We'll Always Have Moskau - November 16, 2006

Original Gaijin Smash Content

I went to a ninensei class with Ms. Americanized at the Ghetto School. This year, the Ministry of Education and Evil Torture or whatever the fuck it is changed to an updated version of the New Horizon textbooks. I haven't had too good a look of it yet, but a lot of the changes seem superficial - for example, instead of Yumi asking for a glass of orange juice, Emi now asks for a glass of water. ...Yeah, I don't get it either. But I suppose the new texts do contain a lot of new stuff.

Among that new stuff are English songs. The ninensei book starts with stuff about American baseball (complete with pictures of Ichiro and Matsui so that Japanese people will actually feel compelled to give a damn), therefore the first song is "Take Me Out To The Ballgame". ...There is something oddly surreal about a class of 30 13 to 14 year old Japanese kids singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame". And, somehow, patriotic. I skimmed ahead in the book hoping to find "The Star Spangled Banner" but sadly it wasn't there. Man, if I could get even just one school of kids to have to stand up and sing America's national anthem, that'd be like the greatest Gaijin Smash since Commodore Perry.

...Ahem. Anyway, as entertaining as it was, it wasn't nearly as good as the time Ms. Americanized had them singing...er...rapping to Tupac. Just remembering that causes me to break into a smile no matter what time of day/state of mind.

Anyway, after a few rounds of "Take Me Out", one boy raised his hand to ask a question...

Boy: Teacher?
Ms. Americanized: Yes?
Boy: Why does this textbook have songs? We didn't sing any songs last year.
Ms. Amercanized: Well, apparently the Ministry of English and Harry Potter took a survey of students to find out what kinds of English they wanted to learn about. Songs were a popular choice, so the new textbooks were designed to incorporate more songs.
Boy: Really? Like what?
Ms. Americanized: ...I dunno, stuff like...(flips through the book), hey, here's John Lennon.
Boy: Do they have Moskau?
Ms. Americanized: ...Moskau?
Me: ...Moskau? ...No, he can't possibly mean...
Boy: ...You know! "Moskau! Please respect Retardia!"*
Me: ...!! "Whoops, I need insurance card!"
Me, Boy: Oroh ho ho ho ho. Hey!
Ms. Americanized: ......WTF?!

...If you find yourself "WTF'ing" alongside Ms. Americanized, then you aren't familiar with the 70's disco song "Moskau" by the Russian group Dschingis Khan. Click here
to acquaint yourself with seven different kinds of beefy, spicy awesomeness.

*He didn't actually say those words, just whatever made those sounds in Japanese gibberish. ...Note that those words aren't the actual song lyrics either.

After class, the boy came up to the front to confirm that I did, indeed, know Moskau. We broke out into another burst of glorious gibberish verse, but this time the boy got on the floor and did the Evil Santa Claus dance. ...Ms. Americanized at this point, looks as if someone has just punched her in the face then told her they loved her. "Don't you know Moskau?" the boy asks. "Yeah, I know it," Ms. Americanized says, "what I'm wondering is how YOU know it. Didn't that song come out in the 70's? That's like 20 years before you were even concieved! How do you know this song?"

The boy simply shrugs. "The internet's a hell of a thing."

...Truer words were never spoken.

Upon a subsequent trip to karaoke, I confirmed that yes, Moskau is in the database library. Which is another baffling aspect of karaoke, IMHO - keep that in mind when you are looking for your favorite song in vain, that you can always sing (or at least try to sing) Dschingis Khan's Moskau. In fact, you SHOULD sing Moskau. No trip to karaoke would be complete without it. And clear away the tables and do the dancing too. Especially the Evil Santa Claus crouching roundhouse dance. I command it.

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That is going on myspace. I've been looking for that song forever.

Posted by: Blinky at November 16, 2006 04:37 AM

Moskau, Moskau,
Russland ist ein schönes Land,
werft die Gläser an die Wand
hohoho - hey
Moskau, Moskau........

Posted by: Thomas at November 16, 2006 04:45 AM

Nice story. Just wanted to add, that Dschinghis Khan is not a Russian band, it is - or should i say was - from Germany. Not a single line in the song "Moskau" except for "Moskau" is Russian. And from what i have experienced it can be found on any karaoke-machine.

Posted by: flocki at November 16, 2006 05:10 AM

I am unfamiliar with both Moskau and the Evil Santa Claus dance.

And here I thought I was cool.

