Do you like songs in your native language?

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English is not my native language, but I only like songs in English. I can't stand songs in my native language, they all seem to sound so lame. I do like many bands of my country, but I only like them if they sing in English. You get the point. I often wonder how it is for someone whose native language is English, to listen to all these English songs. Doesn't it sound weird to you? Let me know! :)

I like songs in my language (native language is English) 20
I don't like songs in my language (native language is English) 1
I like both (native language is English) 20
I like songs in my language (other native language) 6
I don't like songs in my language (other native language) 18
I like both (other native language) 15
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  • Justsomejerk
    10 years ago

    If gangnam style didn't say "hey sexy lady" in English it would be equally as shit as it is now.

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  • _Molotov_Cocktail_
    10 years ago

    I love traditional Russian music. Back in the days, my grandmother used to play The Internationale on her gramophone, and together we would throw Molotov cocktails at a wall painted with the American flag. When we ran out of Molotov cocktails she would take me down to the store, and we would sit infront of the big statue of comrade Lenin and eat pickled gherkins out of a big glass jar. I loved my grandmother.

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  • SangoNyappy
    10 years ago

    Hell no. Slovak music is fucking terrible and I want to puke every time I hear that shit.

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  • dirtybirdy
    10 years ago

    Of course. Bird songs are lovely.

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  • KaffeInjection
    10 years ago

    Where do you come from?... I'm from Denmark, and we got a bunch of (Specially artists that were highly popular in the 70's 80's) they sing in danish.. And well, it's wonderfull music and singing.

    I do mostly listen to bands & artits where they sing in English FYI :).

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    • NotStrangeBird
      10 years ago

      You mean like Def Leppard?

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      • KaffeInjection
        10 years ago

        What?

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        • NotStrangeBird
          10 years ago

          Who?

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          • KaffeInjection
            10 years ago

            Nee?

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            • NotStrangeBird
              10 years ago

              ...Oh is it my turn now?

              Ineffectual little child with no hope in life.

              Your turn.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      I'm from Belgium (the Flemish part) and I don't know, I just don't like it :P. Although the music itself mostly isn't bad, I don't like the words. I guess I can't take it seriously in my language.

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      • scumfuck
        10 years ago

        i totally feel you man ! i'm flemish aswell it's just that since most people living in flanders speak with some kinds of dialect singing in clean dutch sounds kind of fake and lame and singing with a dialect just sounds terrible... i do like dutch hiphop though and yeah i can't take it seriously either i feel you man alot of flemish singers are egocentral douchebags too the only thing we have is good dj's (at least germany is worse than us (rammstein n shit)

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        • bigmouthstrikesagainn
          10 years ago

          *Secret identity revealed* Yes that's so true! The dialects can be really bad, like Flip Kowlier, his songs are just ridiculous :P. And clean dutch indeed sounds fake, it's not how we talk. I personally don't like dutch hiphop, but hiphop is not my style :). And again, you're right, a lot of egocentral douchebags here. I really can't stand Tom Barman, he's such a jerk. Haha, and I also don't like Rammstein but I must admit that's the only German band I know. Except for Tokio Hotel, but hey, let's not call that a band.

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  • Jeffj51180
    7 years ago

    My native language is idiolalia. Thats a medical term for someone with a condition who invents a secret language that outsides can't understand due to its unintelligible utterances.

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  • TheGirl
    7 years ago

    I love to listen to German music.. and Spanish music... really anything, but I'm also going to school to be a linguist so it makes sense. However, I know an old exchange student who only liked music in English because her native language was too boring sounding. I think it's perfectly normal.

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    I find myself having a stronger leaning towards foreign language songs. There's something special and very elegant about them.

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  • kittykat9930
    10 years ago

    I love English, British, German, and Japanese music :)

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  • disthing
    10 years ago

    Not understanding the lyrics doesn't hinder my ability to enjoy a song if it sounds great. So English, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese etc. all good. In fact sometimes ignorance is bliss.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I like songs in a ton of other languages too.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I like songs in Slovenian...

    *Winky, winky*

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  • NotStrangeBird
    10 years ago

    They don't have much music in my native Ruffia and Hooliga.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    10 years ago

    For some reason I can't get into music if I can't understand the lyrics or if it's instramental. Explosions in the sky are a good example I like the music but I get bored without vocals and there have been bands from other countries that I can't get into because I want to be able to get the purpose of the song or album, especially if it's a concept album

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals
    10 years ago

    I like some French songs but mostly English too.

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  • imadragon
    10 years ago

    Only if the song is written in swedish, not translated from english. But I like many swedish bands.

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  • Shackleford96
    10 years ago

    I'm not familiar with enough music in other languages than English to give an absolute answer here, but I do like music in English. I am certain there is good music in other languages that I would like as well if I knew what they were saying, or even a little of what they were saying. Heck, some songs might even inspire me to learn the language more if I liked them enough I think.

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  • dinz
    10 years ago

    I do enjoy English language songs. The use of paronomasia is prevalent in alot of English songs which intrigues me to learn the language and have a better understanding.

    Even watching Übersetzung/Subtitled songs that have been subtitled into my language doesn't even a proper translation or it is lost in translation when alot of paronomasia or colloquialism is in a song.

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