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Gogol Bordello — Tribal Connection
Album: Super Taranta!
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Released: 2007
Length: 5:00
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Where there's a music shall be comin' out of every car
There is a silence all over downtown
Where community celebrates shall be aroused
I walk the sterile gardens where life is on pause

No can do this!
No can do that!
What da hell can you do, my friend?
In this place that you call your town

I guess you can't expect much from the hometown
Well I don't know if you can even call it your own
When they don't want you to get near excitement
And in protest to that you just stay home
No can do this!
No can do that!

On intersection of all dimensions
where I was stoppin' by just for a drink
I meet a brother from tribal connection
of our fun loving restless breed
I wanna walk this Earth like it is mine
And so is everyone in our funlovin' tribe
C'mon, is that real so much to ask
from all these goddamn nazi-fuedals
I'm gonna take it to community
Cause I want everyone to see
There never was any conspiracy
And we are all here simple to sing:
No can do this! No can do that!

Where the's music should be comin' out of every car
There is a silence all over downtown
Only intersection semi-alive
Outskirts are sedated, me gone...
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Song growing ever closer to National Anthem [not just American].
Posted 6 days ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
Yep, sounds like Triumph the Comic Dog.
 
Sounded like a muppets character too! I would probably go see these guys live if they came around...
Posted 3 weeks ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:
 
Yep, sounds like Triumph the Comic Dog.


Such a nice town you have here...for me to poop on!
Posted 3 weeks ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
I recommend the movies:  Pied Piper of Hutzovina and A Scream of My Blood.  
Posted 3 months ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Saw them live in Amsterdam, years ago. What a party that was.
Posted 3 months ago by Monsterhond    [ Reply ]
 
Yep, sounds like Triumph the Comic Dog.
Posted 8 months ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Brought to you by Fans of Weird Al.
Posted 8 months ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Funny how the Nazi's are the opposite of the "funlovin' tribe." Ain't that the truth!
Posted 9 months ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
I always think this is Sasha Baron Cohen when it comes on even though I know better.
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
What an amazingly energetic band. Just love that Balkan music genre. Oddly enough this reminds me so much of the song O.K. by Vasilis Papakonstantinou from his album "Xamenes Agapes" (Lost Loves). No idea why.
Posted 1 year ago by ReggieDXB    [ Reply ]
Apropos given the anniversary of Putin's invasion of Ukraine.  Slava Ukraini!
Posted 1 year ago by tisha510    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of this gopnik classic...
Posted 1 year ago by snowcone    [ Reply ]
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog sure can carry a tune.
Posted 1 year ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:

Wait. Google has a bordello? Now those are employee benefits!



Hubbie wonders how he missed out on this perk
Posted 1 year ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

Bonkers Balkanites.. More bananas than Fyffes, more bonkers than a swingers club. This bunch must be a hoot live. 9 from the Nottingham jury.


Hoot indeed.  For a sample of their live energy, check out their Tiny Desk Concerts appearance (2010).  Good stuff.
Posted 2 years ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
sounds bad (rated it 1 at first) but is actually good with great lyrics - ended up with a 7.
Posted 2 years ago by wanderinglevel    [ Reply ]
 shayde wrote:

When the lead is speaking, all I hear is Rolf the Dog from the muppets talking.



LOL I can't unhear that...
Posted 2 years ago by liquidvisionart725    [ Reply ]
Love the Gogol boys and girls. 
Posted 2 years ago by ukrainian    [ Reply ]
Makes me think of my late husband, sounds so much like him 
Posted 2 years ago by Moleta_Woman    [ Reply ]
I love this band. My daughter turned me onto them. They are American, but their music has strong Romani and punk influences. It is both humorous and subversive. 

The band is fairly topical right now with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Their name, Gogol Bordello, is based on the Ukrainian writer, Nikolai Gogol. The band's aim is to smuggle Romani culture into the English-speaking world, just as Gogol smuggled Ukrainian culture into Russia. It would seem that Gogol's project was only partly successful!
Posted 2 years ago by sunward    [ Reply ]
Ukraine !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 2 years ago by taliesin928    [ Reply ]


You Don't Mess With the Zohan, or my "Fizzy Bubbly"!


Posted 2 years ago by Fugee-yama    [ Reply ]
Thank you for playing Gogol Bordello from Ukraine!
Posted 2 years ago by m.reufsteck    [ Reply ]
refreshingly different
Posted 2 years ago by Maurice1950    [ Reply ]
What . . . what IS this?
Posted 2 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
 shayde wrote:

When the lead is speaking, all I hear is Rolf the Dog from the muppets talking.


