How about a top twenty song poll limited to the countries in the different groups of the forthcoming soccer world cup, one poll for each group. You have to vote at least one song for each country. If you haven't a North Korean song in your iPod - you will find one in the web. Here ist my list for group A: France, Mexico, South Africa, Uruguay.

1. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. - France- 2007
2. Gilbert Montagné - The Fool - France - 1971
3. Michel Polnareff - Hey You Woman - France - 1971
4. Soko - I'll Kill Her - France - 2007
5. Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte - France - 1972
6. Letta Mbulu - What Is Wrong With Groovin' - South Africa - 1967
7. Daft Punk - Digital Love - France - 2001
8. Sylvie Vartan - Irresistiblement - France - 1968
9. Sussie 4 - Escapar - Mexico - 2002
10. Serge Gainsbourg - En Melody - France - 1971
11. Kalahari Surfers - Mafikeng road - South Africa - 1987
12. Radaid - Shine - Mexico - 2009
13. Keny Arkana - Victoria - France - 2006
14. Trisomie 21 - La fête triste - France - 1984
15. Los Fancy Free - Ja Ja Ja - Mexico - 2008
16. Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela - South Africa - 1970
17. Menuda Coincidencia - Sin enganche - Mexico - 2008
18. Les Elles - Nouche - France - 1995
19. Sipho Mabuse - Thaba Bosiu - South Africa - 1996
20. La Vela Puerca - El Viejo - Uruguay - 2002

Hey, Charlie Driggs, excellent idea! Sadly I don’t have the time (and the knowledge) to compile a good Top 20. But I can fill a Top 10 with 4, 3, 2 and 1 song from every country respectively. In chronological order:

FRANCE:
1. EDITH PIAF La vie en rose (1945)
2. GEORGES BRASSENS La mauvaise réputation (1952)
3. SERGE GAINSBOURG & JANE BIRKIN Je t’aime (moi non plus) (1969)
4. DOMINIQUE A Pour la peau (2001)

MEXICO:
1. LOS PANCHOS Lo dudo (1954)
2. CAFÉ TACVBA La muerte chiquita (1999)
3. CHAVELA VARGAS La llorona (2002) original from 1966?

SOUTH AFRICA:
1. MIRIAM MAKEBA Pata Pata (1956)
2. LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Unomathemba (1973)

URUGUAY:
1. JORGE DREXLER Soledad (2006)

In order of preference:
1. SERGE GAINSBOURG & JANE BIRKIN "Je t’aime (moi non plus)"
2. GEORGES BRASSENS "La mauvaise réputation"
3. CHAVELA VARGAS "La llorona"
4. DOMINIQUE A "Pour la peau"
5. JORGE DREXLER "Soledad"
6. LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO "Unomathemba"
7. LOS PANCHOS "Lo dudo"
8. EDITH PIAF "La vie en rose"
9. CAFÉ TACVBA "La muerte chiquita"
10. MIRIAM MAKEBA "Pata Pata"

my pologies... this thread has to be bumped repeatedly..

Charlie, a few days ago I started to develop this list, but I was finishing the list of 1956-1958 and then I went on holidays.

The criterion is a song by artist, chronologically. (I'm ashamed to admit it, but I hardly know Spanish American artists).

Almost all of these songs can be heard on this list of Spotify, except those with a link to youtube.

France

Django Reinhardt & Stepthan Grapelli avec le Quintette du Hot Club de France: I Saw Stars - 1935
George Brassens: La mauvaise reputation - 1954
Boris Vian: Le deserteur - 1955
Edith Piaf: Milord - 1959
Henri Salvador: Le lion est mort çe soir - 1962
Sylvie Vartan: Tous les garcons et les filles - 1962
France Gall: Poupée de cire, poupée de son - 1965
Serge Gainsbourg: Initials B B - 1968
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg: Je t’aime moi non plus - 1969
Francis Cabrel: Je l’aime a mourir - 1979
Les Négresses Vertes: I Love Paris - 1990
Air: Sexy Boy - 1998
Manu Chao: Bongo Bong - 1998
Noir Désir: Le vent nous portera - 2001
Benjamin Biolay: Chaise a Tokyo - 2002
Coralie Clement: Avec ou sans moi - 2005
Nouvelle vague: Blister in the Sun - 2009


Mexico

Julieta Venegas: Lento - 2003


South Africa

Miriam Makeba: Pata Pata - 1967


Uruguay

Natalia Oreiro: Tu veneno - 2000

I will play when i find the time

great idea !!

