akari (あかり)/marco (マルコ)@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIs there a song in a foreign language you like the melody to but didnt know the lyrics?message-squaremessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareIs there a song in a foreign language you like the melody to but didnt know the lyrics?akari (あかり)/marco (マルコ)@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months 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-up1·6 months 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.