last night's entertainment went above and beyond. the greatest cover band in all of indonesia is called Rande-Vu (i think pronounced rendesvous). They will be performing at my birthday party in Manila if all my dreams come true.
We went to this turkish resto (restaurant) for drinks. there was absolutely nothing turkish about it. the entirely indonesian band consisted of drums, keyboard, base, guitar, and 3 very awesome singers (2 girls, 1 guy). compared to the people i see around, they were the hippest people in indonesia. they then elevated themselves in my mind to most-awesome-band-ever with their first cover: P-I-M-P by 50-Cent. I don't think they spoke much english, but i guarantee they knew every word to this classic. Now, i couldn't understand every word, but lets not split hairs here, i knew what they were getting at. What was the next song? How about some Missy Elliot? "My neck, my back, my !@#$, and my crack." A special bonus to this was the choreographed dance moves my all 3 singers. Just when i was on the phone to all my music agent friends in the states, they broke into "Milkshake" (it brings all the boys to the yard). This was by far better than the original. They then proceeded to go through about every US top-40 hip-hop song since 2002. Unbelievable.
They also took requests. I was hardpressed to think of one they hadn't done yet. Jen's favorite song of all time is "Holla Back Girl" by Gwen Stefani. I wrote this down and handed it to them. The girl didn't understand at first, but the guy quickly said (over the microphone), "oh ya. It my shit. It my shit." about 3 seconds of indonesian talk with the band followed, and they broke into a perfect rendition immediately. wow. I've never been so proud of American culture.
a few quick notes:
-- meghan G is awesome because she knew who sang "East-Bound and Down, Loaded Up and Truckin"
-- Jen is also documenting our travels at http://themanilafolders.blogspot.com/ check it out, especially since i make shit up sometimes.
-- pictures may have been advertised earlier. don't count on it. the europeans around me at the internet shop now exactly what the profanity i've been using means, and its all due to trying to put pics on the blog.
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Ringo: GREAT posts man. I'm glad you're having so much awesomeness over there. I have only one complaint: you rat bastard, you have removed your link to my blog and that is messed up =)
PS My milkshake brings the boys to the yard
Hey sack of shit good to hear all is going well. Bad to hear your hand probably smells like shit right now.
As for the amazing singers I'm not surprised. The songs are pretty entertaining as they are, but to add a bad accent to the mix is priceless. Speaking of mix, I hope you requested some sir mix a lot
Keep up the great posts! I'm jealous of all of your adventures. Thanks for the mad props, yes, of course I'm awesome. Hehe. I hope you've managed a way to find toilet paper. Remind me not to shake your hand next time I see you. Ya know, just in case you give in to the grotesque bathroom customs over there. ;o)
Travel to strange and exotic places and encounter....american culture...arrgh. Hehehe.
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