[net_life] Dragostea Din Tei

More on the song that inspired Numa Numa Dance

First, I realize that I was remiss in not including a link to it so that anybody who fell down this little hole would know where to see the Gary Boelsma masterwork.

The best place to see it would be at NewGrounds, this link will take you directly to the page that hosts the video. Click on WATCH THIS MOVIE! to have it load. I recommend the version without subtitles...the version with subtitles is okay, but you keep looking at both the image and subtitles and you miss the performance. View "Orignal Version" with care; there are flashes of still images which suggest a dark side to the comedy, some images will leave you scratching your head, others are just on the edge of workplace and family-room safe, and there is a quick glimpse of a bit of adult language.

Now, the song. I must correct myself: It's not a folk-pop song, but a rock-dance tune. The title is Dragostea Din Tei (as previously noted), and it's by a Romanian band called "O-Zone". You can get it at iTunes Music Store, and I recommend this if only because you get some cool cover art for the album DiscO-Zone, which it comes out of. At 99 cents, that's cheap at twice the price, and iTunes works on both Mac and Wintel, so you've no excuse.

The lyrics are Romanian, de course. You can find complete lyrics to the song , for the nonce anyway, here. Romanian is a very interesting language to listen to and to read. I don't think I've seen vowels ever have so much fun playing around.

Damn catchy song. It's a dance tune, so you can't help but tap your foot to it, and it's got that bouncy, EuroVision-song-contest beat that sounds like ABBA with a bit more of a techno polish, you know, the kind that says you really want to listen, don't you?

Out!