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Bilingual bands - and hits

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Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby Uvox » Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:00 am

Some bands were recording their music in two languages. The most famous example is obviously KRAFTWERK - most of their albums are recorded in German and English. TELEX were making English and French versions of their hits - like Eurovision and Moscow Discow. ABBA did never forget about their non-English origin - making Swedish versions of their songs - and even a Spanish version of all their hits on a special compilation LP.

Do you know of other 80ies bands or singers which were bilingual too??
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby Passing_Stranger » Sun Apr 10, 2022 7:20 am

Ooh, plenty of them!

Biggest one (for me, at least :D ) is Peter Schilling, of course - his first two albums were in both German and English. Nena, too - not only their "International Album", but also this one - https://www.discogs.com/master/52211-Ne ... n-The-Game (English version of "Feuer und flamme"). Plus:

Trio - https://www.discogs.com/master/316440-T ... -And-Error
Rheingold - https://www.discogs.com/master/255991-R ... an-Fanatic + https://www.discogs.com/master/73266-Rh ... mputerbeat
Adolphson & Falk - https://www.discogs.com/release/570574- ... -Astronaut + https://www.discogs.com/master/101777-A ... o-Eternity (great album, by the way)
Hubert Kah - https://www.discogs.com/release/3566040 ... h-Angel-07 + https://www.discogs.com/release/1689838 ... Hubert-Kah (last two tracks)
Strasse - https://www.discogs.com/release/825869- ... ash-Slowly
Elli & Jacno - https://www.discogs.com/release/2798243 ... -Va-Sauter (last two songs)
Azul y Negro - https://www.discogs.com/release/2178812 ... oing-Crazy
Mecano - https://www.discogs.com/release/6200336 ... ited-Guest
Lustans Lakejer - https://www.discogs.com/master/22015-Va ... In-The-Sun (English version of "En plats i solen")
Cosmic Overdose - https://www.discogs.com/release/447287- ... Final-Koko (several tracks from earlier releases with English vocals)
Kapitan Nemo - https://www.discogs.com/release/1241906 ... ttle-While
Grauzone - https://www.discogs.com/release/2574556 ... -1980-1982 (penultimate track)
Peter Baumann - https://www.discogs.com/master/67320-Ba ... -The-Night (this one has both English and German versions)
Images - https://www.discogs.com/master/94396-Im ... ve-Emotion (it's more Eurodisco but what the hell; great song, by the way)
Lio - http://discog.info/lio.html
Yukihiro Takahashi - https://www.discogs.com/master/287250-T ... sable-Love
Xynn - https://www.discogs.com/master/308045-X ... sh-Version + https://www.discogs.com/release/2154513 ... an-Version
+
Suzy Andrews - https://www.discogs.com/master/54997-Su ... zy-Andrews (English covers of NDW hits)
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby Passing_Stranger » Sun Apr 10, 2022 8:10 am

On the other hand, there were UK bands and performers that sometimes recorded their songs in other languages:

Siouxsie/Banshees - https://www.discogs.com/release/842749- ... ittageisen
The Teardrop Explodes - https://www.discogs.com/release/359859- ... st-A-Story ("Traison")
Visage - https://www.discogs.com/release/155326- ... Der-Amboss
John Foxx - https://www.discogs.com/master/61061-Jo ... The-Garden ("Pater noster", of course; does that count?)
New Order - https://www.discogs.com/master/606350-N ... rom-The-Haçienda-And-Factory-Records ("Ode to joy" sung in German)
Blondie - https://www.discogs.com/master/625230-B ... t-Of-Glass
Peter Godwin - https://www.discogs.com/master/107183-P ... l-Disguise ("French emotions")
Paul Hardcastle - https://www.discogs.com/master/41769-Paul-Hardcastle-19 (versions in different languages, incl. Japanese!)
Monsoon - https://www.discogs.com/release/1539978 ... ra-Monsoon (tracks 13-14)
Hard Corps - https://www.discogs.com/master/95601-HardCorps-Dirty ("Respirer") + https://www.discogs.com/master/95607-Ha ... te-Bonheur
Madness - https://www.discogs.com/release/2155387 ... n-Original + https://www.discogs.com/release/9808693 ... s-7-Palmas
Eddie & Sunshine - https://www.discogs.com/master/121379-E ... eson-Lines (not fully)
Department S - https://www.discogs.com/ru/release/1980 ... -Vic-There

And not only UK ones:

Men Without Hats - https://www.discogs.com/master/59943-Me ... s-Freeways
Rational Youth - https://www.discogs.com/master/1141834- ... y-Of-Night
Trans-X - https://www.discogs.com/master/64175-Tr ... re-Sur-Vidéo-Living-On-Video

Also, Al Bano & Romina Power and Ricchi e Poveri recorded their hits in Spanish, but I don't know if that's of any interest :D
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby rewind » Mon Apr 11, 2022 4:35 pm

Nina Hagen in Ekstasy / Nina Hagen In Ekstase (German)
Gina X - Harley Davidson (French/German/English)
Fee - CIA (German/English)
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby xymox970 » Mon Apr 11, 2022 5:57 pm

The Stranglers......with their well-known classics La Folie & Dont Bring Harry.....


https://www.discogs.com/artist/71891-Th ... lter_anv=0


....but also a single in Swedish.....


https://www.discogs.com/master/704105-S ... 6stfronten
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby schwenko » Mon Apr 11, 2022 5:58 pm

Sugoi !!!
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby Moribund » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:19 pm

Rissan wrote:The Third album of Peter Gabriel was available in English and German: https://www.discogs.com/master/29662-Peter-Gabriel-Peter-Gabriel

Fourth album too: https://www.discogs.com/release/411756-Peter-Gabriel-Deutsches-Album
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby drivel » Tue Apr 12, 2022 9:31 am

The Miguel Bosé album 'XXX' has English and Spanish language variants.
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby 80rulez » Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:58 am

The Hooters has one song "Johnny B" sung in Japanese
https://www.discogs.com/release/1315671 ... s-Star-Box
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby 80rulez » Tue Apr 19, 2022 7:04 am

Also, most German artists sing in both languages. Not mentioned above is Nena:

German:
https://www.discogs.com/master/52193-Ne ... Und-Flamme

English:
https://www.discogs.com/master/52211-Ne ... n-The-Game

or Austrian Falco who mixed both German and English.
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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby Passing_Stranger » Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:06 pm

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Re: Bilingual bands - and hits

Postby 80rulez » Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:29 pm

Passing_Stranger wrote:
80rulez wrote:Not mentioned above is Nena

Check the very second comment :D


A sign of getting old :D
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