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    Posted: April 30 2006 at 12:59
Originally posted by avestin avestin wrote:

Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:


Please, i am tired to see people refuse to listen bands with lyrics written not in english. I m assured that prog bands with italian, german, french and more lyrics are a MUST if you want to call yourself prog lover.

Please try, you will not regret it
    
I have no idea to who you are refering. I and most of who I know here listen to Italian, French, Swedish, Finnish, Japanese, Spanish and German singing bands. In fact, more than 50% of the prog bands I listen to do not sing in English. Where did you get this idea?
Actually I am trying to get some more Music in other languages. (I am trying to get PFM & Harmonium) It is just more difficult to find non-english stuff (on e-bay etc.) because of the limited # released. (or so it seems).
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Originally posted by int_2375 int_2375 wrote:

I give music a chance no matter what language its in, but to be honest I haven't found many non-english speaking bands that I like.  Harmonium is one.  Paatos is another.  Like it or not, lyrics are part of listening to music, and if you can't understand them, your not going to get the full scope of the music.


You're right. But you can see the music in a different perspective because you don't have to be focus on the lyrics. An example might be Sigur Ros , They sing in hopelandic wich is an invented language ment for harmoni rather than meaning.

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I give music a chance no matter what language its in, but to be honest I haven't found many non-english speaking bands that I like.  Harmonium is one.  Paatos is another.  Like it or not, lyrics are part of listening to music, and if you can't understand them, your not going to get the full scope of the music.
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well, i listen to english, french, italian and  german prog, and my least favorite one is my native language French! i don't know... maybe it is because it is a source of distraction, so that i less concentrate on music.
 
 
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Points: 37598 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 28 2006 at 17:59
^ Heard any good Klingon prog lately? Wink

I love Italian prog... I'd never just listen to songs in my native language, which is English.  I  like listening to French and Japanese songs since I can already speak them rather poorly and so  listening to it helps to improve my command of the languages.

Really, though, lyrics have never mattered nearly as much to me as the music itself (with many pieces of music understanding the banal lyrics can decrease the enjoyment).  If I really like a song sung in a  language I can't understand, I will look for a translation.  Moreover, I don't think English a very lovely  language for singing -- aesthetically I tend to prefer hearing a song sung in, for instance, one of the romantic languages such as Spanish, Italian, French.....
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A good chunk of my collection features bands who sing in a foreign language, or even one of their own invention, such as Kobaian or Hopelandic. For all the sense they make, most of Jon Anderson's lyrics might as well be in Martian, and Italian prog wouldn't sound the same in any other language - just check out the English language versions of their 1970s classics.
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Points: 13033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2006 at 23:43
Blieve me ... i listen sooo many italian bands, with italian lyris of course.. and lots of latin bands with lyrics in spanish

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I haven;t listened to any music in a foreign language.  The first band I ever heard in another language was Rammstien, and that left a really bad taste in my mouth.  And I am still getting inot prog, and want to hear the english singing acts more than others.  Just prefernce.
 
And saying that someone isn't a true prog fan if they don't listen to foriegn prog is  just ignorant.
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Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by Zoso Zoso wrote:

Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:

Please, i am tired to see people refuse to listen bands with lyrics written not in english. I m assured that you MUST listen prog bands with italian, german, french and more lyrics are a MUST if you want to call yourself prog lover.

Please try, you will not regret it


As a french speaker, I totally agree with you. English is fine but there is so many AMAZING bands who sing in other languages.

*cough* Harmonium *cough*

and many others LOLWink


Dude, can you please help me find some of that band's music for a reasonable price? Where'd you get yours?


Actually, I live in Québec and, here, we can buy it everywhere. Even at Wal-Mart LOL.

But use amazon if you want it that badly Wink (you should)

I do want it very badly, but it would kill me to pay 40$ for a CD. Can someone maybe...upload the music for me? I have no idea how it works, but people have done it for me before. If anyone would care to do it, it would be greatly appreciated.
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I absolutely agree, there are stupid jerks who do that. I don't listen to lyrics, I listen to voice.

