I love this song... What the hell's he saying though?

Wow...how could I come to this thread late???

Seriously, over half of my music is in languages I can neither understand nor speak, predominantly Norwegian and German with a sprinkling of Spanish, Japanese, Hebrew and Romanian.

Speaking as the grand-mistress of Kaizers Orchestra fandom on this board , I have to say that they are the best ambassadors that Norway could have hoped to have for their language. Seriously, I am trying to learn Norwegian because of them. I always look up the meanings of the lyrics, even though they're nice enough to include english translations in their CDs. But for now, I only know a few random words and next-to-no grammar.

Originally Posted by OctoberOmicron

lurker told me she`d send me some Norwegian music when I got out. Hmm. Any notable groups, Enceph?

I'm not Ence (obviously), but I don't think he'd mind me giving you some recommendations :

- Kaizers Orchestra.
You cannot listen to Norwegian-language music and not listen to them. They are that fucking awesome.

-Ulver
A really interesting band that used to sing in Norwegian, but their latest offerings are in English. Whatever. It's actually hard for me to find Norwegian-language bands, unfortunately.

-Gåte
Seconding Yama's recommendation on that one, because Gåte are really awesome folk-influenced alternative music.

-Jokke Neilsen med Valentinerne [Jokke and the Valentines]
Jokke is like, one of the big names in Norwegian rock... he had the whole rock star thing down, right up to and including his death due to drug overdose . 'Prisen for Popen' might be a good starting place, since it's his greatest hits.

In passing I'll mention Skambankt (Norwegian punk), Einherjer (viking metal), Wunderkammer, Turbonegro and Gluecifer -- but most of those sing in English.

Originally Posted by CelticWhisper

The song is "Waxie's Dargle" by the Young Dubliners, a Celtic rock band whom I discovered at the Milwaukee Irish Fest this year.

The Young Dubs are a pretty solid Celtic Rock band, but there are others that have the genre...erm...better, should I say? I don't know. I prefer [old] Seven Nations, Flogging Molly or the Pogues for my irish rock/punk.

How ya doing, buddy?