Educate me...post any good non-english(foreign) song or tune.

[dixiegrrrrl]

I just learned today that this guy is Italy's best-selling male singer.
After listening to few cuts, I find I like him.

[nolabear]

1. Seu Jorge

He became famous in America for the soundtrack for The Life Aquatic, in which he did wonderful, wonderful Bowie covers. But he's wonderful otherwise too. Here's one of those covers. (I suppose it's foreign by being first English and then Portuguese)

[intaglio]

2. Rammstein

&feature=share&list=TLxyu_Q3VthqA

[cyberswede]

49. seconded

[Major Nikon]

3. Bamse saga

[riderinthestorm]

4. Why this Kolaveri DI... a huge hit a few years ago.

As I understand it Kolaveri Di means "rage"....

[MrScorpio]

5. Fleur Earth - Am Boden

[Rowdyboy]

6. Con te partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) sends chills through me....

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=con+te+partiro&FORM=HDRSC3#view=detail&mid=23DB70A25193D7F94D0723DB70A25193D7F94D07

[Xipe Totec]

20. Beautiful! nt

[graywarrior]

7. I like this girl

[Demo_Chris]

31. Wow! What a gift. nt

[rug]

8. Encore une fois

Encore une fois

J'ai jamais vu d'amour fragile
J'ai toujours donné tout
toute seule au bout de moi, j'tenvoies ces quelques mots...

Moi je suis celle qui s'est perdue, contre ta peau
Quand on s'cachait pres des bateaux,
Pour mettre nos corps a nu

Un jour y'a comme ca des gens qui passent
C'est la vie qui grandit
On s'comprend pas toujours soi-meme
Et un jour on aime

(chorus)
Oh non non non
On s'oublie pas comme ca
Tu ne sais pas
Mais j'garde en moi des bouts de toi
Oh non non non
On oublie pas tout ca
C'est notre histoire d'amour
J'aimerai la vivre encore une fois

Et face aux vagues de l'ocean
Tu m'as tendu la main
Pour m'emmener doucement
Jusqu'au premier matin

J'avancais toujours vers toi
Comme une etoile qui danse
Et le ciel a mis ses ailes
Pour me voler mon innocence

Un jour y'a comme ca des gens qui passent
C'est la vie qui grandit
On s'comprend pas toujours soi-meme
Et un jour on aime

chorus x1

Un jour y'a comme ca des gens qui passent
Des regards qu'on garde en soi
On s'comprend pas toujours soi-meme
Et un jour, on aime

chorus x1


English

Once again

I've never see fragile love
I've always give all
all alone by myself, I send you these few words ...

I, I'm the lost one, along your skin
When we were hidden near the boats,
To get our bodies naked

One day there's like that people passing
It's life growing
We don't understand ourself every time
And one day we love

(chorus)
Oh no no no
We don't forget us just like that
You don't know
But I keep in me some pieces of you
Oh no no no
We don't forget all of that
It's our love story
I'd like to live it once again

And against the waves of the see
You gave me your hand
To bring me nicely
Until the break of dawn

I always walked to you
Like a star in a dance
And the sky put its wings
To steal my innoncence

One day there's like that people passing
It's life growing
We don't understand ourself every time
And one day we love

chorus x1

One day there's like that people passing
It's life growing
We don't understand ourself every time
And one day we love

[Xipe Totec]

22. Nice and sweet. Thanks! nt

[jakeXT]

9. I always think of people like Ramazotti when it's about music and Celentano more of as an actor

&list=PL2B8AC60DC6577D87

[Call Me Wesley]

10. Sure (also from the same time:)

[Ron Obvious]

11. Gute Nacht, Freunde

I've always liked this wistful little ballad by Reinhard Mey.

Good night, friends. It's time for me to go...

[johnp3907]

12. Milton Nascimento

Anima

[Xipe Totec]

13. Lara Fabian - Perdere l'amore

[Xipe Totec]

14. Öykü & Berk - Flamenco sung in Turkish

[Xipe Totec]

15. Hooshere - Yeraz (Armenian)

[Xipe Totec]

16. Rosana- A fuego lento (Spanish)

[NYC_SKP]

17. From Iran:

Titled [font size=6]آهنگ جدید الناز شاکردوست[/font]

By the very beautiful Elnaz Shakerdoost.