Exciting lists, so far. Imo, a real poll with results makes no sense here. For me, it's fun enough to explore unknown territory; search, find and recommend (and get recommended) good songs from countries which are usually not in the focus even of this forum's pop aficionados. Next group is Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea and Greece.

Yes, probably there's no neeed to compile votes, I agree. Hold this second group for a week, tomorrow I go on holidays to Lisboa for some days. I got some beloved songs on this group B when I come back(though I admit not knowing any song from North Korea).

Group B is with South Korea, a bit easier. Some North Korean songs for download you find here (Publikationen > Musik). A few are not bad at all, despite titles like "The Red Flowers of Revolution Are Coming into Bloom" or "We Will Always Look Up To The Central Committee Of The Party".

well, this has serge in it, so i guess it could count as french...but it's really sung in the universal language of constipation

enjoy!

Group B: Nigeria shouldn't be a problem. Fela Kuti is a key figure in rock music, and there are a lot of compilations with afrobeat and highlife stuff from the sixties to the eighties. New downloadable songs from Argentina, South Korea, Greece and many other "exotic" countries participating in the world cup, you'll find in the monthly column MIA - The Best Music From Around The World of (a.o.) the blog Swedesplease. From South Korea, I recommend the psych rock of the seventies band San Ul Lim (Myspace).

Meanwhile Panini started to sell the trading cards for the world cup. So let's go on collecting our favourite songs from the patricipating countries (even if I'm the only one who will). Group B:

1 : Ofege : Evil Child : Nigeria : 1974
2 : Ofege : Gbe Mi Lo : Nigeria : 1973
3 : San Ul Lim : My Soul Lies On Silk : South Korea : 1978
4 : Fela Kuti : Shenshema : Nigeria : 1972
5 : San Ul Lim : A Flower Has Bloomed In The Fog : South Korea : 1978
6 : Fela Kuti : Water No Get Enemy : Nigeria : 1975
7 : Almendra : Obertura : Argentina : 1970
8 : Sumo : La Rubia Tarada : Argentina : 1985
9 : Le Microkosmos : Es Un Hermoso Verano Lunar : Argentina : 2009
10 : Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National : Okwukwe Na Nchekwube : Nigeria : 1974
11 : Miguel Abuelo : El Muelle : Argentina : 1975
12 : Aphrodite's Child : Air : Greece : 1970
13 : Bajo fondo tango club : Electro Tango : Argentina : 2003
14 : Los Gatos : La Balsa : Argentina : 1967
15 : Nneka : Heartbeat : Nigeria : 2008
16 : 2L8 : Excuse Me, But I Just Have To Explode (Part II) : Greece : 2008
17 : Soda Stereo : De musica Ligera : Argentina : 1990
18 : Los Fabulosos Cadillacs : Mi Novia Se Cayó En Un Pozo Ciego : Argentina : 2005
19 : Spyweirdos, John Morjopoulos And Floros Floridis : Epistrophy : Greece : 2008
20 : Miguel Abuelo : El Largo Dia De Vivir : Argentina : 1975

So let’s go with the group B. I’m going to do the same I did on Group A, 10 songs with 4, 3, 2 and 1 song from the different countries. In chronological order:

ARGENTINA: (I’ve already posted some of my favourite songs from Argentina in a previous thread, the only song that appears on both lists is the wonderful “Alfonsina y el mar”):
1. CARLOS GARDEL Mano a mano (1928)
2. MERCEDES SOSA Alfonsina y el mar (1968)
3. ALMENDRA Muchacha (ojos de papel) (1969)
4. ANDRÉS CALAMARO No son horas (1999)

NIGERIA:
1. FELA KUTI Zombie (1976)
2. KING SUNNY ADÉ AND HIS AFRICAN BEATS Ja Fun Mi (1982)
3. FEMI KUTI Truth Don Die (1998)

GREECE:
1. MIKIS THEODORAKIS Zorba’s Dance (1964)
2. ARKISTIS PROTOPSALTIS Σ΄αγαπώ (S’agapo, 1991), not available in Youtube but I can also recommend Μαύρο χιόνι (Mavro Xioni) (1991)

