Good songs in other languages?

Thank you. Most interesting… I think, I as well will happily jump into many a :rabbit2: :hole: discovered in this thread…

The Japanese metal is great btw… Even of ai didn’t make it through the whole right minutes something something… Now if the singer would only have a bit more of a metal voice :nerd_face:

From the incomparable Mina:

The goofy video is from the 1960 movie Urlatori alla Sbarra. Jazz aficionados might recognize the guy in the bathtub: Chet Baker.

3 Likes

I’m really sorry I just couldn’t resist this. At least the presenter is auf Deutsch. For the rhythmically challenged, just watch the drummer:

Hmm… If she would have sung the introduction, Peter, then this would have counted as valid entry :slightly_smiling_face: :wink:

1 Like

I could write pages thinking about this, which is what sprang to mind. I shan’t, unless people want to know more. Suffice to say South Africa is one of those multi-lingual countries (11 which is paltry compared to some but still significant) and this is one in Afrikaans. And personally significant for me given the age I was at the time, what was going on, and I used to hang out in Hillbrow frequently.

1 Like

Hmm… I would actually love to read pages and pages about this. The different styles and and the social-cultural role of these different genres of music in South Africa’s history must be hugely fascinating topics.

I googled Hillbrow … the history of the place alone seems intriguing.

Oh, and the song is nice too :slightly_smiling_face:

@JokuMuu could you tell the difference? Sung German is very similar to spoken; just chatting

PS: my family’s from Hamburg

1 Like

What a voice… :star_struck:

What?! :open_mouth: :laughing:.

Thanks for the Tüdelband, how can I ever get that out of my head again?

Ha, Nicole, Steilvorlage, I couldn’t resist to digg out Udo…
More serious songs will follow soon…

4 Likes

Haha, you must have it really bad then! Don’t wait for me then, just go to their YouTube channel and everything from when they were tiny playing Classical Piano is documented! There’s a huge number of videos!

1 Like

Heilung, they’re a Danish group of people who try to preserve the ancient culture and language, it’s a very interesting journey to learn about them!

1 Like

I was thinking of Udo ever since the Tüdelband. Well him and Heidi Kabel… :upside_down_face:

1 Like

One of Kaleo’s only two songs in Icelandic as far as a I know, absolutely awesome.
Their songs are probably gonna be the majority of my lesson requests for a while.

4 Likes

I thought it was just me that discovered Heidi! I’d better not post her version of Tüdelband. I think it means yo-yo or a similar toy. Apparently that song is in the Hamburg dialect; my Dad used to sing it…

Norhan, behind what kind of rock am I living that I didn’t even know that band? Almost 2 million subscribers on YouTube… It must be a rock of gigantic dimensions :rock:

Thank you so much for sharing, it’s a so beautiful song (and a wonderful video). I will definitely check out the band…

Yes, it is :slightly_smiling_face: This article explains what is meant with Tüdelband in this case (Google translate but quite ok)

https://www-abendblatt-de.translate.goog/archiv/2001/article204874985/Tuedelband-bedeutet-zweierlei.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

You’re welcome, I’m really happy you liked it. They’re famous but not too much somehow. And their music is pretty diverse as you’ll see, and just beyond good honestly.

@JokuMuu Fantatish. Der Abendblatt explains all. Now I left Hamburg in 1974, along with my Stratocaster, so am grateful of the Google translation. The second verse is about a girl with a basket of eggs and a bottle of rum in the other hand. If you’re not careful I’ll start posting songs in glory of the Reeperbahn…

1 Like

Leave the honours to me then… Düdel düdel düt. It’s not even that bad a song… in this version…

2 Likes