Comments on: Pride Podcast and My Top Five Cunning Linguists

By: BC

BC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:54:27 +0000

- sure thing = St.Germain (Nu-jazz dj from Paris singing&mixing in English)
-now or never = Lisa Ekdahl (Swedish jazz singer singing in english)

By: BC

BC — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:25:52 +0000

Me top five for this week:

very melo this one but a great song. Absolutely love her accent.
- Ne me quitte pas = Nina Simone
- Rainin in paradise = signed Manu Chao & Kosturica.
(there are actually more songs from him singing in french, italian that are also awsome but this is my favorite from him singing in a foreign language)
- Start wearing purple = Gogol Bordello (An ukranian gypsy-punk singer doing great stuff in english)
- Believe = Franka Potente (soundtrack of “run lola run”)

By: mytopfive

mytopfive — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:55:27 +0000

Do you think I can put in Crystal Castles? They kind of invented a new language of their own.

By: Jenna!

Jenna! — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:18:31 +0000

5. FM Belfast – “Tropical” (Icelandic to English)
4. Talking Heads/David Byrne – “Psycho Killer” (English to French)
3. Jens Lekman – “Black Cab” or “Opposite of Hallelujah” (Swedish to English)
2. Arcade Fire/Win Butler – “Une Annee Sans Lumiere” (English to French)
1. Nico – “These Days” (German to English)

By: Matt D

Matt D — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:54:21 +0000

Interesting theme. I’ll try my best:

1. Luna – Bonnie & Clyde (French)
Luna’s the former band of Dean Wareham of Britta & Dean fame (don’t know if fame’s the right word, but if you’ve heard of them, there you go).

2. Susie Van Der Meer – Somebody has to Pay (English)
She’s German, and this song is on the Run Lola Run soundtrack. Great song.

3. Sigur Ros – Untitled 8 (Hopelandic)
So yeah, these guys are from Iceland and they sing in Icelandic. But, for their album (), all the songs are sung in a made-up, non-sense language called Hopelandic. It’s a bit crazy, yes, but it’s pretty impressive…and Untitled 8 is probably the most accessible song. It’s also almost 12 minutes long, but well worth the listen.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:21:15 +0000

thought there might be 2 many swedes but I’d give honorable mentions to Ida Maria and Jose Gonzalez as well.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:02:18 +0000

I’ll start off with a couple of Queen numbers from the top of my head:

1. Queen – Mustapha
2. Queen – Teo Torriate
3. Hakan Hellstrom – Kom igen Lena. Cool Swedish ditty

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:59:24 +0000

6. Ozomatli – Cumbia De Los Muertos
5. Axelle Red – Mon Cafe (the Coffee Song)
4. Franke Potente – Wish
3. Manau – L’Avenir est un Long Passe
2. Sting – Mo Ghile Mear
1. La Ley – Siempre (Every time)

[...and just to be funny let's not forget: O-zone - Numa Numa; Las Ketchup - Asereje; David Hasselhoff - Du]

By: Norman

Norman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:58:03 +0000

Alright, first off, I’d just like to say that I was going to put everyone in your top five into my top five. Now I’m in a bit of a spot. Here goes nothing;

1.Bjork, Pagan Poetry

2.Asobi Seksu, New Years

3.Jens Lekman, Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo

4.Devendra Banhart, Autumn’s Child

5.Interpol – Not Even Jail (They all speak Spanish)

By: Pedro Monscooch

Pedro Monscooch — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:33:38 +0000

Great podcast this week. Your topics are getting much harder for me Tom. I have some debatable entries after much thinking:

Wyclef Jean: Gone Til November
Robyn: Cobrastyle
Sebastien Tellier: Divine
Pink Martini: Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler
Flight Of The Conchords: Foux Du Fafa