And The Count...ah ah ah...
Posted 3 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Its a song about the French right?
Posted 3 years ago by david3241    [ Reply ]
Oh wow! This is the guy who starred with Elijah Wood in "Everything is Illuminated" about the Nazi purges in Ukraine but took place in present day. This lady who lived in the middle of a sunflower field kept pictures and belonging of the whole town in boxes in her living room in case someone ever came asking what happened to them. It took sixty years. Very moving film. I didn't know he was in a band. 
Posted 3 years ago by kquinn03    [ Reply ]
Music for consuming excessive quantities of alcohol.
Posted 3 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
 

I apologize if anybody was offended by the post. My sense of humor skews toward the absurd. 



Offended? Not even a little bit.
Posted 3 years ago by Steve_Bumgardner    [ Reply ]
Thought this was Modest Mouse first ;)
Posted 3 years ago by Caturman    [ Reply ]
Fun!!
Posted 3 years ago by xerces    [ Reply ]
always PSD this tripe
Posted 3 years ago by salice    [ Reply ]
When is Borat going to join this group...and then play a concert in Nur-Sultan
Posted 3 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
This is some good shit.
Posted 3 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
Delightfully wacky 
Posted 3 years ago by sdn    [ Reply ]
Okay - out at the BBQ and walk back into the kitchen to hear this on the dedicated RP computer (it's a thing).  Thinking what the hell is this?  A Muppets Supergroup?  Clearly need to download this. 
Posted 4 years ago by mkane67    [ Reply ]
I want everyone to see,
There never was any conspiracy
Posted 4 years ago by jamesat43    [ Reply ]
 shayde wrote:
When the lead is speaking, all I hear is Rolf the Dog from the muppets talking.
 

I actually hear Triumph.
Posted 4 years ago by CWKeeney    [ Reply ]
A song for our lockdown times ;-\

No can do this, no can do that, what the hell can you do :(
Posted 4 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:
My Japanese pottery instructor plays Gogol Bordello when we're working in the studio.  You can get pretty creative hearing this kind of stuff.
 

Japanese pottery or Japanese instructor?
Posted 4 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
The theme of 2020
Posted 4 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
Musically this gets a 3 from me. Average that with a 15 for fun factor, and it comes to a 9. Dance, varmint, dance!
Posted 4 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
Most suitable song for quarantine time, LMAO.
Posted 4 years ago by adrianxpo    [ Reply ]
OK this song is growing on me like a fungus so I raised it up 1 rating notch. {#Eek}

{#Roflol}
Posted 4 years ago by GeneP59    [ Reply ]
Rolf the Dog - SO TRUE!!  
When the lead is speaking, all I hear is Rolf the Dog from the muppets talking.
 

Posted 4 years ago by Mindahl    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Bonkers Balkanites.. More bananas than Fyffes, more bonkers than a swingers club. This bunch must be a hoot live. 9 from the Nottingham jury.
 Saw them last year in New Haven CT.  Hoot is an understatement for their live performance.  The place was shakin'  - loved it.  

Posted 4 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Red Elvises sound-alike!
Posted 4 years ago by jlihrig895    [ Reply ]
Bonkers Balkanites.. More bananas than Fyffes, more bonkers than a swingers club. This bunch must be a hoot live. 9 from the Nottingham jury.
Posted 4 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
My Japanese pottery instructor plays Gogol Bordello when we're working in the studio.  You can get pretty creative hearing this kind of stuff.
Posted 4 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
Wait. Google has a bordello? Now those are employee benefits!

I apologize if anybody was offended by the post. My sense of humor skews toward the absurd. 

Posted 5 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Fun stuff.
Posted 5 years ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
 Bultaco wrote:
Anyone else reminded of Zappa?
 
I'm reminded of Cheech and Chong.
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
He was in a movie based on a Foer novel, with Bilbo Baggins.
Posted 5 years ago by Chongo59    [ Reply ]
Fun song, but definitely a OHW. 
Posted 5 years ago by Piranga    [ Reply ]
 shayde wrote:
When the lead is speaking, all I hear is Rolf the Dog from the muppets talking.
 
