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For me i’d say vocaloid when i was younger. No clue about now, maybe some russian songs like igorek.

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[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Blueprint Supreme

SKAI ISYOURGOD & AR LIU Fuyang

I have no idea what they're saying, but I know it slaps.

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yWT-UopFlAs

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago

I don't speak Spanish, but when I heard Colores by Ska-P ("Por la libertad es fundamental la diversidad") I was instantly in love. The music is great and the lyrics seemed straight up fire.

Then I translated their songs and now they are my second favourite band, after RATM.

A Chitón - On repression and censorship in the name of security

El Vals del Obrero - The Workers Waltz, on unity of the working class

[–] knight_alva@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

That is some seriously addictive stuff. Good call.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I caught some Icelandic rap the other night on that global radio website and now I need to find it. I caught some Algerian rap - rap again, even though it's usually not my thing - a few months back, too, and it was awesome.

[–] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 hours ago

Are you talking about radio.garden?

[–] pan0wski@infosec.pub 1 points 10 hours ago
[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Mayeeaheeeeee mayeeeaaahhooooo mayeeeeaaaa ha ha!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

Dragostei din tei(sp) or so, by Romanians O-Zone?

[–] klu9@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

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/xYe0d9QFLIA

Время 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--5Ht49vNY

Anders 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/q9DHRNREzlk

Tabou 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

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

99 Luftballons was the first one that came to mind.

[–] cutebc24@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The prettiest song ever about nuclear war.

[–] froh42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

https://youtu.be/yx5xhlwUxxA

There were A LOT of songs about nuclear war in 80s music. German youth in the 80s was very aware that in nuclear war Germany (being a huge part of the east west border) would just be ground zero to be vaporized in WW3.

Thinking about Germany people associate the Autobahn, what some don't know - there were pre-built detonation chambers so key sections and bridges could be mined with atomic demolition munitions in order to stop the east bloc tank armies from advancing.

ChatGpt translation of the song lyrics:

When in the Canale Grande submarines drop anchor
And on St. Peter’s Square in Rome missile launch pads stand
When a carpet of bombs floats over the bazaar of Ankara
And from the hills of Olympus a Pershing II rises

Then everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still stands

In front of the old Cologne Cathedral a mushroom cloud rises into the air
And the sky is filled with the scent of neutron waffles
When in Paris the Eiffel Tower bows westward in a final salute
And near Big Ben a gentle Alpine glow appears

Then everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still stands

When haute cuisine turns into a witch’s cauldron
Where the cook from overseas flambés his old world
There’s laughter and applause, even the waiter gets a kick
What’s left to us but culture — we wish you bon appétit

Then everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still stands
Yes, then everything is long too late
Then, when nothing works anymore
Visit Europe
As long as it still stands
As long as it still stands, as long as it still stands
As long as it still stands, as long as it still stands

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 22 hours ago

I non-ironically quite like the leek spin song (Ievan Polkka).

[–] slippyferret@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone, though I think I heard it on NicoNico Douga before it became known as the NumaNuma Song.

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[–] stinerman@midwest.social 28 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago

The classic answer is La Bamba. Love the song, no idea what the lyrics are.

[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago
[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Prisencolinensinainciusol! That song rocks.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

I dunno, sounds like english to me.

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

This is a significant fraction of my music collection.

[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I like several songs by Stromae and don't understand French.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

This song in some Cyrillic language: https://open.audio/library/tracks/102128

[–] sm1dger@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] qantravon@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Except, it is mostly scat/nonsense! Just in Finnish! Most of the song is nonsense lyrics.

[–] sorrowl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago

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.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

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.

https://youtu.be/dP4t_GGl3Es

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

99 luftballoons!that's it, until I learned german

[–] TheFermentalist@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wolf Totem by the Hu. In fact, their entire discography. The heavier stuff is great at the gym

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Most anime OP's I like I have no idea what they're saying and that's probably for the best.

[–] AnarchoEngineer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

I like vocaloid music, but many of the songs are in Japanese which I don’t speak

[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 1 points 19 hours ago

Everything in Drakenier's Chaos Language.

[–] MissyBee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Polish cow song. The melody itself is from another song, "How long - Lipps, inc" apparently. But both songs do well with that beat.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago

Any song that's on my playlist and not german or english ;)

Though specifically Akatsuki Records (JP), CrazyBeats (JP), several Vocaloid produces I can't remember.

[–] susi7802@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

Ironically, most pop is in English, whereas most pop listeners are not English speakers.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

Everything by Wardruna. Gregorian chant and medieval music, particularly by Hildegard von Bingen. Music by Enya in Gaelic.

[–] matte@feddit.nu 6 points 1 day ago

Einstürzende Neubauten: Nagorny Karabach https://youtu.be/hd-6WweqD0Y

(With subtitles in English)

[–] benni@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's this Norwegian metal band called Kvelertak and I absolutely love their sound, but have no idea what the lyrics are about as I don't speak the language.

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A bunch of songs from various Hololive JP talent :)

[–] Merlin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

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.

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