# Do you listen to “foreign” music

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [August 12, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-foreign-music/1021991 "2025-08-12T22:12:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-listen-to-foreign-music/1021991/7 "2025-08-12T23:39:32Z")

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Similar thread to refer back to:

> [@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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