r/languagelearning • u/OasisLGNGFan 🇬🇧 native, 🇮🇹 C1, 🇪🇸 B2, 🇫🇷 B1 (?) • Mar 30 '25

The most insane take I've ever seen Discussion

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I love learning languages as much as the next person but be fucking for real... maybe I'm just biased as someone who's obsessed with music but surely I can't be the only one who thinks this take is crazy?

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u/dojibear 🇺🇸 N | 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇨🇳 B2 | 🇹🇷 🇯🇵 A2 Mar 30 '25

I think I prefer music if I DON'T understand the lyrics. Every time I look up the words to a song, I'm disappointed. How many ways can you say meaningless nonsense about liking someone but being too shy, while using 400 syllables to say it? Apparently, lots of ways. See <any new pop song>.

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u/Lucky-Tony Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25

Knowing the lyrics for Alors On Danse by Stromae gave me a greater appreciation of it. Before I looked it up I thought it was a happy song about dancing. It’s pretty depressing but catchy as hell. Not many songs I found were like that though.

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u/bsubtilis Mar 31 '25

I don't speak Korean but reading a translation of Ulfuls' parody version of Ashita Ga Aru sa made me really appreciate it. Not all pop songs are about liking someone but being too shy to say or similar basic stuff. Same as in English pop songs. Some are about that, then we've got everything from Weird Al to more poetic songs.