SOUTH KOREA:
1. 산울림 (San Ul Rim) 내 마음에 주단을 깔고 (Lying Silks and Satins on My Heart) (1978)

In order of preference:
1. MERCEDES SOSA "Alfonsina y el mar"
2. CARLOS GARDEL "Mano a mano"
3. ANDRÉS CALAMARO "No son horas"
4. FELA KUTI "Zombie"
5. ARKISTIS PROTOPSALTI "S’agapo"
6. ALMENDRA "Muchaha (ojos de papel)"
7. KING SUNNY ADÉ "Jan Fu Mi"
8. MIKIS THEODORAKIS "Zorba’s Dance"
9. SAN UL RIM "Lying Silks and Satins on My Heart"
10. FEMI KUTI "Truth Don Die"

Thanks, Honorio, for joining the game. I enjoyed your songs especially those from Argentina. Next group C is half very easy (England , US), half very difficult (Slovenia, Algeria).

Slovenia ist the home of avant-garde art/music-collective Laibach, here with their fascinating collage of Israeli and Palestinian national anthems from the 2006 album "Volk"



From Algeria I recommend the compilation "1970’s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground". The Bellemou & Benfissa song (probably from 1965) shows the vitality of the pop scene in the early years of independence.

Argentina

Carlos Gardel: Mis Buenos Aires querido (1934)
Enrique Santos Discepolo: Cambalache (1935)
Astor Piazolla: Adios, Nonino (1959)
Lalo Schifrin: Mission: Impossible (1966)
Mercedes Sosa: Gracias a la vida (1966)
Luis Aguilé: La Chatunga (196?)
Tequila: Salta!!! (1981)
Los Rodríguez: Milonga del marinero y el capitán (1995)
Sergio Makaroff: Bolinga (1996)
Andrés Calamaro: Te quiero igual (1999)
Entre Ríos: Si hoy (2003)


Greece

Mikis Theodorakis: Zorba’s Dance (1964)
Vangelis: Charriots of Fire (1981)


Nigeria
Sade: Your Love is King (1984)


South Korea

3rd Line Butterfly: Storehouse synthesis
(2002)

These songs can be heard on this list of Spotify, except those with a link to youtube.

¡Sí, Miguel! ¡Discépolo y "Cambalache"! ¡Qué bueno, ché!

The first time I heard this song (I guess like many people in Spain) was in the version that Joan Manuel Serrat included in its 1984 live album, and his lyrics has always seemed one of the most brilliant of the twentieth century.

Here is an English translation. I don’t know if it is as good as those made Honorio, then translate "gil" as "stupid" does not seem quite right.

Sorry for not delving deeper into this topic, but no list of music from Uruguay should be without "La Cumparsita", written by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez in the 1910s.

Which reminds me that I completely forgot to vote for Marilyn Monroe's "I Wanna Be Loved by You" in the 1959 poll...

I continue with group C (England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia). To avoid the usual all-time-best-of-list I restrict it in the case of England and US to songs from 2010.

1 : Laibach : Yisra'el : Slovenia : 2006 : Youtube
2 : Laibach : Across the Universe : Slovenia : 1988 : Youtube
3 : Laura Veirs : Wide-Eyed, Legless : USA : Youtube
4 : Gil Scott-Heron : Me and the Devil : USA : Youtube
5 : Rachid Taha : Rock el Casbah : Algeria : 2007 : Youtube
6 : Yeasayer : Love Me Girl : USA :
7 : Joanna Newsom : Good Intentions Paving Company : USA :
8 : Rachid Taha : Barra Barra : Algeria : 2002 : Youtube
9 : Johnny Cash : Ain't No Grave : USA :
10 : CocoRosie : Lemonade : USA :
11 : Groove Armada : Paper Romance : England :
12 : MGMT : Flash Delirium : USA :
13 : Gorillaz : Stylo : England :
14 : Four Tet : Angel Echoes : England :
15 : McAlmont and Nyman : The Coldest Place on Earth : England :
16 : Holly Miranda : Forest Green Oh Forest Green : USA :
17 : Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti : Round and Round : USA :
18 : Bellemou & Benfissa : Li Maandouche L'Auto : Algeria : 1965 : Youtube
19 : Khaled : Oran Marseille : Algeria : 1996 : Youtube
20 : Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings : Money : USA :

