This is topic I have no idea why I think this is so funny (Romanian dance song and video) in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
[ February 03, 2005, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*giggle*
Me either.
Out of curiosity, what were you LOOKING for when you found it?
Posted by Steev (Member # 6805) on :
It's funny because we've all done it. He just had the nerve to make a video of it and put it on the Internet.
Too bad the sound and video get out of sync near the end.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
That was cute =)
Someone should have walked in on him and stood behind him at the end.
Cuz who hasn't be caught dancing (even seat dancing) in their room?
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
This is SUPER COOL!!!
And what a great song! Even I was dancing a little... hehehehe
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
One of the Assistance principals at my school was caught on camera by his daughter dancing and looking like an idiot. She posted it on the internet. Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
That is both funny and disturbing on so many levels that I wouldn't know where to begin. Just the fact that he had choreography, albeit it was chair dancing, to the song is worth a big huge spew of soda across the keyboard.
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
::rips out own heart and shoots it::
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
The funniest thing to me is that he looks a lot like my little brother. Dances kind of like him, too. Except more coordinated. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I just watched it again, and I am seriously laughing so hard I'm crying. Thanks, Katie! *runs to bathroom to avoid wetting pants*
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Dang... That reminds me of me when I am grooving to tunes... how embarassing. I wonder what song it was, it sounded cool and European.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
*grin* That's how it was...at first mild amusement, then a smile, then a grin, then giggles, then snickers, and a belly laugh that brought me attention and made me post it to Hatrack.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Got it bookmarked, which I do for very few videos or songs. And the lip-synching dude's got rhythm&style ta make ya smile, which is all ya can ask of any entertainer.
Okay, time for a viral marketing campaign to find out the name of the song, the group who did this arrangement, and to say thanks to the dude by making him famous.
Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :
Oh, man! Dang work and videos that make noise!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I needed to know what that song meant! Thanks, Nato.
My new favorite version of the video is the one with subtitles (including English translation).
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
This guy is one of my new heroes. Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Is that German? They sound a little like Erasure.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I thought it was Erasure at first too.
I think it's Romanian.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Mmm, I love the song! Katie, this guy is hilarious. I wish I could contact the people that have seen me car dancing as I cut them off or sit next to them at a stop light.
Or maybe I dont' want to talk to them. That would be embarassing. I'll just continue to believe that no one sees me. Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Dear Crod, I need that song. That is awesome.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
If that guy and the Star Wars Kid teamed up, they could take over the world.
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
There's a Lego version.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I didn't think that song could get any funnier -- but it did!
CaySedai, that was great. And the final scene was absolutely priceless! Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My brother-in-law would so love the Lego-zone video. I don't find it funny, though, just impressive and a little scary that someone would do that.
The song is now stuck in my head, of course. Oh, well, if you have to listen to pop, I suppose there's worse stuff than that.
BTW, don't go to the home page of the site Katie originally linked to if you don't want to see a not-so-great (dare I say, slash-dot worthy?) picture right in the middle of your screen. Katie, how did you find that, hmmm? Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
I declare it pornographic. Just in case anyone doesn't get that I'm kidding and ribbing Tom.
P.S. I am pretty sure the song is not German. I am less certain it isn't French. Too many palatal glides, not enough gutturals for German. And the absence of what we call a long i.
[ February 02, 2005, 12:32 AM: Message edited by: mothertree ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It is Romanian.
And Amazon sells both the single and the album.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I want the video.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Wow, that is freaky, I was going to say it sounded a lot like Latin. But I dismissed the thought out of hand.
Granted, Lithuanian is closer to Latin from what I am told.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Did you read the reviews of the album on Amazon? It sounds like they had one hit. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yep -- THIS one. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
My understanding is that Romanian is the language closest to Latin.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
mothertree, I don't know who told you that, but it's wrong; Lithuanian is on a whole other branch, related only to the other Baltic languages. Italian and Romanian are the two languages that remain closest to the original Latin, IIRC.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Portuguese is also very close to Latin, but not as much as Romanian or Italian (more than French, though).
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*whisper*
I can't stop playing it . . . over and over . . . O_O
Posted by Troubadour (Member # 83) on :
Does anyone else think he looks like Kryten from Red Dwarf at the very beginning until he starts pumping his fists?
