OLD 55 Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 I contribute to a radio program as a hobby - unpaid, but they give me some Movie tickets occasionally - and I'm working on a Topic at the moment of "Multilingual Songs", i.e. those with a mixture of English and another language. The station is Middle of the Road AM, and have a playlist of 60s,70s,80s, some early 90s. * Songs like "99 Luftballoons" and "La Bamba" don't qualify, because they're completely in languages other than English. Neither do ones where the title is the only overseas words repeated, e.g. "Paloma Blanca" and "(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star". * Here's what I have so far. Can anyone help me with some more please Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley - German/English La Isla Bonita - Madonna - Spanish/E Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddie Fender - Spanish/E Diamonds On The Soles Of HerShoes - Paul Simon - Afrikaans/E Iko Iko - Belle Stars - Afrikaans/E Ma Belle Ami - Tee Set - French/E Michelle - Beatles - French/E Hold On Tight - E L O - French/E Look What They've Done To My Song - New Seekers - French/E Lady Marmalade - Labelle - French/E Good Luck. It's harder than you think!
Earth-Angel Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 Smoke City sing in English and I believe it's Portuguese. Underwater Love is a particularly good single of theirs (it was used on the 'mermaid' Levi's commercial.) I also Know Nelly Furtado sings in both English and Portuguese on alot of her tracks, so try her debut album Whoa! Nelly.
joypop Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 ::In France a very popular band 'Matmatah' singing in many languages particularly in french and english and even in briton ('breton') and english. http://www.brigadesdurock.com/brigade/sites/fo/redir.php?c=1&g=1&m=1&u=1066&l=fr_FR&k=1ZNChRs8tLroBnLUQv7SosJqiLV11
edna Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 "Psychokiller" (Talking Heads) He sings in french. ce que j´ai fait ce soir la, ce qu´elle a dit ce soir la, realisant mon espoir, je me lance vers la gloire... (at least that´s what I read) "DenisDenis" (Blondie) Also sings in french. "Spanish Stroll", Mink de Ville "Hey Rosita, usted robó mi carro...etc"... Look for the complete lyrics, Google has them.
edna Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 I forgot about "Judy Blue Eyes", CSN&Y (Google again old55, I don´t exactly know what he says but he seems to speak spanish)
Crazy Don Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 "Sailor" by Lolita is in German with some spoken English. "Games without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel has its title sung in French (which sounds like "she's so popular" to me) "Sun King" by the Beatles has some Italian in it.
edna Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 "Sun King" by the Beatles has some Italian in it. It´s not italian, Crazy Don, it´s mix of sounds which include some italian and spanish sound-like words, and even some liverpudian slang... I think the only actual italian line is "mi amore"... I read it somewhere in an interview in the web...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 Should I Stay Or Should I Go? - The Clash (the background lyrics are Spanish) Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol (the chorus contains "Les yeux sans visage" - the title in French) And let's not forget the wonder that is Rico Suave - Gerardo ::
bluesboy Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 Portuguese and English with Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto The Girl from Ipanema also Corcovado - Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
Uncle Joe Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" opens with Stevie having a dialog with a girl and he throws some Spanish at her. It occurs again later in the song, too. A great song by the way. There's some Italian mixed with English in Bobby Rydell's "Volare". Dionne Warwick's "Water To Drink" (Agua de Beber) features English and Portuguese.
XXX Posted November 2, 2004 Report Posted November 2, 2004 "Harley David(son Of A Bitch)" by The Bollock Brothers has a couple of French lines :: Anyone remember late 80s/early 90s rapper, Mellow Man Ace. A lot of his tunes were sung in Spanglish ::
Aunt_Acid Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 Sun King- The Beatles. English and Spanish I think.
behindblueeyez Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 A lot of Stratovarius songs have Finnish stuck in at certain points (as they are a Finnish band)... the one that comes to mind is the live version of "Hunting High and Low" I think... where, right in the middle, the singer, Timo Kotipelto, starts gibbering away in Finnish. What he's saying I have no idea.
