music Anypony else listen to music that's not in English or in your native turn?

[Shiki 5,855]

I would much rather listen to something in Japanese over English, because in the Japanese language, the stressing of syllables does not exist. None of that, "toMAto" business. It's not "kaWAii" or "KAwaii", it's just... "kawaii". This could be a big part of why I like it. Also, the syllables themselves must just appeal to me. There's so many different noises we make when speaking English compared to speaking Japanese. a i u e o ka ki ku ke ko ta chi tsu te to, tons of them. They're all very short, quick noises that make up longer words. Take the word, "shore" for example. Try saying it slowly. Notice how much movement you make with your lips + tongue compared to, say, shi. Or any Japanese syllable. Compared to our one syllable words, Japanese has very simplistic sounding wording. Kawaii neko desu, or, it's a cute cat.

 

It's a bit hard for me to explain, because I hardly even understand the appeal of the way the language sounds to me, but it just does. Now, writing? lolno I'll stick to English for that.

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 638]

I listen to a lot of Japanese pop I dont know why, but most just sounds awesome. Probably cause of the fact that it isnt in my nature and it is..more interesting? Meh..

[SrFrog 927]

Out of pure chance a couple of years back, I stumbled upon a couple of Japanese covers for some Spanish songs. The second one is more of a phonetic interpretation it seems.

 

[TheFabulousPony 102]

There's a few I suppose. Rammstein for sure lol I have all of their works and a bucktonne of merchandise

my friend introduced me to some other stuff as well which I enjoy. Like Apocalyptica, Crimfall. I am not a metal fan, so not so much those. I do love Die Fantastichen Vie haha.

[OptimisticNeighsayer 471]

I assume opera counts. Well, when it's not in English...

 

I tend to pay more attention to the music of a song rather than its lyrics, so having the lyrics in a different language would make it somewhat easier for me to pay attention to the musical elements, rather than trying to understand the "poetry" of the lyrics. Of course, I'm often curious what's actually being said (I love foreign languages), as that can open up another dimension to understanding the emotional power of the music. But to me the best music should be able to speak its own language without any need to understand the words that support it. I'm a little ambiguous on this aesthetic consideration...

[spaghettinoodles 298]

A lot of the black metal I listen to is in Norwegian. One time I went through a two day k-pop phase lol.

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

Other than stuff from Katamari games, Josh Groban, Reise Reise, and some random stuff in other languages... no.

[Jinx 2,292]

Finland makes the best music. This is not up for discussion, it's a proven fact. Epic melody starts at 2:18

 

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,459]

I listen to alot of Korean Music, and sometimes some Spanish music. I don't understand it, but it sounds good. Haha sounds lame but true.

[Guest]

I like to listen to rap that's not in english, such as:

 

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,821]

Santana has some Spanish Songs.

 

I also listen to music from DanceDance Revolution, which most of it is japanese. 

 

Oh...and this...

 

 

Although some of it is in English, the majority of it is in Japanese. 

[SparklingSquirrels 21,298]

I was going to make my own topic about this, but then I found out that a thread already existed for this... well, I'll be a good person and just post here instead then  . Hopefully I can revive it maybe...

 

I really love music in different languages 

 

I usually tend to listen to the more modern stuff (I know that automatically makes me disliked around here), but I'm willing to listen to older songs as well since I know that's what most people here like to listen to 

 

My favorites:

 

 

 Puhu Äänellä Jonka Kuulen by Happoradio (Finnish)

 

 

 

 Das Kann Uns Keiner Nehmen by Revolverheld (German)

 

 

 

 Acasă by Smiley (Romanian, very beautiful language!)

(I recommend looking up the lyrics for this one)

 

 

 

 Endeløst by Rasmus Walter (Danish)

 

 

The song I'm currently obsessed with is on my profile; right now it's Les Blessures Qui Ne Se Voient Pas by Florent Mothe (French)

 

I also like Swedish, Italian, and Estonian music a lot 

Edited November 25, 2014 by SparklingSwirls

[The Mint Pone 2,293]

I listen to Japanese and German music. If you like vocaloid listen to utsu-p. glorious music!

Edited November 25, 2014 by Bullfrogs

[Wyzecat 350]

Nope.  Well, maybe some, but it's not enough to be talked about.

 

I don't listen to that vocaloid stuff, I just don't like it that much.  Also, it's pretty hard to be exposed to music that's in any language except English, Hawaiian, Japanese, or Korean in Hawaii, and I'm not a particularly big fan of almost of the music from the latter three, probably because I can't understand them.

[Scootaloodle 1,622]

I can think of three:

 

Pino D'Angio- Ma Quale Idea

 

Sung entirely in Italian

 

 

Claude Francois- Cette Annee La

 

Basically a French version of "oh what a night"

 

Jordy- Dur Dur D'ete Bebe

 

I love this song, all in French: with a 90s House sound. I think the kid singing was like 4 years old at the time

 

Edited November 25, 2014 by Scootaloodle

[Sigma 768]

Ummmmm, sometimes...

[iceestarz 5,764]

Not really, though I have a couple songs from the Powerpuff Girls Z soundtrack on my phone. I have no clue what the heck the songs are saying but I totally jam out to the gibberish the songs are spewing. Japanese. I can't understand it but I can dig it.

[Denim&Venöm 18,073]

Brazilian thrash metal legends Sepultura

 

and Swedish power metal juggernauts Sabaton

 

 

Surprising how the lyrics differ abit from the English verison

 

My dad also listens to alot of Russian, German, & Dutch goth bands

Edited November 25, 2014 by Denim&Venom

[Virgil 685]

Does this

or this count?

:3

[VulpineTaco 525]

Haha! It's time for me to post my weird foreign metal! 

Finnish:

 

German:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUOzJt8H3Y4

 

Russian:

[Lucky Star 972]

I listen to a ton of Jpop! (japanese pop)

 

it's getting to the point where the only english stuff I listen to are show tunes or pony related!

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8DDsMnTv8I

[Chacobos 160]

Plenty, especially music by Susumu Hirasawa 

 

Edited November 25, 2014 by Chaco

[Lisa 5,553]

Well, I understand quite a bit of French now after self-learning it. But I used to listen to a lot of French music when I didn't speak French. My native language is English. (Or Australian if you want to get technical).

Edited November 25, 2014 by Colour

[An Unknown Pony. 370]

I Find this song hilarious,and thought this song was about coffee

[Adente 1,000]

I enjoy contemporary Latin music; its so passionate and flows so well, even if I can't understand everything that they say.