Japanese Romanian Hip Hop by The Mike Penny Orchestra! (Sou Da Ne, Pt. III) 津軽三味線

MPO gets ya blood pumping again with an off-da-hook geamparale (Romanian dance in 7/8 meter)! Enjoy this short but conclusive third installment to the Sou Da Ne Suite.
Big thanks to Jennifer Moulton (camera/hair stylist) and Christina Noland (sweet moves) for helping us out with this one!

Download "Jaa" (Sou Da Ne, Pt. 3) here: http://themikepennyorchestra.bandcamp.com/track/ja-sou-da-ne-pt-iii

Cast:

Christina Noland - fly girl fantastic
Tabitha Winifred Ross - Japanese speaking woman
Adam Stacey (Youtube username: Vorticose) - accordion
Mike Penny - Tsugaru shamisen, vox

Lyrics (in case you were wondering what the hell I'm saying):



(Japanese convo)

Tabitha Winifred Ross: Jaa/Well, then
Red-Headed Guy: Mou/Enough already
TWR: Genkai desu ne/We've taken this as far as we can, wouldn't ya say?
RHG: Hontou da/Yeah, it's true
TWR: Jaa/Well, then
RHG: Jaa/Well, then
TWR: Bai bai/Bye bye
RHG: Shi yuu reetaa/See you later

(rap)

Talkin' about life

Talkin' about things

Talkin' about three flavorful strings


Talkin' about that which you know least

Educatin' you from the point of view of an artist

You thought you were the smartest when it came to composin'
but
I was busy honin' my skillz while you were dozin'


Admittedly, I'm waxin' self-congratulatory
but
Hear me out
It's not about me
It's 'bout the story of


Little Ginger Mike

Pickin' up the spike lute

In pursuit of new sounds

In spite o' the copious frowns incurred


It's not that people weren't down

They just thought I's a clown

Which I am but that don't mean
I can't write a round...



(canon ensues)



So much love and respect to the real shamisen heroes

The Takahashi Chikuzans and the Gunpachiros

And countless others bringin' the real Tsugaru flavor
Fukushi and the Nittas are ones you gotta savor

Yo! Kmetz and I are blowin' up in the Chito-Shan

Rockin' Mugen 21s made by Katoh san


Never disrespectin', just tryin' to have some fun

We got Abbot and Reimer representin' the (831)


We are the crew who you knew would never take a breather from

writin' the futuristic licks hotter than a fever

Some haters they be sayin' we just playin' it like guitar

Exploitin' the Japanese culture and takin' it too far


I see where they comin' from but I disagree

Of course! Respect tradition but simultaneously you can
DO YOUR THING
And what we bringin' is steamin' on these three little strings

I'm out

Category:

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• 津軽三味線
• Japanese
• Leaving
• Forever
• ja
• hip
• hop
• 90s
• 80s
• Tsugaru
• shamisen
• Kevin
• Kmetz
• shamikami
• Bed
• intruder
• cover
• geamparale
• gypsy
• balkan

[88coldsummer]

Ohhh, Tabitha W. Ross ...where could she be? Haven't see her for a while in youtube.

[mikepenny01]

@88coldsummer Funny you should mention her. TWR just finished shooting her part for the next MPO video, so stay tuned!

[mikepenny01]

Ha. I am gladdened by your comment! Yea, Kazakhstan (but actually Glod, Romania). Both countries have amazing musical traditions like, for instance, the geamparale form (Romania) that this tune is written in. I'm the biggest sucker for almost anything written in that form.

Alright guys, well thanks so much for watching the Sou Da Ne Suite! We did it! Thanks to you, we've managed to raise enough to SAVE THE MAX!

[rudyiking]

Man, I can't get over this song!!!!

I think I've listened to it like 50 times in one week.

[psychobot]

this is funky as hell!

[DoggyHelpChannel]

SHES NOT ROMANIAN!! I PERSONALLY KNOW HER!!!

[skriber]

Shee You Reta !!!!

[lckbastard]

1:07 asaskjsajkas! nice

[DBogable]

CLAP CLAP CLAP

[Al3xt3hgr43t]

This confuses me in the best way.

[CEREALK]

it seems like Dave Mustaine smoked up

[elpatiodemicasa]

I´m seriously in love with Christina...:D