Rock in other languages than English

[MazingerZ]

Please answer:

A) Is English your native language?
B) What do you think of recordings in other languages?
C) do you buy / have you tried this kind of music?
C) any favourite band and artists?

Thank you so much.

1. No
2. I am open minded; But, I can't relate to Bollywood music (too high pitched vocals for me);
3. Yes
4. Fiipino: Bamboo, The Dawn, Rivermaya; Japanese: Ludness, Utada Hikaru; Korean: Rubber Duckie;

 

[Barkless Dog]

1 &2 yes

My favorites right now-
J Rock-
The Gazette
Maximum the Hormone -new cd due out
Polysics
Melt Banana
Dir En Grey
D' esperay
Girugamesh - yes they are a meme but I still like their music

Others-
Rammstein
Kraftwerk

 

[manuletroll]

Please answer:

A) Is English your native language?
B) What do you think of recordings in other languages?
C) do you buy / have you tried this kind of music?
C) any favourite band and artists?

Thank you so much.

A) No, I'm french.
B) I'd rather understand the lyrics, but it's not an absolute requirement.
C) Yes
D)
FFF, awesome funk-rock with great bass parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r0jea6Nnt4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctcpFGJqAKg

There are also a lot of amazing bands in Belgium, like Ghinzu for instance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FstmdPCiIso

 

[IAmACrocodile]

Fantastic idea for a thread, Foq1978!

Here are my answers -

A. Yes
B. I love hearing songs with lyrics which are not in English. It wakes you up, as a listener, and engages you in really "hearing" the piece of music (at least, that is the way that I react to it).
C. Absolutely, many times!
D. Cornershop, a British-Asian band who have genre-hopped between punk, Velvet Underground-y fuzzy psychedelia, funky acoustic pop, and trip hop, most of it laced with sitars, dholkis, and all kinds of Indian folk instruments.
This song, 6 a.m. Jullandar Shere, is in the trip hop vein, and is sung in Punjabi. It was released before they came to the attention of the mainstream with Brimful of Asha, and it is a definite fan-favourite!

 

[RafaelWeb]

A) Is English your native language?
- No, it's portuguese.
B) What do you think of recordings in other languages?
- There are languages that are naturally more melodic like english, italian, portuguese (from Brazil) and spanish but, on the other hand, there are those that are not, such as portuguese (from Portugal itself) and german and in those ones it's harder to pull off great singers that don't sound like they want to start a fight, in my opinion of course.
C) do you buy / have you tried this kind of music?
- I hardly ever buy albums or tracks, but as a bass student I always have to play whatever comes on the radio.
C) any favourite band and artists?
- I can't say that these are my favourite bands but Xutos e Pontapés and Heroes del Silencio are good old bands.