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Remember when everyone on the internet was a 16 year old girl?

PissOnYourParade — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:11:33 -0800

I have no idea who this dude is, but some of us are born with karaoke skills, some of us are not. (Warning: Flash or Quicktime or Something)

By: mosch

mosch — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:23:00 -0800

stfu.

By: cmonkey

cmonkey — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:23:53 -0800

That's not karaoke: he's not singing, just lip-synching.

By: schroedinger

schroedinger — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:29:06 -0800

It just isn't the same without the hip mixes and grand finale.

By: PissOnYourParade

PissOnYourParade — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:32:02 -0800

holy crap schroedinger. Thats all, just holy crap.

By: evilcupcakes

evilcupcakes — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:40:15 -0800

It just isn't the same without the hip mixes and grand finale. OMG THANK YOU schroedinger! I have been looking all over for that video for WEEKS now! As a friend commented when I showed that video to her, "It rubs the lotion on it's skin or else it gets the hose again". *shudder*

By: Simon!

Simon! — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:04:33 -0800

This guy is so awesome. Not in an ironic way. Dude's got moves.

By: full_stop

full_stop — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:05:52 -0800

So much worse than badger, badger...and yet so strangely compelling. I will now be washing my eyes and ears out with soap.

By: borkingchikapa

borkingchikapa — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:30:16 -0800

What the hell is that song called? I heard it all summer long in Europe, but now that I'm in the US I haven't heard it once.

By: sbutler

sbutler — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:34:52 -0800

Simon: I agree. I just about lost it when he suddenly threw his arms up in the air.

By: thedevildancedlightly

thedevildancedlightly — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:44:53 -0800

Who loves this video? This guy!

By: Ljubljana

Ljubljana — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 01:16:38 -0800

What the hell is that song called? The man most directly responsible is ~~Miles Bennet Dyson, director of Special Projects at Cyberdyne Systems~~ O-Zone, a boy band from Moldova. The song is called Dragostea din tei. (Love Under the Lime Tree)

By: sour cream

sour cream — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 02:03:55 -0800

So it's Romanian! My first guess was Brazilian Portuguese, although that didn't fit the music at all. Mayya hiii! Mayya huu! Mayya hoo! Mayya haha!!

By: zorro astor

zorro astor — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 02:04:14 -0800

Who exactly is that fat kid video that devil posted? I've always been curious about that.

By: trey

trey — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 06:26:27 -0800

I never thought I'd see that kid on MeFi.

By: TuffAustin

TuffAustin — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:15:26 -0800

They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

By: picea

picea — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:22:17 -0800

The best thing about this video is the first few seconds where the guy stretches his mouth out to unhuman proportions. I think he must belong to a subsecies of homo sapiens that can unhinge their jaws and swallow live chickens whole.

By: TwelveTwo

TwelveTwo — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:31:45 -0800

It would be better if they didn't have those stupid images flashing over it.

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:43:06 -0800

holy crap schroedinger. Thats all, just holy crap. No kidding. I'd say schroedinger pissed on PissOnYourParades's parade...

By: Oyéah

Oyéah — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 07:52:50 -0800

I recently joined a blog, and chose my country of origin to be Moldova. Now I know why, the Moldovan dudes are so fine. They have all the moves, and can apparently store a years supply of food within their bodies; making them excellent traveling companions. The passion, the passion....

By: p3t3

p3t3 — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 08:08:00 -0800

My first newbie comment. Signing up after 4 yrs lurking, but promise not to post stupid FPPs ;) There was a thread on this same song today on a Japanese site where I found plenty more useless yet related info. Apparently this song caught on in Japan and spawned numerous flash animations from the likes of 2ch and friends. A few of them. Also, here is a translation of the lyrics.

By: socratic

socratic — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 08:15:45 -0800

And here I thought Romanian was one (and the most unexpectly located) of the Romance languages. Italian, Spanish, and even French are somewhat accessible after my 8 years of Latin study (lo those many years ago), but I couldn't make heads or tails of that. Dude has moves though... Dude has moves...

By: signal

signal — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 08:15:51 -0800

What's the story of that song? There's a spanish version where the chorus goes "marica tu, marica yo" etc., which means "fag you, fag me". The video is 2 overweight (apparently-) gay men singing the song while a bunch of steroetypical buff leather-men prance around them. Where does this majestic cultural product originate?

