In today’s meeting we talked about music and how important it is in our personal life.
Before the meeting, we planned on trying to remember songs of our own nationality singers but sang in the other language, quite difficult to explain! Carlos and Ernest were looking for songs in French sung by Spanish artists, and for me it was the other way around. These songs included for example Manu Chao’s Me gustas tu, or Shakira’s Je l’aime à mourir. It was funny to try to translate those songs that we have always known and to eventually discover the actual meaning! Depending on the artist, it can be very difficult to understand the lyrics, but one gets a real sense of achievement whenever a sentence is understood.
Then, we went on discussing our personal taste in music. Rap is very popular in France and we have a lot of different kinds, so I showed my mates some of my favorite songs. I was actually surprised how close they were to the meaning of the song sometimes, as the singers speak very fast and use slang. If you are interested in French rap music, you can listen to Nekfeu’s Dans l’univers, or Niska’s Réseaux if you want to dance a little.
As for the Spanish songs, they had me listen to artists I had never heard of before including Sech or Nio Garcia. Their style is more latino oriented and your head can’t resist moving to the rythm when you hear the music.
Of course we went over the singers that are knwon worldwide and sing in our language : Enrique Iglesias, Celine Dion, Pitbull, Edith Piaf, etc. But the most interesting part for me was to discover new things and get to know my colleagues a bit more through their music taste.
Here is an activity easily doable online, fun and that gives you a great bit of foreign culture.
Regarding my last post, I would now add music to the things that bring people together, such as food and sports
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