I listen to a lot of Arabic artists like Haifa Wehbe and Fares Karam but since I'm Middle Eastern I guess that's not foreign. I listen to some French and Russian rap, Norwegian Metal , and, of course, a lot of English music.
Well, technically all vocal music I listen to (which only makes up for a about half of the total music I listen to -- the rest are video game soundtracks) is in a foreign language as I don't listen to music with Dutch lyrics (and you'd be hard-pressed to find a Dutch person my age that does). However, I've never really looked at English as a foreign language as I've spoken it my entire life.
I don't have any problem listening to music that isn't in English, though. I've listened to a ton of Japanese music in my life (not so much lately as all my favorite Japanese bands sing in English) and my favorite Dimmu Borgir album is Stormblast which is sung entirely in Norwegian (I wish more Norwegian bands would do that).
Yeah, I listen to a lot of Sigur Ros and Mum. They are both from Iceland, I have every Sigur Ros CD they are amazing. Stunning. And Mum is an experimental band with the same type of sound as Sigur Ros, but with more instruments and sounds and just weird happenings. Also, Rammstein is OK.
I hate Jrock and Jpop because their music is way too happy. There is no emotion in it... no feeling. Just catchiness and upbeat tempos.
" See now, this is where you went wrong. Giant Bomb is an international site, meaning not everyone speak English. For instance, I'm from Sweden but listen to almost only English music, meaning I listen to foreign music only. "
How did I go wrong there? English music is foreign for you, thus the answer is yes... It's universal. I didn't ask "Do you listen to non-English music?", but rather to what isn't your primary language. I know many people from other countries who speak english, yet almost exclusively listen to music of their own language. So it's just as likely that someone would only listen to music in German, for example, as it is for someone to only listen to English. "
Ah, you had thought of it like that. My apologies.
Only one group.... and i only found out about them because they were on the colbert report. Im amazed anyone can rap in swedish lol, If the GRIN guys need a job they should start a Hiphop/Swing/jazz group like these guys.....
These days, I listen to more Japanese music then American or British (i.e. Rie Fu, The Pillows, Crystal Kay). My Japanese isn't terrible so I can get a gist of what is being said. Been also getting into Mando-pop recently as well (I'm about 50-60% fluent in Mandarin) and it's surprisingly decent.
If I do it's usually Japanese. For some reason I can listen to Jpop without going crazy. I think it's kind of soothing listening to music in a foreign language.
Im from Argentina, so, naturally, I speak spanish. But my 2 fav bands are Motorhead and Skynyrd so yeah, I listen to a foreign language band xD. And from Japan, I only listen to a few artists, mostly video games composers like Nobuo (Black Mages) and such. If not, L' Arc en Ciel is my only J-band that I can listen.
Wow. I though Nujabes was just random saying. I am an idiot. The Pillows, Polysics, amd Maximum the Hormone. That is all the foreign. And Calle 13 because they are the shit.
" If I do it's usually Japanese. For some reason I can listen to Jpop without going crazy. I think it's kind of soothing listening to music in a foreign language. "
It also makes me focus more on the actual music than the lyrics.
no, i don't listen to any foreign language bands. i don't like to listen to bands that don't speak english. i don't understand what they are saying so why listen. i do like ramstien but they dont' speak english. if they spoke english then i would listen to them.
Yes... Another one for the "English is a foreign language for me" crowd :-) In fact I guess that means I almost exclusively listen to "foreign" music, when I come to think about it. I'm danish and even the local bands tend to sing in english.
However I have listened to songs in other foreign languages. I did listen quite a lot to a norwegian band called Kaizer's Orchester some years back, and I've been to my share of Rammstein concerts too. Also I've heard the 2 soundtrack albums for Hellsing extensively, and those are largely in japanese.
" Yes... Another one for the "English is a foreign language for me" crowd :-)In fact I guess that means I almost exclusively listen to "foreign" music, when I come to think about it. I'm danish and even the local bands tend to sing in english.However I have listened to songs in other foreign languages. I did listen quite a lot to a norwegian band called Kaizer's Orchester some years back, and I've been to my share of Rammstein concerts too. Also I've heard the 2 soundtrack albums for Hellsing extensively, and those are largely in japanese. "
" Yes... Another one for the "English is a foreign language for me" crowd :-)In fact I guess that means I almost exclusively listen to "foreign" music, when I come to think about it. I'm danish and even the local bands tend to sing in english.However I have listened to songs in other foreign languages. I did listen quite a lot to a norwegian band called Kaizer's Orchester some years back, and I've been to my share of Rammstein concerts too. Also I've heard the 2 soundtrack albums for Hellsing extensively, and those are largely in japanese. "
Where in Denmark are you from? "
Herning. I've actually just read the majority of the post before me now, and noticed that some 4 or 5 danes have posted before me in this topic. Not actually a bad representation for such a relatively small country :-)
I do occasionally listen to foreign language music, but it's very rare. Even though most of her music is in English, this is the first song that came to mind:
Anything I like the sound to I listen to. I'm not much of a lyrics guy, can't understand it, and when I do it's absolute dumb crap. The exception being something like Leonard Cohen's 'Everybody Knows'.
For that reason I enjoy a lot of electronic music, no lyrics, nothing to make me think the song is dumb. I've listened to songs from so many regions that I've liked... Japan and Germany do have a lot of good music, but stuff from everywhere really.
" See now, this is where you went wrong. Giant Bomb is an international site, meaning not everyone speak English. For instance, I'm from Sweden but listen to almost only English music, meaning I listen to foreign music only. "
How did I go wrong there? English music is foreign for you, thus the answer is yes... It's universal. I didn't ask "Do you listen to non-English music?", but rather to what isn't your primary language. I know many people from other countries who speak english, yet almost exclusively listen to music of their own language. So it's just as likely that someone would only listen to music in German, for example, as it is for someone to only listen to English. "
Ah, you had thought of it like that. My apologies. "
It's chill, bro.
And yes, I just said that phrase. I now hate myself.
I mostly listen to music with unintelligible vocals (ie: metal). So language doesn't really matter as long as the tone, cadence, and flow is correct. And most metal (regardless of originating country) is presented in English.
Oh, my favorite station in GTA4 is the reggaton station, San Juan Sounds. I don't speak a lick of Spanish but I love bass.
However actual Hip-Hop needs to be in English for me to enjoy it.
edit: and 'foreign language" refers to anything not in English since this topic was posted on an ENGLISH forum. I don't care what the OP contorted it to mean after the fact.
edit2: and Rammstein hardly counts. I mean single syllable words (with the exception of the few two-syllable words beginning with 'ge' or ending with 'en') are the extent of their lyrical capabilities. A first-year German language student would easily understand and master every one of their songs... and that's still pretty generous.
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