Yeah, and let's not forget Blur's classic "Du bist sehr schön, but we haven't been introduced", among other gems. Come to think of it, Blur also have a few snippets of French hidden away in some of their songs. No, they're not at all pretentious.
I vaguely remember hearing a few German Beatles songs when I was younger, and having a good laugh about them. ABBA sound awful in German. I'd expected better from a bunch of Swedes. And "The Wall" in German? Not sure I can stomach that. Ugh.
It's interesting hearing artists do different-language versions of their own songs. I nearly always prefer the original versions, though. Bowie in German is OK but far from great, just like Nena and Falco (to get really poppy for a moment) sound better in German than they do in English. I'll have to seek out Peter Gabriel's German-language stuff. I can't say I'm familiar with it.
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I vaguely remember hearing a few German Beatles songs when I was younger, and having a good laugh about them. ABBA sound awful in German. I'd expected better from a bunch of Swedes. And "The Wall" in German? Not sure I can stomach that. Ugh.
It's interesting hearing artists do different-language versions of their own songs. I nearly always prefer the original versions, though. Bowie in German is OK but far from great, just like Nena and Falco (to get really poppy for a moment) sound better in German than they do in English. I'll have to seek out Peter Gabriel's German-language stuff. I can't say I'm familiar with it.