Flash mob protest, Seville style
January 24, 2011 5:02 PM Subscribe
Flamenco flash mob stages a protest against a bank: Rumba Rave "banquero" en el Banco de Santander. (via @hrheingold)
News clip (in Spanish)
A protest tutorial (awesome, heh)
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FLO6x8.com - NSFW - Protest sponsors
Another news story in Spanish: Nueva protests flamenca contra la banca or via cryptic Google translation.
News clip (in Spanish)
A protest tutorial (awesome, heh)
More video clips from flo6x8
FLO6x8.com - NSFW - Protest sponsors
Another news story in Spanish: Nueva protests flamenca contra la banca or via cryptic Google translation.
This is neat. Flamenco music and dance has always had this implicit outsider/subversive feel to me, I don't know why. I definitely prefer this to pillow fights.
posted by carter at 5:44 PM on January 24, 2011
posted by carter at 5:44 PM on January 24, 2011
Yeah this is great - STOP IT! STOP IT RIGHT NOW! STOP FLAMENCOING! STOP IT!
posted by carter at 6:02 PM on January 24, 2011
posted by carter at 6:02 PM on January 24, 2011
I agree about the "feel" that flamenco has, carter. I love the woman in the tutorial, the dignity and attitude she has when she dances off that man, who I assume was one of the bankers.
And yes, the security guy in the first clip - everyone just dancing away from him.
posted by madamjujujive at 6:05 PM on January 24, 2011
And yes, the security guy in the first clip - everyone just dancing away from him.
posted by madamjujujive at 6:05 PM on January 24, 2011
BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT???
i don't speak the language, but now i really want to.
posted by artof.mulata at 12:46 AM on January 25, 2011
i don't speak the language, but now i really want to.
posted by artof.mulata at 12:46 AM on January 25, 2011
An anti-banking dance in a bank? That's lovely. And they were encouraged to leave? In another land, dancers might have been treated less charitably.
posted by pracowity at 3:37 AM on January 25, 2011
posted by pracowity at 3:37 AM on January 25, 2011
artof.mulata, my Spanish is very limited. I am good at ordering a glass of cold beer or red wine, please. But as near ad I can glean it's about banks being culprits for the mortgage and financial crisis - and us having to pay for those mistakes.
In the comments:
¿De quién es el dinero que NO hay en el banco? Del españolito.
¿Quién exige una tasación para conceder la hipoteca? El banco.
¿Quién encarga la tasación a la sociedad tasadora? El banco.
¿Quién ofrece más dinero de hipoteca de lo que vale la vivienda? El banco.
¿Quién es el experto en toda la operación? El banco.
¿Quién paga los gastos de tasación que exige y encarga el banco? El españolito.
¿Quién provoca la crisis financiera? El banco.
¿Quién paga TODOS los platos rotos? El españolito.
Google translation:
Who is NO money in the bank? The Spaniard.
Who requires an appraisal to grant the mortgage? The bank.
Who orders the appraisal to the appraiser society? The bank.
Who has more money from mortgage than the home is worth? The bank.
Who is the expert in the whole operation? The bank.
Who pays the costs of appraisal required and instructs the bank? The Spaniard.
Who caused the financial crisis? The bank.
ALL Who pays the piper? The Spaniard.
posted by madamjujujive at 4:30 AM on January 25, 2011
In the comments:
¿De quién es el dinero que NO hay en el banco? Del españolito.
¿Quién exige una tasación para conceder la hipoteca? El banco.
¿Quién encarga la tasación a la sociedad tasadora? El banco.
¿Quién ofrece más dinero de hipoteca de lo que vale la vivienda? El banco.
¿Quién es el experto en toda la operación? El banco.
¿Quién paga los gastos de tasación que exige y encarga el banco? El españolito.
¿Quién provoca la crisis financiera? El banco.
¿Quién paga TODOS los platos rotos? El españolito.
Google translation:
Who is NO money in the bank? The Spaniard.
Who requires an appraisal to grant the mortgage? The bank.
Who orders the appraisal to the appraiser society? The bank.
Who has more money from mortgage than the home is worth? The bank.
Who is the expert in the whole operation? The bank.
Who pays the costs of appraisal required and instructs the bank? The Spaniard.
Who caused the financial crisis? The bank.
ALL Who pays the piper? The Spaniard.
posted by madamjujujive at 4:30 AM on January 25, 2011
Like madamjujujive, I understand almost no Spanish. The bits I got were:
Banquero, banquero, banquero, tú tienes billetes y yo un agujero.
"Banker, banker, banker, you've got money, I'm in the hole."
Banquero, banquero, banquero, tú no tienes nada.
"Banker, banker, banker, you have nothing."
The use of the tú forms of address is intentionally disrespectful, so
"fucking banker" is probably closer.
That's all I got. Hopefully somebody will be nice enough to translate more of it.
I also liked this video. (But couldn't understand it.)
Google garbled the first line of the comment madamjujujive quoted.
¿De quién es el dinero que NO hay en el banco? Del españolito.
"Where does money not in the bank come from? From the little Spaniard."
(The rest of the comment has big words in it.)
posted by nangar at 6:33 AM on January 25, 2011
Banquero, banquero, banquero, tú tienes billetes y yo un agujero.
"Banker, banker, banker, you've got money, I'm in the hole."
Banquero, banquero, banquero, tú no tienes nada.
"Banker, banker, banker, you have nothing."
The use of the tú forms of address is intentionally disrespectful, so
"fucking banker" is probably closer.
That's all I got. Hopefully somebody will be nice enough to translate more of it.
I also liked this video. (But couldn't understand it.)
Google garbled the first line of the comment madamjujujive quoted.
¿De quién es el dinero que NO hay en el banco? Del españolito.
"Where does money not in the bank come from? From the little Spaniard."
(The rest of the comment has big words in it.)
posted by nangar at 6:33 AM on January 25, 2011
Uhm. I garbled it too. It should be:
"Who does the money not in the bank come from?"
posted by nangar at 6:38 AM on January 25, 2011
"Who does the money not in the bank come from?"
posted by nangar at 6:38 AM on January 25, 2011
A little more about the logistics, from the notes to the You Tube video:
Según cuenta, se "compincharon" con una "emisora de radio amiga", y se plantaron en la sede con siete transistores. "En el momento preciso emitieron y bailamos en directo la fantástica rumba 'banquero'".
"They said they 'conspired' with a 'friendly radio station' and positioned themselves at the main office with six portable radios. "They broadcast it at the arranged time, and we danced to the wonderful rumba "Banker' in person."
posted by nangar at 8:54 AM on January 25, 2011
Según cuenta, se "compincharon" con una "emisora de radio amiga", y se plantaron en la sede con siete transistores. "En el momento preciso emitieron y bailamos en directo la fantástica rumba 'banquero'".
"They said they 'conspired' with a 'friendly radio station' and positioned themselves at the main office with six portable radios. "They broadcast it at the arranged time, and we danced to the wonderful rumba "Banker' in person."
posted by nangar at 8:54 AM on January 25, 2011
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Also: very cool. Much more smooooth than these flashmob protesters.
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