The Daily Roxette discussions forum has been closed. The forum is only available as a read-only archive.

new topic

14 replies

juni said on April 14, 2005 09:37:

hi human units

when asked which non english speaking country makes great music written in english (im not from sweden i even dont know much about this country) id say sweden though no doubt about it after sweden its difficult ta say maybe one of the scandinavian countries
how about you? interesting for me what you guys think

Aaso said on April 14, 2005 16:05:

yeah I also think that would be in scandinavians...

LittleSpooky said on April 14, 2005 23:52:

Them, and Germany.

coyboyusa said on April 15, 2005 11:23:

sweden gave us aqua and germany gave us milli vanilli so do either of them deserve much praise :)~

purplemedusa said on April 15, 2005 11:37:

Mmm would also include Germany (Kraftwerk!!!!! & Nena), Italy (Eros, Tiziano)... mmm few years ago i would’ve add some South American countries but my taste inmusic developed sinse!!

nancy_girl said on April 15, 2005 22:05:

Latvia...i’m thinking of BrainStorm mainly, but they’re enough to make me think so :)

harriej said on April 15, 2005 22:34:

I guess Sweden has the most succesful english music (of the non-english speaking countries):

Roxette, Ace Of Base, Europe, Abba, Robyn, Clawfinger

Santi said on April 15, 2005 23:00:

Aqua were 3 Danes and 1 Norwegian girl, as far as I remember :P

About Italian singers, they do not write originally in English, they just translate Italian stuff. You can hear the same songs in Italian, Spanish and English.

(Though probably the best Italian singer sings exclusively in English. She’s called Elisa, and her music is just awesome. Check out “Gift” or “Labyrinth”).

Kazza said on April 16, 2005 00:44:

Milli Vanilli were German? I didn’t know that.

LaMan said on April 16, 2005 14:46:

Sweden, Germany and France.

girl7twenty7 said on April 16, 2005 15:28:

I think Scandinavians, esp Swedes. Maybe Germans, too.

ROXIROX1998 said on April 17, 2005 03:06:

I‘m sorry but you seem to forget Canada:
Celine Dion
Bryan Adams
Shania Twain
Rush (for the olders...)

and don‘t even get me start about actors...

ROXIROX1998 said on April 17, 2005 03:09:

Sorry, didn‘t read about the ‘non-english speaking‘ specification... my mistake...

sommartiderhejhej said on April 18, 2005 21:02:

Well, Quebec is french-speaking, so Canada is a possibility....

Santi said on April 19, 2005 20:04:

Then since in Ireland Gaelic is also an official language, widely spoken, I guess it counts, and with The Cranberries, The Corrs, U2... I guess it also wins.

(most of those Canadians artists come from English speaking parts, actually Quebequians do great as French-speaking -just think of Céline Dion or Mylene Farmer)