Einy Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 This is my favourite: Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Darkhorse Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I'm getting so many new songs out of this thread! :D Thanks y'all! Discovery Channel by Hollywood Hank in German I believe. Unfortunately part of the chorus is in English, but oh well. Venturing into alt. rap land right now... Link to post Share on other sites
trumpetchick Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 One of my favorite kpop songs by an underrated band SunnyHill. Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 french in english, by the same artist Link to post Share on other sites
LaMaestra Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 The always excellent Tomas Ledin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTyWpOLAixA Link to post Share on other sites
SquirrelCat Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I love this song it's in Swedish: Flickan och Kråkan (The girl and the crow) with Swedish lyrics. It's a very sad song yet it's powerful. It's about a child fighting to save a life even though is hopeless. The entire song is the about hopelessness both children and adults feel. (I think. I'm not good with metaphors, maybe the entire song is a metaphor I'm too dense to get.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ICSAiZm9hEQ And this one is a Swedish classic: Vandraren (The wanderer) It's one of my absolute favorites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhv_UB-8Lw4&feature=player_detailpage Link to post Share on other sites
Earth Sprite Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Classic video by Finnish one-man band Keuhkot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ArnsN67qjY ^_^ Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 2 icelandic songs for your listening [pleasure] unfortunately, olof sold out with her latest album and did it in english. tut tut tut. still good well i am guessing they are in icelandic, having never spoken icelandic, i don't know. Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Darkhorse Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hehe, I forgot some: Il Divo strikes again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzB8xC_CwH8 And I normally don't like opera, but her range is so incredible. Maria Callas, Carmen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rjOrOt6wFw Link to post Share on other sites
TripleA Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 http://youtu.be/oiKj0Z_Xnjc Papaoutai. My new favorite song. Beautiful really. Link to post Share on other sites
trumpetchick Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Hehe, I forgot some: Il Divo strikes again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzB8xC_CwH8 And I normally don't like opera, but her range is so incredible. Maria Callas, Carmen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rjOrOt6wFw Maria Callas is, in my opinion, one of the queens of sopranos. Link to post Share on other sites
Earth Sprite Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Past Finnish singer Badding Somerjoki 40 years ago. Oh he was so A-Sexy! :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPUzkkrXzqQ Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Darkhorse Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 And this one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql4kaofJ02c Link to post Share on other sites
The Scrabbler Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I can't believe nobody's said 99 Luftballons yet. It's so much better in the original German Link to post Share on other sites
ThaHoward Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 "Gortoz a ran - J'attends" ("I await") - Singing in Breton. Link to post Share on other sites
A name is required Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 somthing very old in hebrew (many israelis will not even now it) : something very very old in yiddish (it's a lullaby that even my grandma used to sing to me) and something more modern, that most israelis would know and consider a classic Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 a mix of jazz and flamenco with the lyrics being from the poems of federico garcia lorca and eventually i was going to post something in irish "seo mo leaba" means something "my bed" if i know any irish. Link to post Share on other sites
LaMaestra Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Go raibh math agat, Iff! @ Scrabbler: I can't stand 99 Luftballons! Link to post Share on other sites
Earth Sprite Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 "Lootus nukkuu" (Lotus is sleeping) by my All-Time Favorite band Dallapé in Finnish. That was recorded in 1935. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXnp3kM4p48&list=UUBUoLtGS7sY7wJpD2nz1vXQ Link to post Share on other sites
