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- Date Released: August 9, 2005
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk
- Label: Side One Dummy
A frantic, fun manifesto summed up by its title.
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We Say...
Joe Strummer is not dead. Just one listen of Gypsy Punks and it's clear that Joltin’ Joe’s departed spirit has slipped into singer Eugene Hutz. Gogol's banging Balkan diaspora dovetails with Strummer's world music explorations — it's arguably the summation of the former Clash frontman's global-politique-a-go-go. But Gogol don't fancy themselves rock revolutionaries in the classic sense. On "Go Revolutions," Hutz tears into karaoke culture by proclaiming that he could make a "better revolution with his dick." Humor and 4/4 rhythms aside, the soul of Gogol is still firmly rooted in the gnarled, rocking Eastern European wedding music popularized byYuri Yukanov and Ivo Papasov. It's frantic and fun, a manifesto wrapped in irony and fired with a sly urgency, especially when Hutz breaks out into the mother-tongue of all revolutionaries, singing praises to Cuba in Spanish. Somewhere, Strummer is harmonizing with Hutz on a phantom radio from the other side.
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They Say...
These "gypsy punks," as the band jubilantly describes itself, were once precisely that, a spectacular clash of cultures that smashed the exuberance of Ukrainian gypsy music and the pounding rhythms and exhilarating fire of Slavic folk, with the roar of punk rock. That was then, but now globalization has got them in its grip, and Gogol Bordello set about crashing through national boundaries, reconnecting the cultural links borders have severed. If a fire and fury for life fed the soul of the gypsy, the Slav, and the punk, it also lay at the heart of hard rock and heavy metal, and so into the meat grinder goes incendiary lead guitar. Flamingo's fire lies in its emotive rhythms and dangerous atmospheres, both of which seep into the set as well. You can hear it on "60 Revolutions," and even more magnificently on the stomping "Think Locally Fuck Globally," whose rhythms subtly quicken into a furious flamingo fire, before sweeping into a tribal tattoo, finally flinging itself out in a gypsy swirl. "Not a Crime" careens into Arabesque, "Immigrant Punk" skanks straight into reggae, while "Underdog World Strike" heads underground, interweaving hip-hop, punk, and reggae to gypsy's own roots. Frontman/lyricist Eugene Hütz explains how his own history drives him on the autobiographical "Undestructable," accompanied by a cheery punky reggae backing that defies one not to sing along. And it's not the only one for much of the set is spectacularly anthemic, from the fist-in-the-air fervor of the Oi!-esque "Not a Crime," the fashion-fling command chorus of "Start Wearing Purple," to the life-affirming "Undestructable." One may even start phonetically parroting the lyrics of "Santa Marinella." That latter song is not sung in English, and there's foreign lyrics sprinkled about the set, but the emotional meaning is always clear. A truly universal album that encompasses America's eternal immigrant story, urban living, and a love of life and music that translates into every language on earth. It's the fire in not just the gypsy soul, but the soul of everyone, and Bordello ignite it into a blaze as bright as life itself.
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| 01. |  |
Sally |
3:02 |  |
| 02. | |
I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again |
3:46 | |
| 03. | |
Not A Crime |
4:31 | |
| 04. | |
Immigrant Punk |
3:45 | |
| 05. | |
60 Revolutions |
2:58 | |
| 06. | |
Avenue B |
3:07 | |
| 07. | |
Dogs Were Barking |
4:53 | |
| 08. | |
Oh No |
2:59 | |
| 09. | |
Start Wearing Purple |
3:42 | |
| 10. | |
Think Locally Fuck Globally |
4:23 | |
| 11. | |
Underdog World Strike |
5:24 | |
| 12. | |
Illumination |
3:52 | |
| 13. | |
Santa Marinella |
5:28 | |
| 14. | |
Undestructable |
4:53 | |
| 15. | |
Mishto! |
6:51 | |
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Credits
- Steve Albini - Engineer // Rea Mochiach - Bass // Rea Mochiach - Percussion // Rea Mochiach - Vocals (Background) // Rea Mochiach - Engineer // Rea Mochiach - Electronics // Rea Mochiach - Beat Programming // Yuri Lemeshev - Accordion // Yuri Lemeshev - Vocals // Yuri Lemeshev - Vocals (Background) // Eyal Midyan - Mixing // Gogol Bordello - Producer // Oren Kaplan - Guitar (Acoustic) // Oren Kaplan - Guitar // Oren Kaplan - Vocals (Background) // Oren Kaplan - Mixing // Eugene Hütz - Guitar (Acoustic) // Eugene Hütz - Percussion // Eugene Hütz - Vocals // Eugene Hütz - Orchestration // Eugene Hütz - Mixing // Larry Lachmann - Mastering
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