Your favourite songs by country

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[Norman Bates]

Argentina: Juana Molina, "Un Dia"
Brazil: Milton Nascimento, "Cravo e canela"
Chile: Violetta Parra, "Volver a los 17"
Colombia: Toto la Momposina, "La Verdolaga"
Guyana: Mad Professor, "DJ Choice"
Peru: Yma Sumac, "Ataypura"

Austria: Fennesz, "Saffron Revolution"
Belgium: Dead Man Ray, "Brenner"
Denmark: The Raveonettes, "Remember"
England: Nick Drake, "Which Will"
Finland: 22-Pistepirkko, "Don't Play Cello"
France: Programme, "Plus fort + J'veux trop + Ça serait trop long à expliquer"
Germany: Neu!, "E-musik"
Iceland: Björk, "Unison"
Ireland: My Bloody Valentine, "Only Shallow"
The Netherlands: Nits, "Fire in My Head"
Norway: Lasse Marhaug, "Sleeper"
Portugal: Antonio Variaçoes, "E corpo é que paga"
Scotland: Boards of Canada, "An Eagle In Your Mind"
Spain: Migala, "Low of Defenses"
Sweden: Stina Nordenstam, "And She Closed Her Eyes"
Switzerland: Kleenex, "Hedi's Head"
Wales: John Cale, "You Know Me More Than I Know"

Canada: Plastikman, "Disconnect"
USA: The Beach Boys, "God Only Knows"

Panama: Willie Colon & Ruben Blades, "Pedro Navaja"

Puerto Rico: Ray Barretto, "Acid"
Jamaica: The Congos, "Fisherman"
Bahamas: Joseph Spence, "We Shall Be Happy"
Cuba: Ibrahim Ferrer, "Boliviana"
Guadeloupe: Kassav', "Zouk la se sél medikaman nou ni"

Algeria: Cheikha Remitti, "C'est fini, j'en ai marre"
Angola: Bonga, "Sodade"
Benin: Ahehehinnou Vincent & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey, "Ou c'est lui, ou c'est moi"
Cameroon: Francis Bebey, "Agatha"
Cape Verde: Cesaria Evora, "Sodade"
Congo: Franco, "Sandoka"
Egypt: anything off Khamis El Fino's Music for Classical Oud
Ethiopia: Mulatu Astatke, "Yegelle Tezeta"
Gambia: Ifang Bondi, "Saraba"
Ivory Coast: Alpha Blondy, "Brigadier Sabari"
Madagascar: D'Gary, "Atahora fabiby"
Mali: Toumani Diabaté, "Cheick Oumar Bah"
Mauritania: Dimi Mint Abba and Khalifa Ould Eide, "Yar Allahoo"
Morocco: Nass Marrakech, "An-a, ant-a"
Nigeria: Fela, "Lady"
Reunion: Danyel Waro, "Bat la min"
Senegal: Baaba Maal, "Yoolele Maman"
South Africa: Hugh Masekela, "The Boy's Doin' It"
Sudan: Abdel Gadir Selim, "Jamil Al-sourah"
Uganda: Geoffrey Oryema, "Sardinia Memories"
Zimbabwe: Dorothy Masuka, Nhingirikiri"

Australia: The Go-Betweens, "Quiet Heart"
New Zealand: The Verlaines, "Pyromaniac"

Iraq: Fawzi Al-Aeidy, "Silence"

India: Ananda Shankar, "Raghupati"
Japan: Cornelius, "Drop"
Pakistan: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, "Taa Deem"


Totally ignorant of Asian music. The Poe will save me probs.

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TOO MUCH PRESSURE


...eh maybe I'll do it. I'll need some time.

[nutso42]

Never tried songs, but I've done albums.

Favorite Album Per Country by nutso42

[latenighttv]

I thought of a few that I probably should have included in my own list. A lot of them are default picks, but still. Doubt I would have many more beyond these countries . . .


Cameroon - Wes - 'Alane'
Finland - Darude - 'Sandstorm'
Guinea - Mory Kante - 'Yeke Yeke'
Iceland - The Sugarcubes - 'Birthday'
Indonesia - The Tielman Brothers - 'Black Eyes Rock'
Italy - Giorgio Moroder - 'Together In Electric Dreams'
Ivory Coast - Metisse - 'Boom Boom Ba'
Jamaica - Jimmy Cliff - 'Many Rivers To Cross'
Netherlands - Alice Deejay - 'Better Off Alone'
Norway - a-ha - 'The Sun Always Shines On TV'
Romania - Edward Maya / Vika Jigulina - 'Stereo Love'
Senegal - Youssou N'Dour - 'Birima'
Spain - Baccara - 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie'
Switzerland - Yello - 'The Race'
Trinidad And Tobago - Billy Ocean - 'Red Light Spells Danger'

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[Listmeister]

Rerun of list I posted for this thread. Originally posted Sept. 27, and I've made a few changes, marked with an *

