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Sprechen Sie iPod EP, bitte?

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Yes, I know, I promised the iPod of Two, but how about an iPod EP of songs sung in a foreign language?  And not just French either...

Quand Vous Mourez Do Nos Amours by Rufus Wainwright (yes, used once before, but his best performance, with the McGarrigle Sisters on backing vocals)

Mein Teil by Rammstein (even the name Rammstein makes me laugh; of course it's the PSB remix, unlistenable otherwise; the title is a dirty pun and the song is about cannibalism: German heavy metal, what can you do?)

While the Earth Sleeps by Deep Forest  (good God, remember Deep Forest?  Peter Gabriel singing in extremely catchy Macedonian)

Der Kommissar by Falco  (Dreh dich nicht um (oh wha oh), schau, schau/der Kommissar geht um (oh oh oh!); prompting the classic Simpsons line:  "Thank you, Taco, for that lovely tribute to Falco")

Le Yeux de Ton Pere by Les Negresses Vertes  (The Eyes of Your Father, or as the lyrics go, "Your mother has made an omelette with the eyes of your father"; hell if I know, but it's awfully jaunty)

And a special mention to Fotzepolitic by Cocteau Twins, which isn't any language whatsoever.  See also anything by Sigur Ros.  Auf wiedersehen! 

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