Posted by: Brad at November 16, 2006 06:04 AM

That Dschingis Khan song and video was the best thing I've ever seen/heard. I thought you're stories were entertaining enough but you stepped the fun up a notch. Thank you.

Posted by: Danny at November 16, 2006 06:08 AM

I want to stress that, while being in Europe, Germany (where this song originates (yes, even Germans think that's strange)) is no part and was never part of Russia.

Okay, part of Germany has been part of the Soviet Union but that's only partially Russian, so you catch my drift.

Anyways, knowing that this shitty song is (somehow) popular in America or Japan is just scary.

But as this clever boy (yet uncultivated in his music taste) pointed out: The internet is a hell of a thing.

P.S.:
Please respect Retardia! That's the killer!

Posted by: Daniel Reutter at November 16, 2006 06:19 AM

Hey Jeff,

as much as I love your writing, I was kind of disappointed at your writing. That song Moskau is not gibberish, it's German (Moskau means Moscow and Dschingis Khan is the German spelling of Genghis Khan. For your education, I enclosed a quick and sloppy translation of the song:

Moskau, fremd und geheimnisvoll,
(Moscow, alien and misterious)
Türme aus rotem Gold, kalt wie das Eis.
(Towers made of red gold, cold like ice)
Moskau, doch wer dich wirklich kennt,
(Moscow, who really knows you though,)
der weiß, ein Feuer brennt in dir so heiß.
(knows, that a hot fire burns in you)
Kosaken hej, hej, hej, leert die Gläser, Natascha ha, ha, ha, du bist schön.
(Cossacs, hej, hej, hej, empty your glasses, Natacha, ha, ha, ha, you're beautiful)
Tawaritsch hej, hej, hej, auf das Leben,
(Tavaritsh, hej, hej, hej, to live,)
auf dein Wohl, Bruder hej Bruder ho! Hej, hej, hej, hej!
(cheers, Brother hej Brother ho! Hej, hej, hej, hej!)

Moskau, Moskau, wirf die Gläser an die Wand,
(Moscow, Moscow, throw you glasses at the wall,)
Rußland ist ein schönes Land, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! Hej!
(Russia is a beautiful land, ho,ho,ho,ho,ho! Hej!)
Moskau, Moskau, deine Seele ist so groß,
(Moscow, Moscow, your soul is so big,)
Nachts da ist der Teufel los, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Hej!
(During the night all hell is let loose, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Hej!)
Moskau, Moskau, Liebe schmeckt wie Kaviar,
(Moscow, Moscow, love tastes like Caviar, [if they mean Pussy that's true :-)])
Mädchen sind zum küssen da, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!
(Girls are here for kissing, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!)
Moskau, Moskau, komm wir tanzen auf dem Tisch,
(Moscow, Moscow, let's dance on the table,)
bis der Tisch zusammenbricht, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
(until the table breaks, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!)
Moskau, Tor zur Vergangenheit, Spiegel der Zarenzeit, rot wie das Blut.
(Moscow, door to the past, mirror of the times of Czars, red like blood.)
Moskau, wer deine Seele kennt, der weiß, die Liebe brennt heiß wie die Glut
(Moscow, who knows your soul, knows, that love burns hot like embers)
Kosaken hej, hej, hej, leert die Gläser, Natascha ha, ha, ha, du bist schön.
(Cossacs hej, hej, hej, empty your glasses, Natasha, ha, ha, ha, you're beautiful)

Tawaritsch hej, hej, hej, auf das Leben,
(Tavaritsh, hej, hej, hej, to live,)
auf dein Wohl, Bruder hej Bruder ho! Hej, hej, hej, hej!
(cheers, Brother hej Brother ho! Hej, hej, hej, hej!)

Moskau, Moskau, Wodka trinkt man pur und kalt,
(Moscow, Moscow, one drinks Vodka pure and cold)
das macht hundert Jahre alt, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! Hej!
(this makes you a hundred years old, ho, ho, ho. ho! Hej!)
Moskau, Moskau, Väterchen dein Glas ist leer,
(Moskau, Moskau, father [Väterchen is a pejorative term for father, for the correct English translation read some famous Russian author like Tolstoi] your glass is empty)
doch im Keller ist noch mehr, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Hej
(but there's more in the cellar, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Hej!)

Cheers

Swisside

Posted by: Swisside at November 16, 2006 06:23 AM

Tawaritsch hej, hej, hej, auf das Leben,
(Tavaritsh, hej, hej, hej, to live,)
auf dein Wohl, Bruder hej Bruder ho! Hej, hej, hej, hej!
(cheers, Brother hej Brother ho! Hej, hej, hej, hej!)

