If European metal is the best then.....

[machine]

... why do they sing in English????? well, most of them anyway.

Hard case, you hear interviews with euro bands and it's all...."Yaaa, is good ya? We bes' band Ya? Gooden sleebin' now Ya?"

And then once the microphone is out they sing english so beautifully.

I cant work it out.

 

[mourningstar]

... why do they sing in English????? well, most of them anyway.

the answer seems pretty obvious to me :Smug:

 

[machine]

hmmmmm?

 

[Brood of Evil]

First of all, the English language was born in europe. Second English is the most spoken language in the world (although once I heard Chinese was the most spoken language, then English and then Spanish, but somehow I don't believe Chinese beats English) , so logically they will sing in english in order to reach a bigger audience.

 

[machine]

ahhh....

so how do you account for the Japanese market, one of the biggest metal markets in the world?

 

[MRBEAST]

because theyre the only country that loves american shtuff

 

[machine]

hmm, wasn't deep purple, judas priest et al huge in Japan? They're pommy aren't they?
I guess what I really want to know is that if English is your 2nd language.. how difficult is it to sing english???

 

[Brood of Evil]

Well English is my secondary language, and I always sing in english, and modesty appart, I think I do it quite well . Now if you mean people with a super scribbled accent who sing in english perfectly....you got me there really haha. I've heard french people who know diddly about english sing in it perfectly. I guess they practice the pronunciation of the lyrics. But I don't know...

 

[Tristessa]

I guess they practice the pronunciation of the lyrics. But I don't know...

Yes, the music helps a lot when learning a language

 

[Brood of Evil]

Well I suppose you're right, since most of my english I learned from cable TV and music lol

 

[chemicalburn]

Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world. Although there are many dialects, just think, 1 in 6 people lives there. Coincidentally, has anyone actually heard any Chinese metal? Does it exist?

 

[CONCLAVE OBSCURUM]

Chemicalburn its right... there more chinese people than people who actually speaks english as a second lenguage.... but it think its Mandarin.. and not chinese.. i think.. anyway..

Think about china, and the way they live there...

 

[xenophobe]

Yes, but many, if not most Chinese also know how to speak english.

 

[chemicalburn]

Goddam Commies!

 

[opacity]

in addition to already mentioned reasons:
cos it's the recently only language that connects most people. it's most widely spread around the globe

 

[xenophobe]

Nah, they just want to be like American metal bands.

 

[KleptomaN]

It's the most widely spread language.

As for how singers who don't know English sing so well:

1. first, they already have the lyrics. They know exactly what they need to sing, unlike interviews where they have to come up with sentences all on their own.
   
2. Singing is different than speaking. It's harder to find flaws in pronounciation because it's different.
   
   Notice I said hard, but not impossible. I can do it. And it pisses me off, since I can't seem to enjoy any band that comes from Finland because of their accents.

 

[CONCLAVE OBSCURUM]

chink metal?

 

[Life Sucks]

As people already mentioned, it is the language understood by most people. For instance, if a band from Sweden sings in Swedish, then only people from Sweden would understand the lyrics. But if a band sings in English, people in most courtries would understand the words, because it is the most widely known second language in non-English-speaking countries, not to mention that it is the language spoken in North America, the UK, Ireland, and other courtries.

 

[Taliesin]

yeah ok now we've all had our part in the Captain Obvious game... well done