Thoughts on music in a foreign language

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Although I personally prefer to listen to music with lyrics that I can directly understand, I do appreciate hearing sounds from other cultures because they are always so different and it helps me diversify my tastes and make me more aware of the world around me as well.
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I love Spanish songs although am not so fluent in spanish. I just think they hit different.
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Music is speaks the language of the heart. It needs no translation. I read somewhere that the origin of music can be traced to the sound of a mother's heartbeat that is the only sound a baby has while it is still in the womb.
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I love them. Especially songs in Spanish that I’m trying to learn.
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I like some foreign music, because of rhythm and the beats
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I like amapiano music even though I don't understand south African languages. I just bump to the beats.
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Almost all the songs that I came over and they are in a language that I can't understand a thing, end up growing on me.
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As long as the melody is beautiful , am good.
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Some are just awesome, especially Spanish songs. I've always loved the accent of Spaniards and I really wish some day I get to learn Spanish.
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Of course, and I also like songs in some foreign languages especially Spanish songs.
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I like songs in Frech and Spanish language. I enjoy listening to the accent of French and Spaniards, you'd often see me listening closely to whatever that was said, even if I don't understand a thing.
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Spanish songs are pure fireeee🔥🔥 I could listen to Spanish all day without even understanding what they mean or translates too. I'm trying on learning some Spanish words. Lol
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Post by Alet Van Tonder »

I enjoy listening to the lyrics of a song, and not just the melody and beat. While I can appreciate the melody of a song in a foreign language, I don't think I will appreciate it as much as a song where I understand the lyrics.
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Music is music, as long as I like how it sounds and how it makes me feel I'd definitely like the song. My mother tongue is English and there are definitely languages that sound far better in song.
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Post by AvishaJain_13 »

If the beats resonate, the words start making sense as well
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