I am just about to drive with friends from London to Romania (i.e loooong trip) so I thought I'd make a mix-tape of European (excl. UK/Irish) music.
The only requirements are that the band/artist is from mainland Europe, that they sing in their mother-tongue and that the song is kind of recent (i.e. not Joe Le Taxi)
I think Yelle and Tatu are the only non-English tracks on my ipod...
Any suggestions?
Netherlands entry
Harry Merry - Stevie Storm
So,
you've got a whole continent of music waiting to be discovered then?! Wow.
Do you mind if I completely ignore the rules and recommend two albums in English by American artists? There *is* a reason behind both...
Firstly, The Walkabouts - Train Leaves At Eight is an album of covers that is supposedly a tour of Europe: it begins with Mikis Theodorakis and ends with Neu!, via stuff like dEUS. Very nice.
And then, Ghost Mice - Europe is a musical narration of their own experiences hitch-hiking around, yes, Europe on a very limited budget.
Admittedly, both will be useless when it comes to making your mixtape, but... well, you've got a long journey, I'm sure you can listen to more than one album ;-)
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Danish band: Magtens Korridorer - Picnic på kastellet
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qGQL-eL5f3w
Yu/ Croatian band: Prljavo Kazaliste - Crno Bijeli Svijet
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=891V5nni_Vo
Yu/ Serbian bannd: Electricni Orgazam - Igra Rokenrol
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C_rb40S5M9Y
Since youre pretty much going there... Have a nice trip!
anything by Camille
or Amadou et Mariam, for your French quotient.
and
it's obvious, but Yann Tiersen's OSTs, for Amelie, or Goodbye Lenin.
stereo total!
from berlin but sing in french and german. Two birds one stone and ridiculously bouncy music!