99 Luftballoons - Nena https://open.spotify.com/track/2IJftBfq7pJ43tfnOR0RB3?si=Tj9rOKguQkOmpb3jJM27uw
“99 Red Balloons”'es Nena officially outs herself as QAnon, “Reichsbürger”
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I was just gonna say this. I’m learning German and it felt cool being anle to losten to it in the original
Prisencolinensinainciusol by Adriano Celentano
A language that no one can understand.
Snow - Informer
(reluctant upvote)
Manu Chao - clandestino
That whole album is amazing.
So many. I like music and I like languages so when there are lyrics there’s a good chance it’s not English.
- Dead can dance - The Host of Seraphim - moody female vocals with backing instruments and synth that resembles religious sad hymns (not even in a real language)
- 王菲 Faye Wong《四月雪 April Snow - melancholy mandarin pop from 2003
- Hocico - Ecos - Mexican electro-industrial on the aggressive side
- Juno Reactor - Conquistador (part 1 and 2) - technically 2 songs, in Latin, Spanish and I think Xhosa. Same person who did the music from the matrix, these are sort of a musical interpretation of South American history
- Sepultura - Ratamahatta - Brazilian metal
- All about Lily Chou-Chou OST - Arabesque(アラベスク) - fictional band with female vocals, beautiful melancholy song in Okinawan
- Fly, Fly My Sadness - The Bulgarian Voices Angelite with Huun-Huur-Tu and Moscow Art Trio - Mongolian throat singers (if you’ve never heard this technique, it’s incredible and unlike anything else, this song isn’t the best example though, search for huun huur tu videos) and an ethereal Bulgarian choir.
- The Mirror Conspiracy ft. LouLou - Le Monde - French lyrics, chillout downtempo electronic
- Björk - Úm Akkeri - Icelandic version of her song The Anchor Song
- Yothu Yindi - Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming) - a classic 1989 Australian song in Yolŋu and English. Not my favourite but I wanted to have the continent represented here.
- Thievery Corporation - Satyam Shivam Sundaram - another downtempo chillour from the same group, this time in Hindi
- Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun - too catchy not to mention, Punjabi pop, hilariously cheesy video clip
There are so many more. I didn’t even touch Caribbean patois or Arabic or Polynesian languages etc. I’m very big on global music though, especially with a strong beat and lyrical themes on anti-colonialism…
Off the top of my head,
Psy - Gangnam Style
Rammstein - entire catalog
The Hu - most of their stuff
Also right now by psy.
And most of madkid and chihara minoris music
I like Mother Father Gentleman too by PSY.
That That with Psy and Suga frequently gets stuck in my head
Numa Numa Yay, Numa Numa Yay, Numa Numa Numa Yay!
Bella Ciao
I got really into German punk a few years ago. Some of my favorites.
Die Ärzte Schrei nach Liebe
Wizo Raum Der Zeit
Die Toten Hosen Hier kommt Alex
Die Ärtze are cool. I like many of their songs, but I DO speak (some) German so I couldn’t list it here.
My German is limited to what I remember from taking high school German nearly 30 years ago (basically cursing and asking how much the calculator costs), so I figured it was safe for me to post them.
I suppose OP isn’t going to know if we play down our language skills a bit!
Escapado is very underrated.
Tunak Tunak Tun will forever be a banger.
I still get it stuck in my head every once in a while – certified ear worm.
Anything by Sigur Ros.
Seconded
Kind of a joke but the song is catchy.
The guy is a Norwegian comedian I think & he bet his friends that he could get a dumb song into the Billboard top 10 or something. I believe he succeeded in a few European countries.
The song is absolutely ridiculous considering he doesn’t speak Spanish, but it’s just a funny story.
All of Warduna and Heilung. Don’t understand a single word but love the music.
Yes!! I absolutely adore all of their stuff! Heilung has been on repeat the past few years.
Stromae - Papaoutai (I found out it existed because Pentatonix did a cover of it)
That guy’s also got some other interesting songs, with quite a bit of social commentary: carmen, Fils de joie, tous les mêmes, Santé
I suppose it’s time to learn French
J’apprends la français depuis trois ans. (Mais pas a cause de la chanson.)
I also really like Alors on Danse from Stromae
That’s where I first heard him. I was expecting to find more techno/club music after this one but nope…I was interestingly surprised.
Yeah I like he doesn’t bite his tongue on his choices.
Nier Replicant & Nier Automata soundtracks
All in chaos language (a.k.a. pure gibberish).
yes, I am obsessed with songs with non-language lyrics! I know of four sources (including Nier) that does it and I just love it
Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisencolinensinainciusol:
Both the name of the song and its lyrics are gibberish but are intended to sound like English in an American accent.
Celentano’s intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers. The intent was to demonstrate how English sounds to people who do not understand the language proficiently.
Is Cult of the Lamb soundtrack in that list?
I haven’t, actually! looks like I’ll need to give it a listen
do you like fingerbang
