cultural melting pot!

[rmd]

Found this via foldedfish's blog. As far as I can tell, it's a German-language bollywoodish bhangratastic song with English rap in the middle. It's pretty catchy.
Augenbling, by Seeed

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[muffyjo]

Lyrics and translation available here.

It's a love song but boy is that video a bit strange. From what I can tell the lead singer needs drugs shot intravenously and parties with dictators with jamaican accents. Maybe he's a drug dealer, I'm not clear on that.

Still, totally catchy! And who knew it was a love song?

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

And the car is a Soviet Chaika ... German reggae ... a pseudo-Castro that sings in Jamaican English ... What a weird assembly of cultural signs!

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of them before but they have a bunch of weird music videos.

Dancing cavemen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX1ZePcUako
Singing weasels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWU0lFghxU

[alanj]

I hadn't heard of them before either. I adore Augenbling, and I like Ding a lot too, though if I never see a cartoon weasel twerking again that will be just fine.

You want serious cultural melting pot, check out the German Jamaican old-Mexico style of Dancehall Caballeros.

[alanj]

Oh, and the thrash guitar / dancehall reggae blend of Molotov is pretty adorable too.