[Xipe Totec]

21. I Love It! nt

[oregonjen]

18. From Japan: Kosetsu Minami's "Imouto-yo"

It's about a brother whose sister is getting married and how much he is going to miss her. Their parents died and it was just the two of them. Lovely song. Kosetsu Minami has been nicknamed John Denver of Japan.

[Xipe Totec]

19. Silbermond - Irgendwas bleibt (German)

[SecularMotion]

23. Leningrad

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

24. Some French ladies

The realist-style singer/actress known only as Frehel who pre-dated Edith Piaf.. The extraordinary voice of Mireille Mathieu. The earthy voice of Nicoletta. The uniquely sexy, seductive, and exuberant singer/dancer international mega-star Alysee.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

61. Great musical numbers from real old French films

From Coeur de Lilas, a colorful scene from this gritty depression-era film with screen idol Jean Gabin and also featuring singer-actress Frehel. A musical number of the incomparable Josephine Baker from the film Zouzou. An amusaing number from the 30s comedy Circonstances Attenuantes starring the great character actor Michel Simon.

[dixiegrrrrl]

25. All of these are marvelous!

I jsut sent the link to some folsk who I know will also appreciate this collection of music.

[laundry_queen]

26. Since 'good' is subjective

I'll post my favorite French (bilingual actually) song from my teen years - Hélène by Roch Voisine...oh how I loved Roch Voisine when I was 14.

Uploaded on Aug 28, 2011


Seul sur le sable
Les yeux dans l'eau
Mon rêve était trop beau
L'été qui s'achève, tu partiras
À cent mille lieues de moi

Comment oublier ton sourire
Et tellement de souvenirs

Nos jeux dans les vagues près du quai
Je n'ai vu le temps passer
L'amour sur la plage désertée
Nos corps brûlés, enlacés
Comment t'aimer si tu t'en vas
Dans ton pays loin là-bas

Hélène, things you do
Make me crazy 'bout you
Pourquoi tu pars, reste ici
J'ai tant besoin d'une amie
Hélène, things you do,
Make me crazy about you
Pourquoi tu pars si loin de moi
Là où le vent te porte
Loin de mon cœur qui bat...

Hélène, things you do,
Make me crazy 'bout you
Pourquoi tu pars, reste ici
Encore juste une nuit

Seul sur le sable
Les yeux dans l'eau,
Mon rêve était trop beau
L'été qui s'achève, tu partiras,
À cent mille lieues de moi
Comment t'aimer si tu t'en vas
Dans ton pays loin là-bas
Dans ton pays loin là-bas
Dans ton pays loin de moi

[bluesbassman]

27. A homegrown non-English tune...

[Behind the Aegis]

28. Dana International (Israeli, transgender)

&list=FLW00FiER_wxAm9Ym9Ty3ixw

(Hebrew)

LOVE BOY


Kubiot b'etzei shoko,
omer tzafat aval hu dei moroko
kol ha-yom b'cheder kosher
az lo tzarich livdok lo et ha-yosher

hu lo mishtamesh b'milim
hu m'daber im ha-yadayim
soref im ha-enayim
k'she-hu omer mitchilim
ha-lev sheli roked b'ma'galim

v'hu yashen b'mitati
v'hu ochel m'tzalachti
yesh li trick kavu'a
p'amayim b'shavua
yesh li love boy

hu lo ragish v'lo romanti
lo m'shaneh im hu b'ad o anti
hu lo tzarich harbeh lada'at
hu doctor shel k'vod b'eikh laga'at
ani lo tz'richa l'harshim
o lih'yot m'sha'asha'at
ki ani yoda'at
kshe-hu yagid mitchilim
ha-lev sheli yirkod b'ma'galim