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Huh, a girl I knew of Lithuanian descent used to say so. I've never personally experienced Lithuanian. She wasn't a linguist, but she did have her degree in French and knew a fair bit about languages. But she may have gotten the info from her mom, who was a civil servant turned criminal psychologist.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
It's the way he moves his mouth that is reminiscent of Krighton.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
at rivka
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
I couldn't ever view the star wars kid, but the breakdancing legos were The Awesome.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
It is growing on me like... like a strange tumor!! I love this song!
YA! Must own the cd!
quote:My understanding is that Romanian is the language closest to Latin.
Oh yes...considering that it is the last part of the Roman Empire to retain the name... Romania = Land of the Romans.
[edit, spelling]
[ February 02, 2005, 03:34 AM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Wow...I don't do that...I stopped chair dancing a long time ago. I have to stand up now. Mostly cause I do a lot of wierd stuff with my feet (Looks cool, though).
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
Watching and listening to that made me feel happy. I didn't really find it funny, though. And I think I might have to buy that album.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ok, googling "Numa Dance" makes it clear that we are way behind the loop on this one.
Some sites were discussing this 2 weeks ago; some 7 weeks ago!
Just in case you're not tired of it yet, more videos!
this one is the best, especially after he starts to sing a cappella.
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
I'm at work so I can't be sure, but if it's the song I'm thinking it is, I'd like to point out that it was my cell phone signal the enire time I was in America. So there.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Is THAT why it sounded vaguely familiar?
I'm going to be hearing that song in my dreams. >_<
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
I dunno. Did anyone (read: my mom >_<) call me when you were around?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Um . . . not sure . . . maybe?
Of course, the song could just sound familiar because I've been playing it all evening. Posted by IdemosthenesI (Member # 862) on :
The "dear Lord these people have way too much time on their hands" one *Warning* One title has a word some might find extremely offensive (though it is not profane or obscene) http://media.ebaumsworld.com/starwarskidclones.wmv
[ February 02, 2005, 04:11 AM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]
Posted by Lisha-princess (Member # 6966) on :
I can't believe I'm sitting here watching these. I'm supposed to be getting ready for school, but this is so much more worth my time! Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :
Ditto.
I've officially been mesmerized.
Thanks!
Eve
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:My understanding is that Romanian is the language closest to Latin.
Actually, I've heard that the languages closest to the original spoken Latin are Gallician and Rhaeto-Romanche.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Oh, man! While we were on the subject of wacky European techno, I was going to link you to the amazing Gunther, but it looks like his page "är tillsvidare avstängd." Rats.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: Actually, I've heard that the languages closest to the original spoken Latin are Gallician and Rhaeto-Romanche.
I think you just made those up on the spot. Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Can anybody tell me what language the dancing kitten subtitles are in?
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
I want to see if I can move my hips like the anime dancing girl.
Too bad I'm at work. Maybe later. Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
kat, I think now would be the perfect time to try it.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
*sneaks a look around the office* No one here but the Italian co-worker I just bribed with cookies...
Oh no, I couldn't. Maybe I can sneak into the empty conference room later.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
They evolved very differently from Proto-Indo-European.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
You might want to check to make sure there are no cameras in the conference room. You don't want it showing up on the internet or anything.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
If you do it in the conference room, you could dance on the table...
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Re: cameras. Good point.
The table's too obvious. Crowds have to work to get near me. Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Kat, I say, take a bathroom break and do it in the bathroom! That way, you can see how you do in the mirror. Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
I just e-mailed this to my co-worker. I'll bet I can talk her into dancing during lunch.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You know, kat, bellydancing class is where you really learn that kind of hip-isolation. Did you ever take bellydancing?
(I did. It was awesome. )
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Sadly, I learned it in my pink bedroom with the wall of mirrors.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You had a pink bedroom? *winces* With a wall of mirrors? *is jealous, even though there were times in her life when she completely avoided mirrors*
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Soft pink, with stenciled hearts around the ceiling. I was the only girl. I got so overloaded that when I was finally able to decorate it for myself, everything was dark green and gray.
