So I was having a philosophical debate with myself inside my head and also trying to figure out why exactly I like the music I like so I can make it easier to discover new artists and tracks. I ran the numbers and I like every single music genre pretty much equally, don’t prefer if a man or woman is singing, doesn’t appear to be any sort of rhyme or reason other than the beat. Am I missing out on anything from other countries? I don’t care if they sing about killing babies or speaking in a made up language, if there is a “Meek Mill who only raps in French” or a “Deftones that only sings about the scientific method in Chinese” I want to hear it. I’m not asking for suggestions; I’m asking if anyone has had luck “flipping a switch” and finding tons more music in a similar way.
Every language has their own music, with their own styles and little masterpieces. Considering how many languages there are, you’re mostly just scratching the surface
Probably loads of.
Magnificent
Here’s a varied selection I love:
German: Dendemann - Stumpf ist Trumpf
Dutch: Froukje - Groter Dan Ik
Spanish (instrumental): Rodrigo y Gabriela - TamacunOkay, look.
I took it a step further.
I highly recommend taking an intro class in any other language. And then start listening to the music. It’s like you’re studying but you’re not even trying. You’ll be listening to banger after banger and just getting better and better at the other language.
Some recommendations:
Spanish: Maluma - Carnaval
Some in other languages:
Portuguese: Giulia Be - Não Era Amor
Italian: J-AX - Ostia Lido
Oh, and this one is in Spanish AND Italian, and it slaps: Sangiovanni and Aitana - Mariposas
Kneecap are causing a huge resurgence in the Irish language. Outside of their music there is just a larger appetite for other Irish artists using language and more spaces for people to practice and use it in your day to day too.
I like every single music genre pretty much equally, don’t prefer if a man or woman is singing, doesn’t appear to be any sort of rhyme or reason other than the beat
That’s fair, I like the beats of music too
Am I missing out on anything from other countries?
Yes, definitely! Although American and British music is plentiful, there’s also lots of great music from other places too of any kind of genre.
Personally, all the Croatian music I’ve heard are bangers, and in general, a lot of the Balkan music is great.
I don’t care if they sing about killing babies
I feel like you should probably care if somebody actively pushes for the killing of babies. Just my opinion though.
I tend to enjoy a lot of (mostly Euro) rock and punk music, so here are some of my favourites:
- Opca Opasnost, Film (Croatian)
- Ska-P (Spanish)
- Nova Koma (Latvian)
- Metro Luminal, Vennaskond (Estonian)
- Asta Kask, Bjornarna (Swedish)
- Kino, Bi-2, Nautilus Pompilius, Gromyka (Russian)
- Die Artze, Die Toten Hosen (German)
- Ornato Violeta (Portuguese)
- Indochine, Luke, Starshooter, Telephone (French)
- Jufkamental (Bosnian)
- the pillows, Melt-Banana, Otoboke Beaver (Japanese)
- Myslovitz, Republika, Kult (Polish)
- BTR (Bulgarian)
- Generacion Suicida (based in LA, sings in Spanish)
Yo that’s the thing though, I like to separate the art from the artist. There was a whole documentary about Michael Jackson (not that I am interested) who pretty much almost killed a baby.
There’s a great song from a great band about killing babies tho ☝️ https://youtu.be/QCoIBtL0s54
No need to understand it.
Hanezeve Caradhina - Kevin Penkin
I sometimes wonder if people see “no stupid questions” as a challenge.
It wasn’t, I got a few really good answers. User sbeak in particular.
“Do other countries have music?”
Um, yes. Yes, they do.
Fascinating 📸
Are you asking whether there’s music in languages other than English?
I kind of imagine this as a question of genre more than language.
Like reggae being primarily Jamaican or Caribbean. Do non English have entire genres of music that I’ve missed?
Hmmm… I know that the sub is called ‘no stupid questions’, but if you only listen to English music, you will by definition not hear any music that is not in English. So that question answers itself basically.
But trying to be less pedantic: which music genres do you like? Try finding music in those genres that are not in English and see for yourself. I have found some nordic folk music that I love, as well as Spanish Ska music. I do not understand a word of them, but I love the music anyway.
which music genres do you like?
Did you not read the post? OP clearly says:
I ran the numbers and I like every single music genre pretty much equally
😂
Ooh I’ve been listening to Ska-P for years! Great band!
Non english countries have their own music. K and Jpop come to mind
Get your lovely arses in here, peoples!
!nonenglishmusic@piefed.socialThanks @johnnyenzyme@piefed.social I came here to mention this sub too.
I did not know I needed this in my life until you posted it. Thanks so much - I’m going through all the old posts now!
Glad you found it useful!
I will say, though-- just because the songs are handpicked doesn’t mean that they’re necessarily good songs. However, the genre tags help a lot with that kind of thing.
Oh yeah dude, if you are into metal and you haven’t listened to Nordic bands you are missing out.
Sure, loads of it. Eastern music in particular is well underrepresented on American algorithms.
Sorry but music has always been English-only. Music actually wasn’t even invented until the 5th century
