"Music" or "Muzak" or "Musique" or "Rautalanka" or "??????"

[Seil]

I like music in other languages. I like Hebrew (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og-bnjmY_ak) music, French (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwUpyopQ_c0) music, German (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duHGXK1PZEM) music, whatever. Aside from Charlie Winston, I've been on a bit of a foreign music buzz, and I wanted to share my two new Hebrew faves:

Maya Isacowitz - Brave Again (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiu6tkN0zxc)
Maya Isacowitz - Is It Alright (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC8ygcovPmY)

Yael Naim - Puppet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrTAz5wKt70)
Yael Naim - She Was A Boy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPXHnROJkNk)

And I get that I'm posting two people whom I love for their foreign stuff singing in English, but aside from sample stuff (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/MayaIsacowitz), I cannae seem to find any good recordings of their Hebrew stuff. (But seriously, check out Stam and Hal'a Mi Kan, they're great.)

I realize we've got a diverse group of posters, and everyone is foreign to someone else, but who else has a foreign fave?

[Magus]

Well as a power metal fan I like a crap-ton of foreign bands. Blind Guardian, Dark Moor, Angra, Opeth...the list goes on and on.

As for your title, here in the States the term "muzak" applies to elevator music, which is a synthesized, poppy form of pop and rock and other famous songs played on elevators in the blandest form imaginable, not sure if anybody is a fan of that (except Porcupine Tree, but I think they were referring to the elevators themselves as being "one of the wonders of the world", but who knows!)

[Seil]

I know, I just thought it neat to write it down. Also, the last one is supposed to be in Hebrew, but I guess vBulletin doesn't support it.

Racists.

[akaSM]

Foreign as in "has lyrics in a foreign language" nope, I like lyrics-less stuff. Foreign as in "music from someone from another other country" I do.

Yanni - Swept Away (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNvOt0Bl_g)
Yanni - Acroyali-Standing In Motion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhS6asdNNy4&feature=artist)

And pretty much the rest of the "Live at the Acropolis" concert.

[Lumenskir]

I kind of like Tom Waits. At least, I like making up my own meanings for his werewolf lyrics.

[Magus]

Yeah, I don't think I listen to anything with foreign lyrics as such, but lots of stuff that is "foreign" by dint of them not being from the U.S...plus I probably wouldn't cite British or Canadian bands, either, unless you are from Continental Europe, South America, Asia, etc. then it would make sense.

And I would never cite Yanni for anything. Ever.

[akaSM]

And I would never cite Yanni for anything. Ever.

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Also, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lPajuq-Mg&feature=player_embedded) sounds quite nice, too bad this video has a crappy sound quality and there don't seem to be other videos T_T

[Magus]

Just a joke at Yanni's expense, my friend. I'm just not a fan.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

I listen to a lot of bands that sing in english. Some even in (gasp) british.
Honestly, I don't listen to very much music with non-english lyrics.

I know a German band who sing in English and Russian: The Love Dictators (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWNfAexl0Ao)
Everything else probably comes more from the metal camp. Like... mmmmh Eisregen. A band with morbid lyrics and anyone who understands their German lyrics would say I have terrible taste for liking them. Then there are Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, which sing in various languages, like German, English, Spanish, Russian, French, and probably some others I can't think of right now. Even though their name translates as "The Horsemen of the Apocalypse" their lyrics are mostly about positive things, like cuddling. And they experiment(ed?) a lot which is something very few metal-y bands seem to really do. Here's a multi-lingual song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRaAp6pmK2s).

[Si Civa]

Rautalanka is actually term for certain kind of music in Finnish and it's mostly instrumental and it was pretty much only '60s stuff. (Like Cry for Shadow by The Beatles, which I guess is good example even though it ain't Finnish)

Also I guess I could show you guys ofe of the most influental prog band from Finland, Wigwam. (They sing in English so most of you should understand)
Grass for Blades (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL7AqYop2a4&feature=related)
Their first single when they sung in Finnish (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt03LBBRAAM&feature=related)
Planetist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxTDwr1q_Uw&feature=related) from Being album that was against both capitalism and communism at the same time.

Kinda sucks though that there's not too much of them in 'tube.

edit:// And man, they are so old school.