For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.
I’ve been a fan of Rammstein for many years. I know the gist of what each song means and know a few words of German. But I can’t translate word for word.
Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone, though I think I heard it on NicoNico Douga before it became known as the NumaNuma Song.
A banger!
Prisencolinensinainciusol! That song rocks.
All right!
Agreed!!
Does it count if nobody knows the words?
Of course!!
I dunno, sounds like english to me.
Came here to say this. If you haven’t heard this remix yet do check it out!
Kind of a weird one, but the beginning theme to the original Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex has stuck with me.
The song is called “Inner Universe,” but the lyrics are Russian.
Mayeeaheeeeee mayeeeaaahhooooo mayeeeeaaaa ha ha!
Dragostei din tei(sp) or so, by Romanians O-Zone?
Wolf Totem by the Hu. In fact, their entire discography. The heavier stuff is great at the gym
My first introduction to them was Yuve Yuve Yu, also a banger.
I got a little hyper fixated on throat singing one week and they popped into my feed. Bike rides and road trips have never been the same.
Most anime OP’s I like I have no idea what they’re saying and that’s probably for the best.
Anything from the hu
That is some seriously addictive stuff. Good call.
Leek spin https://youtu.be/GCO62VNm67k
Which is actually the Finnish song “Ievan polkka” and not just scatting/jibberish as I always naively used to think
Except, it is mostly scat/jibberish! Just in Finnish! Most of the song is nonsense lyrics.
Except it is just scatting. The leekspin version and the Miku version of the song is just the scatting parts of the Loituma arrangement. The full Loituma version, Korpiklaani version or one of the many recorded versions from Finnish folk singers have the actual lyrics. They do actually include a scatted part, usually after every verse, but Loituma atleast extended it for a full verse of scatting, which the Miku version made into a full song.
For the record, the lyrics are about the main character of the song dancing polka with the girl he loves (Ieva), whose “proper” and religious parents don’t approve of the mc or dancing in general. So after they dance and go home, the mom of Ieva catches them and makes Ieva cry, the mc threatens the mom to leave them alone and professes his love for Ieva. Then they go on to dance more polka. It’s great.
Ironically, most pop is in English, whereas most pop listeners are not English speakers.
I non-ironically quite like the leek spin song (Ievan Polkka).
Einstürzende Neubauten: Nagorny Karabach https://youtu.be/hd-6WweqD0Y
(With subtitles in English)
Polish cow song. The melody itself is from another song, “How long - Lipps, inc” apparently. But both songs do well with that beat.
I don’t speak French and the soundtrack of the game Clair obscur expedition 33 is all in French and I can’t stop listening to it. So I have no idea about the lyrics but it sounds so pleasant to the ears.
中西 圭三 - Woman
Nakanishi Keizō - Woman
(Japanese; my Japanese only good enough to catch a few snippets)
One I came to love because the guy in the room next to me when I lived in Japan kept playing it over and over until I did. Also featured in my first (and last!) attempt at doing karaoke in front of Japanese people.
https://youtu.be/xYe0d9QFLIAВремя и Стекло - Тролль
Vremya i Steklo - Troll
(Russian)
The Ukrainian crunk equivalent of “No Scrubs”? (IIRC read an article explaining how the song is about terrible men hitting on her)
https://youtu.be/q--5Ht49vNYAnders Nelsson - 鬼新娘
Anders Nelsson - Ghost Bride Song
(Cantonese)
From the soundtrack of 殭屍先生 (Mr Vampire, 1985), Hong Kong horror-comedy about the hopping dead.
https://youtu.be/q9DHRNREzlkTabou Combo - Konpa Mania
(Haitian Creole & English; I only know a few words in Creole)
A konpa track I think sampled by Wyclef Jean. https://youtu.be/McUmXoB_9yw