Between you and Annie, I'm almost persuaded to try belly-dancing. If I do, I'm taking this song.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
The class I took was at a park, and it was really cool; it was for women only, and no men were even allowed to watch. It was held indoors, and a perimeter was strictly enforced, so we could all feel comfy in our leotards or crop-tops and swishy skirts with jingly things. There was a public performance at the end, but you didn't have to participate, and the cost was only $65. It was the best class ever.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
You know, I've never heard of anyone who took a belly-dancing class and didn't absolutely rave about it. Maybe, when I lose enough weight, I'll try it. Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
That eyebrow dance has to be one of the coolest things ever.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Megan, a lot of the women in my class were doing it to lose weight. It's a real workout, but not too much. And it worked, too; a lot of the women in it were in TOPS, and said that they went down fairly dramatically during that time.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
The Romanian text for the song is only marginally Latinesque. Both French and Spanish (and what I've seen of Portugese) are closer in content words. I don't know anything about Romanian grammar and syntax, so maybe there's soem similarities to Latin there, but on the surface it would definitely not be my first choice as "language closest to Latin roots."
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Considering that half the song is nonsense "words," I find the linguistic dissection terribly amusing.
Oh, and Telp, thanks for the link to the mp3!
[ February 02, 2005, 03:17 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Romanian has been influenced by the slavic languages, and, in this case, by English ("Allo" is "hello" on a cellphone, for instance). However, it is cited often as one of the "purer" Latin languages by the people I know who talk languages. I don't know why.
Having had experience with both Lithuanian and Romanian, personally, I hear a lot of similarities between Latin and Romanian, very few between Lithuanian and Romanian. But that's just me.
We have the coolest digressions on Hatrack. Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I just almost choked to death on a pretzel. I think that might be the greatest thing I have ever seen in my life. If I wasn't a married woman...
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Did you see the original video, Mrs. M? One of the singers is really hawt...
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:I think you just made those up on the spot
I'm so offended. I'll have you know that Gallician is spoken in a god-forsaken corner of Portugal/Spain that has dreams of being independent and that Rhaeto-Romanche is one of the four official languages of Switzerland, thank-you-very-much. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
On the subject of obscure languages (like how I segue into my own tangents?) I met a woman yesterday who is one of 12 living native speakers of her mother tongue. It was cool.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That is neat! What language?
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I don't know, kq, I love me some goofy dorks, even more than I love man eye candy.
Oh, and I once knew a woman who speaks Ladino (a mixture of Castilian and Hebrew). It was super cool.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Hanmolshalchamqan (I had to look that up). It's a variant of CÅ“ur D'Alene Salish.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
That's neat.
I knew a guy who speaks Ladino. He was the Rabbi at the school where I spent 12th grade.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
The coolest language I ever heard spoken was Zapotec. It's really clicky.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
quote:Can anybody tell me what language the dancing kitten subtitles are in?
Well... it's either Japanese or Chinese. Probably Japanese because of the anime characters. Posted by Intelligence3 (Member # 6944) on :
quote: Granted, Lithuanian is closer to Latin from what I am told.
It's often considered the closest living language to Proto-Indo-European. Maybe that's what your friend meant, and was having a brain freeze.
Lithuanian everything is pretty awesome. (Except history. Ouch.) But their language, dances, costumes, and food are all totally great. I used to go to the Lithuanian Fair at St. Kasimir's in Silverlake every year. I got into it because I had a friend in 3rd grade who danced in a group at it and went to Lithuanian school there every Saturday.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote:Megan, a lot of the women in my class were doing it to lose weight. It's a real workout, but not too much. And it worked, too; a lot of the women in it were in TOPS, and said that they went down fairly dramatically during that time.
What is TOPS? And yeah, I hear it's a good workout, too, but I'm enough overweight that I feel like I need to hold off until I get down to a more reasonable weight before I start doing anything that involves a group. Then, we'll see. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Take Off Pounds Sensibly. And a lot of them were not too pretty to look at. But we all had fun and didn't care how we looked.