US - American Idiot (Green Day)
England - Time (ELO)
Ireland - Everybody Else is Doing It Why Can't We (the Cranberries)
Canada - Summertime Dream (Gordon Lightfoot)
*Scotland - Hurdy Gurdy Man (Donovan)
*Northern Ireland - Astral Weeks (Van Morrison)
*Sweden - Arrival (ABBA)
*Spain - Black is Black (Los Bravos)
*Iceland - Aegetis Byrjun (Sigur Ros)
*Norway - Hunting High and Low (a-ha)
Barbados - Good Girl Gone Band (Rihanna)
Australia - Savage Garden
*New Zealand - Pure Heroine (Lorde)
*Italy: Santa Lucia (Enrico Caruso)
France: Random Access Memory (Daft Punk)
The Netherlands: Moontan (Golden Earring)
Romania: Disc-O-Zone (O-Zone)
Bulgaria: Les Mystere des Voix Bulgares (Bulgarian State Television Female Choir)
*Germany: Chelsea Girl (Nico)
Russia: 60 Horses in My Head (Huur-Huur-Tu)
Japan: Double Fantasy (John Lennon and Yoko Ono)
Nigeria: Zombie (Fela Kuti)
South Africa: Shaka Zulu (Ladysmith Black Mombaza); Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds
Jamaica: Legend (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
Mexico: Supernatural (Santana)
Colombia: Oral Fixation (Shakira)
Cuba: Primitive Love (Miami Sound Machine)
Brazil: Herb Alpert presents Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66
*Somewhere: MCMXC a.d. by Enigma, which is Romanian (birthplace of leader Michael Cretu) German (where the band was formed) or Spanish (where they recorded, and also what BEA says they are). Either way, it's would be a favorite, wherever it's from.

[Guest]

A few things first:
1) I pay far more attention to albums as a whole than individual tracks, so it's very difficult for me to call upon a single track as a favorite.
2) I am super forgetful, and I don't keep songs ranked anywhere.
3) I don't have a favorite track from every country's music I have listened to.

There are many places in the world that I still know little about. Mainly North Africa, West Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.

I feel this list is still a bit of a primitive version of myself, I'll know much more in a couple years. Maybe I'll come back to this thread someday and update.





AFRICA

Botswana/Namibia: Kalahari San - Metal pluriarc with one woman's voice
Cameroon: Francis Bebey - Binta Madiallo
Congo: Konono No. 1 - Masikulu
Ethiopia: Aster Aweke - Track 1 (from the self-titled cassette)
Ghana: Ata Kak - Yemmpa Aba
Madagascar: Hiran' ny tanoran'ny ntaolo / Oay lahy é
Mali: Ali Farka Touré - Heigana
Niger: Mammane Sani - Tunan
Nigeria: Fela Kuti - Go Slow
Rwanda: The Good Ones - Belthilde
Senegal: Aby Ngana Diop - Dieuleul-Dieuleul
South Africa: Dorothy Masuka - Hamba Notsokolo
Sudan: Abdel Karim el Kably - El Jamil el Fik
Tanzania: Sinti Binti Saad - Usiweke Tamaa Mbele


ASIA

Afghanistan: Nashenas - Raftand Ahl-e Suhbat
Azerbaijan: Dzhavanshir Kuliyev - Going Away to Earn Money
Bangladesh: Tina Sani - Tedhu Dil Naal Mein
Bhutan: Jigme Drukpa - Dranyen Lamdren
Burma (Myanmar): Yadana Myit - Perfumed Forest
Cambodia: Unknown Instrumental (Cambodian Cassette Archives - Track 6)
China: Zhou Xuan - 交換
India: Ahmedjan Thirakwa - Reel II (C# Tabla)
Iran: Seyyed Ali-Asqar Kordestani - Zardi Khazan
Indonesia: K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat - Lancaran Orde Baru, Laras Pelag, Patet Barong
Isreal: Meira Asher - Shahid 2
Japan: Kazumoto Endo - While You Were Out
Kazakhstan: Raushan Orazbaeva - Kaskyr
Mongolia: Urna Chahar-Tugchi - Bayan Hanggai
Nepal: Men playing harmonium and drum and women in the play - Song of Rejoicing
Pakistan: Pran Nath - Raga Malkauns
Russia: Oidupaa Vladimir Oiun - Only You
South Korea: Okkyung Lee - Sky
Sri Lanka: L. Subramaniam - Raga Mohanam
Thailand: Lao Damnoen Sai - ดวงเดือน
Turkey: Rita Abadzi - Pane Yia To Prasso


EUROPE

Finland: Hertta Lussu Ässä - Yön Tullen Sähköinen Spanieli Sekoaa (Electric Spaniel - Wild Nights)
France: Natural Snow Buildings - Slaves for the After Life (or any track from Daughter of Darkness)
Germany: Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
Greece: Alekos Karavitis - Syrtos Rizitikos
Iceland: mum - Smell Memory
Ireland: Mary O'Hara - Óró Mo Bháidín
Italy: Pasquale Taraffo - L'iride
Norway: Hild Sofie Tafjord - Kama
Poland: Bogdan Raczynski - Track 14 (Boku Mo Wakaran)
Romania: Horatiu Radulescu - Agnus Dei, Op. 84
Spain: Paco de Lucia - Entre Dos Aguas
Sweden: Sodra Bergens Balalaikor - Zhaleika
Switzerland: Herbert Distel - La Stazione, Act Two
Ukraine: Luman Seidjalilov - Osman Pasha / Katibem
United Kingdom: Vashti Bunyan - I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind


NORTH AMERICA

Bahamas: Exuma - Exuma, the Obeah Man
Canada: Grimes - Genesis
Haiti: Frantz Casseus - Romance
Jamaica: Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
Mexico: Yaqui Indians - Maria Loreta
USA: Julius Eastman - Crazy Nigger


OCEANIA

Australia: The Motifs - For A Clear Day
New Zealand: Ana Hato - Pokarekare


SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina: Juana Molina - Vive Solo
Bolivia: Luzmila Carpio - Yanapariwayku
Brazil: Cego Oliveira - Baixio Verde
Paraguay: Danza Paraguaya
Peru: Pablo Maldonado - Trip One

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Stunning selection from The Poe. Loads to check out there.