By: cgk

cgk — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 08:18:05 -0800

Thanks p3t3, check out the Google ad that appeared under the translated lyrics: Learn Romanian in 3 hours No tedious memorization. The words stick in your memory without effort

By: Armitage Shanks

Armitage Shanks — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 08:36:12 -0800

From popbitch: The biggest record in Europe this year has come out of Romania. Moldovan boyband O Zone (Dan, Radu and Arsenie) spend their 9th week in the top ten with Dragostea Din Tea despite virtually no press, marketing budget or TV appearances. In France there are five different versions of the song in the top 20, and the cover by Haiducci is itself the fifth biggest record in Europe this summer.

By: Extopalopaketle

Extopalopaketle — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:34:50 -0800

feh. He's got a profile on Friendster (login req), sort of. A bunch of us had a little thing to see who could find out who he was first. Here's the best we could find out, so far.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:59:36 -0800

I'm relieved to know that I am not closely connected to Wolfgang.

By: modernsquid

modernsquid — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:09:30 -0800

isnt there ANOTHER video with this exact song with SOME OTHER guy? no? am i wrong? dammit....

By: psmealey

psmealey — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:27:09 -0800

btw, that stfu link posted by mosch is the funniest thing I've seen in weeks.

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:33:00 -0800

I loved this on every level.

By: daHIFI

daHIFI — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 10:57:12 -0800

modernsquid, the other video was posted here about a month ago, it had a 40ish bald headed man who was really singing the song and prancing about. It was much funnier than this clip and way disturbing. and WTF is that Fiona Apple clip? Is that her grammy acceptance speech? No wonder she fell off the earth.

By: jefbla

jefbla — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:00:39 -0800

Here's one [video] of a guy singing along with that same song. Funny in a stupid way, especially when the guy goes nuts at the end.

By: jefbla

jefbla — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:12:04 -0800

Oh, I probably just posted the one daHIFI was referring to.

By: wbm$tr

wbm$tr — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:16:58 -0800

fat kid makes video; posts on internet the people lap it up like kittens another internet love story

By: chrid

chrid — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:18:14 -0800

Let's all post the same video again and again without checking anyone else's links. Actually that's a very funny video.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:31:03 -0800

Here's the actual group doing more or less the same thing with slightly higher production values. Based on this limited sampling I'd say that Romanian boybands are rather less repellant and quite a bit more listenable then the sort we grow 'round here.

By: Armitage Shanks

Armitage Shanks — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:39:16 -0800

and WTF is that Fiona Apple clip? It's Janeane Garofalo's parody of Fiona Apple's speech at the MTV Video Music Awards.

By: jefbla

jefbla — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 12:19:59 -0800

That song perfectly sits the fence between extremely catchy versus extremely annoying. I'm gonna have to listen to Yatta to wipe it out of my mind.

By: punishinglemur

punishinglemur — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:10:05 -0800

I've been told there's a copy of this without those damn random images. Anyone have a link?

By: sfslim

sfslim — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:45:11 -0800

Punishing Lemur: There was, and IMO it was much funnier. That kid can lipsynch like a mofo, and some of his best, LOL-inducing moments (like the eyebrow move), are ruined by the addition of that yahoo's still frames. Coolest. Fat Kid on the Internets. Evah. (This week.)

By: sourbrew

sourbrew — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 15:56:43 -0800

I am also not closely connected to wolfgang, but he is only 5 users away.... wtf man wtf....

By: davy

davy — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 18:26:36 -0800

I can't for the life of me get any sound from this Flash thing. How would I fix that? Oh by the way, I'm hard-of-hearing and very tone deaf; I've heard my attempts at singing are painful to hear. Who wants an mp3?

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:06:50 -0800

p3t3: Holy fuck, if you speak Japanese, those links are awesome! I'm crying and my throat really hurts from laughing so much.

By: punishinglemur

punishinglemur — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:57:50 -0800

Now without those damn images. Choose anything but "original version," that's the one with the crap.

By: jackiemcghee

jackiemcghee — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 02:57:49 -0800

The original Fiona Apple speech is here (Real media).

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:02:55 -0800

It is not often that something makes me glad that I am an American living in America, but that this is not the number one record here is something to be happy for. I thought US radio was bad until I lived abroad...