Oh my goodness, this is easily my favorite manele song at the moment. It has not just the all-time manele king, Nicolae Guta but also the wonderful Denisa. Awesome on their own, they are unstoppable when singing together. So without further adieu (click here if it doesn’t load): Singer Romanian Literal English Regular English Denisa De cand ti-ai dat jos mustata From when you have … Continue reading De Cand Ti-Ai Dat Jos Mustata
I’ve been wanting to break down this song for a long time – it’s full of hilarious Gypsy slang and is a funny, silly song by Nicolae Guta. It has ALL the classic elements of a good Guta video: showing off money (wife slipping Euros in her pocket), total over the top brazenness (putting a radar detector on his horse’s muzzle), gypsies dancing and having … Continue reading Deconstructing Manele – Nu-i Carutza Ca Mertanu
Sadly, it’s increasingly rare to see Adi de Vito on Romanian TV these days but at one time he was the universally acclaimed Emperor of Romania. His real name on his passport is Adrian Simionescu, which is a fine and earthy name, but being the showbiz whiz he is (and what a showbiz whiz he is!) he decided early in his career to go by … Continue reading Adrian Minune – The (ex) Emperor of Romania
And people say we Gypsy around! LOL Who are the gypsies? Well you can read the wikipedia article but it isn’t all that informative. If you’re going to visit Romania, you need to know who the gypsies are. The legal, politically correct name is “romany” people (rromi in Romanian) which sounds almost exactly like “Romanian” (romani in Romanian) and confuses the hell out of everybody … Continue reading Hey, hey we’re the gypsies!
Yes ladies and gentlemen, time to learn about Nicolae Guţă (NEEK-OH-LIE GOOTSA), the man who was King of All Romanians before I came along. To understand Romania, you must understand who this man is and the kind of music he sings, known as manele. If you walk up to any normal Romanian and say “hey that manele song is really catchy. It’s got a beat … Continue reading Nicolae Guta, (Ex) King of all Romanians!
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