songs in a language other than English

[Bama fan]

 

[SVCBeercats]

Of course my favorite Polish song!

 

[nwhoopfan]

These French songs jogged my memory. This is a bouncy little tune that was in the Russell Crowe movie "A Good Year." I had no idea, but it's the same singer @Aluminny69 posted a couple lines up above.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I knew Raul Malo from the Mavericks is of Cuban descent. Wasn't hard to find him singing in Spanish. Here w/ the one and only Flaco Jimenez.

 

[Sifaka]

Há dias que eu não sei o que me passa

Eu abro o meu Neruda e apago o sol

Misturo poesia com cachaça

E acabo discutindo futebol

Mas não tem nada, não

Tenho o meu violão



Acordo de manhã, pão sem manteiga

E muito, muito sangue no jornal

Aí a criançada toda chega

E eu chego a achar Herodes natural



Mas não tem nada, não

Tenho o meu violão



Depois faço a loteca com a patroa

Quem sabe nosso dia vai chegar

E rio porque rico ri à toa

Também não custa nada imaginar



Mas não tem nada, não

Tenho o meu violão



Aos sábados em casa tomo um porre

E sonho soluções fenomenais

Mas quando o sono vem e a noite morre

O dia conta histórias sempre iguais

Mas não tem nada, não

Tenho o meu violão



Às vezes quero crer mas não consigo

É tudo uma total insensatez

Aí pergunto a Deus: escute, amigo

Se foi pra desfazer, por que é que fez?



Mas não tem nada, não

Tenho o meu violão





Some days I don't know what's wrong with me

I open my Neruda and turn off the sun

I mix poetry with cachaça

And I end up discussing soccer

But there is nothing, no

I have my guitar



I wake up in the morning, bread without butter

And lots and lots of blood in the newspaper

Then all the kids arrive

And I even find Herod natural



But there is nothing, no

I have my guitar



Then I'll do the lottery with the missus

Who knows our day will come

And I laugh because a rich man laughs at everything

It also costs nothing to imagine

But there is nothing, no

I have my guitar



On Saturdays at home I get drunk

And I dream phenomenal solutions

But when sleep comes and the night dies

The day always tells the same stories

But there is nothing, no

I have my guitar



Sometimes I want to believe but I can't

It's all total nonsense

Then I ask God: Listen, my friend

If it was to undo, why did you make it?



But there is nothing, no

I have my guitar

 

[nwhoopfan]

I posted something with her earlier, but it was part of a big collaborative effort. She has a bunch of stuff on you tube. It appears she plays almost every instrument known to man. She's also multi-lingual. She sings in English, Russian (her native language) and various other Slavic languages. Comments on YT indicate she is spot on w/ her pronunciations in various languages. She does a lot of covers of songs from video games.

 

[nwhoopfan]

 

[Scud49]

Beausoleil - great catchy Cajun French tune:

 

[nwhoopfan]

It's kinda crazy how some stuff that is totally obscure in the U.S. is definitely NOT obscure globally. I'd never heard of this band til about a month ago. This video has nearly 77 million views. Obviously somebody knows about them.





As a side note, the hurdy gurdy has to be one of the strangest, but coolest instruments ever invented.

 

[Bigboote]

Here's another in (continental) Portuguese for Sifaka. Christina Branco started out as a fado singer; she's since branched out into different styles, but she sure did master fado:

 

[Sifaka]

A favorite for over half a century (Yup, gettin old!). Based on a superb poem by Antonio Machado. In Proverbios y Cantares.

Caminante no hay Camino

Caminante, son tus huellas
el camino y nada más;
Caminante, no hay camino,
se hace camino al andar.
Al andar se hace el camino,
y al volver la vista atrás
se ve la senda que nunca
se ha de volver a pisar.
Caminante no hay camino
sino estelas en la mar.​

 

[Bigboote]

I love the Ailyn-era Sirenia -- she sang in English, Spanish, and, here, in Norwegian:

 

[nwhoopfan]

I was way late to the party, but Pandora has led me to dozens of bands I never would've known about otherwise (You Tube is good for that too).

 

[Bigboote]

For good measure, let's have some Turkish, too:

 

[nwhoopfan]

I love the Ailyn-era Sirenia

And I thought Nightwish went thru a lot of lead vocalists. If I counted right, Sirenia is on their fifth. Yeah, it's definitely Ailyn for me. The Path to Decay is by far my favorite song from the band.

 

[Bigboote]

Last one tonight, I promise. This is Yusef Lateef, no idea what language. He was a pioneer of what we now call world music; he incorporated a lot of modes and instruments from Africa and Asia.

 

[Bama fan]

I posted something with her earlier, but it was part of a big collaborative effort. She has a bunch of stuff on you tube. It appears she plays almost every instrument known to man. She's also multi-lingual. She sings in English, Russian (her native language) and various other Slavic languages. Comments on YT indicate she is spot on w/ her pronunciations in various languages. She does a lot of covers of songs from video games.

This is said to be a Croatian folk song. Wonder if she is on Nika's playlist?

 

[Bigboote]

And I thought Nightwish went thru a lot of lead vocalists. If I counted right, Sirenia is on their fifth. Yeah, it's definitely Ailyn for me. The Path to Decay is by far my favorite song from the band.

Seven Widows Weep for me.

 

[lne001]

Has Africa been represented yet? Edit -Yes it has.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Bayside Boys version

Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)

Music video by Los Del Rio performing Macarena. (C) 1996 Serdisco

www.youtube.com

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[nwhoopfan]

Almost all of Lacuna Coil's songs are in English, but they have a few in Italian.

 

[SVCBeercats]

 

[SVCBeercats]