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Gogol Bordello — Sun Is On My Side
Album: Trans-Continental Hustle
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Released: 2010
Length: 4:18
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What was here now is gone
Up and down, like everyone
Walked the earth in lonesome cry
But when the sun comes up
When the sun comes up
It will be on your side
It will be on your side

To the song of wheels
All demons die
Rays of joy, they multiply
Harmony, you will be my bride
But when the sun comes up
I'll let out last breath
And slumber softly into the death

My half-breed odyssey
Your orphan prophecy
Our destiny we will not hide
When the sun comes up
When the sun comes up
It will be on your side
It will be on our side

When the sun comes up
I'll let out last breath
And slumber softly into the death
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Sounds like Zorba the Greek on a bad acid trip.
Posted 13 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:
NOT one of Gogol's mass appeal pieces
 
Gogol has mass appeal??  Who could've imagined?


Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Watch the documentary "The Pied Piper of Hutzovina".  It may provide some enlightenment.  Love this.
Posted 13 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
This is hysterical.  Reminds me of the polish dude from "everything is illuminated" with elijah wood.
Posted 13 years ago by lsfeder    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
The Fiddler on the Roof as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
 
RROOFFLL!!

Posted 13 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
Bill's spoofin, right?


omg it's still playing!!?




when does it stop ...................

Posted 13 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
I like it.

8 from me. 
Posted 13 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
2 -> 1 because, well, darn it, it just flat-out sucks.  Not that that's a totally bad thing but, well, it's good for eliciting 1s.
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
 kestrel wrote:
OMG...I CAN be a singer!
 

Come now, this cannot be news to YOU based on your ratings:

10 - Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
10 - Bob Dylan - Shelter From The Storm
10 - Bob Dylan - Lay Lady
10 - Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
10 - Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Posted 13 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
The Fiddler on the Roof as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Makes me laugh...it sounds like something from Borat! Great!
Posted 13 years ago by kittyhawk    [ Reply ]
 robmilne wrote:
I fail to understand what all the bitching is about...broaden your horizons! Isn't this the perfect example of why we all listen to RP in the first place??

Trust me...if you were forced to live through the excruciating wailing of an evening of live Thai/Laos country you would be begging Bill for more Gogol Bordello.  
 
I don't see any particular advantage in developing a taste for the feculent.

Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
I admit this is pretty weird.  But overall I like Gogol Bordello.  They are daring and willing to try something different.  Unfortunately, this is one of those times when it just doesn't work.
Posted 13 years ago by Tosko    [ Reply ]
I love this guy.  He's like a dad when they've had enough beers that they have to belt out some songs from the Old Country.
Posted 13 years ago by Podkayne    [ Reply ]

Go see them live - they really know how to have a great time putting on an excellent show. . . 
 
Posted 13 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
NOT one of Gogol's mass appeal pieces
Posted 13 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
I fail to understand what all the bitching is about...broaden your horizons! Isn't this the perfect example of why we all listen to RP in the first place??

Trust me...if you were forced to live through the excruciating wailing of an evening of live Thai/Laos country you would be begging Bill for more Gogol Bordello.  
Posted 13 years ago by robmilne    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
....  Sort of like Yanni after a year-long acid bender.

Strangely enough, the combination of the two works for me.  7.

Posted 13 years ago by Zocket    [ Reply ]
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
This truly sounds like a comedy version of some actual song. Come on, this is terrible. Like Weird Al doing a play on Neil Diamond.
 
I cannot imagine someone would bother to press the "record" button when this was played.
Posted 13 years ago by Null    [ Reply ]
rate it what you will, comment as you like, but you have to admit, GB songs get more comments than most songs on RP, that has to count for something.
Posted 13 years ago by Decoy    [ Reply ]
This is the first song I ever gave a "1". I would be delighted if I never heard it again in my life. But somehow this is what I love about RP...that I it will take a chance on bizarre things like this.
Posted 13 years ago by mlaurence    [ Reply ]
I'm not sure about this band, but I do enjoy how it makes all of you haters cry.  I'm breaking out the worlds smallest violin just for you.
Posted 13 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Watching the documentary "The Pied Piper of Hutzovina" made me understand this band more.  I liked them anyway - it just added depth.
Posted 13 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Someone recoreded a wrestling match.
Posted 13 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
I think Eugene Hutz is one of the sexiest people I have encountered. See Gogol Bordello live—they rock your world!