[ February 02, 2005, 08:41 PM: Message edited by: ketchupqueen ]
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Heh. Yeah, I'd be too self-conscious to do that.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I have the mp3 on endless loop . . . good thing my kids think the song is cool too. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Emma and I were dancing to it all day. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I turned it off . . . it sounds oddly quiet.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I HAD JUST GOTTEN THAT OUT OF MY HEAD! Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I don't like that version as much, rivka. mac, it will never leave your head again. Never.
[ February 02, 2005, 11:53 PM: Message edited by: ketchupqueen ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yeah, I don't think I do either. I'm not sure why.
You know, the weird thing is the actual MEANING of the lyrics. It's rather a stalker-ish song, isn't it?
mack, it's not like I held a sword to your head. No one made you click the link.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
How do you know?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*snort*
Suuuuure.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, no one else has commented on the stalker-ish-ness of the lyrics.
So I guess it's time to analyze them, line by line.
quote:Ma-ia-hii Ma-ia-huu Ma-ia-hoo Ma-ia-haha
The translation claims these are just nonsense words. But are they? No idea if any of it sounds like Romanian words, but "maya" is a word in some languages, and "Maya" is a name in others. And "haha" is a laughing sound.
quote:Alo, Salut, sunt eu, un haiduc, Hello [on a cellphone], greetings, it's me, an outlaw,
Interesting. So, he's self-identifying as a criminal.
quote:Si te rog, iubirea mea, primeste fericirea. I ask you, my love, to accept happiness.
Or? Sounds a bit like a threat.
quote:Alo, alo, sunt eu Picasso, Hello, hello, it's me, Picasso,
He has some sort of art fetish, OR, he's threatening to rearrange her face.
quote:Ti-am dat beep, si sunt voinic, I sent you a beep [cellphone signal], and I'm brave [or strong],
Another implied threat.
quote:Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic. But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.
That's what they all say.
quote:Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei, Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei. You want to leave but you don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want don't want to take me.
He doesn't want to let her get away, even though that's clearly what she wants.
quote:Chipul tau si dragostea din tei, Your face and the love from the linden trees,
This line must be important -- the title comes from it. But I don't quite get it. Linden trees apparently smell nice, shed lots, and the leaves can be used to brew tea as a cold remedy. Best guess: symbol of beauty and light.
quote:Mi-amintesc de ochii tai. And I remember your eyes.
Oooh, creepy!
The rest of the lines pretty much repeat.
So, he's not asking anything of her, BUT: this criminal is laughing at her, threatening her, sees her as a symbol of idealized beauty (rather than a real person) and is fixated on her eyes.
Stalker-ish, neh?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I think he's remembering making love to her under the linden trees, since most translations of the title render it "Love Among the Linden Trees", not "from".
And yes, it's stalkerish, but not like "Every Breath You Take". (I know Lost Boys is your FAVORITE book, Rivka. )
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Ah, that would indeed make more sense.
And yes, it is more subtle than Every Breath -- but what isn't?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, many pop "love" songs have a stalker element.
Just as many of my favorite children's songs are tragic. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*laugh* True enough. However, I don't listen to most of 'em close to nonstop for two days.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Maybe if they were in a language you didn't understand without a translation and had a eerily hypnotic beat?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Actually, I usually hate listening to songs with words I don't understand, techno-pop or no. This song is just . . . different.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
quote:Interesting. So, he's self-identifying as a criminal.
But a SEXY criminal! Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
quote: He has some sort of art fetish, OR, he's threatening to rearrange her face.
Thanks rivka I almost choked on an apple. How would you have felt if my parents had found me dead on the floor in the morning. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Um . . . don't blame me!
It's all KATIE's fault!
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
Did she have a knife to your head forcing you to type that? Did she create you and in the process make you witty? I think not. I guess the real culprit here is God.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Ugh.. that Italian version... not the same. And the chick singing it is like... a baritone!
quote:Now considered both, a dancing anthem, and a gay anthem, it also achieved some club success in the US. A collaboration between Dan Balan of O-Zone, and New York DJ Lucas Prata created a version of the same tune in English. This version, renamed "Mai A Hee", is only superficially connected to the original lyrics, with no mention of trees.
I KNEW the Family would pick up on this song!! Shame I haven't actually been out to a gay club in forever... *sigh*
And there is an English version?? But it doesn't sing about the trees??? I'm still curious....
