foreign musicz

[xylert]

so, who here likes foreign music?
me, i like:

Maximum The Hormone [J-rock/rap/metal/EPIC XD
Antic Cafe [J-rock/pop] (sticks out like a sore thumb in my itunes list, which mostly consists of heavy metal and rock >.<)
Concerto Moon [J-metal/speed metal/power metal, one of the three...]
Dir En Grey [J-rock/metal]
High and Mighty Color [J-rock/rap]
X Japan [J-metal/heavy metal]
The Trax/Trax [K-rock/rap/pop] (thxs to DT ^_^)
Rammstein [German metal]

/headbang  

[Zizzykitty]

I like some foreign bands but the ones that I really like still speak English.

Vanilla Sky [Italian pop/alt-rock]
Goodnight Nurse [They're from New Zealand. They're the only emo band I really like, even though Wikipedia calls them pop/punk]

I don't know anything else from the artist but this is one of my favorite Japanese songs ever.
I thought I should throw something in there that's not in English. xD  

[0Moon_Maiden0]

I like...

Tokio Hotel (German)

Apocalyptica (Finland I believe...)
The Rasmus (Finland)

Aqua (Denmark?)

BoA (Korean Singer)

and there are others....just too lazy to list them all.....  

[Chaosctrl]

I like Alizée. (French)  

[Arch Angel Neko]

the p[ain.. migraine.. damn redface  

[Custom Kiwi]

How does one define 'foreign music'? Is it just music that comes from a country other than your own? Or is it music in a different language to your own?

I guess pretty much all the music I listen to is 'foreign' because I'm from New Zealand and we have don't have very good musicians here. rolleyes Well, I'll admit, there are a couple of okay-ish ones but nothing to tell you about at least.

Mostly everyone here listens to bands and musicians from America or the UK and I'm no exception. I also listen to a lot of French music. But then again, is French music foreign to me just because I don't live in France but am French.... I don't know. I'm confused.  

[Moonlight_HuangHou]

Wow! Well said Kiwi! Actually for me it would maybe be something with another language other than my own that I call 'foreign'. I never realized it but maybe foreign when I'm relating the songs to someone else and it's not a language or accent (thinking of Caribbean) that they're accustomed to.

Foreign music I love. ^_^  

[Zizzykitty]

I was thinking of that too, Kiwi.
I figured from a different country because I posted two that are still in english but are from Italy and New Zealand.  

[dragontamer363]

I more or less just go with whatever i like. if the music's good it doesn't matter if i can't understand what they're saying. Though i dont' seek out bands just because they're foreign like soe peope seem to either.
Usually the bands i listen to sing in english with occasional foreign-language songs within the album (a la nightwish).
I have a few rammstein songs i really like. and as a band that consistently sings in foreign language, I like Trax (thanks moonlight!)  

[VampressLeona]

I like foreign bandz,
Apocalyptica
Rasmus
HIM
69 eyes
all are Finnish

Change my life
Japanese

2NE1
and another girl I cant remember her name but she was not well loved in Korea for stupid reasons that were pretty untrue.


List....too long...cant write all...
AH MAIDEN yes tokio Hotel... so Glad I found them for us.  

[dragontamer363]

ah HIM and apocolyptica are especially good.
sometimes it's hard to figure out wher ethe abnd comes for if they speak in english. esp if english is still tehrimain language.
eg Seether is from South Africa I think.  

[VampressLeona]

wow DT I didnt know seether was from SA...haha CRAZY!
Yeah and then you have the Canadian bands...are those foreign? cuz Aly and Aj, as well as Sum 41, Moffats, Avril Laviegn....the list goes on..  

[dragontamer363]

and Nickelback! blaugh

incidentally, why does everyone seem to hate nickelback. They seem to have become a scapegoat for all the 'hardcore rock fanz' to beat upon in order to make themselves feel better and more legit. pfft.  

[VampressLeona]

i love nickleback...though i must say much of their music sounds similar which turns me off most bands after a while but I still love them  

[0Moon_Maiden0]

heart Nickelback