Foriegn Language

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Month: May 2005

Chosen by: Chris

Description: Songs with full or partial lyrics sung in a foreign tongue.

ChrisAlyssa
Siempre ubi sub ubi
  1. Animaniacs - The Hello Song
  2. Russell Watson - Funiculi Funicula
  3. Marmalade Boy - Saigo no Yakusoku
  4. Shakira - Suerte (Whenever, Wherever)
  5. The Boom - Shima Uta
  6. Enya - Ebudae
  7. B'z - Liar Liar
  8. Enrique Iglesias - Hero (spanish)
  9. Mens 5 - He Kokimashita
  10. Nina - 99 Luftbalons
  11. Richie Valens - La Bamba
  12. Sing Like Talking - Spirit of Love
  13. Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
  14. Beck - Loser
  15. Styx - Mr. Roboto
  16. They Might Be Giants - Au Contraire
  17. Sam Sham & The Pharoahs - Wooly Bully
  18. Lionel Richie - All Night Long
  19. Mr. Mister - Kyrie
  20. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  21. Nobuo Uematsu - Liberi Fatali
  1. Mana - El Muella de San Blas
  2. The Beatles - Michelle
  3. Brasil 66 - Mais Que Nada
  4. Benoit Charest - Attila Marcel
  5. Anastasia Moutsatson - Pino Pino
  6. The Beatles - Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
  7. Bruno Coulais - Les Choristes
  8. Shakira - Estoy Aqui
  9. Sigur Ros - Staraflur
  10. Sesame Street - Sing
  11. Sting - Perfect Love (Gone Wrong)
  12. Santana - Oye Como Va
  13. They Might Be Giants - Greek #3
  14. Cesaria Evora - Besame Mucho
  15. John Lennon - Dream #9
  16. Barbier - Cieco Cieco
  17. Rosalia De Souza - Maria Moita
  18. The Beatles - Sun King
  19. Benoit Charest - Belleville Rendezvous
  20. Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Desafinado
  21. They Might Be Giants - Au Contraire
  22. Tony Bennett and K.D. Lang - La Vie En Rose

Alyssa's Thoughts

For the record, this is the best CD of Chris's, in my opinion. I think it's great! My mom, however, couldn't stand Chris's Foreign Language CD. She made me turn it off halfway through the CD when we were on a road trip once. She just has no taste. :P

Here's the most represented language, in order of greatest to least:

  • French: 7
  • Spanish: 5
  • Portuguese: 3
  • Greek: 2
  • Mixed/Unknown Languages: 2
  • German: 1
  • Icelandic: 1
  • Italian: 1

And for those of you who are wondering which tracks are in which language, here's the answers:

  1. Spanish
  2. French
  3. Portuguese
  4. French
  5. Greek
  6. German
  7. French
  8. Spanish
  9. Icelandic
  10. Spanish
  11. French
  12. Spanish
  13. Greek
  14. Spanish
  15. Unknown
  16. Italian
  17. Portuguese
  18. Mixed/Unknown
  19. French
  20. Portuguese
  21. French
  22. French

By the way, I could have put on a ton of Beatles tracks on this CD, but I didn't want to overload it.

Chris's Thoughts

I really liked how this CD turned out. It was one of the first times that I got to use some of my Japanese songs, so I was excited.

The first song says how to say "Hello" in a number of different languages.

"He Kokimashita" is actually a song about farting. It's really funny when you know what they're saying.

"Liberi Fatali" is the theme song from Final Fantasy VIII. Alyssa and I had been playing for a while when we made this CD, so it made a nice addition.

Since Alyssa did it, I thought I would add the statistics for the album as well:

  1. Many languages
  2. Italian
  3. Japanese
  4. Spanish
  5. Japanese
  6. Celtic?
  7. Japanese
  8. Spanish
  9. Japanese
  10. German
  11. Spanish
  12. Japanese
  13. Hindi?
  14. Spanish
  15. Japanese
  16. French
  17. Spanish
  18. African?
  19. Latin
  20. Who knows?
  21. Latin?