I love it when kids' projects are so fun for us. I rec a German rap group of the early 90s called Die Fantastischen Fier, who had a hit on MTV Europe at the time called "Die Da". ("Her there.") German is great for rap, since practically everything rhymes with something. This song was of the 'goofy white boys ogle girls' genre of rap. That's a rap genre, right?
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
flea - Jan 12, 2007 2:50:15 am PST #4851 of 10003
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Kate P. - Jan 12, 2007 3:22:51 am PST #4852 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
SA included a lovely Europop song from Italy about Vespas in her last year's Frankenmix.
Hee! That was me, and I *love* that song; it's "50 Special" by Luna Pop. I can re-send it if you can't find it, Laura.
Lots of good suggestions from people (megan: yay, De Palmas!). Luaka Bop put out a cool compilation a few years ago called Cuisine Non-Stop: Introduction to the French Nouvelle Generation that I like a lot. I'll send Lo'Jo's "Baji Larabat" from that album to BR2. Also, not really obscure (at least, not to anyone keeping up with popular YouTube videos: [link] but I can send O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei" (from Moldova, I think) as well, if you want.
Fred Pete - Jan 12, 2007 4:03:06 am PST #4853 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Just remembered another that may win coolness points. The Mammas, a vocal group of four women from four different Mediterranean countries -- one Spanish, one Italian, one Greek, and one French Algerian (IIRC). They recorded at least one album in the mid-'90s, with songs in several languages. "Amaria" in particular is a wonderful song sung in Italian -- with a great video if you can find it.
And seconding "Dragostea Din Tei," though Brendon may not appreciate boy bands.
Laura - Jan 12, 2007 4:12:46 am PST #4854 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
I'll look for the selections noted above today and let you know if I can't find them. Looking forward to listening.
Theodosia - Jan 12, 2007 4:53:07 am PST #4855 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Er... Would you believe that Kate and SA look a lot alike?
::tapdances distractingly::
Has anyone ever seen them together?
Tom Scola - Jan 12, 2007 4:55:43 am PST #4856 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Has anyone ever seen them together?
Come to think of it... Kate was staying at the Zmayhems last year, and then she left, and the very next night SA stayed there...
sumi - Jan 12, 2007 5:47:42 am PST #4857 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I tried to get into buffistarawk2 and gmail wouldn't let me. It couldn't log me in for some reason. (Meanwhile, I'm getting into my own gmail account fine. Weird.)
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 5:48:57 am PST #4858 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Come to think of it... Kate was staying at the Zmayhems last year, and then she left, and the very next night SA stayed there...
They both have brown curly hair and graduated from college in the last five years and travel the world extensively....Hmmm.
Wow, looks like all bases are covered for Brendon's europop explosion.
I've got some Swedish and Danish stuff I could add. Of course, I've got tons of French, but megan's got that covered. Germany can be done - I like the "Hallo Gallo" suggestion. Even if the teacher guesses, Brendon would get major coolness points for using Neu! Iceland is Bjork, but I doubt that will stump him. (Is Iceland Europe anyway?)
Oh! I've got some Dutch garage rock I could throw out. Q65 and The Outsiders.
Let me know when the teacher gets to Asia and South America 'cuz I can do some stuff there as well.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2007 6:13:27 am PST #4859 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just realized "Hallogallo" has no words so you can't really identify it as German.
I do have an Irish song in Gaelic, though.
megan walker - Jan 12, 2007 6:13:55 am PST #4860 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
(Is Iceland Europe anyway?)
Well, it's not part of the Union, but then again neither is Switzerland. Damn Swiss.