Posted 13 years ago by araujokrl    [ Reply ]
I am usually pretty quick on the Sucko-Barfo trigger, but there's something about this band that I like... maybe it's my eastern European heritage... the vocals are melodramatic to the point of being tongue-in-cheek, but the music is not bad, in a drunken street performer kind of way.  Sort of like Yanni after a year-long acid bender.

Maybe I am a sucker for punk rock (and all that implies) crossed with folk music... Flogging Molly comes to mind.
Posted 13 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
This truly sounds like a comedy version of some actual song. Come on, this is terrible. Like Weird Al doing a play on Neil Diamond.
Posted 13 years ago by BikeCoachDave    [ Reply ]
And people bitch when Bill plays an Emerson Lincoln Palmer song... Gimme a break.

Posted 13 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Not surprised about all the negative comments - I think it's a nice change.
Posted 13 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
this basically sucks!
Posted 13 years ago by juanos    [ Reply ]
no, please no  {#No}
Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
"There are parts of the world where between bouts of prayer, fearing other cultures and blaming things on them"? Sounds like substantial parts of the United States.....

Posted 13 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
I'm pretty sure that this singer is Rob Schieder with a wig.

Posted 13 years ago by Rafter101    [ Reply ]
D—- it all to Hell.

The year was starting off so well.
Posted 13 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Ugh, I can't stand this guy.
Posted 13 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
OMG...I CAN be a singer!
Posted 13 years ago by kestrel    [ Reply ]
I think he knows how to play the guitar.... but can he please stop trying to sing
Posted 13 years ago by Null    [ Reply ]
Starts off badly but is worth sticking with, IMO. Gogol Bordello are a fun band, and very much in the tradition of the 3 Mustaphas 3 and perhaps even Oi Va Voi. All very much tongue-in-cheek. 7 from the patient Nottingham jury.
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 FrankMc wrote:
There are parts of the world where between bouts of prayer, fearing other cultures and blaming things on them, and worrying about the next outbreak of ethnic cleansing, people listen to a lot of music much like this. It is a bit scary.
 
Funny. I live in a part of the world where people live between bouts of prayer, fearing other cultures and blaming things on them, and worrying about the next outbreak of ethnic cleansing. And yet I don't know anybody really listening to GB. And I am really sick of stereotypes.

Posted 13 years ago by jablan    [ Reply ]
I suspect that I would really like this if I was a 17th century gypsy trolling across the Romanian countryside with a few dozen relatives  {#Bananasplit}

Posted 13 years ago by KeithT    [ Reply ]
He has a great mustache like Earl Hickey. {#Biggrin}
Posted 13 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
I really can't figure out why, but I really like this.  It's so obviously tongue-in-cheek melodrama, but somehow there is legitimate artistic talent...
 
Talent for making me want to rip out my tongue and cheek to MAKE THE PAIN STOP!

Posted 13 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
I really can't figure out why, but I really like this.  It's so obviously tongue-in-cheek melodrama, but somehow there is legitimate artistic talent...
Posted 13 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
Refreshing.....I like!
Posted 14 years ago by Chinto    [ Reply ]
 rowdydaisy wrote:
All I can say is reserve your comments until you see them in concert. Went to the Lollapalooza aftershow at a small club and it was literally the most unforgettable concert I've ever been to. Just sayin'....
 
I can see that having your ears bleed profusely would be unforgettable.

Posted 14 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]

Thanks to RP, my teenage boys and I are totally into this band...even rented "Everything is Illuminated" for more of Eugene.Let's hear "Start Wearing Purple" and my kids fave: "Undestructable"!  Maybe that will convert the doubters {#Beat}
Posted 14 years ago by jamesat43    [ Reply ]
NO! NO! NO!  MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 14 years ago by oilydwarf    [ Reply ]
All I can say is reserve your comments until you see them in concert. Went to the Lollapalooza aftershow at a small club and it was literally the most unforgettable concert I've ever been to. Just sayin'....

Posted 14 years ago by rowdydaisy    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
If you visit my house this summer you'll hear this album.
 
Then lets not go there...this sucks

Posted 14 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]

yuk.


