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foreign lyrics -------do you care?

Foreign lyrics - does any body care if you can not understand the lyrical content of a particular piece of music? Many of my non audiophile friends would not even pretend to entertain the thought of listening to foreign music. To me, the human voice is a beautiful and complex instrument wether or not I understand the lyrics. Emotion and passion are universal.
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marakanetz
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In Buena Vista Social Club you actually can read English translation of the Spanish lyrics.

Before I become an audiophile I listened to american and brittish artists and also french ones. So I can assume that it's only an american mentality to only listen to the lyrics that you can understand.
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marakanetz
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How about artists that often invent their own language appart from any language we know?

For example: Magma(Christian and Maurice Vander),
Dead Can Dance(Lisa Gerrard, Brandan Perry)...
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