Why music videos from war zones of course!
These are Norwegian troops in Kosovo.
(Lyrics are below)
----------NOTE added May 15th----------
----lyrics follow note----
The lyrics were the work of Seattle DJ Bob Rivers (go to Audio Vault and then Twisted Tunes). The original intent of the song was to question American involvement in Kosovo. That meaning pretty much gets lost when the song is sung by Norwegians.
It's unclear how the Norwegian troops knew about the song.
Norway's ambassador to Serbia had to issue an apology, calling the video "highly regrettable" and promised an investigation. [Kosovo is technically part of Serbia. Three of the lines in the song are "Air strikes and firefights. And we'll be dropping our bombs, Wherever Serbian bad guys hide." The Serbs also found the dancing and open shirts to be offensive.]
The version that I have posted does not include the last few seconds of the video. If you have watched the video, you know that it is primarily a parody of boy bands. The original version has one of the soldiers being violently hit by a truck at the very end. The version embedded in my post is from youtube.com. If you would like to see the original version it is HERE.
Kosovo
to the tune of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo"
by the Norwegian Army Telemark battalion
Croatia, Albania, somewhere near Romania
It's Euro, and NATO, why the hell do we go
Pristinia, blew up, huh? Head for Macedonia
I'll race ya...
Somewhere far overseas
There's a place called Kosovo
That's where you don't want to go
If you're Albanian at all
Protecting human rights
Air strikes and firefights
And we'll be dropping our bombs
Wherever Serbian bad guys hide
Just up from Kosovo
Somalia, Grenada,
Or rescuing Kuwait-a
We screwed ya Rwanda
Wish we coulda helped ya
Iraqi embargo
That's where we got hustled
Ooo so now we're helping out in Kosovo
We'll kick (kiss?) some ass and then we'll see how it goes
And then we really don't know
Good luck to Kosovo
Mi-lo-se-vic
You sorry son of a bitch
[musical interlude]
Every time we go
To little places like Kosovo
We never really know
What happens after we go
Tough luck for Kosovo
Croatia, Albania, somewhere near Romania
It's Euro, and NATO, why the hell do we go
Pristinia, blew up, huh? Head for Macedonia
Oooo from Macedonia down to Kosovo
We'll kick their ass and then we'll see how it goes
And then we really don't know
That sucks for Kosovo
Somalia, Grenada,
Or rescuing Kuwait-a
We screwed ya Rwanda
Wish we coulda helped ya
Iraqi embargo
How it ends we don't know...
In case you missed it somehow, here is the famous Is This the Way to Armadillo by the British Royal Dragoon Guards
These are Norwegian troops in Kosovo.
(Lyrics are below)
----------NOTE added May 15th----------
----lyrics follow note----
The lyrics were the work of Seattle DJ Bob Rivers (go to Audio Vault and then Twisted Tunes). The original intent of the song was to question American involvement in Kosovo. That meaning pretty much gets lost when the song is sung by Norwegians.
It's unclear how the Norwegian troops knew about the song.
Norway's ambassador to Serbia had to issue an apology, calling the video "highly regrettable" and promised an investigation. [Kosovo is technically part of Serbia. Three of the lines in the song are "Air strikes and firefights. And we'll be dropping our bombs, Wherever Serbian bad guys hide." The Serbs also found the dancing and open shirts to be offensive.]
The version that I have posted does not include the last few seconds of the video. If you have watched the video, you know that it is primarily a parody of boy bands. The original version has one of the soldiers being violently hit by a truck at the very end. The version embedded in my post is from youtube.com. If you would like to see the original version it is HERE.
Kosovo
to the tune of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo"
by the Norwegian Army Telemark battalion
Croatia, Albania, somewhere near Romania
It's Euro, and NATO, why the hell do we go
Pristinia, blew up, huh? Head for Macedonia
I'll race ya...
Somewhere far overseas
There's a place called Kosovo
That's where you don't want to go
If you're Albanian at all
Protecting human rights
Air strikes and firefights
And we'll be dropping our bombs
Wherever Serbian bad guys hide
Just up from Kosovo
Somalia, Grenada,
Or rescuing Kuwait-a
We screwed ya Rwanda
Wish we coulda helped ya
Iraqi embargo
That's where we got hustled
Ooo so now we're helping out in Kosovo
We'll kick (kiss?) some ass and then we'll see how it goes
And then we really don't know
Good luck to Kosovo
Mi-lo-se-vic
You sorry son of a bitch
[musical interlude]
Every time we go
To little places like Kosovo
We never really know
What happens after we go
Tough luck for Kosovo
Croatia, Albania, somewhere near Romania
It's Euro, and NATO, why the hell do we go
Pristinia, blew up, huh? Head for Macedonia
Oooo from Macedonia down to Kosovo
We'll kick their ass and then we'll see how it goes
And then we really don't know
That sucks for Kosovo
Somalia, Grenada,
Or rescuing Kuwait-a
We screwed ya Rwanda
Wish we coulda helped ya
Iraqi embargo
How it ends we don't know...
In case you missed it somehow, here is the famous Is This the Way to Armadillo by the British Royal Dragoon Guards
2 comments:
That's really good...the parody actually sounds just like "Kokomo." I love that line, "We screwed ya Rawanda. Wish we coulda helped ya."
Good stuff.
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When I first watched it, I thought it was the Beach Boys -- amazing that they could write those great lyrics and then sing them so perfectly.
Vanvittig bra, gutter - mye bedre enn originalen med Beach Boys. Dere er skikkelig sexy også. Gjør meg stolt av å være norsk.
Stå på! Monica
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