Posted on 03/04/2025 12:25:56 PM PST by Michael.SF.
France
** La Marseillaise – Scene from Casablanca selected more for the video clip than anything else.
** Dominique -Sœur Sourire (The Singing Nun)
** Je Ne Regrette Rien -- Edith Piaf
** La Mer (Beyond the Sea) – Charles Trenet
Italy
** Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) -- Domenico Modugno
** Prisencolinensinainciusol -- Adriano Celentano-- This one deserves a comment: It was written by the Italian singer, but contains no English or Italian words. It mimics what English sounds like to a non-English speaking Italian.
Japan
** sukiyaki -- Kyu Sakamoto
Mexico
** la bamba-- ritchie valens I found no video of Richie Valens performing this song.
Cuba
** guantanamera -- joseito Fernandez
Germany
** Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife) – Lotte Lenya Note: In Bobby Darren’s famous version he pays tribute to Lotte Lenya in the revised lyrics
NOT a foreign language song but here is Whoopi Goldberg (about 200 pounds ago) trying to decipher the lyrics of Mick Jagger’s singing in order to find “the key” to the secret of the mystery in the encrypted computer files in time to save an agent’s life and hers in the movie Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986).
“I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag” sounded to her like “I was raised by two lesbians.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyHNryKojDY
** Erika — South African Army
The German version is much better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkeKak1T7nw
You’d probably also like Calon Lan(Pure Heart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYOxBncgmLQ
Czesław Niemen - Sen o Warszawie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePNUSmH3dMI
Here’s Metallica playing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUzJ4a4jKXs
Adriano Celentano’s music sounds as coherently English as Bob Dylan or Keith Richards...
I loved Eres Tu and Oye Como Va!
Yes, Macarena!
I liked it enough to save it!! I’ll check out some of their other stuff!
Ps... My system? 6 - 15” 2-Ways powered with 4000WTTs - 65” Hisense Flatscreen - everything streamed thru the PC - Mouse pad comfortably level with the arm rest of the couch!! Life is good...
I think that was part of his point!
Goodness! That was beautiful.
That song Edith Piaff sang back in the 40’s.
I remember a Saturday Night Live (when they were funny back in the early 90s) with Dennis Miller on Weekend Update interviewing Bob Dylan (Dana Carvey), who then has Tom Petty (Dennis Spade) come out to translate Dylan?
Couldn’t understand a word!
Sukiyaki!
I like to smile while I walk.
Bonjour Vietnam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ-t9PM4nbs
https://www.heavychronicle.com/articles/how-cookie-monster-became-the-voice-of-death-metal/
Cookie Corpse aka Cannibal Corpse (1 min 17 seconds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TbAXus59Po
Sukiyaki!
I like to smile while I walk.
NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]
99 Red balloons - German version with English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpu5a0Bl8eY
She’s cute in two languages
La Mer and Lili Marlene.
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