And anyway, that's a benefit: you can hate an Italian album for bad music, but you can't hate it for horrible lyrics!Wink
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Points: 1494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2006 at 22:37
I don't "refuse to listen to it" so much as I don't particularly want music that's not sung in English, but more importantly, CDs from other countries are hard to find and expensive as a ****.
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Points: 1930 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2006 at 20:14
Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by Zoso Zoso wrote:

Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:

Please, i am tired to see people refuse to listen bands with lyrics written not in english. I m assured that you MUST listen prog bands with italian, german, french and more lyrics are a MUST if you want to call yourself prog lover.

Please try, you will not regret it


As a french speaker, I totally agree with you. English is fine but there is so many AMAZING bands who sing in other languages.

*cough* Harmonium *cough*

and many others LOLWink


Dude, can you please help me find some of that band's music for a reasonable price? Where'd you get yours?


Actually, I live in Québec and, here, we can buy it everywhere. Even at Wal-Mart LOL.

But use amazon if you want it that badly Wink (you should)
or ebay, that's where I found my Harmonium albums.
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I like other language musics. Personal favorites are German, Italian, and Latin. Smile
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Points: 11746 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2006 at 17:27
Originally posted by Zoso Zoso wrote:

Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:

Please, i am tired to see people refuse to listen bands with lyrics written not in english. I m assured that you MUST listen prog bands with italian, german, french and more lyrics are a MUST if you want to call yourself prog lover.

Please try, you will not regret it


As a french speaker, I totally agree with you. English is fine but there is so many AMAZING bands who sing in other languages.

*cough* Harmonium *cough*

and many others LOLWink


Dude, can you please help me find some of that band's music for a reasonable price? Where'd you get yours?


Actually, I live in Québec and, here, we can buy it everywhere. Even at Wal-Mart LOL.

But use amazon if you want it that badly Wink (you should)

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I listen to Dutch music!

I also am trying to get Storia Di Un Minuto and Per Un Amico by PFM.
My music!

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Points: 12625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2006 at 16:08
Originally posted by Zoso Zoso wrote:

Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:

Please, i am tired to see people refuse to listen bands with lyrics written not in english. I m assured that you MUST listen prog bands with italian, german, french and more lyrics are a MUST if you want to call yourself prog lover.

Please try, you will not regret it


As a french speaker, I totally agree with you. English is fine but there is so many AMAZING bands who sing in other languages.

*cough* Harmonium *cough*

and many others LOLWink


Dude, can you please help me find some of that band's music for a reasonable price? Where'd you get yours?
 
I bought it here:
 
see if it suits you.
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Points: 501 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2006 at 15:40
Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:

Originally posted by oracus oracus wrote:

Please, i am tired to see people refuse to listen bands with lyrics written not in english. I m assured that you MUST listen prog bands with italian, german, french and more lyrics are a MUST if you want to call yourself prog lover.

Please try, you will not regret it


As a french speaker, I totally agree with you. English is fine but there is so many AMAZING bands who sing in other languages.

*cough* Harmonium *cough*

and many others LOLWink


Dude, can you please help me find some of that band's music for a reasonable price? Where'd you get yours?
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Points: 70 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2006 at 14:49
To me, music sung in a differant language dosen't matter.  Good music is good music, regardless of what language its sung in
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I admit that I only listen to music sung in English. I've tried with other languages but I don't like it the same. It's a matter of musical education: since I was a child " quality rock music" has always been for me equivalent to "music in English". perhaps because Spanish rock is not as good, with some few exceptions. Even if there can be lyrics that I don't understand inmediately when listening to music in English, they sound good to me for the fact of being sung in  English. English rocks!. I know that this is absurd but I feel it this way.
Anyway I'll keep trying, I promise.Wink
 


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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 23 2006 at 14:16
Why is this a matter of "refusal"...it's something of choice...personally I don't know any case of someone abolishing an album for being of foreign language...that his preferences are not withing non-English album,that's a different thing...
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