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
quote:Thanks rivka I almost choked on an apple. How would you have felt if my parents had found me dead on the floor in the morning
heheh...
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
DUDES!
You know what is SO cool about the song? It's that the baritone guy is the one hitting all the high notes! Too awesome! *drools*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
No, Allegra, you misunderstand. It's Katie's fault because she was the one who introduced this pernicious meme to Hatrack. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:he's threatening to rearrange her face.
Ah! Ha hah hah! Too funny!
I think it's funny that some people don't like listening to lyrics they don't understand. I listen to just about anything that sounds cool, and probably understand the lyrics to about 45% of my library. I pride myself in at least figuring out what language they're in, though. Funny that we have such different reactions.
I bought the song from iTunes, and introduced it to my (16 year old) sister this morning. She thought it was hilarious and we kept singing it while I drove her to school. She then frantically tried to find a radio station with something else to get stuck in her head so she wouldn't be singing "Mai a ha ha!" all day. I waited until she was in class and then called and left a message on her cell phone: "Mai a hee, mai a hoo...."
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
*laugh* That's wonderful!
I feel sad that Hatrack missed this meme the first time around. Also, I've had it playing in the background all morning. It hasn't quite reached the Hey Ya! point, though - not sure why.
Posted by Lisha-princess (Member # 6966) on :
My sister went on a student ambassador trip this last summer to Europe and came home loving some European techno-pop song. She made me listen to it once and I was like, "...Uhh...ok..."
I called home tonight and was telling my dad about this video and song, and he was like, "It's not that awful song your sister likes so much is it?" I asked to talk to my sister.
It is.
MEANWHILE I was having a crummy morning (forgetting to do important homework, oversleeping, not having dinner last night or breakfast this morning, and having a 2nd degree burn on my poor finger are just...agh.), and now that song is stuck in my head again. I'd watch the video again and cheer myself up, but I'm sitting in class and that just wouldn't fly. Besides...thinking about that video already makes me crack a smile as is. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I was thinking about this last night, Rivka, and have a less-stalkerish, still creepy, but less non-sensical idea about what the song means. (Incidentally, I fell asleep singing it under my breath and woke up with it in my head.) But yours is funnier, so I think I'll leave it be.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
bump for Geoff?
Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
quote: Ma-ia-hii Ma-ia-huu Ma-ia-hoo Ma-ia-haha
Maia is probably a name.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
But when they spell it in English, it's Mai a Hee, so I don't think it's "Maia" at all.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
It's one of those eternal mysteries, like the chorus to Asereje by Las Ketchup and whether or not the da-da-dees of Blue by Eiffel 65 is really carefully disguised homosexual propaganda like my Dad claimed..
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: Well, many pop "love" songs have a stalker element.
How about the song that American Idle guy did? I think it was called invisible or something like that.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
This video makes me happy.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote: Well, many pop "love" songs have a stalker element.
Including the king of all stalker songs -- "Every Step You Take" by The Police.
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
quote: da-da-dees of Blue by Eiffel 65 is really carefully disguised homosexual propaganda like my Dad claimed..
That part actually says " I'm blue I will bleed I will die I will bleed I will die....." I have heard that the record execs wanted it blurred a little so it would sound like nonsense.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:American Idle
Love it! Love it!
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
quote: That part actually says " I'm blue I will bleed I will die I will bleed I will die....." I have heard that the record execs wanted it blurred a little so it would sound like nonsense.
The whole song is just the result of the following bet... "I bet you can't write a song that uses the word "blue" a hundred times!"
Apparently both the better and song writer were high at the time. However, the song writer was high longer and there you have it. Blue.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
ACK! I couldn't get this song out of my head. I caught myself chair dancing to it! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! NOOO!!!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
This song has made it to our fencing club. >_<
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
mph, you should look at my last post in this thread before the one you quoted... Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
The dancing kitten subtitles are in Japanese. They are not a translation of the lyrics, though. They were chosen to sound like the lyrics, as though it were what the singer was actually saying. Much like the Japanese lyrics were rendered into English in the famous Irrational Exuberance video.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
*hangs head in shame* Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Huh.
I was curious as to exactly which of the words in the title was which. Was expecting dragostea to be the word for linden trees -- no, that's tei. Dragostea is love.