Posted 14 years ago by garycha    [ Reply ]
PLEASE STOP IT! {#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by Stylist    [ Reply ]
If you visit my house this summer you'll hear this album.
Posted 14 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
I just gotta see these guys! Just missed them in Boston this Sunday.
Posted 14 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
Please. Make. It. Stop.   {#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by evansdad    [ Reply ]
MOMMY, MAKE IT STOP!
Posted 14 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
this is absolutely horrid.
Posted 14 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 Dgradeworkunit wrote:
Sounds like Andrei Codrescu is the lead vocalist.
 
Naw, if ol' Andrei was involved, it would be interesting. This ain't.
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 fingerpin wrote:
I have a Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat cd a friend gave me thinking I might like it. My friend was right! {#Dance}
 
Anybody hating on this new album needs a listen to that. I have a song or two off it and it is awesome.

Posted 14 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
Stupid and boring!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 fingerpin wrote:
I have a Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat cd a friend gave me thinking I might like it. My friend was right! {#Dance}
 
Your friend is still laughing.{#Iamwithstupid}
Posted 14 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
Someone lose a bet and this song had to be played?
Posted 14 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]
This sounds like the Muppets.

I'll play the role of one of the codgers in the balcony. "Boo, get off the stage. It sounds like your adams apple is stuck in your nose and you smell like borchst. He He He."
Posted 14 years ago by donnyballgame    [ Reply ]
It sucks

Not as badly as Pala Tute.

But it still sucks.
Posted 14 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
it's like a train wreck for the ears - you know you shouldn't be listening - but you do anyway, right?  {#Ask}

Posted 14 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
 coolpeople_rule wrote:
Both horrible and fun at the same time!!
 
I agree, accept for the "and fun at the same time!!" part.
Posted 14 years ago by YourNameHere    [ Reply ]
I have a Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat cd a friend gave me thinking I might like it. My friend was right! {#Dance}
Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 unclelonghair wrote:
Maybe it is my eastern European heritage but for some reason I kind of like this, even though it sounds like the guy is kind of a combination of Freddy Mercury and Borat.

I was even more amused to find that the band was formed in the East Village in NYC, and was not really ethnic.

Somehow I think it would be a highly entertaining live show, anyone seen them?
 
The accent and the shtick are very authentic, and the shows are a good time for everyone.  Good luck not jumping up and down.  Do you have any idea how many ethnicities coexist in the East Village?  He might as well be Eugene Hutz Ching Vitello Koznowski.  Do some more research — the international thing is not a put on.


Posted 14 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
I think I know why we are all so conflicted about this band. The music is wonderful, who doesn't love Gypsy music?! The singers voice can be grating and the lyrics are, to be kind, a bit sophmoric. Therefore we have the mixed bag of feelings toward it. As for me, I will just keep listening to traditional Gypsy music.{#Yes}

Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
I think Eugene Hütz, the singer is Bill's 1st cousin. Check the Wikipedia entry if you don't believe me. {#Shifty}

Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]

This my sister!  She #2 prostitute in all Khazakstan!

Seriously though, this is a joke.  I know this probably isn't true, but his accent sounds deliberate and put-on.


Posted 14 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
Maybe it is my eastern European heritage but for some reason I kind of like this, even though it sounds like the guy is kind of a combination of Freddy Mercury and Borat.

I was even more amused to find that the band was formed in the East Village in NYC, and was not really ethnic.

Somehow I think it would be a highly entertaining live show, anyone seen them?
Posted 14 years ago by unclelonghair    [ Reply ]
Just pretend you are drinking...kerosene...or Sterno...without filtering it...when you already have a bad hangover...that's just like this song.  You know its bad for you, but you kind of like doing it anyway.

Posted 14 years ago by TigtheRed    [ Reply ]
Gogol Bordello, I just don't get it. To me, these guys are the most incredible bunch of musicians with the most eclectic sound I have ever heard. I simply l love them. Yet, close friends whom I share 99% similar music tastes cannot understand why I like Gogol. They can't stand them. Interesting to say the least.

That's how Gogol Bordello rolls I guess.
Posted 14 years ago by DungEye    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
I thought this was from the Muppets when it started. {#Lol}
 

Sounds like a bad Tenatious D.
Posted 14 years ago by marc1980    [ Reply ]
 coolpeople_rule wrote:
Both horrible and fun at the same time!!
 
{#Roflol}

Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
joke or serious as a heart attack — either way it sux
Posted 14 years ago by rp1125    [ Reply ]
 QueenLucia wrote:
Wow.  This dude has Sideshow Bob feet.
 