ithaca Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 and eventually i was going to post something in irish I didn't know people still spoke Irish. I used to have a pen-pal when I was in elementary school who was Irish. She taught me some words (hell if I remember) but she also said they weren't teaching Irish in school anymore, only English. I hope things have changed and that this beautiful language is being taught still. Leaving it to oral tradition only would be a mistake, in my opinion. Nice song you posted ^_^ Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 and eventually i was going to post something in irish I didn't know people still spoke Irish. I used to have a pen-pal when I was in elementary school who was Irish. She taught me some words (hell if I remember) but she also said they weren't teaching Irish in school anymore, only English. I hope things have changed and that this beautiful language is being taught still. Leaving it to oral tradition only would be a mistake, in my opinion. Nice song you posted ^_^ irish is still a mandatory subject in the leaving certificate, although there are exceptions available. there is this article in 2011 asking whether it should still be http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-should-leaving-cert-irish-still-be-compulsory-81762-Feb2011/ and now in japanese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ravnctVJlgE&fmt=18 please put your volumes down for the start of the song as the start is pretty heavy. Link to post Share on other sites
trumpetchick Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 We had to listen to these in German class: Link to post Share on other sites
vsall Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 yana veva (the singer) sings in idiosyncratic language (An idioglossia is an idiosyncratic language invented and spoken by only one person or very few people. Most often, idioglossia refers to the "private languages" of young children, especially twins, the latter being more specifically known as cryptophasia, and commonly referred to as twin talk or twin speech.) ^_^ ^_^ Link to post Share on other sites
Einy Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 and eventually i was going to post something in irish I didn't know people still spoke Irish. I used to have a pen-pal when I was in elementary school who was Irish. She taught me some words (hell if I remember) but she also said they weren't teaching Irish in school anymore, only English. I hope things have changed and that this beautiful language is being taught still. Leaving it to oral tradition only would be a mistake, in my opinion. Nice song you posted ^_^ Song I've posted on the top is also in Irish, really beautiful language Link to post Share on other sites
trumpetchick Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I am quite obsessed. Link to post Share on other sites
Earth Sprite Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Finnish nowadays song-writer & singer Marja Mattlar singing "Kuinka minä voisin lähteä nyt?" - "How could I now go away?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PscHaOdEtl0 Link to post Share on other sites
A Meaningful Username Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I191r0eLdc4 Nine Muses- Glue, they released a song called “Wild” earlier in the year which I loved almost as much. They’re one of three k-pop groups that I still listen to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln92fSPHf9o FUSILE - No Puedo Pagar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK680uD7qQI Fatoumata Diawara – Sowa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3-HbIQ91Ic The Cat Empire - L'Hotel de Californie. Aussie ska band The Cat Empire covering the Eagles “Hotel California” in French. Link to post Share on other sites
Amedot Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Is it really possible we don't have a thread for this? :o Please share songs you really really like in your own language (or another one)! If you feel like posting a translation to English, that's cool too, but not necessary! Today I'm obsessing (again, not the first time) on the Italian version of The Circle of Life, which is the only one I knew growing up. It is really beautiful and I prefer it to the English one (which doesn't happen often). Here I give you the translation to English: The Circle of Life [MS: Male Singer][/size] [bS: Background Singer][/size] [FS: Female Singer (lead)][/size] [MS:] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [There comes a lion][/size] [bS:] Sithi uhhmm ingonyama [Oh yes, it's a lion][/size] [MS:] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [There comes a lion][/size] [bS:] Sithi uhhmm ingonyama [Oh yes, it's a lion][/size] Ingonyama[/size] [MS:] Siyo Nqoba [We're going to conquer][/size] [bS:] Ingonyama[/size] Ingonyama nengw' enamabaal [it's a lion and a tiger][/size] [repeats 5][/size] Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Se-to-kwa!)[/size] Ingonyama nengw' enamabala (Asana)[/size] [repeats 1][/size] (yes, that's the same, surprised? :P ) And one day you realize you exist That you are part of the world as well Not out of your own choice And you wonder why We're here, because of whose will? Then a sunray 'hugs' you, And your eyes get coloured with blue And that's enough for you Every doubt goes away And the whys don't exist anymore It's a merry-go-round This life that spins with us And never stops And every life knows That it will be reborn In a flower Which will never end* (*repeat twice) There is another part of song in the non-Disney version, but I prefer this one. Come on you all non-English people! Post your favourite non-English songs! Thank you... so much for sharing this! I can't believe how beautiful it sounds in Italian, and how deep the lyrics are. I love the English version as well (of course, being raised on it) but I'm really impressed with the depth of the lyrics. Link to post Share on other sites
""" Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3mbivU7QQ I like this song :lol: Spanish with Argentine accent... Link to post Share on other sites
oreiayean Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I am quite obsessed. I am now quite obsessed with this too :D That being said: (warning, this can cause seizures with this german mv) Die Atzen ft. Nena Link to post Share on other sites
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