LOVE BOY


Six-pack in a chocolate color
he says France but more likely Morocco
All day in the gym
then it's not necessary to check his honesty

he's not proficient in words
he speaks with his hands
he's burning with his eyes
when he says, "let's go"
my heart dances in circles

and he sleeps in my bed
and he eats from my plate
I have a permanent trick
twice a week
I have a love boy

he's not sensitive and not romantic
it doesn't make a difference if he's in favor or against
he doesn't need to know a lot
he's a doctor of honor in how to touch
I don't need to impress
or be entertaining
because I know
when he will tell me, "let's go"
my heart will dance in circles

[struggle4progress]

29. Barge-haulers on the Volga

[Gravitycollapse]

30. Viõrar Vel Til Loftárasa - Sigur Rós

[Demo_Chris]

32. X Japan -- Forever Love (from "Last Live" concert at the Tokyo Dome)

[Demo_Chris]

33. Brown Eyed Girls -- Abracadabra

[Demo_Chris]

34. Malice Mizer -- Regret live (breathtaking duet with Gackt and Kami, just watch it)

[sakabatou]

35. I could see that going into a Final Fantasy game.

Speaking of Final Fantasy and Gackt...

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Die Ärzte - Schrei nach Liebe

Schrei nach Liebe

Du bist wirklich saudumm.
Darum gehts dir gut.
Hass ist deine Attitüde
Ständig kocht dein Blut
Alles muss man dir erklären,
Weil du wirklich gar nichts weißt!
Höchstwahrscheinlich nicht einmal, was Attitüde heißt!

Deine Gewalt ist nur ein stummer Schrei nach Liebe.
Deine Springerstiefel sehnen sich nach Zärtlichkeit.
Du hast nie gelernt dich zu artikulieren.
Und deine Eltern hatten niemals für dich Zeit...
Ohohoh ARSCHLOCH!!!

Warum hast du Angst vorm Streicheln?
Was soll all der Terz?
Unterm Lorbeerkranz mit Eicheln,
Weiß ich schlägt dein Herz!
Und Romantik ist für dich
Nicht bloß graue Theorie...
Zwischen Störkraft und den Onkelz
Steht ne Kuschelrock LP...

Deine Gewalt ist nur ein stummer Schrei nach Liebe.
Deine Springerstiefel sehnen sich nach Zärtlichkeit.
Du hast nie gelernt dich zu artikulieren.
Und deine Eltern hatten niemals für dich Zeit!
Ohohoh ARSCHLOCH!!!

Weil du Probleme hast,
Die keinen interessieren.
Weil du Schiss vorm Schmusen hast,
Bist du ein Faschist!
Du musst deinen Selbsthass nich auf andere projezieren.
Damit keiner merkt was für ein lieber Kerl du bist.
Ohohoh...

Deine Gewalt ist nur ein stummer Schrei nach Liebe.
Deine Springerstiefel sehnen sich nach Zärtlichkeit.
Du hast nie gelernt dich artizukulieren.
Und deine Freundin die hat niemals für dich Zeit.
Ohohoh ARSCHLOCH, ARSCHLOCH, ARSCHLOCH!!!

Cry for love

You are really dumb,
which is why you're doing so well.
Hate is your attitude,
your blood boils constantly.
Everything needs to be explained to you
because you really don't know anything,
most likely not even what attitude means!

Your violence is only a silent cry for love,

your combat boots long for tenderness,
you have never learned to articulate yourself,
and your parents never had time for you ... ohhh... asshole!

Why do you have fear of caressing, what's the meaning of all this nonsense?
under the laurel wreath with acorns, I know your heart beats,
and romanticism is only grey theory for you,
between Störkraft and den Onkelz (nazi bands) is a Kuschelrock LP! (Cuddle rock, a soft rock compilation franchise)

Your violence is only a silent cry for love,
your combat boots long for tenderness,
you have never learned to articulate yourself,
and your parents never had time for you ... ohhh... asshole!

Because you have problems that interest nobody,
because you have fear of intimacy you are a fascist.
You don't have to project your self-hate on others,
so nobody notices what a lovely man you are ... ohhh...

Your violence is only a silent cry for love,
your combat boots long for tenderness,
you have never learned to articulate yourself,
and your girlfriend never has time for you ... ohhh.
Asshole, asshole, asshole!

