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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2005, 03:51:40 PM »
Oh!  Remembered something else...

Also in Newfoundland, we got to see a band from Quebec called La Bottine Souriante (which means "the smiling shoe," I think).  We didn't even go see them on purpose, they were just part of a free show on the waterfront for Canada Day, sandwiched in between some local acts.  We were absolutely entranced.  The percussion was mainly provided by one guy's feet--some amazingly talented feet--and they all just had so much energy, and captivated and communicated with the audience so well, despite the language barrier.  It was quite possibly the best concert I've ever seen.  I would pay good money to see them again.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2005, 05:40:07 PM »
http://www.bottinesouriante.com/

They were in Dayton May 15th...
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2005, 07:06:32 PM »
Ironic, isn't it?  
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #33 on: June 11, 2005, 04:06:51 AM »
A huge chunk of my music collection is foreign, and in all sorts of zany weird languages, too (I've even got Kazakh, Acadien, Manx Gaelic, Georgian...)

Highest concentration is JPop (most of which is Ayumi.  I ought to be ashamed), French, and probably Spanish, though I've a fair bit of some other languages, as well.

A friend of mine (just got his degree in Linguistics, specializing in Phonology and Turkic languages) loves playing the "guess the language of the song" game.  He is exceedingly good at it.  I'm moderately good with IE languages, but not so hot when it comes to much else.

If anyone's ever interested in introducing me to new international music (or wants to be exposed to some oneself), I'd be all over any opportunities.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #34 on: June 11, 2005, 07:35:58 PM »
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I'm moderately good with IE languages, but not so hot when it comes to much else.


Internet Explorer languages?
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #35 on: June 11, 2005, 07:40:07 PM »
Indo-European languages, I believe.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #36 on: June 12, 2005, 12:54:43 AM »
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Internet Explorer languages?



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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #37 on: June 13, 2005, 01:13:42 AM »
I don't see how Internet Explorer is any geekier than Indo-European, honestly.

What, do we have to start talking about Nostratic, Esperanto (to this day, that conlang sounds like a coffee type) and Quenya to qualify?
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #38 on: June 13, 2005, 10:37:11 AM »
computers are inherently more geeky than language. It's a fact of life that we lingua-philes have to learn to accept.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #39 on: June 13, 2005, 11:37:15 AM »
Foreign languages are a crutch used by the weakwilled natives of other (less blessed) countries.

Apart from Quenya, Westron and the like. Those are allowed.

Klingon is a grey area.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #40 on: June 13, 2005, 10:12:26 PM »
I don't know.  I've managed to alienate computer geeks with my language geekiness.

But then, I'm a conlanger, and that puts me in a whole separate category.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #41 on: June 29, 2005, 01:37:11 AM »
Los lobos is really good.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #42 on: June 29, 2005, 03:50:56 AM »
Los Lobos isn't really foreign though, they're from Texas.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #43 on: June 29, 2005, 12:23:02 PM »
Well some of there stuff is in spanish
also Texas is prety friggin weird, weird enough to be foriegn if you ask me.
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Re: Foreign Music
« Reply #44 on: June 29, 2005, 01:47:22 PM »
lol

Agreed.

We don't have any Texans on the board, do we?
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