Would you listen to foreign music though you couldn't understand the lyrics?

Sure I do. It is the rhythm that gets me going. I like the Salsa which is normally not in English but the music is fab!!!

Hi sachi! It is said that music has no language. It beats, rythem and percussion are good and ring bells in the ear, I enjoy the music, irrespective of its lyrics. It is always fun to hear different kind of music as it increase our sphere of knowledge about music. Sometimes listening to folk and regional music could be really touching and I do that also.

I like some foreign music as well even though I don't understand some of it I still like to listen to it.I really like to hear some spanish songs they are nice to hear even though I don't know some of the words.

Hi Sachii! I also love listening to the music of other languages although I cant understand them. Just like yours, I just want to hear the melody and rhytm of the song. I love listening to Korean love song and some remix. Also from Spain and some part of Europe.

Yes i like listening to foreign sounds too. I have collections like Latin, Korean, Japanese,Indian,Jamaican,Malaysian,German and many more.I can not understand the lyrics but I love the melody and beat. It makes me relax especially when i am facing a variety of work loads.huh!

I am a very big fan of Music.It doesn't matter which language the lyrics of the songs are.If the music of the song is good I dig into it,I love it.The internal message that the music carries is conveyed to me,and I don't need the lyrics to explain it to me. I love listening Foreign music even though I don't understand their lyrics.

I suppose it depends on what music you're being exposed to,whether it be from your own cultural background or one that you'd be interested in hearing from, the radio,TV,or internet or what clubs you go to or what you share with your friends..Here in Northern Ireland,the UK National TV and Radio stations play almost exclusively only English Language music,although Irish Music and Language features on the Irish Nationals..There's a video on Youtube called "Where the Hell's Matt?" that I've discovered and enjoy..it Features a Guy (Called Matt!) who's travelled to countries around the world and basically has created a video documentary of him visiting the countries and dancing on camera with the Locals..It has an Indian Music song called "Praan" as a soundtrack which I don't understand,but it perfectly underscores the joyful silliness of a bunch of people expressing themselves in the international language of a silly dance!

Hello. I do listen to different kinds of music, pop, oldies, jazz, classical, and so on. And, yes, I very much like listening to foreign music too. When I travel to foreign countries, I often buy CDs of the music of the countries. I have a collection of CDs, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, German, Malaysian, Italian, and more. Foreign songs and music are very beautiful and very enchanting too !

I wouldn't listen to music whose lyrics' language isn't familiar to me. I wouldn't like to be offending those who do understand them should I be in a situation where I'm listening to music that are swearing, if you know what I mean. I've never liked songs for their tone or melody alone. I'm fond of lyrics as well.

I love african music. Which is often in other languages. I also love reggae and its somtimes done in different languages.

Yes I would because music is a universal language so it can reach to others even though they cant understand the words because the melody can still resonate with them.I remember a time when all I could pick up on my radio was indian music and I had a ball listening to it

Foreign languages and accents give vocalists their own personal style and can give some singers a really unique tone that would be hard to impersonate. I do like listening to music in different languages because I would be ignorant to only accept music in my own language because there could be bands out there that would change my whole musical perspective I'm just not finding them because they don't speak English. So stay open minded just because a band can't speak English doesn't mean they still don't have a beautiful vision or story to bring forth to you.

Depends on how much I enjoy the beat, tempo and such.

Yes I would listen to the song even if I don't understand the lyrics,but only if I love the rhythm or music of the song.For me music is more important than lyrics as I like instrumentals more than songs.

Yes, I listen to music in Spanish, French, Japanese, and other European and Asian languages even if I cannot understand the lyrics because I understand the emotions in the song. I feel the emotions of the music.

Well, I started listening English music when I was student of 6th class and didn't understood anything . But I keep listening because its their music which forced me to . .. so my answer will be "Yes" ... Some times I listen song from Rassia and France because they are good in music and that's all ... Thanks ... :)

[b]No, basically I am a Tamilian(Tamilnadu(speaks Tamil language)person from India). Though I am a lecturer in engineering college, I ask my students to listen music in Mother Tongue, so that we might get more exposure towards the music and we gain more knowledge.. I believe that innovative ideas will come only in the way of mother tongue.. we think through our mother tongue and we try to expose in foreign languages.. so that our full creativity will be resisted... Likewise, I like to listen music only in my mother tongue... but, due to circumstances, I am forced to listen some foreign language musics.. [/b]

Yes, sometimes I do find myself listening to foreign music, regardless of whether I understand the lyrics. I can't name any artists, because when I listen to such music, I usually just stumble upon it somewhere, like in a movie or on the radio, but I don't usually go buy/download it. An exception was Nydia Rojas, a Mexican singer, that I was crazy about in high school. I was studying Spanish then so I understood little bits of her songs and would actually take the time to sit and translate the ones I liked the best so I would know what I was singing along with. I did the same with some Shakira in those days too. I live relatively close to the Mexican border, so there are several Spanish-only radio stations here, and sometimes I have to pause on one - so much of that music just makes you want to dance! And you don't need to know the words to dance! :) I've also enjoyed and danced around the house/car to some Jamaican, Irish, Italian, Japanese, African, and South American music. I just love music. It definitely brings another level of enjoyment when a song has lyrics that I understand and that mean something to me, though! :)

Hi Sachii315,I have a couple of the same tracks in different languages as the lyrics, even if I don't understand them, add to the accompaniment. Mother Earth is a french/english collaboration of french rap, english lyrics and is fantastic. A big while back Kelly Velance (if that's how you spell the name,)released 'Kiss' which was originally a turkish number one hit. English lyrics to turkish music. The original was a total floor stomper in the resorts whereas KV 'English' version didn't quite fit the back beat and was a bit of a flop as far as I'm concerned. Bangra beats are great too and my favourite dance track ever is 'Yaki Yaki' don't know who its by (my partner would be able to tell me) but a great, great,great dance track that has been mixed, remixed and still doing the circuit now after being released about 10 years ago. Party on people!!!!!!! In whatever language you like!!!!!!

Hi, yes I always do. I understand Chinese, English, Cantonese and Hokkien dialect only but that hasn't stopped me from liking Japanese, Korean, Indonesia, etc music. I believe music has not language barrier. Although I don't understand them, but the song still touches me. For example, Utada Hikaru - First Love and Misia - Everything, they are a classic to me. And there is a lot more out there. Cheers