Do you listen to songs in another language?

I love anime songs too. Sometimes I sing along with it, because they also have subtitles. hehe. But I could never place anime soundtracks with their corresponding shows whenever I hear them alone (without watching the show). It would always leave me wondering what show it is related. hehe. Maybe it is because I concentrate more on the anime and it's story rather than the songs. But the songs are catchy too.

Whenever I go to an anime store at malls in our place, I'd often hear some of that and try to guess from what anime show I heard it from. Sometimes, I tend to forget but later on realize when I'm no longer at that store I play most of them in Windows Media Player wherein I could also view the lyrics while the songs is playing which helps whenever I want to sing along

I never have these tracks to play in Windows Media Player. My ex does. He downloads these tracks so he could listen to it whenever he wants to. hehe. I find it weird because I could never remember these songs, their titles, and shows associated, and I just wonder how he could download it without such information. hehe.

My sister too doesn't like it when songs she likes are translated into another language. It is quite usual here in the Philippines to air Korean shows that are dubbed in Filipino. The sountrack of the shows are naturally in Korean, so before it is being aired here they translate the songs into Filipino or English, then use it as a soundtrack. My sister says that the lyrics are so corny, and that there's nothing wrong in using the original soundtrack.

It's true what your sister says, my friend. Translation takes something away from the original lyrics.

Yes, I agree. Sometimes they don't mean the same anymore. Sometimes it seems as if they just forced the lyrics to fit the number of syllables in a line.

I agree. My favourite songs are very lyrics-centred. When combined with beautiful melodies, that is what makes them special. But i can still listen to a song with words I don't understand and enjoy it; mind you, it has to be really good! For example, I like some Classical music, which is sung in say, German, but my favourite Classical songs are in English or French, as in folks such as Vaugham Williams and Debussy, and I understand what they are singing. Most of the Pop I listen to is in English; but I really adore Bossa Nova (such as Jobim) sung in Portuguese, in fact prefer it to the translated versions. It just sounds right in Portuguese.

For me, it's the other way around. Though it's much easier to sing the song if we can understand the lyrics, I think we could appreciate the music more if don't understand the words, because we'll try hard to listen. We'll hear all the instruments, the rhythm, the melody, the things that usually takes the back seat.

So, you haven't tried listening to songs in languages you can't understand?

That's pretty understandable. It used to drive me crazy when I can't understand a song. I just realized recently that what drives me crazy was the fact that the song gets stuck in my mind and I can't sing it. It was then I realized that I can appreciate music even if I don't understand the lyrics.

I hope you'll enjoy it.

You make a point there. I might have to try and listen to some music in another language sometime soon.

nope, not yet.. i'm no sure if any of his album is available to my country though... i'll try to check because i'm also looking for calming music and something to use also when i'm walking... some other world to escape to..

Have you listened to any work by Adiemus (Karl Jenkins is the name of the composer, Adiemus is the name of the project). It's big and orchestral and has loads of influences from world music. I think one of their songs is in latin, a lot of them have nonsense words that are simply meant to capture the culture the music (that particular peice) is derived from.

It's great that this discussion got interested in listening to foreign music. Goodluck to you. I hope you'll enjoy listening to them.

Wow, that's a lot. Where do you find these music?

I see. But it's difficult to search for something you have no idea of. I only search songs from Limewire which I have the title and/or the artist at the very least.

Limewire. All over the net, I employ a trial and error scheme to expand my musical horizons. ;p

I beg to disagree. The F4 are Taiwanese. And since Taiwan was once a part of China before the chinese civil war, and is now called the Republic of China, their language is still chinese. So F4 music is chinese.

Yes, you're right. Operas are more moving when they're sung in Italian. Even if I can't understand Italian or French, it is still easy to understand the mood of the song because you can feel it.

Hello williamjisir. It is difficult to learn a song in a different languange. What I usually do is sing whatever word comes to my mind.Sometimes, they're not even a word. Just enjoy singing to your favorite songs, even if the lyrics aren't right.

That's understandable. Name a good ethiopian artist, I'll try to check it sometime.

The only African song I've heard (I think it's African) is the one sang in the movie Mighty Joe Young. I really like that song, but I can't download it because I don't even know the title, and I'm not even sure if it's African. Happy listening to you too.

There really are genres that would bug us. I haven't known of a single person who listen to all kinds of music. I'm almost there, except that I really hate rock metal, or metallic rock (I don't know what they call it). It always gives me a major headache listening to it. But aside from this genre, I listen to everything else. From pop to alternative, to opera and instrumentals. I'm good.

Hehe. Sometimes without even knowing if you're singing the correct lyrics. hehe. I do this too.