Dengue Fever — Uku
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(in Khmer)
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
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Love it. Thank you RP. This one has been one of my favorites for years thanks to RP!
meanderer wrote:
I find those hits are usually smaaaaaaaashes...
This is why I love RP...
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
I find those hits are usually smaaaaaaaashes...
Cool song, for sure, but I seem to hear it almost every day...
Dammit Radioparadise, another kerching in the Bandcamp coffers, lol
Psychedelic Rock with Khmer language hits different.
sfoster66 wrote:
GOOD RIDDANCE! Don't come back! ...this way we will never have to hear your drivel again!!
I've listened to RP for years, pretty much from its launch, back when William and Rebbeca lived in Paradise and the web site had that very cute shot of them sitting on a rock and welcoming everyone. I've been a supporter over the years when we could afford it but being on a disability income due to medical issues means that just isn't possible anymore....
That being said, I'm out. No one will care. I get it. But seriously, there is no value in having to endure this absolute crap. I love so many of the experiences that RP has allowed me as the soundtrack of my life, but no more. I don't go to restaurants that serve me food that I hate, even if the appys are delish. With all of the music and entertainment options available in this world, why would anyone endure 5 more minutes of this?
So, gang, this is the divorce. You left your damn dirty socks on the bedroom floor one too many times...and they smelled like Dengue Fever.
GOOD RIDDANCE! Don't come back! ...this way we will never have to hear your drivel again!!
sfyi2001 wrote:
និងពូ
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ . . . !
MOTHRA!
And associated mini girls.
និងពូ
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ . . . !
MOTHRA!
And associated mini girls.
និងពូ
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ . . . !
BIG fan of everything this band has produced.
sfoster66 wrote:
From looking at your music likes, you seem averse to world music. We won't miss you, buh-bye.
Oh... and you could have easily hit the PSD button to get something you do like... but it's obvious you wanted to make a scene.
I've listened to RP for years, pretty much from its launch, back when William and Rebbeca lived in Paradise and the web site had that very cute shot of them sitting on a rock and welcoming everyone. I've been a supporter over the years when we could afford it but being on a disability income due to medical issues means that just isn't possible anymore....
That being said, I'm out. No one will care. I get it. But seriously, there is no value in having to endure this absolute crap. I love so many of the experiences that RP has allowed me as the soundtrack of my life, but no more. I don't go to restaurants that serve me food that I hate, even if the appys are delish. With all of the music and entertainment options available in this world, why would anyone endure 5 more minutes of this?
So, gang, this is the divorce. You left your damn dirty socks on the bedroom floor one too many times...and they smelled like Dengue Fever.
From looking at your music likes, you seem averse to world music. We won't miss you, buh-bye.
Oh... and you could have easily hit the PSD button to get something you do like... but it's obvious you wanted to make a scene.
I could actually tell this was Cambodian somehow. LOL Thanks to my Cambodian friends, I guess.
Hypnotic and awesome. Flows like silk.
It's amazing how the bass line holds this whole song together, through all the transitions.
Any one that's spent time on the rice farms of SE Asia will appreciate Dengue Fever: They do a great job at fusing SE Asia music with the psychedelic West. It's out of this world!
I've tried listening to this several times. I even listed to the end this time.
Still sucko-barfo.
Still sucko-barfo.
I had this marked as a 4. It's better late at night. -->7
Easyrider wrote:
I Agree! That is one of the reasons we are here! Thanx RP!
Thank you Radio Paradise for exposing me to some wonderful music that I would never have come across on any other radio station and my music library is more enriched as well as my knowledge
I Agree! That is one of the reasons we are here! Thanx RP!
I never seem to tire of this tune.
Great pick RP! Their Sleepwalking Through The Mekong gets all the love but I think this one is their best track to date.
timmus wrote:
Noooo! No eliminating Sophie! She rocks!
I've thought a bit about this over the past several years of RP. They do seem to rotate through a few hundred "anchor songs" like this one to help establish the sound of the station. Without that they'd be more of an experimental radio channel and there would be no concept of favorites among the community.
However I do think they've hammered "Le Vent Nous Portera" a little too hard... that one needs to go I think.