Honorobale mentions:
Slovenia: Begnagrad (Ethno-Jazz), Bele Vrane (Sunny Sixties Pop), Devil Doll (Experimental-/Gothic-Rock).
Algeria: Biyouna (Chanson), Intik (Hip-Hop)

Group C with the same approach as previous editions (4, 3, 2 and 1). And sorry Americans for choosing 4 English songs (it’s supposed that England will pass the second round as #1, and I’m talking about soccer cup this time). In chronological order:

ENGLAND:
1. THE BEATLES Strawberry Fields Forever (1967).
2. THE SEX PISTOLS Anarchy in the UK (1976).
3. DAVID BOWIE Ashes to Ashes (1980).
4. RADIOHEAD No Surprises (1997).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
1. BOB DYLAN Like a Rolling Stone (1965).
2. THE BEACH BOYS God Only Knows (1966).
3. MARVIN GAYE What’s Going On (1971).

ALGERIA:
1. KHALED Didi (1992).
2. RACHID TAHA Ya Rayah (1998).

SLOVENIA:
1. LAIBACH Leben heißt Leben (1987).

In order of preference:
1. BOB DYLAN "Like a Rolling Stone"
2. THE BEATLES "Strawberry Fields Forever"
3. DAVID BOWIE "Ashes to Ashes"
4. THE BEACH BOYS "God Only Knows"
5. THE SEX PISTOLS "Anarchy in the UK"
6. MARVIN GAYE "What’s Going On"
7. RADIOHEAD "No Surprises"
8. KHALED "Didi"
9. RACHID TAHA "Ya Rayah"
10. LAIBACH "Leben heißt Leben"

25 days remaining. Time for Group D with Ballack-less Germany, Australia, Ghana and Serbia.

1 : The Avalanches : Frontier Psychiatrist : Australia : 2000
2 : Sibylle Baier : Colour Green : Germany : 1970/2006
3 : Empire Of The Sun : Walking On A Dream : Australia : 2009
4 : Tocotronic : Hi Freaks : Germany : 2002
5 : Ton Steine Scherben : Macht kaputt was euch kaputt macht : Germany : 1971
6 : Kelenkye Band : No One Is Born to Suffer : Ghana : 1974
7 : F.S.K. : Nokturn : Germany : 2008
8 : La Düsseldorf : Silver Cloud : Germany : 1976
9 : International Pony : Leaving Home : Germany : 2003
10 : Goran Bregovic : Ederlezi : Serbia : 1990
11 : The Sleepy Jackson : Good Dancers : Australia : 2003
12 : 1200 Techniques : Karma : Australia : 2002
13 : Can : Vitamin C : Germany : 1972
14 : Die Goldenen Zitronen : Das bisschen Totschlag : Germany : 2002
15 : The Rattles : The Witch : Germany : 1970
16 : Dirty Three : I Remember A Time When You Used To Love Me : Australia : 1996
17 : Supermax : Love Machine : Germany : 1977
18 : Pat Thomas and Marijata : I Need More : Ghana : 1977
19 : Amon Düül : Archangel Thunderbird : Germany : 1970
20 : Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra : Pit Bull : Serbia : 1998

Following Honorio's technique of 4,3,2,1 -

Ghana - out in the first round
1. Kelenkye Band - Jungle Music

I'd never heard of the band before, I just found it from spotify and it sounds great.

Serbia - out in the first round

1. Vesna Jovanovic - War
2. Saban Bajramovic - I Barval Pudela

Australia - last 16

1. Untouchably Frontier Psychiatrist
2. Kylie - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
3. Kylie - Spinning Around

Haha! No AC/DC!

Germany - without Ballack? Quarter finals

1. Can - Halleluhwah
2. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express/Metal On Metal/Abzug
3. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
4. Faust - Krautrock

Hey, Zorg, glad you join my tactic of 4-3-2-1 (and not the usual 4-3-3 formation).

Group D in chronological order:

GERMANY:
1. LOTTE LENYA Seeräuber Jenny (1931).
2. MARLENE DIETRICH Sag mir wo die blumen sind (1962).
3. KRAFTWERK Das modell (1978 ).
4. EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN Trinklied (1985).

AUSTRALIA:
1. THE CHURCH Already Yesterday (1985).
2. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Into My Arms (1997).
3. KYLIE MINOGUE Can't Get You Out of My Head (2001).