Actually, all of the group singing has a muppet quality to it.
Posted 5 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
Anyone else reminded of Zappa?
Posted 5 years ago by Bultaco    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Man do Americans hate this stuff

Easy 7 since the comment about Rolf the Dog ruined an 8 for this lol
 
I'll agree with the h8rhater on this....this AMERICAN says 8+1 - this shit is fun and enjoyable....Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Always fun.  Love them.
Posted 5 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Man do Americans hate this stuff

Easy 7 since the comment about Rolf the Dog ruined an 8 for this lol
 
Whoah there Chaos.... let's not be generalizing.  This American likes Gogol Bordello just fine as do many of my friends who, surprise, also are American.  Please do not classify all of us based on the poor comments of 'Mercan h8rs on these boards.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Well I have to give 'em credit for making me hang in there and listen to the end, and chuckle a couple of times along the way. You just have to be in the mood for weird and different, I guess. 
Posted 6 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
Saw these guys live last summer at Riverfest up here in Elora Ontario.  To say it was pure craziness would be the understatement of the year.  Find out where they're next playing and see them live...  Highly recommended!
Posted 6 years ago by Leo_Barei    [ Reply ]
{#High-five} Play some Joe Walsh instead.
Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
It's not been long enough since I last heard this.
Posted 6 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
No shame in liking this band. 
Posted 6 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
That's funny but weird. No repeated listens, thanks, but it sure hits the spot for the first few. This is could be the KGB's revenge. 
Posted 6 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
I give it a nine instead of a 10 because Gogol Bordello's never really been my thing. I give it a nine because I love hearing some random shit now and then, something different.
Posted 6 years ago by hosayf    [ Reply ]
Great band to see live.  I like the song; however,  a little softer than other material I'm familiar with.
Posted 6 years ago by GaryandLiz    [ Reply ]
Yep.
Joe Strummer channeling Oscar the Grouch/ Cookie Monster.
Posted 6 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Wait. Google has a bordello? Now those are employee benefits!
Posted 6 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Love Gogol Bordello! Thnaks... "have you every been to american wedding?" {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 6 years ago by (former member)    [ Reply ]
djd49 said it right. ++
Posted 7 years ago by john-john    [ Reply ]
MORE BORDELLO PLEASE!!!{#Bananasplit}
Posted 7 years ago by saintklara    [ Reply ]
Best song I've never heard before. I love gypsy/Klezmer type music with a sense of humor.
Posted 7 years ago by djd49    [ Reply ]
I'm with you Bill, it was quirky but I liked it!
Posted 7 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
 basketcase wrote:
Sounds like a Muppet Show number

 
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Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
 TAI wrote:
Don't ask why but i hear the voice of "Triumph" the insult comic dog... if he formed a band

 
I won't ask why, because it's very obvious (for me to poop on). 
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 FeatFanMike wrote:
Love this band.  Sounds like they are having a good time.  Would love to see them live some time.

Gogol Bordello reminds me a lot of Igor and Red Elvises.  Another great, fun band and always fun live.  Check them out if they play near you!

 
You will not be dissapointed if you'll see themlive: they are very energetic and surprisingly good in a musical way!
Posted 7 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
 Beanie wrote:
Listening to this hurts my face...

 
hahahhahah ... 
Posted 7 years ago by jassup791    [ Reply ]
Don't ask why but i hear the voice of "Triumph" the insult comic dog... if he formed a band


Posted 7 years ago by TAI    [ Reply ]
THere's a local band that's amazingly similar called Debauche.  This stuff speaks to me too.  Never had so much fun ranting angrily 
Posted 7 years ago by greiffenstein    [ Reply ]
Love this band.  Sounds like they are having a good time.  Would love to see them live some time.

Gogol Bordello reminds me a lot of Igor and Red Elvises.  Another great, fun band and always fun live.  Check them out if they play near you!
Posted 7 years ago by FeatFanMike    [ Reply ]
Listening to this hurts my face...
Posted 7 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
My favorite song of theirs is "Uma Menina", with the lyric:

"And so you say (you say!) 
You wanna try (yeah try!)
When you see (you see!)
Birdies heading high
As if them birds are free 
As if them birds are free
From the sidewalks of the sky"

I can't help getting swept up in their crazy sound (maybe they're stirring up my Slavic roots) 
Posted 7 years ago by Finnbayer    [ Reply ]
Gotta admit. I'm sitting here trying to come up with a reason for why I shouldn't be digging this... no luck so far
Posted 7 years ago by ashmj000    [ Reply ]
If you ever get a chance, see Gogol Bordello in concert! SO MUCH FUN... (bring earplugs, though.)
Posted 7 years ago by guthrieandme    [ Reply ]
where are you now?
Posted 7 years ago by Mike_S    [ Reply ]
LOL - never heard this before. Don't think I could hear it a lot of times in a row, but once off it is fun to hear. Can't rate it yet, but maybe next time (in a few months or longer, I hope).
Posted 12 years ago by ferwoman    [ Reply ]
 basketcase wrote:
Sounds like a Muppet Show number
 
Not that good.