Thank you Radio Paradise for exposing me to some wonderful music that I would never have come across on any other radio station and my music library is more enriched as well as my knowledge
meanderer wrote:
Me too. Late 60s in merchant Marines bring supplies to Vietnam, and lucky to have a radio system to pick up all sorts of stations, and grew to love what I was hearing in the far east Pacific. Though I did not understand the lyrics, the music rocked my soul!
This is why I love RP...
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
Me too. Late 60s in merchant Marines bring supplies to Vietnam, and lucky to have a radio system to pick up all sorts of stations, and grew to love what I was hearing in the far east Pacific. Though I did not understand the lyrics, the music rocked my soul!
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Still a 2 for me. It's so repetitive and predictable.
Still a 2 for me. It's so repetitive and predictable.
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Still a 2 for me. It's so repetitive and predictable.
Still a 2 for me. It's so repetitive and predictable.
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Proclivities wrote:
I'm waiting for Mumford and Sons to take a crack at it.
Cool, this is much better than the Billy Joel version.
I'm waiting for Mumford and Sons to take a crack at it.
Southeast Asian rock was a pretty big thing in the 60's & 70's, mostly born from the influence of American GI's and the music they brought to the region.
Dengue Fever is keeping the genre going with their modern tastes. It may be an acquired taste, but to me its always a fun adventure.
Dengue Fever is keeping the genre going with their modern tastes. It may be an acquired taste, but to me its always a fun adventure.
The music of Dengue Fever is featured in the play 'Cambodian Rock Band' by Lauren Yee. Saw it in Ashland, Oregon as a part of the Shakespearean festival. It was AMAZING. If you get a chance to see this play, go.
Went to give this a 1, I already have.
Luckily, the lyrics are in Khmer...
crap
stretcher wrote:
Best comment.
Even better than Take That version
Best comment.
Even better than Take That version
Proclivities wrote:
Best comment.
Cool, this is much better than the Billy Joel version.
Best comment.
The intro sounded like Richard Thompson.
I just Googled 'Dengue' because i didn't know what it meant, and it came up with this this:-.
"Dengue is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes". (not funny, i'm sure)
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and then it said:-
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"Can you survive dengue fever? Most people recover within a week or so"
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so if you're not digging it, you'll probably be fine in a week or two.
I still can't decide if i do or not though...
It's interesting looking at the Dengue Fever plays on Radio Paradise. Two thirds of their content is rated 5.5 or below. The tracks definitely seem to be a love or hate thing.
This is a talented band and this tune is amazingly groovy good feeling. Fuck you haters
Proclivities wrote:
Priceless!!
Cool, this is much better than the Billy Joel version.
Priceless!!
coloradojohn wrote:
I just love the regular pulse of the bass - it seems to give the rest of the band all the room in the world to play...and sing...their hearts out. Nice stuff.
This exotic jam is about as intense as it gets... I adore its fearlessness! It rocks right out and radiates its sultry Southeast Asian vibe...
I just love the regular pulse of the bass - it seems to give the rest of the band all the room in the world to play...and sing...their hearts out. Nice stuff.
timmus wrote:
I heard
"I'd Love To Change The World" (Ten Years After)
"Zeitgeist", 2x speed version; Black Sabbath.
not Neil
I wonder if anyone's hearing a bit of Neil Young's "Southern Man" in the guitar riff.
I heard
"I'd Love To Change The World" (Ten Years After)
"Zeitgeist", 2x speed version; Black Sabbath.
not Neil
I wonder if anyone's hearing a bit of Neil Young's "Southern Man" in the guitar riff.
flute soundin like Herbie Mann here. a good thing
sfoster66 wrote:
So many new, interesting artists in this world to explore and we keep getting this played better than once a week for ten freakin' years...really? Really really?
I've thought a bit about this over the past several years of RP. They do seem to rotate through a few hundred "anchor songs" like this one to help establish the sound of the station. Without that they'd be more of an experimental radio channel and there would be no concept of favorites among the community.
However I do think they've hammered "Le Vent Nous Portera" a little too hard... that one needs to go I think.
I wish Bill would stop playing this so much. Kinda sucks imho
Up next something from Saturday Night Fever...
coloradojohn wrote:
The story of the genesis and evolution of the band (per the Wikipedia article over there) is way cool, too.
This exotic jam is about as intense as it gets... I adore its fearlessness! It rocks right out and radiates its sultry Southeast Asian vibe...
