Do you listen to music you don't understand?

[buddahboi691990]

Lately, i've been listening to samba, spanish jazz, and shakira(lol). Even though i don't understand it, i like the rhythms and overall the way it sounds.

I know that a few people listen to jPop etc. so who9 else listens to music where they don't know what the fuck they are singing about?

[LuckyCharms]

i hear japanese pop (not anymore because when you understand it, its gay) i cant find J-rock, everyone says its good i wann hear it :ahhh:
wheres teh japman!

[aronax0195]

Some viking metal I listen to has lyrics in another language, so yeah.

[temp100]

Sometimes I wish I couldn't understand some power metal lyrics :lol: .

But seriously, I was listening to some Indian classical the other day, I once learnt all the words from La Bamba by ear without having the slightest clue what they meant, and of course there's Mars Volta as well as opera.

I have no qualms listening to anything which isn't in English - especially when German lyrics are useful for making evil sounding music.

And I am very keen on listening to more French music, so I can enjoy it while learning even more French. My French teacher once showed us some music from Morocco (French speaking country in Africa) and it was quite pleasant.

[KEALYBOY]

Given the title of this thread, I thought you meant music beyond one's intellectual capabilities. Seeing as you meant language, I listen to avant garde bands such as Can where it's extremely difficult to understand what's being said anyway, 'Kraut' bands that sing in German, choral music sung in Latin, a few French rappers and some African folk music.

[Enjoi]

I listen to music that I can't tell what they're saying, but not music in other languages.

[Mount_Happy]

Rammstein seems to be the only band that really comes to mind... also some Santana.

[temp100]

Rammstein seems to be the only band that really comes to mind... also some Santana.
Oh yeah, I forgot about Santana.

[Stupified]

That relates to a great number of bands I listen to.

[Bidwell]

I own the O-Zone cd. (numa numa.)
I went a little overboard with the online shopping and bought about 7 kpop cds of which I've probably only listened to an eighth of their total length.
Josh Groban sings in a few different languages, and he's awesome.

I'm pretty interested in music from other cultures. I'm looking to have a pretty extensive collection someday. And music in another language can give a completely different experience than music you understand. I like not having to concentrate on the words and just listening to the feel of the song.

[HappyKillmore]

Hell there is some music that I listen to in English and can't understand. Take Cradle of Filth for intense. Half the time I have no clue what the are saying. There are some others, but I like to keep them a secret.

[Kellenator]

ADX sings in French.
Windir sings in Saognamaol, a dialect of Norwegian.
Therion sings in whatever this is: "Fader Ymer drack fran urkon
En strom av mjolk som gav oss liv" :help:

Given the title of this thread, I thought you meant music beyond one's intellectual capabilities.
That's what I thought as well.

[Stupified]

Therion sings in everything. Even latin at times.

I'm pretty sure that's Swedish, though.

[Kellenator]

Therion sings in everything. Even latin at times.

I'm pretty sure that's Swedish, though.
Ah, thanks. I remembered hearing that they sung in Latin, but I looked at that and thought "that is not Latin".

[reggie jax]

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto's album is in some other language.. not sure what the hell it is, sounds like French to me.

Plus I tune out rock lyrics half the time.

[wrathchild]

Most of the stuff I listen to, I can understand. But there are quite a lot of bands that I don't understand (mostly death metal like Cryptopsy, Nile, Mithras, Necrophagist etc.) Not being able to understand the lyrics doesn't hurt the song in any way.

[ThePope#15]

Rammstein seems to be the only band that really comes to mind... also some Santana.

Yeah I listen to Rammstein, I don't know what the fuck they're (trying to) sing about. Still good though.

[OLIAX]

rammstein and some japanese techno

[lemondrop]

ya getz/gilberto is in brazilian portuguese. it does kinda sound like a mixed breed btw french and spanish... i like all of that stuff, samba and bossa nova - actually makes me wanna learn the language.

[Dodgerdog]

Urban Trad from Belgium are singing in a fictive language.

[Baneofevil3]

I listen to Icelandic music, like Sigur Rós and Múm.

[MiKe]

If the music is good, I'll listen to it even if I don't understand it.

[zShawtySX3]

Subliminal (jewish rapper) and I'm sure there's another artist, but its slipped my mind :confused:

[ypsidan04]

Therion, but that's about it

[Kellenator]

Forgot about Skyforger... they sing in Latvian.

[5.9_sniper]

the mars volta sang in spanish on some of there new album, and the singing on their other one was still hard to understand

[/Tilt/]

The Germans make damn good music.

[esruC]

Rammstien and Dschingis Khan.

So, yeah.

[kududoodoop]

balzac, japanese punk rock.

[No0n3]

Sigur Rós, and generally songs which could be english, but I just can't understand.

[islamabub]

Lately, i've been listening to samba, spanish jazz, and shakira(lol). Even though i don't understand it, i like the rhythms and overall the way it sounds.

I know that a few people listen to jPop etc. so who9 else listens to music where they don't know what the fuck they are singing about?


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[Deamatix]

Of course. Everyone knows some orchestral or opera that they like but never learn the words to.

[strikeandburn]

The only band i can think of that i listen too that i can't understand would be Rammstein.

[BraineateR]

I guess some of the songs of Dimmu Borgir are pretty hard to understand,
Rammstein isnt so hard for me because german has some simularities with dutch.

[el_real_madrazo]

i usually listen to manu chao, he sings in spanish, english, french, poroguesse and arabic, i highly recommend it. theres to cds that i suggest hearing, one is "proxima estacion" it has a carribean feel to it, i guess its perfect to listen to while stoned and 'clandestino' has more rural mexican vilalge feel to it, both are awesome, i would listen to clandestino on a scorching hot summer day and proxima estacion when i go to the beach. its awesome music, i highly recommend it.