Posted 12 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
How does a band like this even get a record contract when there are so many good unrecorded bands out there?  I'm being generous with a "2".
Posted 12 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
Funtastics...{#Bananajam}
Posted 12 years ago by Michallik    [ Reply ]
I was thinking the same thing

 basketcase wrote:
Sounds like a Muppet Show number
 


Posted 13 years ago by ofanansky    [ Reply ]
Fun!

Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

Cookie Monster on lead vocals. I can't help it - I get such a kick out of Gogol Bordello!  Silly, inane, and amusing. Lots of fun on a hot summer day, with a cold beer and a sprinkler to run through when the sun gets too dominant... {#Sunny}
 

I guess you need to see them live to appreciate them.......
Posted 13 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 basketcase wrote:
Sounds like a Muppet Show number
 
Cookie Monster on lead vocals. I can't help it - I get such a kick out of Gogol Bordello!  Silly, inane, and amusing. Lots of fun on a hot summer day, with a cold beer and a sprinkler to run through when the sun gets too dominant... {#Sunny}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Excellent mood !!!

A great mess band !
Posted 13 years ago by krec    [ Reply ]
 basketcase wrote:
Sounds like a Muppet Show number
 
It's criminal that these guys weren't invited to do a cover for The Green Album.

Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 basketcase wrote:
Sounds like a Muppet Show number
 

Couldn't agree more.  But I'm loving this one.
Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Why?
Posted 13 years ago by Gbetar01    [ Reply ]
Brilliant transition from !Deladap.   I was just thinking that song reminded me of Gogol Bordello a bit, and here it is!
Posted 13 years ago by pherthyl    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a Muppet Show number
Posted 13 years ago by basketcase    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:
One hour ago bill was playing Beethoven... What a contrast!
 
I can think of better ways to appreciate Beethoven.

Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
One hour ago bill was playing Beethoven... What a contrast!
Posted 13 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
Shouldn't this be performed by a heavy metal band?
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 floydoftherocks wrote:
i saw them live in oakland a few months ago, and all i could say was "YUCK!".. i actually left about 30mins into the show.

if you want to overpay to see a bunch of no-talent derelicts cheering about the blessed life of no-talent derelicts (with a few hop-ons they found somewhere dancing around the stage), then by all means...

 
I saw them live twice. Once opening for Primus at Red Rocks and once around Halloween at the Boulder Theater. The difference in the shows is night and day. At Red Rocks they simply sucked. At the smaller venue though they totally kicked ass. Tons more energy, tons more interaction with the fans, etc. I don't know where you saw them in Oakland but I can say they put on a great show in a smaller venue.

Posted 13 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
9 bordering on a 10 rating...just love their sound!
Posted 13 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:


And add in a very drunken Modest Mouse Lead singer!
 
reminds of a Woody Guthrie song Wilco does.  I forget the name.

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 joe-1 wrote:
Think these guys sound like a mix of a Transylvanian Zappa and Manu Chao hanging out in a French bistro and jamming out. Fun!
 

And add in a very drunken Modest Mouse Lead singer!
Posted 13 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
i saw them live in oakland a few months ago, and all i could say was "YUCK!".. i actually left about 30mins into the show.

if you want to overpay to see a bunch of no-talent derelicts cheering about the blessed life of no-talent derelicts (with a few hop-ons they found somewhere dancing around the stage), then by all means...

Posted 13 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
 Mandible wrote:


I love when they let Animal sing the lead.

  man I thought the same thing.


Posted 13 years ago by dogpound    [ Reply ]
Think these guys sound like a mix of a Transylvanian Zappa and Manu Chao hanging out in a French bistro and jamming out. Fun!
Posted 13 years ago by joe-1    [ Reply ]


I love when they let Animal sing the lead.


Posted 13 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
 MojoJojo wrote:
Every time I read a post by, "STINGRAY", I think of this guy!   
 
BIG chuckles!
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Silliness, but not bad for a Sunday morning.
Posted 13 years ago by doriso    [ Reply ]
 Codeclio wrote:
It sounds like The Kinks, a century ago...
Aussi rafraichissant et aussi énervant...
 
Refreshing only when finished.

Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Just too quirky for me.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
It sounds like The Kinks, a century ago...
Aussi rafraichissant et aussi énervant...
Posted 13 years ago by Codeclio    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}
Posted 13 years ago by Stylist    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

LOL! I think this is feckin' brilliant, reminiscent of the much-missed (by me, anyway) bonkers balkanites 3 Mustaphas 3. More nuts than  Planters, more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Sheer fun. 9 from the Nottingham jury.

 

Thank you.  I was beginning to think I was the only one who had ever listened to 3 Mustaphas 3.  I was beginning to wonder if I had only imagined it.
Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I like it, but it sounds like Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster.....{#Guitarist}
Posted 14 years ago by CrowLegs    [ Reply ]