Interactive poll#5 - This sounds Greek to me!

I'm Japanese-American. I studied some in college, but outside of some words and phrases, my comprehension is limited. Probably good for this song as I read a translation and it's a bit dark. The title means "A Thousand Cherry Trees" and it's a cover of a song that was originally sung by Vocaloid (voice synthesizer software). The band mixes traditional Japanese instruments with rock instrumentation. The traditional instruments are shakuhachi (bamboo flute), koto, shamisen, and Japanese percussion. 

This brings back amazing memories for me.  During my time in Italy, I had a friend from Palermo recommend Pino Daniele to me as his excellent album "Vai mò"  had just been released.  Daniele is an amazing singer with impeccable timing, a knack for crossing all genres, and a perfect voice.  I had a hard time choosing which song to post off of this album as every song is great, but I went with the opening track "Che te ne fotte" as it is quite funky and very likeable instantly.  Yes, I understand Italian, but he sings with a deep Neapolitan dialect which I don't understand, yet this only proves that excellent music transcends all language barriers.  Enjoy!

 

 

Not too difficult indeed, and I'm not a native Gáidhlig speaker. Neither do I want to waste too much of your time now.

This one meets all requirements: The Bothy Band - Fionnghuala

OK, here we are for the fifth issue of Lorenzo's wonderful interactive poll idea.

This time it comes with a theme, and this is "This sounds Greek to me". Meaning that the rule is, propose something that

1) isn't listed on PA,

2) has some singing,

3) is not in English, and

4) is not in your native language.

That shouldn't be too difficult because there are lots and lots and lots of languages... however even my own collection is so strongly dominated by English and then German that I had to look around a bit. I hope it'll be fun and you have something good to show. (Obviously English native speakers have a bit of an advantage here because for them only one language is excluded, but as there are so many languages, this shouldn't make much of a difference, or does it?)

PS: mathman made the valuable point that the following should also be included in the opening posting: General rules: Choose a song you enjoy and want to share with others. Don't vote until nominations are deemed final by OP and you have listened to all songs posted, and then vote for your favorite 3 songs, but not your own.

Here's my entry (I didn't go for something Italian, sorry Lorenzo, it doesn't sound Greek enough to me; actually this song is called Tuit Tuit, not Tui Tuit as indicated in the video):

PS: Fantasy languages are allowed (but Magma isn't ).