SERBIA:
1. KATARINA II Jesen (1984).
2. GORAN BREGOVIĆ Mesecina (1995) (he’s in fact Serb-Bosnian but I suppose we could count Goran in, especially when Bosnia-Herzegovina was not qualified for the World Cup).

GHANA:
1. OSIBISA Survival (1971).

In order of preference:
1. KRAFTWERK Das modell
2. GORAN BREGOVIĆ Mesecina
3. KYLIE MINOGUE Can't Get You Out of My Head
4. LOTTE LENYA Seeräuber Jenny
5. THE CHURCH Already Yesterday
6. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Into My Arms
7. MARLENE DIETRICH Sag mir wo die blumen sind
8. OSIBISA Survival
9. EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN Trinklied
10. KATARINA II Jesen

Sorry, Charlie, for the delay. I'm still with the group C. Like you, I've decided to include in the lists of England and USA only my favorite songs of 2010.

Algeria

Khaled: Didi (1992)


England (2010)

Ocean Colour Scene: Sing, Children, Sing
Tindersticks: Harmony Around My Table
Chumbawamba: Voices, That’s All
The Durruti Column: V Stuki

Slovenia

Bratko Bibič: Tangue (1995)


USA (2010)

She & Him: In the Sun
Retribution Gospel Choir: Workin’ Hard
Via Audio: Goldrush
Drive-by-Truckers: Daddy Learn to Fly
John Hiatt: The Open Road
Josh Rouse: Lemon Tree
Broken Bells: The High Road
Eels: A Line in the Dirt
Laura Veirs: July Flame

Almost all of these songs can be heard on this list of spotify, except those with a link to youtube.

And this is, for now, my favorite song of the year. Take a look at the clip, if only to enjoy Zoey Deschanel.

I'm really sad that I have no time to do this properly.

I'm very busy right now with my job (for once ) and there's the world cup coming...

One of my fellow French bloggers had the same idea as you on his excellent site "de la lune on entend tout"

Go here and you will see

Of course it's in French, but it is an excellent blog !!

Group C

Australia

The Easybeats: Friday on My Mind (1966)
Bee Gees: Massachusetts (1967)
Helen Reddy: You Don’t Need a Reason (1975)
AC/DC: Highway to Hell (1979)
Men at Work: Who Can It Be Now? (1981)
Hoodoo Gurus: I Want You Back (1984)
Midnight Oil: Beds Are Burning (1987)
The Go-Betweens: Love Goes On (1988)
Grant McLennan: Put You Down (1994)
Robert Forster: 2541 (1995)
Nick Cave: People Ain’t No Good (1997)
Natalie Imbruglia: Torn (1997)



Germany

Lotte Lenya: Moritat vom Mackie Messer (1928)
Marlen Dietrich: Sag mir wo die blumen sind (1962)
The Velvet Undergrund & Nico: Femme Fatale (1967)
Kraftwerk: The Hall of Mirrors (1977)
Nena: 99 Luftballons (1983)
Propaganda: Duel (1985)


Ghana

Osibisa: Welcome Home (1977)


Serbia

Goran Bregovic: Kalasnjikov (1995)

Spotify

And sorry again, Charlie, But I go on holiday and I be late in making my list of group E.

BTW, Mr. Barranco: I'm afraid I will not post my 1962-1963-1964 until the last moment, but I promise that I will.... ¡¡¡¡y buena suerte con tu exámen del 31!!!!

It's really interesting trying to read this. I've got my french GCSE in a week, and this is a great way to revise!

Back from the holidays I go on - sadly without big research - with the challenging group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroun. Next group F is even more demanding with Italy, New Zealand and the mysterious pop countries Slovakia and Paraguay.