{#Wink}

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Both horrible and fun at the same time!!
Posted 14 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
I thought this was from the Muppets when it started. {#Lol}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Great mid-day drinking music!
Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Wierd Gogol Yankovic. Bad craziness, as the man said.
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
If this song was just a little bit worse, it would be awesome.
Posted 14 years ago by AMH    [ Reply ]
Sounds like Andrei Codrescu is the lead vocalist.

Posted 14 years ago by Dgradeworkunit    [ Reply ]
Yanni / Borat influence...is hilarious. Especially since it's not supposed to be funny. 
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
No, no, and more no.
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:
You people just really don't get these guys.  Understandable.
 
Are you trying to say this song (and indeed the album) isn't completely posed compared to their previous stuff? 'Cause if you are then it's somebody else who doesn't get them.

Posted 14 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
...and his dog, Sammy Davis Junior Junior.
Posted 14 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
It's way cool!!  Don't let the small musical minds get you down..
Posted 14 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
Glad I missed this
Posted 14 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Wow.  This dude has Sideshow Bob feet.
Posted 14 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
Got give these guys props just for the band name: Ukrainian novelist + Italian whorehouse.
Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:
You people just really don't get these guys. 
 
Yeah. That's what it is. {#Rolleyes}

Posted 14 years ago by walker7366    [ Reply ]
yuck
Posted 14 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
You're right, I don't get it. This is the second song off this album today. Am I supposed to be laughing because he looks like Yanni and sings like Borat?
Posted 14 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
I laugh whenever this is played (which is alot lately). I don't know why people are being such haters. It certainly is fun!! {#Motor}
Posted 14 years ago by weevilkinevil    [ Reply ]
You people just really don't get these guys.  Understandable.
Posted 14 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
{#Meditate}
Posted 14 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
There are parts of the world where between bouts of prayer, fearing other cultures and blaming things on them, and worrying about the next outbreak of ethnic cleansing, people listen to a lot of music much like this. It is a bit scary. That said, Gogol Bordello is a fine addition to the RP mix. If there were any threat of predictability to ruining the gestalt GB certainly has the ability to keep things skewy.And the music is good.
Posted 14 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
 MayBaby wrote:
See what vodka does to ya? do ya?
 
I think this is what quitting vodka does to you.

 tryallmusic wrote:
Gypsy punk? "Punk" is a stretch for this one.
 

No kidding. Who knew the lyrics he wrote for 60 revolutions per minute would turn around and bite him in the ass:

I'm gathering new generation
That's gonna stand up to it
To this karaoke dictatorship
Where posers and models with guitars
Boogie to the shit for beats
I make a better rock revolution
Alone with my d*ck!

Too bad he went with Rick Rubin instead of his d*ck.

Posted 14 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
Gypsy punk? "Punk" is a stretch for this one.
Posted 14 years ago by tryallmusic    [ Reply ]
 Marr wrote:
I finally made the connection. The lead singer is the guy from the movie "Everything is Illuminated". Very cool.
 

Awesome movie - the singer also was on the soundtrack.
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]

From Nick Drake to this. The phrase “from the sublime to the ridiculous” could have been invented for this segway.


Posted 14 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
Nope.  Doesn't cut it.
Posted 14 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
...i love hearing new gogol bordello...  {#Bananajam}
Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
I finally made the connection. The lead singer is the guy from the movie "Everything is Illuminated". Very cool.
Posted 14 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Tevye on drugs?
Posted 14 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 moonsaura wrote:
sounds like the guy from forgetting sarah marshall
 
Just came here to say this!

And something about the picture reminds me of Nic Cage in "Raising Arizona".

Posted 14 years ago by Patricula    [ Reply ]
 moonsaura wrote:
sounds like the guy from forgetting sarah marshall
 
DIE........DIIIEE......
................................................I CAN'T.

Posted 14 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
Is joke, yes?
Posted 14 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
What's not to like about these guys?? Yeah, I know there's probably lots but I still like them...


Posted 14 years ago by tovarisch    [ Reply ]
See what vodka does to ya? do ya?
Posted 14 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
different. . .therefore I like it!
Posted 14 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
sounds like the guy from forgetting sarah marshall
Posted 14 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
Rather annoying.
Posted 14 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]