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[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

There is some really, really cool non-English music out there.

Jaan Pehchan Ho - I imagine this is what it was like for non-English speakers discovering Elvis for the first time.

https://youtu.be/XnBbjc5hmho

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Artist wanted to make a song that sounds like English to people who don't speak English. It doesn't make sense in any language but still sounds amazing.

https://youtu.be/RpFhFV58FEs

Ievan Polkka - Finnish song from 1928. Used in the gag site "leekspin".

https://youtu.be/hqthspSKZV8

The lyrics are unintentionally hilarious.

https://genius.com/Eino-kettunen-ievan-polkka-english-translation-lyrics

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Jaan Pehchan Ho

They used this in Ghost World, which was a great film early-ish in the careers of Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUvqE-4LhSU

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Jaan Pehchan Ho - I imagine this is what it was like for non-English speakers discovering Elvis for the first time.

https://youtu.be/XnBbjc5hmho

And here's Indian rendition of Mozart's Symphony no. 40.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYnZy7Zv8gU

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Prisencolinensinainciusol

Paradichlorbenzene - A chemical.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTUfwLAVSHE