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Started by viper37, July 22, 2016, 09:21:35 AM

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Is it important for you to understand the lyrics of a song?

Non english: I used to sing Karma Chameleon and Touch me...
5 (38.5%)
Non english: It has to be in a language I understand
0 (0%)
English: Waka Waka is a deeply offensive song
2 (15.4%)
English: Bof.  I just like the music
6 (46.2%)

Total Members Voted: 13

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jimmy olsen

#15
July 22, 2016, 09:31:44 PM
If it's in English the lyrics are important to me, if not in English they're not important to me and I can still enjoy the song.
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Valmy

#16
July 22, 2016, 09:51:30 PM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on July 22, 2016, 08:01:04 PM
I usually don't care about lyrics except in classical music

Italian is the proper language for opera. All educated people agree on that.

Anyway good to see you Rex!
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Eddie Teach

#17
July 22, 2016, 10:27:56 PM
I'm the one who likes all their pretty songs and I like to sing along but I don't know what they mean.
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viper37

#18
July 23, 2016, 09:39:57 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 22, 2016, 05:28:55 PM
The vast majority of music I listen to is in English (regardless of origin, I rarely listen to Swedish music with Swedish lyrics).
there ain't a ton of good Swedish metal bands singing in swedish :(  Sabaton has one song I know of.
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viper37

#19
July 23, 2016, 09:40:21 AM
Quote from: Rex Francorum on July 22, 2016, 08:01:04 PM
I usually don't care about lyrics except in classical music
funny guy :P
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

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The Brain

#20
July 23, 2016, 04:40:17 PM
Quote from: viper37 on July 23, 2016, 09:39:57 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 22, 2016, 05:28:55 PM
The vast majority of music I listen to is in English (regardless of origin, I rarely listen to Swedish music with Swedish lyrics).
there ain't a ton of good Swedish metal bands singing in swedish :(  Sabaton has one song I know of.

True. At least Sabaton did a whole record with two versions of all the songs, English and Swedish.
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Liep

#21
July 24, 2016, 03:34:07 AM
I rarely listen intensively enough to hear all the lyrics of a song, but a song becomes more enjoyable to me if there are well constructed pieces of lyric within it regardless of their context otherwise. I think this is why I love Tom Waits so much.
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