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They’re great, never had too much of their stuff but an old mate of mine used to love em. That tunes alright although couldn’t make out the lyrics in places…
Manu Chao is a rock god in most of southern Europe and North Africa, he did two ‘great’ albums, Clandestino and Esperanza, and he produced the best World Music album of the year a couple of years ago, Amadou and Mariam’s Dimanche A Bamako.
This clip is terrific, thanks for pointing us there.
In case you’re wondering, it’s the new single by a band called Manu Chao (never heard of them before).
They’re great, never had too much of their stuff but an old mate of mine used to love em. That tunes alright although couldn’t make out the lyrics in places…
More on them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manu_Chao
nice stuff.. PS transformers rocks
Manu Chao is a rock god in most of southern Europe and North Africa, he did two ‘great’ albums, Clandestino and Esperanza, and he produced the best World Music album of the year a couple of years ago, Amadou and Mariam’s Dimanche A Bamako.
This clip is terrific, thanks for pointing us there.
So long folks… I’ll be jumping on the boat to the Yakeeland tomorrow.
Bye Vikrant!
Some absolutely lovely vans in that video.
Manu Chao is a genius. Anyone that has not heard his albums (mentioned above)..go and buy them. You will not be disappointed.
The video was shot in Buenos Aires..apparently the guys in the clip are from a local mental asylum!