Music Pimp: We No Speak Americano

[ai_lupin]

Thank you candybouquet! Thanks to her, I now know this song:

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The song is apparently sampling a 1956 Italian song that translates to "I pretend to be American," and was the original author's reaction to the post-war American influence in his hometown. According to what I've read, Yolanda Be Cool is an Australian group, and this song is a big hit over in the

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[ai_lupin]

NO, I NEVER HEARD OF IT. I looked on wiki and in the US it made to number 20 on the BUBBLE BILLBOARD CHARTS OR WHATEVER...that's the top 25 songs that almost made the Billboard Top 100. YEAAAH

[ai_lupin]

I guess that's the case? But then, you guys hear all of our music, right? At least, all the big hits?

Maybe the market just wants to publicize only American artists? Not only that, but it seems to me that the mainstream just isn't open-minded enough for things across the Atlantic. Or maybe it's that our top songs tend to differ? Like, with We No Speak Americano- I can NOT ever imagine that being to the tastes of the American mainstream at all. And this other song I saw from last year that was apparently popular, "Jungle Drum"? I could never see that hitting mainstream here either.

I should let you listen to a regular line up of music that plays on my local radio station every day:

http://www.xl1067.com/iplaylist/playlist.html?net=1

This is pretty much what's popular right now, and it's all I hear on this station! The same like...15 songs every hour hahaha

[sunnysummoner]

Lmao, a remix of this song just came on my Pandora station. I'll need to listen to the original afterward.

Actually, wait, it was in a video candybouquet showed me last night. It's stupidly catchy, oh man.

[ai_lupin]

Dude...I...bought it this morning. XD So going on my next CD.