Thoughts on music in a foreign language

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I love it. I'm currently listening to Ding Dang (Della Wu), a Taiwanese singer. Love her voice.
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I love songs in different languages, I like to think that it culture transcends music, so one can imagine experiencing a different culture while listening to different music. Mexican, Spanish, French, Italian and Brazilian songs are amongst my favorite types of music from a foreign language.
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Sometimes when i listen to music in a foreign language i really enjoy the rhythm. Tone is also an important factor. It doesn't matter if i do not understand the lyrics but they still trigger emotions.
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I like them. It just adds in to the music, some languages are beautiful.
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Language has never been a barrier to enjoying good music.
If lyrics are important, we can have the subtitle option available.
But the beat and melody is what matters to me.
Another reason I enjoy K-pop and K-pop and western music.
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The only music I’m familiar with in a foreign language is Vitas. I was fascinated by how high he could sing and the costumes he wears for his performances.
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VAwkOb12 wrote: 04 May 2019, 12:21 Every once in a while you may happen to hear songs in a language don't understand what do you think of such songs?

Do you find them distasteful? Or do you like them?

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I love the mystery of a language I do not understand. In South Africa, we have eleven official languages and although I might not completely understand some, there are definitely songs that I love, despite not getting some of the lyrics.
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I don`t need to understand the language to enjoy music.
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Every year I'm always excited for the ESC for the songs in languages that I don't understand, sometimes it's better to focus on the emotion that the singer seeks to give.
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I totally love music in foreign languages, I love Spanish music especially, they are very nice. It really does not matter whether I understand them or not, as long as it doesn't support the wrong things, I'm good.
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I totally love music in foreign languages, I love Spanish music especially, they are very nice. It really does not matter whether I understand them or not, as long as it doesn't support the wrong things, I'm good.
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Music proves we are only different in culture and language. But when it comes to melody, we are similar. All humanity feels emotion from a song with melody, whether you are in Africa or America. Music is a universal language.
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Language should not be a barrier to music. Music universal tool for melody and entertainment. For example, the song “Despacito” made a universal recognition from different part of the world without understanding the language. This shows language is not a barrier to music.
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Foreign music is likeable when it has a great tune to it. Otherwise it is just hard to listen.
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I have a great deal of music in my collection that I cannot understand the words to... But that doesn't stop me from understanding the feeling behind the melody. Music is an emotion all of it's own and transcends the language barrier, at least to me.
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