1 : Tokyo Jihen : Kurumaya-san : Japan : 2004 : Youtube
2 : Shocking Blue : Love Buzz : Netherlands : 1969 : Youtube
3 : The Raveonettes : Dead Sound : Denmark : 2007 : Youtube
4 : GOGO7188 : Kaminari ga Natte Takusan Ame ga Furu Yoru : Japan : 2001 : Youtube
5 : Ryuichi Sakamoto : Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence : Japan : 1983 : Youtube
6 : Yoko Ono : Walking on Thin Ice : Japan : 1981: Youtube
7 : Michel Waisvisz : A Cheval : Netherlands : 1978
8 : OOIOO : OOIAH : Japan : 2009
9 : Asa-Chang & Junray : Hana : Japan : 2001 : Youtube
10 : Golden Earring : Buddy Joe : Netherlands : 1972 : Youtube
11 : Yellow Magic Orchestra : Behind The Mask : Japan : 1979 : Youtube
12 : Manu Dibango : New Bell : Cameroun : 1972 : Youtube
13 : Nujabes : Feather : Japan : 2005 : Youtube
14 : The Jacks : Marianne : Japan : 1968 : Youtube
15 : Akira Ifukube : Suite (From "Godzilla") : Japan : 1954 : Youtube
16 : Gruppo Sportivo : My Favourite Song : Netherlands : 1980
17 : FreeTEMPO : Snowfield : Japan : 2002
18 : Justin Heathcliff : Life : Japan : 1971
19 : Shugo Tokumaru : Such a Color : Japan : 2005 : Youtube
20 : Anna Karina (with Jean-Claude Brialy) : De Plus en Plus De Moins en Moins : Denmark : 1967 : Youtube

Italy wins this group due to its soudtrack magicians. But New Zealand, which had a very strong period in the eighties, is a tough opponent. Paraguay and Slovakia can only be amazed.

1 : Riz Ortolani : I Travestiti : Italy : 1971 :
2 : Le Group X : Transfert 2002 : Italy : 1973 : YouTube
3 : Goblin : Suspiria : Italy : 1977 : YouTube
4 : Ennio Morricone : Man With A Harmonica : Italy : 1968 :
5 : The Chills : Pink Frost : New Zealand : 1984 : YouTube
6 : Headless Chickens : Gaskrankinstation : New Zealand : 1991 : YouTube
7 : Piero Umiliani : Lady Magnolia : Italy : 1969 : YouTube
8 : Flight of the Conchords : Hurt Feelings : New Zealand : 2009 : YouTube
9 : Toy Love : Swimming Pool : New Zealand : 1980 :
10 : The Clean : Point that Thing Somewhere Else : New Zealand : 1981 :
11 : Liam Finn : Second Chance : New Zealand : 2007 : YouTube
12 : Luca Capozzi : Una Goccia di Sudore : Italy : 2006 :
13 : Franco Battiato : Anafase : Italy : 1971 :
14 : Split Enz : Message To My Girl : New Zealand : 1983 : YouTube
15 : Dadamah : Papa Doc : New Zealand : 1992 :
16 : The Verlaines : Makes No Difference : New Zealand : 1987 : YouTube
17 : Nino Rota : La Dolce Vita : Italy : 1960 : YouTube
18 : Adriano Celentano : 24 mila baci : Italy : 1961 : YouTube
19 : Fermata : Rumunska Rapsodia : Slovakia : 1977 : YouTube
20 : Agustin Barrios Mangore : Julia Florida : Paraguay : ? :

Next group is Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea (see link above).

GROUP E

CAMEROON
Manu Dibango: Soul Makossa - 1973

DENMARK
The Raveonettes: Love in a Trashcan - 2005

JAPAN
Ryuchi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - 1983

THE NETHERLANDS
Shocking Blue: Venus - 1969
Nits: The Train - 1988


GROUP F

ITALY

Domenico Modugno: Volare - 1958
Ennio Morricone: Il buono, il cattivo, il brutto - 1966
Adriano Celentano: Azzurro - 1968
Nino Rota: Amarcord - 1974
Franco Battiato: Up Patriots to Arms - 1980
Paolo Conte: Via con me - 1981
Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel: Dormi e sogna - 1999

NEW ZEALAND

Crowded House: Kare Kare - 1993

PARAGUAY

Luis Alberto del Paraná: Cielito lindo - 1958

SLOVAKIA

Fermata: Pod tichou rieku - 1991


Spotify

Still with group E and the 4-3-2-1 tactic:

HOLLAND:
1. DICK ANNEGARN Sacré géranium (1973).
2. GRUPPO SPORTIVO Christine (1981).
3. THE EX They Shall Not Pass (1986).
4. BETTIE SERVEERT Tom Boy (1992).

JAPAN:
1. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Forbbiden Colours (1983).
2. PIZZICATO FIVE Twiggy Twiggy (1994).
3. BOREDOMS Super Go!!!!! (1998).

