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Friday Coffee Break: Viernes No Ingles!

Posted at 7:37 AM on November 20, 2009 by Steve Seel (36 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

Time again for our periodic Friday feature, Viernes No Ingles - when we take your requests for songs sung in any language but English. It's just that simple. Jot 'em down below, or here.

Comments (36)

For the dude in all of us.. you guys have got to play: Gipsy Kings - Hotel California

Posted by Kyle Jemtrud | November 20, 2009 8:45 AM

Devendra Banhart- Santa Maria De La Feira

Posted by kate | November 20, 2009 8:47 AM

3 Lil Putos or Latin Lingo by Cypress Hill. First album was produced by the Dust Bros and is actually pretty good.

Posted by monte ray | November 20, 2009 8:47 AM

How about "Aserejé" by Las Ketchup?

Posted by Matt | November 20, 2009 8:47 AM

Sigur Rós - Starálfur
and maybe for an extra treat:
Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg - Je t'aime... moi non plus

Posted by Colin | November 20, 2009 8:55 AM

Ent schuldige bitte, (excuse me please) in my last post I used "music" in stead of "English"; so to revise: "Kein Englisch Freitag" is "No English Friday"--amazing how close German is to English? Well, English derives most directly from German.

Posted by Nick Reynolds | November 20, 2009 8:55 AM

MOVITS!
Swingin' Swedish Hip Hop

Posted by Tony Harter, Sustaining Member 641400 | November 20, 2009 8:55 AM

Oh I have been waiting for something like this ;)
no english Friday would be "englischfreier Freitag" (basically Enlish-free Friday).
My suggestion: anything from Wir sind Helden such as Wenn es passiert or Gib mir ein Worr. Also beautiful Tocotronics Hi Freaks. Or of course Nena's 99 red balloons. ;)

Posted by Caro Bindert | November 20, 2009 8:56 AM

Ibrahim Ferrer - Marieta

Posted by Delaney | November 20, 2009 8:58 AM

Gipsy Kings - Hotel California
Chingon - Malaguena Salerosa
Los Teen Tops - El Rock de la Carcel

Posted by katy | November 20, 2009 8:59 AM

Hugues Aufray adaptation "La fille du nord".

Posted by Tita | November 20, 2009 9:01 AM

Jean-Louis Murat "Avalanche IV" off the "Im your Fan" Leonard Cohen tribute.

Pixies "Isla de Encanta"

Posted by Jooj | November 20, 2009 9:01 AM

Uno mas:

Reventon (Ballroom Blitz) - Moderatto

Posted by katy | November 20, 2009 9:02 AM

Secon the Motion for Gypsy Kings "Hotel California"!

Posted by Paddy Rose | November 20, 2009 9:02 AM

Coralie Clement:
"Indicise" "Un Beau Jour pour Mourir" "Kids (Jeu du Foulard)"

The following are all from the Frida soundtrack, and I love them:

Los Cojolites:
"El Conejo"

Chavela Vargas:
"Paloma negra"

Salma Hayek:
"La Bruja"

Lila Downs:
"La Llorna"

Posted by Breanne | November 20, 2009 9:03 AM

Mil Besos - Patty Griffin
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
C'est Si Triste - Ann Savoy
Jaan Pehechaan Ho - Mohammed Rafi (Ghost World soundtrack)

Posted by Joy Z | November 20, 2009 9:09 AM

Bellarosa by Eliza Gilkyson. Beautiful song.

Posted by Mike in St Paul | November 20, 2009 9:09 AM

this is a very beautiful cover of another swedish artist, please consider playing it!!! (Swedish)
Opeth - Den Ständiga Resan

Posted by Helena | November 20, 2009 9:10 AM

Richie Valens - La Bamba

Posted by Monica | November 20, 2009 9:11 AM

My perennial request for Tsuyoshi Kawakami doing Daydream Believer stands. But I dare you to find and play a better Japanese Reggae track!

Posted by Michael | November 20, 2009 9:11 AM

Seu Jorge. Anything from the Life Aquatic with STteve Zissou soundtrack. Maybe Rebel Rebel.

Posted by ted | November 20, 2009 9:11 AM

I'd like to request the song Akari by monkey majik

Posted by Mario Acito | November 20, 2009 9:13 AM

Really Old Song!

Song: "Jewish", Album: "The Family That Plays Together", Band: "Spirit"

Posted by Mike | November 20, 2009 9:16 AM

Not sure if you received from song suggestion from another post I sent that isn't showing up above: try "Polar" by Barbara Morgenstern-- a cool German language song I heard on the Current once upon a time.

Posted by Nick Reynolds | November 20, 2009 9:19 AM

Radio Futura: "Escuela de Calor"
Fun song featured in Guitar Hero World Tour.

Posted by Ben | November 20, 2009 9:19 AM

This one is awesome!
Jennifer Lopez - Que Hiciste

Posted by Helena | November 20, 2009 9:19 AM

MC Solaar - La Belle et le Bad Boy
Sergent Garcia - Camino de la Vida

Posted by mk | November 20, 2009 9:21 AM

Please play "Gold" by Klee!

Posted by Amanda | November 20, 2009 9:23 AM

By "La 33" -
La 33
La Pantera Mambo (Salsa version of the Pink Panther Theme)
Quireme Na Ma

By "ChocQuibTown" -
Prietos
El Bombo
De Donde Vengo Yo

Juanes - Rosario Tijeras

Posted by Mike | November 20, 2009 9:23 AM

I second the vote for Gypsy Kings - Hotel California

Posted by the dude wanna-be | November 20, 2009 9:25 AM

"Siehst du das Genauso?" by Sportfreunde Stiller. My entire high school German class would thank you!

Posted by Kim Tri | November 20, 2009 9:26 AM

Quelqu'un m'a dit - Carla Bruni

Una Mujer OR Tive Razao - Seu Jorge

Bonnie and Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg with Brigitte Bardot (this is entirely in French minus a couple of terribly pronounced English names here and there)

Posted by Mia | November 20, 2009 9:26 AM

Żaden Angielski Piątek = Polish translation for "No English Friday"

Posted by Sarah Scholz | November 20, 2009 9:36 AM

I am a Minnesotan living in Vienna, Austria, and I was super excited to hear 'Kein Englisch Freitag'!
My vote- 'Die Zeit heilt alle Wunder' by Wir sind Helden
love you the current!

Posted by Alice | November 20, 2009 9:37 AM

p.s. "No English Friday" in Chinese would be 星期五沒有英語 (shing chee oo (like the "o" in who) may yo ing yoo) (that's the closest I can get w/o using pin yin)

Italian would be "Venerdì senza inglese."

Posted by em | November 20, 2009 9:40 AM

Oh, and "Kein English Freitag" is a terrible butchering of the beautiful German language.

The correct syntax would be "Ohne English Freitag"

(I cheated and used WordMonkey translator)

Posted by IT IS A MYSTERY | November 20, 2009 9:55 AM