K-pop and the Hu

I am from another country and listen to music from around the world.

For any of you who answered yes to this question and are not already a member of the World Music Group....can I please invite you to join. I’m host and I post a new item from around the world every day, others do perhaps less so, but quite regularly. So if you enjoy foreign music and artists from outside the familiar English speaking world of music you will fit right into our group.

Yes...almost every day...mostly from European countries...Italian, Spanish and French being favourites, but the Scandinavian countries too...especially Norway. I adore Laura Pausini who is Italian and post her music a lot here...such as this huge European hit ....Simili. Also my favourite singer Morten Harket singing in his native Norwegian....he’s singing a song which translated means I Don't Know The Future....he’s the vocalist from the Band a-ha, but also has a solo career singing in both English and Norwegian.

I can't say I listen to foreign language music very much, but usually like what I hear. Two songs that take me back is the Japanese song Sukiyaki. Now I know that Sukiyaki is a food dish and is not the original title. But Americans are somewhat lazy. The song by the Japanese singer I love and at the time did not know what it was about. A catchy tune. The other is La vie en rose. Sounds even more beautiful and sadder in French. There are more, but I'll stop here.

Opera in Italian

Many people liked the theme song to "The Bridge Over the River Kwai", but don't know it's actually from a British Army marching song, called the "Colonel Bogey March", which went like:
Hitler has only got one ball
Göring has two but very small
Himmler is rather sim'lar
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all

I like the "Stella Luna" song, from the wedding sequence of "The Godfather". I have no idea what it means in English; but it has a nice lilt to it!

Yes, all the time....always have.

Yes. I love world music despite not being fluent in most languages.

Ca Plane Por Moi came on the radio once and my son & I have been hooked on it ever since. Had no idea it was from the 70's. Thank goodness for SoundHound - not sure how I would've found out who or what it was, otherwise.

Yes, often.

I like M8ddle Eastern music, especially when eating hummus/falafel/tabboulah!

If I like the song why not? There is not necessarily meaning and all the words anyhow, alligator lizards in the sky?

I seem to drawn to French ambient pop. I have no idea what they are singing, but it sounds cool.

Yes, I love Spanish songs but usually don't understand them. Sometimes I translate them.

With opera, I found understanding the lyrics often takes away the magic of what the lyrics might mean.

Some of the stuff from Cuba is incredible. Makes Carlos Santana seem like a musician in a top 40 cover band by comparison. The Buena Vista Social Club is my favorite documentary film of all time.

Yes,I particularly like Tinariwen from Mali. I'm not even sure which language they sing in.

Of course. Music speaks in more than language.