To kick off our presentation of your mixtapes we’re going with Nick Emlen’s mix “Linguistic Appropriation: The Language of Another.”
Despite sharing a conspicuous word with Eric Steuer’s example, this mix knocked our socks off. Nick picked songs in which the speaker wrestles with a foreign language in one way or another, often to humorous effect.The theme is original, and Nick’s digging would make DJ Shadow proud.Here are some excerpts from his letter:”…the first four…are all country songs about white men who have fallen in love with Mexican women in spite of, or because of, the language barrier between them. There are a shocking number of country songs on the subject.””Also, some of these songs were recorded before the age of political correctness, and I think it’s interesting to hear earnest examples of what we would now consider unashamed racism.”
Linguistic Appropriation: The Language of Another
by Nick EmlenI Don’t Know What She Said – Blaine LarsenDon’t Speak In English – Carrie RodriguezI Can’t Speak No English – Little Charlie And The NightcatsLanguage Of Love – Aaron WatsonDanke Shoen – Wayne NewtonLet’s Call The Whole Thing Off – Fred AstaireLove Me In Your Language – KuduAba Daba Honeymoon – Debbie ReynoldsMele Kalikimaka – Bing Crosby And The Andrews SistersThe Lake Song (Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg) – Ethel MermanMichelle – The BeatlesFeliz Navidad – Jose FelicianoLady Marmalade – LaBelleNegro Amor – Gal CostaThe Ketchup Song – Las KetchupThe Auctioneer – Leroy Van DykeMambo Italiano – Rosemary ClooneyAhab The Arab – Ray StevensQue Sera, Sera – Doris DaySi Tu Dois Partir – Fairport ConventionHe Taught Me To Yodel – Joanna AllenLing Ching Chong – Joe Bataan