[Heidi]

37. Here you go! "Tu Vuò Fa' L'Americano" by Renato Carosone!

And my favorite English version of the song:

[mgc1961]

38. 99 Luftballons/99 Red Balloons

I like this Nena song from, I think, 1983. Lyrics posted in English:

You and I, and a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone

Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, "Some thing's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by

Ninety-nine red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic lads, it's a red alert
There's something here from somewhere else

The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Ninety-nine red balloons go by

Ninety-nine Decision Street
Ninety-nine ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry

This is what we've waiting for
This is it boys, this is war
The President is on the line
As ninety-nine red balloons go by

Ninety-nine knights of the air
Riding super high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a super hero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk

With orders to identify, to clarify and classify
Scrambling in the summer sky
As ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine red balloons go by

Ninety-nine dreams I have had
Every one a red balloon
Now it's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city

If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

[MissHoneychurch]

39. I like this song by Adriana Celentano a lot

Susanna

[MissHoneychurch]

40. Paolo Conte - Le tue parole per me

[Dash87]

41. Psy - Gangnam Style

Just kidding. Scared you, didn't I?

[panader0]

42. 'El Rayo X'--a great tune by David Lindley

[yuiyoshida]

43. Kyary pamyu pamyu~ PonPonPon

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

44. Caruso by Lucio Dalla

I can't post links to it, but it's a beautiful song with a very haunting melody. The lyrics are also beautiful. Lucio Dalla was an Italian folk singer/songwriter from my hometown. He died a couple of years ago and was very private about his personal life. Yet, everyone pretty much knew he was homosexual.

Well before he became famous, he rented a small loft above my apartment building to write songs. After his lease ended, my dad rented the same space for his engineering drawings (at the time, they had to be done by hand - no CAD/CAM).

Anyway, beautiful song...

[sharp_stick]

45. Coeur de Pirate (French Canadian)

Coeur de Pirate is the stage name of Beatrice Martin from Quebec. She's got a beautiful voice.

&

She became famous when one of her songs Ensemble was used as the soundtrack to a cute baby time lapse youtube video.

[RedCloud]

46. Killed 40 years ago today by Pinochet

[Taverner]

47. Ask AsahinaKimi - she KNOWS J-Pop!

[Arugula Latte]

48. "Umbabarauma" by Jorge Ben

[cyberswede]

50. An Seanduine by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Danú

Our daughter used to ask us to play the "weird word song" when she wanted to hear this one when she was little.

The song starts at :20

[Manifestor_of_Light]

51. "Diese welt" (This World) by Katja Ebstein.

1971 Eurovision contest third place winner.

I think Diese Welt is a pretty good song.

I saw this contest on PBS which is why I remember it.

The UK entry was "Jack in the Box" by Clodagh Rogers.

[Art_from_Ark]

52. "Iiwake" ("Excuses") by the Japanese group Sha-ran-Q

[nomorenomore08]

53. What, no "99 Luftballons"?

[cherokeeprogressive]

60. HAHA I was thinking of "Der Kommissar" n/t

[Xipe Totec]

54. Volver - Estrella Morente [Soundtrack "Volver" Pedro Almodovar]

[a la izquierda]

55. Edith Piaf

Sigur Ros

Andrea Boccelli

[blogslut]

56. Chori Chori Hum Gori

This song was featured in the American film: "The Guru". I think it's hella catchy:

[cemaphonic]

57. Kalenda Maya

Not only is it not in English, but it's in the nearly extinct French Provencal dialect. One of the best pieces of secular medieval music there is.

[OriginalGeek]

58. !T.O.O.H.! - Kali

It's OK if you don't like it. I know it's kind of a niche thing.

[RebelOne]

59. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

[TuxedoKat]

62. Francesco Renga

I discovered his music while looking for Italian music on iTunes.

I just love that song, Lei (She). It was originally written in English by a French/Armenian singer/songwriter, Charles Aznavour, but it sounds better in Italian. Renga's Ferro e Cartone album is good too on iTunes.

[Xipe Totec]

63. Nune Yesayan - Dzyun (Armenian)

Because it is absolutely haunting and bitter.

[Xipe Totec]

64. Armenian Pop - Nune Yesayan - Ser Im