Posted by: Swisside at November 16, 2006 06:24 AM

Moskau is one of the most rockin song/dances ever made! After discovering it on YouTube a months or so ago, my friends and I have vowed to perform our own dance rendition of it for a local "Geek Week" event. Now if only we could find someone who can so Louis' (that would be your evil santa claus) dance. The basic steps are easy, but the spins/ breakdancing and whatnot are pretty damn hard, particularly if you attempt them with the flair that that man put into it (he sadly died of Aids several years back).

Posted by: Kelldroth at November 16, 2006 06:41 AM

:D That video was the best music video I've seen in...ever.

I shoulda been born in the 70s.

Posted by: Meg at November 16, 2006 07:12 AM

Despite singing about Moscow, Dschingis Khan are in fact German, or at least sing in German. Y'see, Moskau is the German spelling of Moscow, in Russian the city's actually called Moskva. How do I know this? The internet's a hell of a thing :).

For a brief moment I thought the boy was talking about Moskau by Rammstein (sadly, not a cover version) and the brief thought of a Japanese kid randomly spouting off German heavy metal in class got a good laugh out of me. Of course, then I found out he was randomly spouting off German disco with his gaijin teacher joining in, which made me laugh even harder.

Posted by: Alex at November 16, 2006 07:34 AM

Dschingis Khan is actually German, I have an entire album of theirs and it is actually entertaining, in a language I don't fully understand way.

Posted by: john at November 16, 2006 08:21 AM

Well, an interesting fact is, that both songs "Dschinghis Khan" and "Moskau" ranked #1 in the international pop charts in Japan in 1979 in the original german language version :).

Posted by: Alexander at November 16, 2006 09:22 AM

Uh, as an addition: Dschingis Khan (the band) topped the charts in Soviet Union, Australia and Israel (only german artist ever so far to succeed in Israel) as well.

Posted by: Alexander at November 16, 2006 09:24 AM

I think the "gibberish" he was talking about was called "gibberish" because neither or them could actually decipher the words in the song...German, Russian, Swahili...whatever the language, whatever song it may be. They just sang what they heard. Singing a song in a language that one isn't familiar with is fairly difficult and will probably sound like gibberish no matter what. I know I probably sound ridiculous singing Turkish songs since I don't know any Turkish (and I refer to Turkish because I have a Tarkan cd that I've had for years and I think I know the words...but I just sing what I hear).

Some of you guys are really hard on that little comment, sheesh, lighten up.

Mary Catherine

Posted by: Mary Catherine at November 16, 2006 09:26 AM

MOSKAU FOR THE WIN!!!!

Of course, that song/video has a special meaning for "Bleach" fans.

Why? Watch the original video, and then watch this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NCjQARf01o8.

[/pointless randomness that nobody gives a shit about]

Posted by: Katie at November 16, 2006 10:44 AM

Seriously, in Europe we look at the moskau-video and laugh. It is one of the most disturbed shit coming out of the seventies... And serously, drinking alcohol and having a pre-party with german disco is always a good idea.

Posted by: Crazy European Guy at November 16, 2006 11:24 AM

Danny:

Thanks for the info that Germany is not part of Russia. I'm sure we're all very glad to have that cleared up. You might have added that neither are France, Poland, Finland, England and Italy (or indeed, the US), to prevent understandable confusion.

And on the subject of the Soviet Union... sorry to disappoint, but Germany was never part of it. That's because the Soviet Union was not identical with the Eastern Block.

Also, please note that Canada is not part of the US, and the US was never officially part of Mexico.

Posted by: Chris at November 16, 2006 11:59 AM

I saw the title for this in the RSS feed and wondered, "...could it be THAT 'Moskau'?" My suspicions proved correct, and I thoroughly enjoyed this entry. The internet is indeed a hell of a thing.

Posted by: All_Star25 at November 16, 2006 12:24 PM

"Please respect retardia."
"Whoops I need an insurance card."

Haha. Your version of Moskau is slightly better than the original.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 16, 2006 12:54 PM

Hey, AZ, I think you and your students will like this version on YouTube better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibRMQZgdoTI

Posted by: Paralel at November 16, 2006 01:44 PM

I don't know whether to cry, stab my eyes out or giggle like a Japanese school girl . . . if I weren't chewing gum or I was a better multi-tasker I might try and do all 3/4.

