๐ŸŽต Monthly Song Challenge ๐ŸŽต

Day 6: A song you don't understand

Ooh, this is a fun prompt.

Do I know Romanian?
Hell no.

Do I belt this out as if I do speak Romanian every time it's on the radio?
You bet your sweet arse I do.

Do I wave my hands around like a fat kid who had no idea he'd be one of the first viral sensations of the early Internet?
Of course I bloody do!!

https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*4oSQOg49I_LRlVUWpgbubg.jpeg


Dragonstea Din Tei - O-Zone
 
Day 6: A song you don't understand

Love Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit but have never understood it

One of the secrets of songs like this sometimes is waiting for Weird Al to do his version.
It kind of helps translate for some songs, especially if he just covers a song.
 
Day 6: A song you don't understand

Ooh, this is a fun prompt.

Do I know Romanian?
Hell no.

Do I belt this out as if I do speak Romanian every time it's on the radio?
You bet your sweet arse I do.

Do I wave my hands around like a fat kid who had no idea he'd be one of the first viral sensations of the early Internet?
Of course I bloody do!!

https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*4oSQOg49I_LRlVUWpgbubg.jpeg


Dragonstea Din Tei - O-Zone
My sister in law is Romanian. We end up dancing to this every dinner she hosts, and we are all thrilled to do so. I know the words, phonetically, but I don't want it translated. I love it too much to find it less interesting than in my mind already.
 
Day 6 a song you donโ€™t understand

Itโ€™s not so much that I donโ€™t understand this songโ€ฆitโ€™s more than I donโ€™t understand how it exists. Why it exists. How did it become as popular as it was? Why do I always sing along? WTF is going on with this song?

I love this song, and I have no idea why. I love the video because I am a simple man, and a summer dress, head banging, and combat boots does ...things ...for me.

"But you...always came back...for more." Yes, yes I do.
 
Day 6: A song you don't understand

Love Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit but have never understood it

A friend of Kurt Cobain wrote, "Kurt Cobain smells like Teen Spirit." He, not knowing it was a perfume, thought that was evocative, and wrote the song from there. I think I understand it, but maybe I just understand it for me. But I still remember the first time I heard it. It was after they had moved on from Seattle, so it was on an AM station, the first alternative station we had. I had seen them a lot, and worked with them two or three times as a grip and lighting guy, but I had never been a big fan. But this song...echoed. Still does. Maybe because Kurt was trying to write a Pixies song rather than a Nirvana song? I don't know. Still, I listen to it every time it comes on.
 
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