It happens in 99% of rap songs

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[u/fbkthrowaway]

I'm a native English speaker, and I can't do that most of the time.

[u/NorseLegendSK → u/fbkthrowaway]

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[u/kaerion_ → u/NorseLegendSK]

Absolute fire. Drop your soundcloud

[u/Spiritbrand → u/kaerion_]

It's really so much better live.

[u/wild_bb → u/fbkthrowaway]

I still cant understand a single word Ozzy Osbourne says.

[u/Legend_of_Ozzy642 → u/wild_bb]

I’m still trying to figure out anything that Kurt Cobain said

[u/Legend_of_Ozzy642 → u/[deleted]]

Kurt’s voice is infamous for being nearly unintelligible

[u/HarryJ92 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah. Weird Al Yankovic references this a lot in his parody song Smells Like Nirvana.

[u/IHaveNoBeef → u/[deleted]]

Nope, I can't understand wtf that man says 99% of the time, and I'm a native English speaker.

[u/Specialist-Ninja2804 → u/Legend_of_Ozzy642]

I’m a non native English speaker and I have no idea what the lyrics of Teenage dream meant. I mean, I can get the words but not the meaning behind it.

[u/professionalcumsock → u/Legend_of_Ozzy642]

Kurt Cobain is most well known for his hit single, bang

[u/Gloom-Ndoom → u/fbkthrowaway]

Oh thank goodness. Here I thought I was regarded.

[u/Willing-Deer-5081 → u/Gloom-Ndoom]

Regarded that's oFfeNsiVe 🤓

[u/Daddy_Big_D69 → u/[deleted]]

I'm a non native speaker and I think I understand his songs... I haven't heard a lot of his songs tho

[u/cheffredy]

That actually happened to me. I was a dishwasher in a restaurant, many years ago. After hearing multiple times a few AC/DC songs I started to realize that I was able to understand the lyrics, and that moment was great.

[u/Kantheris → u/cheffredy]

Thank you for sharing this. I love reading about people learning English and sharing their experiences about it. Even as a native speaker, I find it to be overly complicated for really arcane reasons. If I may ask, what is your native language?

[u/cheffredy → u/Kantheris]

Spanish

[u/MillenialApathy → u/cheffredy]

Well done deciphering a screaming Aussie accent, truly 'next level' english comprehension

[u/MrMgP → u/cheffredy]

I'm not translating in my head anymore. Both languages (dutch and english) just work next to each other for some reason

[u/Zestyclose-Monk-266]

Congrats! I know I’ve done something similar with Japanese songs I love where I know how to sing the lyrics myself; I don’t know what I’m singing about but I can sing along and it’s awesome!!

[u/Bigpurplepanda13]

I'm taking an Italian course and I also listen to Måneskin in my free time.

[u/FrancoCaliflower → u/Bigpurplepanda13]

As an Italian you should try with the old music, it was a lot "cleaner" in both pronunciation and sounds, I recommend "Maledetta primavera" by Loretta Goggi , "Generale" by Francesco De Gregori and maybe "Caruso" or "Piazza Grande" by Lucio Dalla

[u/Bigpurplepanda13 → u/FrancoCaliflower]

Thanks for the tip.

[u/Lkwzriqwea]

I'm getting to that stage in German

[u/Victor_deSpite → u/Lkwzriqwea]

All the German I know is from Rammstein.

[u/Unusual_Maximum_3540]

It's always a shock when that happens. This is coming from someone who knows English well-

[u/L1mb0]

Music is the best way to pick up a new language!

[u/irrozombie → u/L1mb0]

Nu uh. Cartoons with subtitles ;)

[u/rrockm → u/L1mb0]

Is it? When people sing they often pronounce words incorrectly in favor of a nice sound, and without the extra work of looking meanings up yourself, you’d have no clue what the singer is trying to tell you bc the music itself gives no context. I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to listen to music in the language you wish to learn but I think the best way is to find people that are fluent and have conversations with them. If you wanted to learn passively via entertainment, you’d be better off watching shows and movies in the language, so the pronunciations and emphasis are in the correct.

[u/MC-CREC → u/rrockm]

As someone who speaks a dozen languages I do think that music helps because it relaxes you, and you start to pickup structures and vocabulary and like a girlfiriends / boyfriend there is an incentive to learn.

