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Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks
Jun 21 2006Gogol Bordello are a Gypsy punk band made up of Eastern European immigrants now living in New York City. Their singer Ukrainian immigrant Eugene Hütz recently played the role of the translator in the movie version of Everything is Illuminated. A fitting description used to describe them from Jools Holland’s show on BBC is “The Pogues and the Clash having a fight in Eastern Europe”. Perfect.
Thanks to Gav’s recommendation I checked out Gogol Bordello on Jools and was impressed. Frenetic and fun, this is the kind of music that would be great at a festival, perhaps one that is on at the start of September in Stradbally. I’ll keep my fingers crossed as they are playing the Reading and Leeds festivals on the 25th and 26th of August respectively, so it would just be a short hop over to Ireland a few days later.
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1i’m famous!
2where’s me few bob bunsen?
Gav,
You already are famous ya shitter.
Warm glow and satisfaction that you’ve given me a gem, is your lot.
Damien, Beiruit? I was just looking at a post on Said the Gramophone written by the singer, alas I cannot download the tunes, but they are intriguing me.
If you are looking for an original gypsy band try Tarak de Haidouks, amazing Romanian music.
3that Gogol Bordello lot are on this mad “Gypsy Beats & Balkan Bangers” (great title) compilation which one of the lads from Basement Jaxx has just released.
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