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Friend of P.
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
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Language changes
What are your opinions on language changes within lyrics? Like, nothing crazy like English to Mandarin or Afrikaans but from English to French/Spanish?
Personally I think it sounds cool and has a cool effect if done right. Examples of this are mostly from Arcade Fire and the Pixies Haiti - Arcade Fire show
Crackity Jones - The Pixies show
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UG's Reptile freak
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Madrid,spain
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Megadeth-A tout le monde. boom first one to mention it muahahaha.
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God.
Join Date: Jan 2013
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I love when it throws the foreign words in.. like in Five Finger Death Punch's song Under and Over It's 2nd verse finishes with "C'est la vie!.. Adiós!.. Good Riddance!.. **** YOU" and it's really good to shout along to xD... also, sum 41 did their song "Ma Poubelle" fully in french, which has an amazing touch.. i love songs in french/spanish;o or italian is good;p
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B-Tuned
Join Date: Jul 2010
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It can work quite well
Orphaned Land combines several languages with English, I think mostly Hebrew and Arabic and it's pretty cool. |
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Accept Amamos laVida!
I think about writing lyrics in Greek for my songs.... |
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is a pimp
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Vancouver, WA
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greek is cool
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Gravedigger
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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It's called Macaronic language. I would avoid it if you're intentions are to write something serious. If you do want to use it in a serious work, then use a word or phrase that doesn't exist in English, or where the appropriate translation is long-winded.
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2012
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I think my personal favorite example is the French hook from "Lady Marmalade."
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