Posted by: Greg at November 16, 2006 02:08 PM

There is actually an English version of Moskau. It is called, interestingly enough (not) Moscow. Not sure if it is by the same original band, though it sounds like it. It doesn't appear to be on YouTube but I have the mp3.

Posted by: Kim at November 16, 2006 03:23 PM

For Ms. Americanized, the funny Japanese version:

http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=16420

And lyrics (kind of)
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/lovelovedog/20050803#p1

Posted by: Dave at November 16, 2006 04:11 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NCjQARf01o8

Wow

Posted by: Mr. Bomberman at November 16, 2006 04:34 PM

Shoot, Mary Catherine already beat me to it. "Whoops I need insurance card"? Haha, oh wow. That's *one* way to remember the lyrics... ^^

But yeah, that AMV is how I was exposed to the song as well. The original entry (with higher quality than YouTube) is:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=79882

Posted by: Anonymous at November 16, 2006 04:35 PM

Hehe. Man. It's really nice to see new stuff on here. That was pretty awesome. And hilarious.

It was original, right? Or am I having a momentary lapse in memory?

Posted by: Indoolio at November 16, 2006 05:39 PM

Awesome stuff. Nice to see the new content in additition to the already-great old stuff :)

Posted by: David at November 16, 2006 06:51 PM

here's power rangers set to Moskau (the good original ones)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh-S_23mo_0&NR

Posted by: xercess at November 16, 2006 07:06 PM

God damn, I love Gaijin Smash XD Oh, just in case you're interested, here's some more Dschingis Khan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pcIe5ViSoE

Fukken crazy XD

Posted by: Gunlord at November 16, 2006 11:10 PM

Haha! Usually I don't comment, but I had to at least say Moskau was honestly the thing that made my day.

And it's 11:30, so it'd be tough for anything to beat it.

Posted by: Neil at November 16, 2006 11:31 PM

Here's the version of the lyrics Az is referring to, I believe.

Please Respect Retardia.
Moskau, Moskau!
Filthy ways to underpants,
Whoops, I need insurance card,
Ohroh ho ho ho ho, HEY!

Moskau, Moskau!
Time is real and it's so close,
Nast is out a barf a close,
Ahrah ha ha ha ha, HEY!

Moskau, Moskau!
Please respect Retardia,
Men will drink some spit with towel,
Ohroh ho ho ho ho, HEY!

Moskau, Moskau!
Come and have some humper fish,
This will dish some underzit,
Ha ha ha ha ha!

Mos-skau,
Tool to fun gungan hide,
Spielberg, it's hot inside,
Hold me, that's good...

Moo moo moo moo moo moo moo Mos-skau,
When I'm in sealant pain,
There lies the even pain,
High speed is good...

What I can hate, hey, hey ye ol' bee laser!
(Hey, hey!)
But I can ha, ha, ha your bosom!
(Ha, ha!)
And I can hey, hey, hey believer!
(Hey, hey!)

But I can bowl tension, your tension hooo-ooooo-oood!
(Hey, hey, hey, hey!)

Moskau, Moskau!
Filthy ways to underpants,
Whoops, I need insurance card,
Ohroh ho ho ho ho, HEY!

Moskau, Moskau!
Time is real and it's so close,
Nast is out a barf a close,
Ahrah ha ha ha ha, HEY!

Mooskaauu,
La la la la la la la,
La la la la la la la,
Ho ho ho ho ho, HEY!

Moskau!
(Moskau!)
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
Ha ha ha ha ha!

(Lots of "OOOOHHHH-ing" to the instruments)

(Moskau! Moskau!)

(Bass voice)

Moskau, Moskau!
Look, I drink my food with pride,
Yes, my tune medallion hide,
Ho ho ho ho ho, hey!

Moskau, Moskau!
Favour in gin glasses split,
Duck, you can not in DOS fit,
Ha ha ha ha ha!

(Moskau!)
(Moskau!)

What I can hate, hey, hey ye ol' bee laser!
(Hey, hey!)
But I can ha, ha, ha your bosom!
(Ha, ha!)
And I can hey, hey, hey believer!
(Hey, hey!)

But I run through the hill for your hooo-oooo-oood!
(Hey, hey, hey, hey!)

Moskau, Moskau!
Filthy ways to underwear,
Whoops, I need insurance card,
Ohroh ho ho ho ho, HEY!