CAMEROON:
1. MANU DIBANGO Soul Makossa (1972).
2. ANNE-MARIE NZIÉ Bésa Ba Dzo (1998).

DENMARK:
1. THE RAVEONETTES Love in a Trashcan (2005).

Soon Group F...

I guess no one here knows much about north korean music, so here are three sound examples from the empire of evil.

Here is Group G with pop giant Brazil, its brother-in-language Portugal, Ivory Coast and mysterious North Korea.

1 : Airto Moreira : Samba de Flora : Brazil : 1988 : YouTube
2 : Os Mutantes : Desculpe, Babe : Brazil : 1970 : YouTube
3 : Gilberto Gil e Jorge Ben : Nêga : Brazil : 1975 : YouTube
4 : Kassin+2 : Samba Machine : Brazil : 2008 : YouTube
5 : Lula Côrtes & Zé Ramalho : Nas Paredes da Pedra Encantada, Os Segredos Talhados por Sumé : Brazil : 1975 :
6 : Jorge Ben : Take It Easy My Brother Charles : Brazil : 1969 : YouTube
7 : Caetano Veloso : London, London : Brazil : 1971 : YouTube
8 : Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 : Scarborough Fair : Brazil : 1968 : YouTube
9 : Nayanka Bell & Koffi Olomide : Je T'aime Moi Non Plus : Ivory Coast : 2000 : YouTube
10 : Antonio Carlos Jobim : Aguas De Marco : Brazil : 1972 : YouTube
11 : CSS : Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above : Brazil : 2006 : YouTube
12 : Arrigo Barnabé : Tubarões Voadores : Brazil : 1984
13 : The Casino Royal : Deluxe Casino Royal : Portugal : 2009 :
14 : Buraka Som Sistema : Yah! : Portugal : 2006 :
15 : Otto : Bob : Brazil : 2006 : YouTube
16 : Tiken Jah Fakoly : Ouvrez Les Frontieres : Ivory Coast : 2007 : YouTube
17 : Seu Jorge : Tive Razao : Brazil : 2003 : YouTube
18 : Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble : Kimjongilia : North Korea
19 : Amadou Balake : Super Bar Konon Mousso : Ivory Coast : 1978 :
20 : Blasted Mechanism : I believe : Portugal : 2002 : YouTube

Any fans of the real World Cup, feel free to participate in the prediction game now underway on the "Off-Topic" forum. I know a lot of people don't make their way over there, as it's mostly the '00s movie poll over there right now, so just giving a heads-up in the main forum.

Brazil

João Gilberto, Luiz Bonfá & Antônio Carlos Jobim: Manhã de carnaval (1959)
Jorge Ben: Mas que nada (1963)
Astrud Gilberto: Agua de beber (1964)
Antônio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, Stan Getz: Desafinado (1964)
Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto, Stan Getz: The Girl from Ipanema (1964)
Os Mutantes: A minha menina (1968)
Caetano Veloso: Terra (1978)

Toquinho: Aquarela (1985)


Ivory Coast

Alpha Blondy: Wish You Were Here (2007)



North Korea

National Anthem


Portugal

Madredeus: O pastor (1990)


spotify

Group F:

ITALY:
1. GIACOMO PUCCINI Nessun dorma (1926).
2. NINO ROTA Godfather Waltz (1972).
3. PAOLO CONTE La giarrettiera rosa (1974).
4. FABRIZIO DE ANDRÉ Crêuza de mä (1984).

NEW ZEALAND:
1. THE VERLAINES Death and the Maiden (1983).
2. CROWDED HOUSE Weather With You (1991).
3. LIAM FINN Second Chance (2007).

PARAGUAY:
1. AGUSTÍN BARRIOS Uma limosnita por amor de Dios (1944).
2. LUIS ALBERTO DEL PARANÁ Y LOS PARAGUAYOS Recuerdo de Yparacai (1962).

SLOVAKIA:
1. FERMÁTA Rumunská Rapsódia (1977).

Yes, yes, I know, I copied some songs from Charlie Driggs and Miguel's lists

Group G:

BRAZIL:
1. STAN GETZ & JOÃO GILBERTO The Girl From Ipanema (1964).
2. OS MUTANTES A minha menina (1968).
3. MILTON NASCIMENTO & LÔ BORGES Tudo que você podia ser (1972).
4. ELIS REGINA & TOM JOBIM Águas de Março (1974).