Interesting.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
quote:Maia is probably a name.
Yah...for Sauron, the Balrog, AND Gandalf. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
"Tei" sounds like "Trees" to me...
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
So, I burned a CD of mixed foreign dance music for my little siblings since they enjoyed this track so much. I thought they'd get a kick out of some other fun Europop I own....
Nope. They've just been listening to Dragostea Din Tei on endless repeat for 24 hours now. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I'm telling you, it's strangely hypnotic. Maybe it's acutally not Romainan at all, but backwards devil-talk! O_o
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Wait, in the anime video, that's a guy??
That explains the deltoids. I just thought it was a little girl.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Huh? I thought the guy remark was about the other band's version.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
There's a line under the flash video that says this:
quote:Completely random flash of a chibi guy dancing to a hit Euro dance tune. The song title is 'Dragoste din tei' by 'OZONE' if you're curious.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
Did you ever dance, kat?
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Well...my apartment has a mirrored wall in the dining room to make it look bigger. I don't have a dining table, but have instead lined the unmirrored walls with bookcases.
*blush* Do I have to answer that question? I will, but only to those who will dance with me.
[ February 04, 2005, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*raises hand* I'll dance! I just was, in fact... It seems to entertain Emma. Not to mention her Abba...
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Maybe I'll bring it to Atlanta...
Oooo...Dallas for sure. I can dance with Noah!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
It can be your talent. Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
or I can't decide which best shows me breakdancing.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
*laugh* Yes, I danced to it. It's been on repeat for about three hours now, but has yet to break Hey Ya!'s record of eight straight hours.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I've been singing it for almost 3 days now. Posted by Lefty the One-armed Man (Member # 6161) on :
oh
my
goodness
That guy could be my twin. He's a chubbier version of me right down to the same style glasses. That's just wierding me out. It's like looking in the mirror.
Can't...stop...playing!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You must look like my brother.
Posted by Lefty the One-armed Man (Member # 6161) on :
I think I must look like a lot of people's brothers. I can't count the number of times someone's come up to me on campus and ask if I'm related to so-and-so. "You look just like you could be his little brother!"
Apparently a lot of gene combinations end up looking like me. I am the highest point of evolution!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Or, given reversion to the mean, the lowest.
One year and 10 posts! Are you a super-lurker come out of hiding, someone's alternate SN, or just a rare visitor?
Either way, Posted by Lefty the One-armed Man (Member # 6161) on :
Superlurker. I created this name for a gag on the hug thread and just use it on the rare occasions when I have something to say.
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Wow. *impressed*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote: I created this name for a gag on the hug thread
Ahhh! I remember now.
*giggle* I have the song on endless loop, and am about to head out to pick up my son. I asked my girls if I should leave it on while I'm out, and they were quite emphatic about their yeses. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I'm telling you, anything that's this addictive for this many people must be demonspawn.
Oooh, Hatrack may be demonspawn, too! Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Katie, what have you done? Emma is now singing along! She doesn't usually do that until she's been hearing something on a regular basis for at least a month...
[ February 04, 2005, 06:17 PM: Message edited by: ketchupqueen ]
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
*grin* That is wonderful!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You're not the one who now has to live with a 10-month-old Dragostea Din Tei addict... Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Okay, this song is infectious. I thought the lip-synching guy video was amusing once, and I figured I was done with it. After watching all the other videos, though, I can't get this bloody thing out of my head. Now I've transcribed the lyrics into Word and am trying to memorize them, even though I don't speak a word of Romanian.
It's the chorus, I think. It's the whole "nu ma, nu ma iei" thing. It just plain sounds cool.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I've been singing it non-stop all day, Verily. Try reading the lyrics as you listen to the song, I memorized them faster that way. (Why did I do this? Because if I was going to have the durned thing stuck in my head, I wanted to have the right durned words in there. Nothing more annoying than having a song in your head you don't know the words to, and so can't even sing.)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Okay, according to my husband, I woke him at 1:30, singing and "bed dancing" to this song in my sleep. Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I've got it going on loop in the background right not the song, the guy dancing to the song. Its hilarious, but addictive also. If you don't speak romanian (like me) there's a version of it with subtitles somewhere... let me see if I can find it again...
