[Skywise]

Because US pop music, like most US media these days SUX.

[JZelle]

So they’re into Stevie Nicks and James Brown?

[al baby]

I love Nig Nog music from the 60 and 70s

[ComputerGuy]

I remember when ‘Sukiyaki’ came out about 1963. It was a great song. Nobody I knew understood a single word.

[V_TWIN]

I don’t see the problem

[cyclotic]

My idea of World Music is Leonid and Friends, by many accounts the best tribute band in history. They began with Chicago, then Earth Wind and Fire. In the past couple years they’ve added Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Lighthouse, Tower of Power, Chaka Kahn and even The Carpenters.

Some of them barely speak english, het sing marvelously and they absolutely love America.

[Daveinyork]

What? No Italian opera?

[Dr. Sivana]

I actually prefer when my son plays stuff from anime in Japanese, no concerns about lyrics.

[KarlInOhio]

Any cute German Fräulein offering to sing for me if I have the time for her?

Hast du etwas Zeit für mich, dann singe ich ein Lied für dich...

[x]

J-Pop, K-Pop, and Euro-Pop aren’t really “world music,” are they?

Sort of like a lot of “folk music” isn’t really “folk music”?

[DoodleBob]

Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Frankly, I’m turning to instrumental music nowadays.

[Republican in occupied CA]

There has *always* been a lot of good music out there.

There is a bassist from India, Mohini Dey, who we bassists have known as a true virtuoso for years; I for one like the blend of jazz and Indian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbcW7nxcP3E

[fso301]

Oh it's a foreign language. How unsophisticated of me.

Here I was thinking the various genres were a collection of unintelligible gibberish, grunts, shrieks and wailing.

[Sirius Lee]

I'm digging this kraut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh1Ky7gj4vw

[Fiji Hill]

Seemann, deine Heimat ist das Meer (sailor, your home is the ocean) by Lolita, better known in this country as "Sailor," was a Top 10 hit in 1960. Interestingly, it comes from Austria, which has no seacoast.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[abigkahuna]

I have been a fan of 70s and 80s afrobeat for years. When James brown came to Zaire in 74 he really influenced the sounds. Fela, whatever his politics was a fantastic song master and then there is the song This Hustling World by Gyedu- Blay Amboy ( if I have his name correct)

[dfwgator]

Been listening to Polish music for years, mainly because I felt it would be the best way to learn the language. And what I found is, I really prefer it now, over English stuff.

[Giuseppe Nova]

Music lovers in the US, the world’s biggest music streaming market, listened to more music in other languages than English in 2023...

Demographics = destiny

[NWFree]

Sounds like rap music