EdL Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 Bob Dylans: Romance in Durango from the Desire album Spanish/E Spanish is the Loving Tongue from the Dylan album Spanish/E Donovan - Jennifer Juniper French/E
OLD 55 Posted November 3, 2004 Author Report Posted November 3, 2004 You're doing great so far! Thanks for your efforts. This AM station is so M.O.R. that they usually only play chart hits and some well known album tracks of the 60s, 70s, 80s. Let me have them all though please - it's very interesting. The ones I've added to my list so far are "Denis" (Blondie), "Jennifer Juniper" (Donovan) and maybe "Eyes Without A Face" (Billy Idol). I know they won't play "Girl From Ipanema" - a classic song,one of my favourites - but too easy listening for them, or anything by the Clash, too heavy. "Volare" only has a couple of Italian words, as the single version released in Australia doesn't have the Italian lines at the end. And "Sun King" ? We could start a new thread on that. There ARE some genuine non English words and I suspect also some gobbledydook. Thanks again and MORE SONGS PLEASE !
edna Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 And "Sun King" ? We could start a new thread on that. There ARE some genuine non English words and I suspect also some gobbledydook. Thanks again and MORE SONGS PLEASE ! Here comes the sun king Here comes the sun king Everybody's laughing Everybody's happy Here comes the sun king Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel You´re welcome! As for the "Sun King" lyrics, it´s not italian (except "mi amore", "paprazzi" or "questo/quando") Am I right, UncleJoe???. "Cicce verdi" is the phoneticall translation of some expression from Liverpool, the rest is a mix of sounds. I wish I could find the lines where John Lennon explains this, but I can´t find the book... Don´t forget "Psychokiller" (T. Heads)
edna Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 Thanks again and MORE SONGS PLEASE ! "Psycho Killer" I can't seem to face up to the facts I'm tense and nervous and I Can't relax I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire Don't touch me I'm a real live wire Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away You start a conversation you can't even finish it. You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything. When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed. Say something once, why say it again? Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away Psycho Killer Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away Ce que j'ai fais, ce soir la Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir la Realisant mon espoir Je me lance, vers la gloire ... OK We are vain and we are blind I hate people when they're not polite Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away Psycho Killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh....
Elvish Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 I was holding back because of timeline restraints, but since you say "let me have them all," I'll suggest the Los Lonely Boys' new self titled CD. Many of the songs have Spanish verses, and they're all very good.
Uncle Joe Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 [quote Quando paramucho mi amore de felice carathon Mundo paparazzi mi amore cicce verdi parasol Questo abrigado tantamucho que canite carousel You´re welcome! As for the "Sun King" lyrics, it´s not italian (except "mi amore", "paprazzi" or "questo/quando") Am I right, UncleJoe???. "Cicce verdi" is the phoneticall translation of some expression from Liverpool, the rest is a mix of sounds. I wish I could find the lines where John Lennon explains this, but I can´t find the book... Don´t forget "Psychokiller" (T. Heads)
Danielj Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 Um, something by Sam Roberts called Every Part Of Me
Tammy11173 Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 How about Bobby Vinton's 'My Melody of Love?' It has lyrics in Polish and English.
_Annabelle_ Posted November 3, 2004 Report Posted November 3, 2004 "Homeless" by Paul Simon from Graceland has English and Zulu or another African language on it I think.
Batman Posted November 4, 2004 Report Posted November 4, 2004 in U2's new song, vertigo, Bono says "Catorce" for some reason, which is spanish for "14" In the brilliant classic "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" the first words are "uno dos tres cuatro cinco cinco seis"
Aunt_Acid Posted November 5, 2004 Report Posted November 5, 2004 Roger counts off Waiting For The Worms off in German. Eins! Zwei! Drei! Vier! Ahh, you cannot reach me now...
cpride09 Posted November 6, 2004 Report Posted November 6, 2004 godzilla-blue oyster cult has some Japanese
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