Click on the "Watch this movie" link. Then after its done loading select the "play with subtitles".
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
My old roommate is in charge of the variety show for an upcoming state-wide church yound adult conference. She just called me and asked if I would do some sort of funny musical act....
I am getting all sorts of wild ideas involving Romanian Folk costume, a bit of traditional dancing, and a bit of Napoleon-style boogying.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Romanian folk costume? Like a Dracula costume? Posted by pseudo-hobbit (Member # 7269) on :
I almost fell out of my chair laughing at the lip-synching guy. Now the link is bookmarked and the song is in my playlist. Can't...stop...chair dancing...
quote: Okay, according to my husband, I woke him at 1:30, singing and "bed dancing" to this song in my sleep.
There is no turning back. You are lost forever to the rhythm! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
It being Shabbos meant that the computer was off and silent. And I didn't turn it back on for an hour or so after Shabbos was over . . . and the song didn't get turned back on for at LEAST 15 minutes after that.
>_< I think I need a 12-step group! Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I sent the link to my twelve year old cousin. I'm expecting a phone call from my aunt or uncle sometime tomorrow. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Wow, that is WAY worse than a drum set! mack! Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Their own fault for living so far away in Florida. Shipping on a drum set is SO expensive.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Oooh, you're evil.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
quote:I was curious as to exactly which of the words in the title was which. Was expecting dragostea to be the word for linden trees -- no, that's tei.
Are you sure about this? Because in the line mi aminesc de ochii tei (I remember your eyes), I'm pretty sure tei is your, since ochii is rather clearly eyes.
Where's Corwin? Corwin!
Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
quote: dragoste # sf love; "căsătorie din dragoste" love match; "a face dragoste" to make love; "a se căsători din dragoste" to marry for love; "din dragoste pentru cineva" out of love for somebody
quote: din # prep on: "oglindă din perete" the mirror on the wall; from: "din floare în floare" from flower to flower, out of: "a ieşi din magazin" to walk out of the shop; of: "pâine din făină albă" bread of white flour, "din întâmplare" by chance; "din ce în ce mai" more and more; "din greşeală" by mistake; "din teamă" for fear; "din dragoste" for love
quote: tei # sm lime; linden tree
Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
quote: tăi # adj your; "ai tăi" yours
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
I kept trying to avoid this thread as long as possible, but... :shudders:
Anyway, gnixing is right, it's "tăi" not "tei" in this line: "Mi-amintesc de ochii tăi". Actually "mi" is a reflexive form of the first person singular pronoun, since the verb "to remember" is reflexive in Romanian. The "I" isn't used since Romanian has different forms for the verb depending on the person. "de" is a preposition that is used here because the verb is intransitive. The funny thing is that if you say you remember something it's transitive, and if you say you remember someone it's intransitive...
"tei" is indeed "linden", and "dragoste" is "love". There are also other words for love, and the verb "to love" is "a (= to) iubi". The noun from this is "iubire".
And if you're wondering about the "sf" or "sm" they are short for: "substantiv" (noun) "feminin" and "masculin". We also have neuter nouns which oddly have a male singular form and female plural one.
Also, "haiduc" were the Romanian "Robin Hood"s, taking from the rich and giving to the poor. Unfortunately we don't have them around anymore...
quote: Ma-ia-hii Ma-ia-huu Ma-ia-hoo Ma-ia-haha
Either a name or really nothing but sounds. I'm inclined to say the latter.
"Salut" is just a way to say "hello" - in person, not on the cellphone, not "greetings". And while "alo" indeed means "hello" on a phone I have to say that it's more likely that "hello" and "alo" both come from French than the other way around.
As for why linden is seen as a romantic symbol, that's because our greatest poet, Mihai Eminescu used it as such in his poems. Love "among the linden flowers" was present in many of his love poems, and he actually had a favorite linden. If I remember correctly thay linden's still around and quite visited. Here's a little about Eminescu and also some translated poems: Mihai Eminescu .
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
Okay, I've been peeking at this thread, but had resisted clicking any of the links. Originally because I was at work, and that just doesn't fly, but then because I am incredibly susceptible to catchy pop music.
