Is it possible to sing poorly in one language only to sound beautiful in other?
No one has asked this b4.
No one has asked this b4.
I have a stupid, but intriguing question--trust me!
A tone is a tone, pitch is pitch. You could sing in gibberish but it needs no words or language.
I have to agree with Franco, although I wouldn't put it so bluntly as that. "99 Luftballons" was a hit in the U.S. in German, but not so much in English, even though both versions were similar and done by the same artist. Part of the reason why might have been her German accent, which of course didn't sound out of place in German, but did in English.
- Kef
- Kef
Now even the German song "Amerika" is more great in the original language than English, English don't express the fury and the rage as French or German, I think that is due to the guttural "r": rrrrrrrrrrrrhhhh!!:
Songs in German:
1/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9EksAo5hY
2/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI8yW3CB6bw&mode=related&search=
Songs in French:
1/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=597fjk8Eou0&mode=related&search=
2/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEXUydPj79A
Songs in German:
1/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w9EksAo5hY
2/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI8yW3CB6bw&mode=related&search=
Songs in French:
1/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=597fjk8Eou0&mode=related&search=
2/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEXUydPj79A
If you pronounce badly the sounds you will take attention from the music and people will laugh on your face even if it is sung well.
Better to sing in native language, the voice is an instrument, should convey sound not words anyway.
Better to sing in native language, the voice is an instrument, should convey sound not words anyway.
Almost all foreign artists make some English hits in order to be popular, with sometimes thick accents. But correct me if I'm wrong, it is easier to sound more native like while singing than while talking, or so I found through my own experience.
... "fluffykef"??
Anyway, I do agree that it's easier to sound native when singing than talking. There's something about singing that tends to make accents less distinct.
- Kef
Anyway, I do agree that it's easier to sound native when singing than talking. There's something about singing that tends to make accents less distinct.
- Kef
Obviously, because with music there is much to take in, not all about words, while with Speaking you are concentrated in only the words.
"Obviously, because with music there is much to take in, not all about words, while with Speaking you are concentrated in only the words."
From a girls' perspective it's the other way around. Girls listen to how words are pronounced and concentrate more on your inflection and phonology.
From a girls' perspective it's the other way around. Girls listen to how words are pronounced and concentrate more on your inflection and phonology.