# Do you listen to albums in a language you don't understand?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [October 16, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-albums-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/991633 "2023-10-16T03:08:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-albums-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/991633/5 "2023-10-16T03:28:23Z")

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We recently did a thread on songs in languages you don’t understand that has a lot of album mentions.

> [@What's your favorite song in a language you don't understand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-in-a-language-you-dont-understand/974363):
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> I have found that I can enjoy some songs without understanding the lyrics; the sounds of the words can be enough to convey meaning or mood. Or they’re just fun. So, what’s your favorite song in a language you don’t know? I’ll start, although it’s a bit of cheat. Plastic Bertrand’s Ca Plane Pour Moi is mostly nonsense lyrics, but it’s French nonsense. [[Plastic Bertrand - Ca Plane Pour Moi (1977) • TopPop] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln31raI2ezY)

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