Foreign Music

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I post with caution, because this is a subject that did not show up in the searches I did ("music" "foreign" "international" "international music" "foreign music") so be nice .

We have a very broad population of people. What do you listen to that not only isn't mainstream in America at all or even indie, but that you can only discover through foreign friends or random indie checks?

I listen to a somewhat prominent classical/celtic band called Secret Garden a lot, and some random Italian & Spanish & Israeli pop, but I love recommendations. Thanks guys!

[Cory]

My French friend showed me some French rap once. It was pretty funny

[DCA Fan]

I enjoy listening to Celtic music a lot. I particularly like Clanned and Off Kilter, though the latter is a US band.

I also listen to Chinese and Japanese music (I'm asian, what can I say?)

[Matt Attallah]

From my dad - I have (and still do) Listen to Middle Eastern Music. I like it. Also there is a group from Israel called Infected Mushroom - pretty neat techno.

Really I listen to anything that has a good beat...

[looneylin]

i love jewish rap. it's sooo funny. haha.
oo.. do u know what's great, those foreign songs where u have no idea what the words r but everybody chants them anyway at dances and claps their hands madly. now that's my kind of music. lol.

[Amanda Morrison]

I took German for a few years and went to Germany between my junior and senior years of high school. It was an absolute blast, and I was exposed to a lot of German culture. One thing we all learned was the traditional drinking songs and popular music on the radio, because people would come back from the bars at night and go past our hotel, or we'd see them in the subways and streets of Munich. I have a few songs still saved from that trip which are really cool.

Going back to my heritage, I am Polish and have a somewhat strong background. From that, I know a few broken phrases and such, and a handful of songs.

[Raven_Writer]

I've listened to a few Finnish bands (Nightwish, and some other forgot the name of). My friend also gave me a CD once that has some foreign (not sure which language) rapping on it. Hm...I still have the CD. ** goes to listen to it **

[Jeff Rodriguez]

A band called 'Jumbo'. It's spanish rock. Great stuff. It's hard to find CDs in stores though. I'll have to buy them online.

edit: No, I don't speak spanish like my name implies.

[Bharat Nain]

I listen to all sorts of Indo-Pak music. Theres many genres and stuff, so its pretty cool.

[Katie Reynolds]

I listen to a fair amount of Irish and Celtic stuff. I know a few Irish folk tunes, myself -- whenever my dad's side of the family gets together (read: they're all, 100% 3rd generation Irish American) they tend to drink lots of ... soda ... and wind up singing Irish folk songs. A lot of them. Very loudly. Enter my cousin, the professional Irish step dancer, my dad's 'famous' corned beef & cabbage -- it's a lot of fun!

[Lisa Perez]

Hmm.. I listen to Spanish ditties, the kind that you'd probably see in a Sing-A-Long video.. Also, some Filipino rap (if you want to hear some good, but mainstream, rap, listen to "The Apl Song" by Black Eyed Peas) and rock as well. The names of the bands are slipping my mind.

[greencactus3]

yay japanese punk!!!
just to name a few....
snail ramp
hi-standard
175R
b-dash
mongol 800
(highly recommend these)

[Franchesca]

I don't listen to much Spanish music (although I dance Spanish music) ... however, there are some really good Spanish rock bands one of which is definitely my favorite: Maná!!

My dad is from Peru and he has this cassette (yes a cassette ...Runa Pacha) that I listen to quite often, it relaxes me because the songs are played with native Peruvian and South American instruments that make the most beautiful and relaxing sounds! One if not the most famous song in Peru is: El Condor Pasa -- an incredible sound .

Besides that I listen to Latin (not Spanish Latin) - Latin music, some of which comes off of soundtracks or some of which comes from Enya.

And I also listen to Japanese songs (from anime!!! )

[Raven_Writer]

Originally Posted by greencactus3

yay japanese punk!!!

All who like J-Punk (Japanese Punk), will probably be my ex-girlfriend's best friend She's crazy about that stuff.

Anyways though, more foreign bands I like are:
H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty)
Avril Lavigne (Dunno if she counts as foreign, she's from Canada though)
X-Japan (now disbanded though...:'()
Mardriel (I don't know if the spelling is right...I'm doing this off the top of my head)
Dir En Grey (To me, this is a great Japanese band)

** X-Japan and Madriel(sp?) are both J-Punk I believe. Either that, or J-Rock **

And some others (drawing blanks all day today, so I can't think of to much right now)

[Ryan Dognaux]

J-Rock/Alt. Rock, such as The Pillows. Awesome band.