Thread: Basement Jaxx "Take Me Back To Your House" video

Video for the Basement Jaxx new song "Take Me Back To Your House":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLeOiDF99Yo (12 Mb)


Quote:..."Take Me Back to Your House", meanwhile, whisks us away to some remote Soviet watering hole populated by dancing Cossacks, dancing bears, and a big dude with a big tank... (quoted from here)

It is not funny, IMHO. The clip is only the stupid collection of stereotypes, that has nothing common with the reality. I wonder if most of Americans still see Russia in a such way?

Originally Posted by Guin

It is not funny, IMHO

А мне понравилось.

Errrm, anyway....

Originally Posted by DagothWarez

Originally Posted by Guin

It is not funny, IMHO

А мне понравилось.

+1
Пляшут здорово!

да таких балалайках я никогда не видел!

Таких балалаек я никогда не видел!
О таких балалайках я никогда не слышал

Originally Posted by Lampada

Таких балалаек я никогда не видел!
О таких балалайках я никогда не слышал

На таких балалайках я никогда не играл!

В таких балалайках я никогда не играл.

O. My. God. ..
It features Vodka, Balalaikas, drunken people wearing шапки-ушанки и шубы, dancing and clothing supposed to be typically russian, taiga, snow, a generic military guy, a tank and even a medved (tm). And a very cute singer IMHO.
SO HOW COULD ONE NOT LIKE IT?

I'm listening to it for the 5th time now and it still gets better. I suppose I am pretty easy to entertain.

To be seriously, for me as a russian (or at least a half-russian) it doesn't seem offensive in no way. During my life in Europe i've never met a person who was thinking of Russia in 'that way'. People drinking much alcohol, a ruined economy/military - yes, sometimes; but kasachok, balaika and polar bears roaming city streets and taking samowars with vodka away from children.. Come on, it's stuff from/for jokes, you will need time to find a person who would be thinking that even a little bit seriously.