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| Spyder |
Have you ever noticed that majority of the tracks out there have English titles or even English lyrics…
Why is that?
Honestly off the top of my head I cant think of any tracks that don’t have English titles… |
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| Sand Leaper |
It all boils down to how big a market you're trying to appeal to. English is the most prevalent and global language in dance music, so artists name their tracks in English to appeal as broadly as possible.
Still, I know plenty of tunes without English titles, as it doesn't matter THAT much when so much of the music is purely instrumental anyhow.
It's a different story when it comes to, say, rock bands or rappers, who rely largely on lyrical content. For instance, there's a band called Bob Hund (Bob Dog in English) who used to do all their tunes in Swedish. They took on a new name when they re-recorded their tracks in English to make their tunes more accessible to a global audience. |
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| Floorfiller |
| seems like the only time you see names of songs in different languages is when they are suggesting some cultural feel...whether it's spanish, french, japanese whatever...but yeah i agree with jan |
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| Project-K |
| Why is pop music filled with vocals to begin with? People don't want meaningful or cultural lyrics, they just want something they can sing along to. If you stray away from that kind of music you'll find plenty of stuff with titles and lyrics in other languages. It's just that you don't hear about them in mainstream media. |
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| theognis1002 |
Luise La Roche - C'est L'Heure (Main Mix)
thats in french.. only one i can really think of off the top of my head
pvd used to play it alot.. played it in 2004 sensation |
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| sleepydragon |
| english is the most widely spoken language in the world so most people understand it simple. |
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| d-miurge |
Shane - C'est Musique
Classic. |
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| iced_donuts |
| um off the top of my head the only track i can think of thats not enlgish is encore un fois. |
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| EvilTree |
some from trance and techno. my translation may be faulty
Mac Zimms - L'annonce de Couleurs (french: announce of colours?)
WJ Henze - Hachi, Ni, Go, forgot the first one (jap for 1-4)
Boriqua Tribez - Fuego (spanish: fire)
Max Walder - Samba del Costa (portuguese: Samba of the Coast)
Danny Oliveira - Un Dia Lluviso (portuguese: A Rainy Day)
Killian - Bodega Latina (spanish: Latin cellar)
M.I.K.E - Fuego Caliente (spanish: hot fire)
Massimo Cominotto - Eroi di Carta (italian: paper heroes?)
Thomas P Heckmann & WJ Henze - Konfektion (german: confection)
Agoria: La Onzieme Marche (french: Last min market?)
Airscape - L'Esperanza (Spanish: Hope)
Sash! - Adelante (Dumonde remix) (spanish: forwards)
DJ Danjo & Rob Styles - Duende (Signum remix) (spanish: elf/goblin/sprite)
Fire & Ice - Para Siempre (spanish: Always Forever?)
Marcos - Ad Infinitum (latin: to infinity)
Mirco de Govia - Voller Sterne (Super8 remix) (German: filled with stars?)
Nu NRG - Le Mirage (french: the mirage)
Nu NRG - Eclisse (french: splint)
Schiller - Das Glockenspiel (DJ Tiesto remix) (german: the chimes)
Vascotia - Calibro (italian: antenna?) |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| There's hundreds out there. |
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| yahoo |
| My fav non-english title would be Kippenvelmeter :) |
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