Question of the Week
Ok, back from Tahoe and the family has departed back to Chicago and North Carolina. As I work through a backlog of other posts, I’ll start off with a question of the week:
Q: Do you have any foreign language songs you like to listen to? If so, what are some examples?
I often listened to Hindi Bollywood songs while growing up and visiting India, and some were quite catchy despite me not understanding what they were saying. But here’s one that my good friend Chris pointed me to as we shared ideas of fun, upbeat songs.
Yelle – Ce Jeu
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Anyone understand French? I don’t. Come to think of it, this is probably the only French song I’ve ever had in my collection. I’m not sure if this is characteristic of most French music or whether its because I have not heard a lot of French, but the seemingly precise enunciation of the words in Ce Jeu is rather appealing to me.
erin Said,
June 21, 2009 @ 11:32 pm
I really like the Triplets of Belleville soundtrack. Cabaret Hoover is my fav, but there are no words in that. Belleville Rendevous is fun too. M is good for that sexy frenchie sounding music.
Other than Sigur Ros, Mum is a chill ambient Icelandic band.
My fav German band is Einstürzende Neubauten and fav song by them is “Nnnaaammm”.
Donny Said,
June 22, 2009 @ 6:10 am
I mean, almost half of the stuff I listen to now is Bengali or Hindi.
But nothing will ever beat:
Fokofpolisiekar – Fokofpolisiekar
best Afrikaans punk emo rock band in South Africa
Greg Said,
June 23, 2009 @ 7:42 am
“best Afrikaans punk emo rock band in South Africa”
Seriously? Are there lots of Afrikaans punk emo rock bands? I feel like that might be similar to saying “best country rap fusion by a male singer from Poland” (this probably doesn’t exist).