On That Note: When the Moon Hits Your Eye

[MeanDean]

Welcome to another weekly edition of On That Note. I'm your musical host this week. Your other OTN weekly hosts are @cyclones500 and @CycloneRulzzz.

This week our topic is song titles or lyrics containing non-English words or phrases. It can be anything from a single word to the entire set of lyrics.

Last week our topic was The Waiting. It can be found here:

https://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/threads/on-that-note-the-waiting.270922/

My first five will start with the one referenced in the title of the post

That's Amore












"Uno Dos One Two Tres Quatro"

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Starting off Spanish / Latin

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

German

 

[MeanDean]

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Korean

 

[MeanDean]

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Japan

 

[MeanDean]

 

[MeanDean]

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Couple more from Spanish / Latin category

 

[MeanDean]

 

[RoseClone]

Seger



Freddy Fender


Before the Next Teardrop Falls

Second verse:
… Si te quiere de verdad
Y te da felicidad
Te deseo lo más bueno pa' los dos
Pero si te hace llorar
A mé me puedes hablar
Y estaré contigo cuando triste estás

 

[cyclones500]

“Soy un perdedor” (edit: also "Sprechen Sie deutsch, baby?")

 

[cyclones500]

(Spanish — “Hey, how is it going?”)

 

[MeanDean]

"C'est la Vie say the old folks it goes to show you never can tell."

 

[MeanDean]

"Todo está bien chévere"

 

[HFCS]

maybe less famous than the German Beatles recordings, Bowie released Heroes in French

 

[cyclones500]

 

[MeanDean]

 

[diaclone]

Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour - "Shaking the Tree"

Senegalese:

Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, we are shakin' the tree
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, we are shakin' the tree