PORTUGAL (a song from every album I bought in my recent trip to Lisbon, a magical city):
1. AMÁLIA RODRIGUES Lisboa antiga (1952).
2. RODRIGO LEÃO Rosa (2004).
3. HOJE Gaivota (2009).

CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
1. ERNESTO DJÉDJÉ Ziboté (1977).
2. ALPHA BLONDY Sweet Fanta Diallo (1987).

NORTH KOREA:
1. 보천보전자악단 (POCHONBO ELECTRONIC ENSEMBLE) 社會主義 지키세 (Let's Defend Socialism) (early 90s).



Group H:

SPAIN:
1. SISA Qualsevol nit pot sortir el sol (1975).
2. CAMARÓN Nana del caballo grande (1979).
3. RADIO FUTURA Han caído los dos (1985).
4. LOS PLANETAS Segundo premio (1998).

CHILE:
1. VIOLETA PARRA Gracias a la vida (1967).
2. VÍCTOR JARA Te recuerdo Amanda (1969).
3. LOS TR3S Déjate caer (1995).

SWITZERLAND:
1. GRAUZONE Eisbär (1981).
2. MITTAGEISEN Automaten (1985).

HONDURAS:
1. BANDA BLANCA Sopa de caracol (1991).



And that’s all from me. Good luck to the Spanish soccer team! Who knows, maybe this time…

Here is my final list. The soundtrack of group H:

1 : Brainticket : Black Sand : Switzerland YouTube
2 : Jeanette : Porque Te Vas : Spain YouTube
3 : Los Angeles Negros : Y Volvere : Chile YouTube
4 : Los Miserables : El pueblo unido : Chile
5 : Sophie Hunger : Shape : Switzerland YouTube
6 : Liliput : Die Matrosen : Switzerland YouTube
7 : Golpes Bajos : No mires a los ojos de la gente : Spain YouTube
8 : Aguaturbia : Crimson & Clover : Chile YouTube
9 : Giulia y los Tellarini : Barcelona : Spain YouTube
10 : Bruno Spoerri : On The Way : Switzerland YouTube
11 : Bigott : Trois Je T'aime : Spain
12 : Panico : Anfetaminado : Chile
13 : Veneno : Los delincuentes : Spain
14 : Violeta Parra Sandoval : Rin del angelito : Chile
15 : Gabinete Caligari : Caray! : Spain
16 : Pedro Iturralde : Cancion De Las Penas De Amor : Spain
17 : Triángulo de Amor Bizarro : El Fantasma De La Transición : Spain
18 : Charly Antolini's Power Dozen : Jumping : Switzerland
19 : Kazzabe : Africa : Honduras
20 : Pata Negra : Blues De La Frontera : Spanien

And here is my final result:

1 USA
2 England
3 Brazil
4 France

Quarter Final:

South Africa
Australia
Germany
Nigeria

Last Sixteen:

Japan
Italy
Mexico
Uruguay
Spain
Ghana
Netherlands
New Zealand

As I did with the list of England and USA, the Spanish song list is made of my favorites of 2010.


Chile.

Violeta Parra: La jardinera (1957)


Honduras

Password: Sueños (2007)

Spain (2010)

Los Punsetes: Estilo
Klaus & Kinski: Ya estaba así cuando llegué
Bla: La mejor enfermedad
Tachenko: El respand’Or
Nacho Umbert y La Compañía: Colorete y quitasueño
Pauline en la Playa: Un muelle
Maderita: Talismán
Marlango: The Long Fall
Maria Rodés: Lo que hay que oír
Delafé y las flores azules: Espíritu Santo
Rauelsson: Debutantes
Hola a todo el mundo: Hatem Prayers Team


Switzerland

Sophie Hunger : Headlights (2010)


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Hey, Miguel and Charlie Driggs, great Spanish music choices!!
I've enjoyed a lot this game, Charlie!!

Thank you, Honorio, and Miguel, too. I used the songs for some mixtapes for friends. Indeed, my knowledge of the spanish pop scene is poor. Enjoy the world cup. I hope the spanish team is in better condition than Italy.

What methods do you guys use to find music from different countries? Pretty much every music site I currently visit is very Anglo-centric, with a few exceptions such as Os Mutantes and Serge Gainsbourg. I really want to expand into music from more foreign countries.