Moskau, Moskau!
Time is real and it's so close,
Nast is out a barf a close,
Ahrah ha ha ha ha, HEY!

Moskau, Moskau!
Please respect Retardia,
Men will drink some spit with towel,
Ohroh ho ho ho ho, HEY!

Moskau, Moskau!
Come and have some humper fish,
This will dish some underzit,
Ha ha ha ha ha, HEY!

Found here:
http://community.livejournal.com/found_online/85385.html?mode=reply

(Az's Note: THANK YOU! I've been looking for those forever.)

Posted by: Saben at November 16, 2006 11:59 PM

Do these original entries take place in between the reposts that they're posted between? If so, that's gonna screw up the chronological order when the dates are changed to the originals for the reposts.

But mainly, I'm wondering if the kid knew about it from YTMND. That's where I know it from, anyway. http://moskaudance.ytmnd.com/

Posted by: Anonymous at November 17, 2006 05:53 AM

Cool but the guy out of Boney M is more impressive as a dancer.
All they is that guy performing with the Moskau people and it would be mind-blowingly awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3XW6iMHYHo

Posted by: Tower at November 17, 2006 06:59 AM

im really really shocked...
moskau, the drunken bawl smash hit,
is known by americans and japanese....
and so many germans (like i am) read this too??
anyway if u liked moskau
maybe u wanna check out there other [atleast in germany..) very known song
Dschinghis Khan at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jVyjfTLDNU

Posted by: Anonymous at November 17, 2006 12:15 PM

That song is awesome... And indeed, that boy's enlightened to the great web.

Posted by: Zantetsu at November 17, 2006 02:53 PM

Tower, thank you for that wonderful Boney M video, it made my night.

I was just about to suggest, that maybe, for shits and giggles, you could get some of your students to sing "Rah Rah Rasputin," though as great as German disco is, German 80's rock is better. The WTF factor of Nena's "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann" cannot be matched my anything else http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdPuSW2Loc4
and Udo Lindenberg's "Sonderzug nach Moskau" is one wondefully addictive.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 17, 2006 07:47 PM

I would like to point out that there are some very very dark parts of german history. Many Germans even today feel embarrassed to talk about that. So please try not to mention too much of these... horrible crimes to the mankind...

Posted by: Peter at November 18, 2006 08:13 AM

How could you read the 4 consonant part of Dschingis Khan and not instantly realize they are german? As those germans sure like their consonants, eh?

Posted by: Anonymous at November 18, 2006 05:26 PM

Haha, I read this on Friday, then today (Sunday) when I was getting a ride from my B&B to Nikko station, Moskau was playing on the radio! I guess this song is making a comeback in Japan.

Posted by: Paul at November 19, 2006 04:34 AM

Moskau is, like, the greatest song EVAR. I saw it in the karaoke book last time I was out and nearly fainted.

Posted by: Udon at November 19, 2006 09:10 AM

In case you're interested, the same band also did a "Japanese" song: Samurai.

Check out the hokey video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvE6CZNxJpI

Posted by: The ShanMonster at November 19, 2006 10:56 AM

Having never heard this song ever in my life i needed to find out what this whole thing was all about... Youtube+genius... What was even more amazing was that literally the next day i find myself at the Crocs vs Hawks por Austrlian basketball game.. Middle of the third quarter.. and what plays? The game just wont ever be the same.......

Posted by: Anonymous at November 19, 2006 08:45 PM

One of the best comment posts I have seen on this Site.

Posted by: Asle at November 19, 2006 11:05 PM

Hahaha! I actually just saw the ytmnd the day before I read this post...Kinda creepy.

Anyway, did a little research. Found out what the kid had probably seen to familiarize him with this ancient German hit...

http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimg.php?imgid=16420

Cats and all.

Posted by: Rachel at November 22, 2006 06:13 PM

Hallo! I am, actually, from Russia, so i can assure you all, that song is not Russian! However it's also quite popular here, really don't know why. Thanks for your stories, they are pretty cool. Hm... it's a bit strange to look for some information about Japan and find this, but... "The internet's a hell of a thing."

Posted by: Roman at November 23, 2006 07:32 AM

"Moskau" is a nice song for a big party when everybody is quite drunk start to form up into a circle and try to dance Cossachok/Kasatschok together (see the videos ... means getting into a kind of squat and dancing from this position (throwing the legs without toppling over)).

