Share your favourite non-English songs!

[somebodyelse]

Skipinnish - Coire Bhreacan

 

[somebodyelse]

Skipinnish again, live at Edinburgh Castle this time - Crò Chinn An t-Saile/The Hag:

 

[Ben Jenssen]

Dag Vag - 7 lyckliga elefanter (1982)

Swedish band. I saw them in concert here in Oslo around '82. I was eighteen, and they were great. I'm digitizing my old record collection, and this is a sample. 48kHz, the whole side 1. Pretty unprocessed, so turn it up.

 

[somebodyelse]

Heilung - Anoana - Live at the Hammersmith Apollo

 

[dualazmak]

Ref. #639 on my project theread.

 

[dualazmak]

Ref. #639 on my project theread.

 

[dualazmak]

Ref. #652 on my project thread.

 

[dualazmak]

Ref. #652 on my project thread.

 

[dualazmak]

Ref. #652 on my project thread.

 

[dualazmak]

Ref. #596 on my project thread.

 

[dualazmak]

Ref. #596 on my project thread.

 

[Bleib]

 

[dualazmak]

Let me follow you by female vocal of French song; Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano) "Venise" CG 468 by Charles Gounod;

 

[AnalogSteph]

The premise of this thread could send me into a full-blown anxiety attack... like, where do you even begin?!

OK, maybe let's start with a classic.

Spoiler: Mecano - Hijo de la Luna - Spanish - 1986

This haunting song was a major hit back in the day.

This Italian oldie, a Morricone composition, has contributed my ringtone.

Spoiler: Mina - Se telefonando - Italian - 1966

Fast forward 2 decades in Italy with another classic.

Spoiler: Matia Bazar - Ti sento - Italian - 1985

I love the atmosphere on this one. Not a bad test track, I reckon.

Spoiler: Alice - Il sole nella pioggia - Italian - 1989

And here's one from the local "if you don't know this one (at least the chorus), you've probably been living under a rock" department:

Spoiler: Domenico Modugno - Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) - Italian - 1958

I think this would have been the first big hit from what's now known as the Eurovision Song Contest.

Which reminds me... This was the 1964 winner.

Spoiler: Gigliola Cinquetti - Non ho l'età - Italian - 1964

The song title was apt, as then 16-year-old Gigliola remained the youngest contestant for over 2 decades. There's just something about '60s orchestral pop arrangements.

I thought about posting something French, and as it happens, here's 1965's winner.

Spoiler: France Gall - Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son - French - 1965

Though these days, you're more likely to hear her '80s hits on the radio, such as this one (a tribute to jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald).

Spoiler: France Gall - Ella, elle l'a - French - 1988

Now you could fill entire volumes with 1970s/80s Japan alone, and I haven't even posted anything remotely recent yet... this will be something for the next post.

 

[DanielT]

The premise of this thread could send me into a full-blown anxiety attack... like, where do you even begin?!

OK, maybe let's start with a classic.

Spoiler: Mecano - Hijo de la Luna - Spanish - 1986

This haunting song was a major hit back in the day.

This Italian oldie, a Morricone composition, has contributed my ringtone.

Spoiler: Mina - Se telefonando - Italian - 1966

Fast forward 2 decades in Italy with another classic.

Spoiler: Matia Bazar - Ti sento - Italian - 1985

I love the atmosphere on this one. Not a bad test track, I reckon.

Spoiler: Alice - Il sole nella pioggia - Italian - 1989

And here's one from the local "if you don't know this one (at least the chorus), you've probably been living under a rock" department:

Spoiler: Domenico Modugno - Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) - Italian - 1958

I think this would have been the first big hit from what's now known as the Eurovision Song Contest.

Which reminds me... This was the 1964 winner.

Spoiler: Gigliola Cinquetti - Non ho l'età - Italian - 1964

The song title was apt, as then 16-year-old Gigliola remained the youngest contestant for over 2 decades. There's just something about '60s orchestral pop arrangements.

I thought about posting something French, and as it happens, here's 1965's winner.

Spoiler: France Gall - Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son - French - 1965

Though these days, you're more likely to hear her '80s hits on the radio, such as this one (a tribute to jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald).

Spoiler: France Gall - Ella, elle l'a - French - 1988

Now you could fill entire volumes with 1970s/80s Japan alone, and I haven't even posted anything remotely recent yet... this will be something for the next post.

I thought of some of them.

Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) is probably best known to Americans in the Dean Martin version of it.

A lot of good music from Italy, of which there have been covers. An example. Most people know this one from Laura Branigan's version but I wonder if they've heard the original:

 

[DanielT]

The best song from neighboring Denmark. At least I think so:

 

[El_Duderino]

Great thread idea.

GDR 1979:

Greece 1992:

 

[whereisbrian]

Gerard Manset, Le Paradis Terrestre, La Mort d'Orion album, 1970

 

[Karmacoma]

 

[Berwhale]

Many in the UK may know the tune, but not the words... https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/planet-earth-hoppipolla