Music that you love, that isn't in english....

[McG]

runrig who sing some of their songs in gaelic.

[ResAlien]

[KTrain]

1/2 and 1/2

Punjabi MC and Jay Z

[puckluck]

[#22]

Rammstein

[GirlySports]

New SNSD!

*dance dance dance dance*

[Nuje]

These guys played at my cousin's wedding last year in Poland. Incredible time. Very talented. Skip to about 2:30 unless you speak Polish or feel like listening for some other reason.
Something from languages I don't understand at all

This song is an easy one to get stuck in your head.

[Mass_nerder]

Smart Cops from Italy

[QuadCityImages]

I was going to do something from Alizee, but I just feel guilty even watching her earlier videos...

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Nuje

Something from languages I don't understand at all

This song is an easy one to get stuck in your head.

Kent actually made some of their songs in English too, including that one.

They have a great sound and are huge in Sweden and pretty big in Finland. (Don't know about other places, I think that's about it.)

The lyrics lose some cool undertones in translation, but it's still good stuff.





And as a bonus, here's their biggest earworm in my experience

[macker]

Cedric Watson!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TfaejlIDpQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuvDf3TEYk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVvS7jgstew English.....

[northcrunk]

Bups Saggu - One of my favorite newish punjabi producers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njqnPHdhy0s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-84l_wNm4aI

[kenk-la]

Someone mentioned Karkwa, which is an awesome group, so I'll mention these two instead:


Yelle is fantastic, fun, and incredibly catchy.


I also thoroughly enjoy Coeur de pirate.

[Displaced Flames fan]

I know that Sigur Ros isn't at all obscure, and I only learned of them from the good folks here, but if I'm contributing to this thread it will be Glosoli by Sigur Ros. Without a doubt my favorite non-english song, and maybe my favorite song period. When coupled with the visuals of the video....

I'm also a big fan of the Swedish group Logh, but the overwhelming majority of their lyrics are English.

[Muffins]

I find the lack of Romanian dance music in this thread disturbing.

[Nuje]

Originally Posted by Itse

Kent actually made some of their songs in English too, including that one.

They have a great sound and are huge in Sweden and pretty big in Finland. (Don't know about other places, I think that's about it.)

The lyrics lose some cool undertones in translation, but it's still good stuff.

*snnip* (was taking long to load on my own computer

And as a bonus, here's their biggest earworm in my experience
moresnippity

I knew they did that song in English, I just enjoy the way it sounds in Swedish more-so. Haven't listened to them forever though.

[Itse]

Yeah they just sound better in Swedish. I understand Swedish somewhat, but since Swedish can be quite direcly translated into English (unlike Finnish), it's easier for me to listen to them in English if I want to understand what they are saying (as in when a song is new).

[drhu22]

Baka Beyond - Spirit of the Forest
Im not hardcore into world music but this has been a favorite for years.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baka_Beyond

[drhu22]

Its hard to pick songs from this record.
Urubamba is also brilliant...

[Buzzard]

Anything Mexican works for me.