akari (あかり)@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoIs there a song in a foreign language you like the melody to but didnt know the lyrics?message-squaremessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareIs there a song in a foreign language you like the melody to but didnt know the lyrics?akari (あかり)@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square105fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·26 days agohistorical example: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto – released in Japan in 1961 under “Ue o Muite Arukō” – released in US in 1963 under “Sukiyaki” because that was about the only Japanese word Americans knew …
minus-squareSparc IPX@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoI loved his cover of “Calendar Girl” sung in Japanese.
historical example: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto – released in Japan in 1961 under “Ue o Muite Arukō” – released in US in 1963 under “Sukiyaki” because that was about the only Japanese word Americans knew …
I loved his cover of “Calendar Girl” sung in Japanese.