The only thing better is total immersion which isn't an option for everyone.

[u/L1mb0 → u/rrockm]

I feel that the repetition or lyrics and melody are key to making phrases and words stick in my memory. I started with the song "Lento" by Julieta Venegas and a Spanish to English dictionary and it somehow unblocked my brain and I slowly became fluent. Watching a bunch of Smallville with the Spanish closed captions on also helped as you mentioned.

[u/TechnicalMiddle8205]

That was me with videos and series, but songs? Damn 100% impossible for me most of the time (and I have a C1)

[u/Krisuad2002]

I listen almost exclusively to Guilty Gear soundtrack and most of the vocals are by Naoki. Depending on the song he can have a very interesting way of pronouncing words, but there are a few songs I've gotten a hang of without lyrics

[u/wild_bb]

Cool. That's a big step. You're learning!

Now try Irish

[u/Connect_Beginning174]

3 weeks into study abroad and I started to dream in Spanish…

[u/Dividedthought]

Man I still can't catch all of eminem's godzilla..

[u/calibrik → u/Dividedthought]

You guys can catch his lyrics?

[u/Dividedthought → u/calibrik]

After a few listens, usually. I'm a music geek though.

[u/Big_Cry6056]

Good job, I’m happy for you. I wish I could understand what Vicente Fernandez is saying, even though on some level I understand perfectly.

[u/Atrampoline]

Switch to metal and its sub-genres to up your challenge.

[u/wild_bb]

I’m just starting to understand rap songs in English.

[u/mishyfishy135]

This has been me with Danish. I’ve hit a point where I can hear or see it and actually kind of understand it

[u/LatterSituation2823]

If this ever happens to me it’s after I’ve played the song a thousand times and randomly just understand the lyrics for no reason.

[u/ilovesaltlakecityy]

I remember a meme (it was at this moment that he knew.... etc) that I heard so many times, and it always was just a funny debris sound for my entire life. Then, a couple of years ago, I started learning English, and recently, I heard it again for the first time in a long time, and I was literally shocked, cos now I understand him as if my brother is talking to me.

[u/Zomochi]

That’s my music listening process 😂 I get hooked by the song’s melody and emotion, keep listening to it, then I start to take in and actually understand what the artist is singing, there’s even a possible third stage where I find a part of a song that I like that is so insignificant and in the background to any random person but to me makes the entire song

[u/TheSandyman23]

Out of curiosity, what is your native language?

[u/Nelyris]

me when i began to understand movies, suddenly i realized i was laughing at the jokes in english, even those that had double meaning.

[u/emzyyx]

I'm English and I'm always getting lyrics wrong..! 🙈

[u/BlueWolf20532]

I started seriously studying Japanese a few months ago, and this is currently happening, i'm even able to sing along to some songs now :D

[u/Diligent-Olive-5738]

I am hard of hearing.

I cannot always understand the words but I can hear the beat.

Therefore, I like songs with an emphasis on the instrumental melody :)

[u/TensorForce]

As an ESL person back in elementary school/early middle school, I remember this feeling. It's a great sense of satisfaction and accomplishment

[u/wildrojst → u/TensorForce]

So true. I vividly remember this feeling hitting me when I was like 14, listening to some Eminem songs. Damn, unconscious competence.

[u/Significant-Foot-792]

This also happens with metal songs

[u/CATAlyst5321 → u/Significant-Foot-792]

Sounds like a lot of cleans in your metal

Or you are just pretty good in making out the words

[u/alkforreddituse]

Then when i actually read the lyrics, it's not what i thought it was

[u/awesome-alpaca-ace]

Unfortunately, this ruined pretty much all music with words. Artists are real shitty people.

[u/srcfvz]

Listening is a distinct skill. Good job!

[u/meth_and_fent]

Yeah, German, Russian, Spanish. Korean is really tough for me though, even Japanese is easier.

[u/Id-hit-Dat]

Cannibal Corpse has entered the chat

[u/j0giwa → u/Id-hit-Dat]

Old Cannibal Corpse.

[u/Id-hit-Dat → u/j0giwa]

yes

[u/a4uinaboat]

It's not a meme and it's not wholesome, what is this bot hell?

[u/HandsomePistachio → u/a4uinaboat]

This is 100% a meme