However, I can't put japanese kids and this song together in my head. It just doesn't add up. Awful. Won't be long and they will discover the NDW (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_Welle). Nooooooo! :)

Posted by: Leonidas at November 30, 2006 08:47 AM

dschenglish.ytmnd.com

Posted by: Anonymous at December 10, 2006 11:26 AM

I actually only know Moskau from Japanese karaoke. In fact, when I was in nagoya I was with a lot of international student, some of them german. And when we went karaokeing, they didn't have such a broad choice of german song, thus singing Moskau.
It's actually pretty fun when everyone knows it and just shout it along.

Posted by: soumakyo at December 17, 2006 11:36 AM

you're stories are awesome! they are *so* true!

my friends (Japanese, I'm German) didn't know Moskau, but they know (and like) Rammstein and Kraftwerk... Hell, not even I knew Kraftwerk!

Posted by: Captn_Muesli at December 20, 2006 07:43 AM

I can just ask myself (again); WTF is up with everyones picture of german music? I, also, am german (never mind the nick) and I'm actually very happy that neither our boybands (*yuck*) nor our "rap" seems to reach the rest of the world, but why disco and NDW?! o_Ô
I don't get it. I'm familiar with the "dark side" of german music, and I was positively surprised that stuff like Rammstein, Kraftwerk, Megaherz or Oomph! is popular in other countries, but the Dschingis Khan stuff (though I already noticed it's presence on the net) really disturbs me.

One last thing about konsonants: whoever posted that comment about german language being full of consonants, first keep in mind that "sch" ist practically just one, exactly like "sh" in english. Second: try to pronounce Sdrasdwuijtje (russian greeting, with *soft* S, not sure if there's an example for this in english), and tell me again, we'd have too many consonants!

so then, bye.

ps: I just wanted to mention that there's quite an amount of gaijin-smash readers/fans over here, taken alone those I know. So, gambate! We're allways looking forward to your stuff, Az!

Posted by: Hebi at December 27, 2006 07:42 AM

hah. It's like the numa numa song twenty years ago... Except German, not romanian. I'm pretty sure both were number one hits on Japanese charts for a while...*shudder* >____>;;

Posted by: Anonymous at January 2, 2007 08:22 PM

Awesome!!! I love Dschighis Khan!!! I bought all their songs. (I also totally dig the rest of their songs, most which are entertaining and have ridiculous lyrics as well.)

Amazing that anyone knows about that band, since I thought they had faded into obscurity. (I only knew about them because my mum likes their music, and thusly, I grew to like it too.)

Blame being an Art Major for enjoying the crazy dancing and sparkly clothes though. Oh yeah, and the History references. Gotta love learning about Pre-Communist Russia.

It's entertaining AND Educational!!!

Posted by: The Lunatic at January 10, 2007 02:56 AM

Me: ...Moskau? ...No, he can't possibly mean...
Boy: ...You know! "Moskau! Please respect Retardia!"*
Me: ...!! "Whoops, I need insurance card!"
Me, Boy: Oroh ho ho ho ho. Hey!
Ms. Americanized: ......WTF?!

[Zangief]That was beautiful.[/Zangief]
*I'm aware it's German.

Posted by: Rioting Soul at January 25, 2007 06:17 AM

>>No trip to karaoke would be complete without it.
>>And clear away the tables and do the dancing too.
>>Especially the Evil Santa Claus crouching
>>roundhouse dance.
This article was glorious. And I'm 85% sure that kid's a 2chan regular now.

Posted by: Anonymous at February 26, 2007 11:15 AM

I think you would probably like this ytmnd of it.

http://moskaufighters.ytmnd.com/

Posted by: Jeff at March 4, 2007 05:39 PM

Oh.My.God.

I just had the greatest laughfest since I got back to school, dude. Your other stuff makes me laugh. alot. but this? omg. I think i developed a six pack from laughing so much. I think I'll be bursting out in giggles in my sleep just thinking about it! my anthro teacher's prolly gonna think I've gone insane tomorrow!

Posted by: ModusOperandi at April 3, 2007 11:46 PM

I go around singing the weird lyric version now. Moskau, Moskau, please respect Retardia~

Posted by: Aangfish at June 17, 2007 11:56 PM

I would have thought he meant Moskau by Rammstein or something...

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2007 06:04 PM

On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, I imagine those 30 Japanese kids singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" was really similar to seeing 30 black kids from the south side of Chicago singing an Ulfuls song ("Baka Survivor"). Surreal indeed.

Posted by: Jenny at August 21, 2007 06:09 PM