I tried this with Sigur Ros but couldn't do it, even with the words in front of me.

Hoppípolla

Brosandi
Hendumst í hringi
Höldumst í hendur
Allur heimurinn óskýr
Nema þú stendur

Rennblautur
Allur rennvotur
Engin gúmmístígvél
Hlaupandi inn í okkur
Vill springa út úr skel

Vindurinn
Og útilykt af hárinu þínu
Eg lamdi eins fast og ég get
Með nefinu mínu

Hoppípolla
I engum stígvélum
Allur rennvotur (rennblautur)
I engum stígvélum

Og ég fæ blóðnasir
En ég stend alltaf upp
(Hopelandic)

Og ég fæ blóðnasir
Og ég stend alltaf upp
(Hopelandic)

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Jumpin' puddles

Smiling
Spinning 'round and 'round
Holding hands
The whole world a blur
But you are standing

Soaked
Completely drenched
No rubber boots
Running in us
Want to erupt from a shell

Wind in
Aand outdoor smell of your hair
I hit as fast as I could
With my nose

Jumpinpuddles
Completely drenched
Soaked
With no boots on

And I get nosebleed
But I always get up
(Hopelandic)

And I get nosebleed
But I always get up
(Hopelandic)

I usually only sing along to Spanish or French songs. It's bad enough that I try to sing along to English ones!

Hee hee. There's nothing more entertaining than sitting in on a night of Karaoke when there's Japanese tourists performing.

You know it occurs to me that after reading the actual lyrics to that song I might have turned a few potential buyers off.

Quality Hallmark lyrics there.

Jacques Dutronc - Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi

I find that its just more convenient and satisfying to make up my own lyrics to Sigur Ros.

see also: Cocteau Twins

I sing along to the Welsh Super Furry Animals songs. In the process I think I have picked up some of the language as well.

back in elementary school, I memorized Ricky Martin songs, if that counts.

Quite often I pretend to be Brigette Bardot.

hot.

Only "Sukiyaki".

Oh, most definitely...especially (though not literally foreign) Cocteau Twins but also Stereolab, Serge Gainsbourg, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Gruff Rhys solo/SFA stuff, oh and lovely Faye Wong, heh.

Yeah it's a pain in the ass trying to sing along to anything on Kent's "Vapen & Ammunition."

Now I know why I'm having trouble w/ making my mix cd this morning...after I saw this, I can't get the damn song out of my head:

Dominique, nique, nique s'en allait tout simplement
Routier pauvre et chantant
En tous chemins, en tous lieux, il ne parle que du bon Dieu

Il ne parle que du bon Dieu
A l'e poque ou Jean-sans-Terre de' Angleterre etait Roi
Dominique, notre Pere, combattit les Albigeois

I've tried to sing along to Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66's Mais Que Nada, but it never has worked out great.

I sing along with the New Pornographers, which might as well be in a foreign language.

"A frozen and starkly beautiful Chumbawamba landscape..."


(Also, I got the backing vocals to "Games Without Frontiers" nailed)

Yeah, it just takes me longer to learn them. Hey, we all know the random yelps and howls folks singing in languages we do know put it.

I am also a fan of people translating their songs and doing them over in a language they've learned phonetically (see: the Beatles, the Wedding Present). Always a kick.

Count me in for Stereolab, Cocteau Twins, Cafe Tacuba, My Bloody Valentine.

And yeah, Jonsi's lyrics blow in English.

see also: CYHSY!

i've been known to do a mean karaoke version of "before the next teardrop falls"

Du...
Du hast...
Du hast mich...

I sing along with French lyrics all the time, since I took three years of the language. I try with German, Hopelandic and sometimes Spanish. I made a few attempts to sing along with Seu George on his Bowie covers for Life Aquatic, but that was nearly impossible.