Does anyone like to listen to foreign music?

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Even if they can't understand it. I like Russian, Chinese, Japanese, etc etc folk. Russian folk with the accordion, the melancholy feeling, and the white singing, as they sometimes call it.

Like this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4aHxV_dnDs[/youtube]

Does anyone else like folk music or any other kind of genre that is unique to a certain part of the world?

Crap loads,. what about Magma who use a made up language? Never been big into lyrics anyway so not understanding them does not bother me. In fact as I stumbled on this post I was, and still am listening to this little Italian avant-prog/folk number.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awT26T1IOhc[/youtube]

What about Welsh language folk. I can't understand a word of this but still an emotionally moving piece of music.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVZ1OMXfXpE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwDYcyqn7DY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
manha de carnaval from "orpheu negro" [1959] the actor/soccer star breno mello is being dubbed by singer agostinho dos santos [RIP].

there's some great music coming out of sweden right now, especially folk (if you're into that)--much of it is in english, too. (is there anyone left in scandinavia who doesn't speak english these days? )

for example:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIjbuVvAX9Q[/youtube]

and:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qh-CylMRHg[/youtube]

and:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WHTAQ3Hla4[/youtube]

Yes. Bossa nova, Cesaria Evora, and European opera. I don't have much interest in or exposure to modern foreign music, though.

Actually the kind of folk I liked was more centered around the traditional style. A few years ago I used to listen to Garmarna, but I don't listen to them as often, they did a lot of "modern" interpretations of traditional Scandinavian songs. By modern I probably mean an improv on the melody using folk instruments.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F8PYeDrdIk[/youtube]


To be honest I was more into Finland, but when it comes down to it, I've really set my sites on east asian music more and more, but I like early european music too like the cantigas de santa maria or the codex buranus



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeVYO-2wDK0[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPDCsi1mbhE[/youtube]

Thanks for the music, when it comes down to it I don't listen to that much Welsh folk, but I have a few songs I think when I found a giant collection on youtube and proceeded to find the songs that made it up on the internet individually... but when it comes to songs from the British Isles, I really liked this one, even though it sounds a little cheesy and reminds me vaguely of titanic in the intro (I don't like that move very much btw)


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCgZThPiEw[/youtube]

I must admit I consider the breakup of Yugoslavia a little bit of a tragedy and the Serbian wars were really messed up, but I have a guilty please, Chetnik music... ever since I heard the song for remove kebab... yea I actually liked it... so...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1cp-wBSz0E[/youtube]

Yes. I don't have negative reactions to the lyrics when I can't understand the words.

This one actually has nice lyrics, though:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw2sGN798Mc[/youtube]

I don't know if I would like this song as much in English, or if it wasn't the ending theme for my favorite show.

I also like Calle 13, but I feel fairly sure that I wouldn't if I understood their lyrics. I don't listen to much folk music, but I love the movie Latcho Drom, which is all folk music of the Roma people.

I love foreign music, particularly Arabiic, Latino, Jewish and South Asian.

I can only partially relate to this I think. Most of the foreign music I have is still in english lol, like the stuff starvingartist posted (<--actually pretty much the same bands/artists even lol), but the only exception to that would be Sigur Ros/Jonsi from Iceland. Some of his music is in english as well, but much of it is in Icelandic and I still love it because the music itself is so beautiful (and often the videos are as well). Here are a couple from them:



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4kH_C96vjk[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBkyp6_43C8[/youtube]

Actually I have an album that has some cool music sung in bengali, but I can't find youtube videos for my fav's on it. Here is a link to my favourite song on the album though, in mp3 form: here

Being limited to one country and language is kinda boring, don't you think? I'll try anything once.

I listen to lots of foreign music. I like Swedish/Dutch techno music, and I am also a big fan of Latin music: Salsa, Tropical, Afro-Cuban etc.....

I also like Bollywood type music too........is there anyone else here who does??

My favorite band is British and some of their songs are in english, but my favorite ones by them are in french.

i also like to listen to national anthems.

also i'm listening to this right now. it's in hebrew and i just discovered it, but i really like them.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-5ODXbNXAQ[/youtube]

You mean like this?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MykxotWwMlk[/youtube]

I have to be in the mood, and it makes me cry...and I don't know why...