dancing
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
'S e togairt dol a dhannsa And we expect to go dancing

Tha an crodh a' breith nan laogh __
Anns a' mhuilinn dubh, 's a' mhuilinn dubh In the black mill, in the black mill
Tha an crodh a' breith nan laogh __
Anns a' mhuilinn dubh o shamhradh In the black mill since the summer time
Tha an crodh a' breith nan laogh __
Anns a' mhuilinn dubh, 's a' mhuilinn dubh In the black mill, in the black mill
Tha an crodh a' breith nan laogh __
Anns a' mhuilinn dubh o shamhradh In the black mill since the summer time

Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
'S e togairt dol a dhannsa And we expect to go dancing
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
Tha 'm muilinn dubh air thuraman The black mill is moving around
'S e togairt dol a dhannsa And we expect to go dancing

Dannsa, ruidhle, ruidhle bhoidheach Dance, reel, a bonny reel
Ruidhle bhoidheach, dannsa direach A bonny reel, a tidy dance
Dannsa, ruidhle, ruidhle bhoidheach Dance, reel, a bonny reel
Ruidhle bhoidheach, dannsa direach A bonny reel, a tidy dance

Ciamar a ni mi dannsa direach How can I make a tidy dance
Ciamar a ni mi ruidhle bhoidheach How can I dance a bonny reel
Dh'fhalbh am prionn as bonn mo chota The pin went from the hem of my coat
Dannsa Dance

O cha bhi mi fo mhulad Oh I won't be sad
Nuair thig a' fidhleir, a' fidhleir anochd When the fiddler, the fiddler comes tonight
Cha bhi mi fo mhulad

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One of my deepest darkest secrets is how much I like J/K-pop girl groups with ultra-slick Yellow Magic Orchestra styled techno backing. I ADORE the stuff. :blush: So it would have been "Go The Distance" or "Sweetness" from this marvy 2006 CD (Korean girl group singing in Japanese):

http://www.scenicreflections.com/files/cute,korean_pop_group,SUGAR,3_Wallpaper_JxHy.jpg

The Japanese and Korean producers/A&R people do it the right way. They find cute young women who can actually sing - and all of the Sugar gals could sing, and harmonize, quite well - and then teach them some rudimentary dance moves. Here the powers that be in the music industry always tried to transform dancers (Spears, J. Lopez, ad nauseaum) into singers. That don't work so good.

:hide:

:P

Got a video link of them? I'm willing to listen :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KLKklHm7c - pretty, ballady sorta tune with a chorus that sticks like peanut butter to the roof of the mind. Something about the "la la-la" chorus at the end just flips me out - some sort of ultimate cutesiness I guess. Sung in Korean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3bk1an00sA - "Heart & Soul" - my favorite Sugar tune, live, that is I would bet, lip-synched. Sung in Japanese

Can't vouch for sound as my work computer has no speaker.

:D

I haven't yet listened to the second one. I was reminded of the "Bonus Track" on the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack, a Korean pop song playing in the background during the market sequence.

Fang Ka Wing - See You Everyday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-TQAKEHa6U

First African musician to sell over a million for Yeke Yeke :)
I like this remix, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNAbzJ0d8xo

*STOMP STOMP STOMP*

Eins! Zwei! Drei! Vier!
Bruederchen, komm tanz mit mir!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zSRcFxZVAA

I love Laibach :D

I listen to it every few weeks when the world seems crazy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXHn7Fn97Ss

either "We Never Danced" or "The Music Played"

Spliff, 'Carbonara.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_HYmLzxj2Y

and loved it! I had the taxi driver write down her name and the name of the song, I've been a fan ever since. I have no idea what she's singing about, just know that I love love it! A good voice, great scenery and happy dogs on a beach - what's not to love?
http://youtu.be/oGn-k8qW8VM

I love her voice.

"В последнюю осень" by ДДТ. Lots of nostalgia here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYn4S4aHyDA&playnext=1&list=PLF095D42AB63FBD6F

Love ДДТ

I lived in Russia and saw them in concert while I was there.

Океан Ельзи - Квітка


Quite a good song too....I listen to a lot of non English music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CstxTHU9_lU

Thanks Mr. Scorpio.....

a complete genius. One of the greatest songwriters ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZOLOggfWp0

another great song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMq23JM25o

This one is in Spanish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjV-HTgrG8&feature=channel_video_title

Everyone knows this in English, but here it is in Spanish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o64YWkhSQGc&feature=channel_video_title

A quiet Gaelic song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLZuFAvp7HE&feature=channel_video_title

And a native chant I never get enough of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WklCJvQQFc&feature=channel_video_title

Great thread here!

cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying," a capella and in Spanish. I originally heard it in the movie Mulholland Falls, and I still think it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Rebekah del Rio is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIpkMg9sh6Q

I have been checking out her other stuff on You Tube... what a voice!

By El Guincho http://youtu.be/4IDRwFXtWGM

He sings in French, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Arabic, English and Wolof.

Really cool stuff, if you like World Street and World Reggae.

"Clandestino" Manu Chao live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzafK1HIro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cn7ZW8ts3Y&feature=related

Exquisite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eYGoGtSpyE&feature=related

:toast:

Mercedes Sosa! With Holly Near:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=iw&v=6pM0rzckCuQ

I think it translates to "You're The King Of The Liars". (Mentiroso is liar in Spanish. The rest was an easy guess.)

Smooth and groovy. Check out the doo-be-doo guy in the background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBJNxXrowgA

I was at a Bat mitzvah yesterday!

I was at a Bat mitzvah yesterday!

Tu Es Petrus by Palestrina. I sang this in choir in high school & just found an amazing version on YouTube. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mSLVoOKzBM&feature=feedf

dg

By Zoltan and his Gypsy Ensemble. Listened to it yesterday. I can't get enough of Gypsy music.