Sure enough, iTunes is downloading the entire album for me even as we speak.
It still doesn't beat the song I got from my brother, though, that is in german and the only thing I can understand is when they sing "Sailor Moon," which happens quite frequently. I haven't tried googling for more info on that, maybe I will and give you all a link. Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Thanks for the clarifications, Corwin. I gather from your :shudder: that you're not terribly fond of the song? Heard it too many times? Or just not to your taste?
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
Really not my taste. I've heard it about two or three times. Amazing what you can do when you're NOT in Romania! Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
See, that explaination of the genders and forms of pronouns differing with the number, etc. explains why Romanian is pointed to as so close to Latin.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Numa numa! *random bump*
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
This was on Vh1's Best Week Ever about 2 weeks ago. I showed my little brother a few days before, so he laughed with me when we both said "Hey, that was on Hatrack!"
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yeah, my husband saw a news clip from ABC on Yahoo about this kid, and cracked up. He said, "Hey Anne, it's your song!" (and immediately regretted it because it was then stuck in my head for another day and a half before I managed to get it out.)
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
It was on the Today Show too. My little sisters went crazy. "Mom! Mom! Wake up! It's may ya hee!"
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
BUMP!
Everybody dance!!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*bashes Telp and the party animals with a large boombox*
I. Just. Got. This. Back. OUT!!! And then I take ONE LOOK at the topic, and it's back in!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I, OTOH, have discovered that I am now able to listen to -- and enjoy -- it just once, and move on to the next song. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I don't listen to it, because it would be in for DAYS. Heck, it sticks for hours just from a thought of it! Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You know, I'm still oddly proud of my line-by-line stalker-elements analysis post. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
It's a good post. You should keep it forever.
I know I will. I sometimes read it when I'm thinking about you washing your hair. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Someday, a confused newbie will be reading old threads, and come across one that has a post like the one above, and wonder what the heck that was about.
I've got the jump on him/her -- I've been trying to figure it out for weeks.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
You're not alone. Sometimes I don't even know what I'm talking about, much less Jeff... *looks lost*
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!!!!!!! Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
hehehe...
*dances around the front room*
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
*Last post thread act.*
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
MINE!
Posted by BotaLadyG (Member # 7053) on :
I just heard this goofy song at the bowling alley where my daughter's girl scout troop was having their last meeting...needless to say I immediately thought of this thread, and began laughing.
Nicole
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Should we add the Cha Cha Slide to the list of songs?
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
So I thought of all of you as I was at a huge after competition party in Germany. There was a live band playing some awesome covers...and all of the sudden, they started this song. I thought the place would come unglued, everyone went crazy.
I think the Europeans went crazy because they actually liked the song from the beginning, but I saw plenty of the Americans (the few of us that there were) doing the computer chair dance with their arms. Filled me with hatrack nostalgia. Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
*bump* There is no escape! Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
No.
No. It can't come back!
Nooooooo!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Yes. Oh yes.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
kq, back away from the thread. Now.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I... can't...
I'm... transfixed...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*pokes* Back it up, lady!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Hmph, troublemaker. You quiet down. Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
The link just goes to the homepage now, and I can't read Romanian. What is this song that so transfixes Hatrackers? Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Go to the Wiki encyclopedia site... it'll guide you there!
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Somehow, I don't think OSC would approve of the first link on the first page. Unlike before when it linked directly to the song video, the link now redirects to the site's main page. Which in turn displays ads&links to material unsuitable for this site.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Numa Numa!
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Wow. For half a second I saw this thread and thought Who on earth is Lady Jane? That seems so familiar. *hugs "katharina" username tightly*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I could so see myself doing that, kat.
Posted by gnixing (Member # 768) on :
It's probably been linked on Hatrack already, but I didn't see it... Or maybe, I didn't look and just wanted to revive this thread. Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
Hey hey, that's just painful.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Why am I bumping this?
Because I just found out that apparently I am over a year behind the times. But the Na Nachers have apparently succumbed to Dragostea Din Tei fever. The original version of their signature song apparently was no longer sufficient. So it’s been set to a rather familiar tune.
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at rivka
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The link just goes to the homepage now, and I can't read Romanian. What is this song that so transfixes Hatrackers?