I like to listen to music that has a great feel to it and in languages I do not speak or understand. That way I can enjoy it without the burden of terrible lyrics. ☺️
I have a few that I listen to a lot:
Amatz by Shanti Dope - Filipino rap
Mundian To Bach Ke by Punjabi MC - upbeat Bollywood style
Life on Mars by Seu Jorge - just him and a guitar
Update: I have created a Spotify playlist with the songs so far. I will continue to update the list as new songs get added. If you find your song on the list but meant a different version please DM me a link to the one you want. Enjoy!
Anda inn by Ouse Idk what it means but by god is it catchy
I got this one. Just fun vibes. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg3-zq0s5kw&desc_update=1
Otherwise some Anri songs like
Remember Summer Days
And similar City Pop (i think that’s the genre)
Судно (Борис Рыжий) - by Molchat Doma
Basically anything by Ado. This one’s probably my favorite.
Wardruna - Helvegen (and the Kalandra cover) Bendik - Stille (all of the old albums before the style pivot are amazing)
Those are immediately on my mind and needed to share them in case someone else might enjoy! There is a lot more, those just popped right up without even thinking
Edit: Ekkolodd - Perler too, Asgeir - Heimförin!
These four songs are a solid intro to the bands if anyone’s interested!
Edit2: Well fuck me, I did mention Kalandra, but the absolute best from them in my opinion happens to be in Norwegian (I think?): Kalandra - Virkelighetens Etterklang!
Tldr:
Wardruna - Helvegen
Kalandra - Helvegen (cover of above)
Bendik - Stille
Ekkolodd - Perler
Asgeir - Heimförin
Kalandra - Virkelighetens Etterklang
New World, by L’ArcenCiel
if anyone here likes goth music, i highly recommend:
- she past away, most of their discography tbh (turkish)
- lebanon hanover (german, some of it)
- στο σκοτάδι (sto skotadi) by selofan (greek)
- nasha by aurat (urdu)
- reflejos by vacíos cuerpos (spanish)
- fantasmas by twin tribes (spanish)
- à contrecœur by hante. (french)
Good news everyone!
And if you don’t speak English, let me know what you think:
Seu Jorge’s full album of Bowie covers is so epic. Love it, and really adds to the Life Aquatic
Cafe Tacvba - Hola Adiós
Dude! I love mundian to bach ke!
But most of my “foreign” language music pleasures are less identifiable.
Like, there’s a lot of zydeco that’s in French that I love, but it’s hard to find recordings of any kind, much less digital options.
And I can essentially endlessly listen to what’s called throat singing, but have no idea what titles would be to recommend. Almost all that I have is Mongolian or tuvan, and didn’t come from a CD.
“Baba Yetu” - we learned it for the choir. Luckily, i found a translation, so we now know that we are not ordering fridges or something. Look for “baba yetu stellenbosch” for a nice version.
I love their version. Also Maytree.
NAIMONONEDARI (not sure how much this counts. I took Japanese in high school but can’t maintain a conversation to save my life.)
Песенка (also grey area for me, I took Russian in uni but I’m far from conversational with it.)
edit: forgot to include Spanish
