Foreign Music that ROCKS
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Couldn't watch the video in my country due to copyright. =(sravankb said:
I'm glad you agree with me about Indian music though. I live in a heavily asian area in the UK and I hear it all the time... I fucking hate it! I'm not even sure why, I guess maybe the quarter-tone just doesn't agree with me? =P
Of course there's American music and those occasional bits of crazy Japanese music (Hatsune Miku), but less well known ones would probably have to be:
Surprising cool Serbian actor/musician who wrote these:
Weird title, cool song:
Lastly, some Japanese min'yo:
And a minmin (really cool instrument):
I'm sure I'm missing some really cool stuff, but if I remember it I'll edit this post.
EDIT: Forgot about Gamelan music!
Really cool stuff, especially if you like minimalism.
Surprising cool Serbian actor/musician who wrote these:
Weird title, cool song:
Lastly, some Japanese min'yo:
And a minmin (really cool instrument):
I'm sure I'm missing some really cool stuff, but if I remember it I'll edit this post.
EDIT: Forgot about Gamelan music!
Really cool stuff, especially if you like minimalism.
if you like french pop, I recommend "Indochine". They've been around since the early 80's so their music has evolved a lot and is quite varied. The first few albums were all about lighthearted eighties pop, their more recent work is a little edgier (i.e. angstyer)
some of their best songs:
l'aventurier, miss paramount, kao bang, canary bay, monte cristo,
troisieme sexe, les tzars, le baiser, des fleurs pour salinger, un jour dans notre vie, somedays, sur les toits du monde, crystal song telegram, drugstar, unisexe, satellite, dancetaria, juste toi et moi, astroboy, paradize, electrastar, popstitute, marilyn, mao boy, j'ai demande a la lune, alice et june, ladyboy, little dolls.....
I'll stop here or I'll just keep on going, as you might have guessed I'm french and this band was kind of a big deal to me during my teenage years. As for foreign music, well I love american and british music! But I'm bilingual so it doesn't count
To be honest, I prefer melody over lyrics (which is probably why I'm not crazy about rap)
so if a song has a catchy tune that I can hum or whistle, I'm happy, even if I have no idea what the singer's saying.
some of their best songs:
l'aventurier, miss paramount, kao bang, canary bay, monte cristo,
troisieme sexe, les tzars, le baiser, des fleurs pour salinger, un jour dans notre vie, somedays, sur les toits du monde, crystal song telegram, drugstar, unisexe, satellite, dancetaria, juste toi et moi, astroboy, paradize, electrastar, popstitute, marilyn, mao boy, j'ai demande a la lune, alice et june, ladyboy, little dolls.....
I'll stop here or I'll just keep on going, as you might have guessed I'm french and this band was kind of a big deal to me during my teenage years. As for foreign music, well I love american and british music! But I'm bilingual so it doesn't count
To be honest, I prefer melody over lyrics (which is probably why I'm not crazy about rap)
so if a song has a catchy tune that I can hum or whistle, I'm happy, even if I have no idea what the singer's saying.
You're the one who assumed that "Foreign" meant "non-American". There is nothing wrong with the thread title.Lucifron said:
and if by the biggest contributor you mean Yahtzee, he's quite clearly British and just lives in Oz.
Gogol Bordello may have formed in America, but not one of their lineup is American (last time I checked... they do love to shuffle their lineup
) and their sound certainly isn't American.Still, as their nationalities are so mixed there is no singe country you can label as belonging to...
Nice selection . . . been an avid industrial/EBM fan for years. Sadly, in the region where I live, there's not much of a scene anymore.II2 said:
Sucks about that Neubaten show, d00d. Semi-related, just saw Front Line a couple of weeks ago outside of DC. Killer performance, as always
I've heard some Japanese metal that I thought was pretty cool., I can't name any one song though. :/
And "J-Rap" I think the term is (Japanese rap) sounds pretty cool... then again, I'm more than a little biased towards hip-hop culture in general.
And "J-Rap" I think the term is (Japanese rap) sounds pretty cool... then again, I'm more than a little biased towards hip-hop culture in general.
Well if you're not Japanese (if you are then this wont be foriegn for you)
Fact is a good band.
Fact is a good band.
oh no dude, i love that kinda music as well.like i said, the japanese are fantastic composers. but i think the japanese are at their best when they're trying to copy david bowie, because the japanese are the best at taking a good template and making it awesome.Hristo Tzonkov said:I hate that kind of japanese music.They are amazing people and composers and go out of their way to make shitty copies of western songs...As an example all rock artists seem to be copying David Bowie.Only they suck.Their more traditional things are exceptional.Like this:eggmiester said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kFhPVAhV_o&feature=player_embedded
OT:Foreign is a bit weird since the forums are international.But if you want non-american and something more traditional for other countries I can give a few examples.Like Gogol Bordello.Gypsy punk rock at it's best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM1Ahn0Osjo&feature=player_embedded
PS:I'm a moron and can't embed >>
plus, did you actually check out those songs? dude, those songs are so unique- the first is a rock song with some great use of synthesizers, and has one of the coolest guitar solo's i've ever heard. the second song is a heavy rock song with the best use of distorted guitar i've ever heard,and some really cool riffs. i really do recommend them dude.
I know what you mean.Thing is all musical templates in Europe and America derive from the same spot.Which is why no matter the instrument and if you exclude the voices music sounds similar...familiar is a better word.Asia is a whole nother matter.Their musical style and way of writing is very different.I still don't think it's a good idea of them singing in English and copying western artists.I think they should stick to their own styles.Maybe with some strategic use of English words.eggmiester said:
PS:I heard them.Sounds like average stuff to be honest just through a Japanese filter.
oh, you meant ENGRISH! oh yeah dude, i completely agree with ya. i absolutely hat it when they use engrish. i've heard some epic songs ( hero's comeback, soul phrase, rolling star) be absolutely ruined by friggin' engrish!in that case, i agree with ya.Hristo Tzonkov said:
i mean, even completly epic songs like 'libera me from hell' are ruined by a japanese person trying to convert something that sounds cool in japanese into english- ok, gonna stop complainin'. and i know what ya mean about the brits and yanks deriving from the same spot.i've played some of my japanese stuff for my friends, and they told me they could tell it was japanese. know, if only we could get someone who knew how to utilise both at once...
anyway, good talk dude!
Thanks for listening. I actually made a thread about Shiina Ringo months back and no one replied. For about 3 years now since my friend introduced me to the band, I pretty much listen to her music on a daily basis. She and her band also do quite a few covers in english. She did a cover of The Beatles - Yer Blues that's actually better than the original IMO.Charmi the ninja said:
My favorite German band with a Korean lead singer is Krypteria, seriously like almost every song they have made;