The story of the genesis and evolution of the band (per the Wikipedia article over there) is way cool, too.
fantastic though I don't understand what the song is about but in my mind I have made up my own thoughts on what it is saying and I am not telling anyone.. emotional & also uplifting at the same time..
rated 9
rated 9
So many new, interesting artists in this world to explore and we keep getting this played better than once a week for ten freakin' years...really? Really really?
sfoster66 wrote:
I'm sure that information (along with the odd attempts at insults (I guess)) will come in handy some day.
And with that, I'll leave the "enlightened" behind for y'all to revel in your musical wokeness...off to a provider that can suggest some music based on my likes/dislikes...cause this I really dislike...
I'm sure that information (along with the odd attempts at insults (I guess)) will come in handy some day.
Killer beat and a rockin' flute jam. What's not to love?
And with that, I'll leave the "enlightened" behind for y'all to revel in your musical wokeness...off to a provider that can suggest some music based on my likes/dislikes...cause this I really dislike...
He can say that if he wants to!
Thanks RP. This song makes me different, I feel better.
I rate 20 !
I rate 20 !
loungelizard48 wrote:
I looked it up and the delicate finger one means 'flower' and the other is 'leaf'. They are dance gestures.
Is this just before your partner kills and eats you?
I looked it up and the delicate finger one means 'flower' and the other is 'leaf'. They are dance gestures.
Remember MASH, the movie? Tokyo Shoeshine Boy!
and i’m a 52 year old slightly overweight in the middle doing cultural appropriated finger dance and sway… 🤣
OH I love this one - turning it up to dance!
Proclivities wrote:
Bill read your comment on air Proc!
Congrats - Your transformation to RP superstar status is complete!!
Cool, this is much better than the Billy Joel version.
Bill read your comment on air Proc!
Congrats - Your transformation to RP superstar status is complete!!
I saw this band live several years ago -- one of many concerts I never would have attended were it not for RP. It was a fairly intimate venue. Toward the end of the performance, many of the Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans in the audience got on stage and did the most elegant finger and hand movements along with the music. Happy and magical.
Chhom Nimol is a boss.
KeithBrofsky wrote:
English version according to Google -
This is the windy season that made me think of my village
I think of old people, young aunts
And uncle
We used to run, play, hide and seek
But now we are far apart
So far apart
The lyrics are great!
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
English version according to Google -
This is the windy season that made me think of my village
I think of old people, young aunts
And uncle
We used to run, play, hide and seek
But now we are far apart
So far apart
I love this more every time I hear it… bravo Bill and Rebecca for exposing me to new musical influences all the time!
The lyrics are great!
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
នេះជារដូវធ្លាក់ខ្យល់បានធ្វើឱ្យខ្ញុំគិតថាភូមិខ្ញុំ
ខ្ញុំគិតពីមនុស្សចាស់យុវជនមីង
និងពូ
យើងធ្លាប់រត់លេងលាក់និងស្វែងរក
ប៉ុន្តែឥឡូវនេះយើងមាននៅឆ្ងាយដាច់ពីគ្នា
មកដល់ពេលនេះដាច់ពីគ្នា
"Dancing at my standing desk!" --- A very 2020/21 comment.
ginger wrote:
ginger wrote:
I remember when Bill first started playing this several years ago (probably 2011 when it first came out) and he said he knew it wasn't everyone's cup of tea. He was right (and of course there is NO song that everyone loves) but I'm officially putting this in the Quite Likable (7) category. It took a while, but it grew on me! Dancing at my standing desk! 
I remember when Bill first started playing this several years ago (probably 2011 when it first came out) and he said he knew it wasn't everyone's cup of tea. He was right (and of course there is NO song that everyone loves) but I'm officially putting this in the Quite Likable (7) category. It took a while, but it grew on me! Dancing at my standing desk!
Man I listen to RP a lot...like a lot, a lot...at home, at work....and this is the one frickin' track that continues to get regular play than just makes my ears bleed....I know, I know..."I don't get it"...ok, so I'm a musical heathen but OMG....surely it doesn't need 6 plays a month ffs....
Excellent groove to this bass line. So understated, but it carries the song.
I love the axe (real or imagined).
meanderer wrote:
SOOOOO agreed!
This is why I love RP...
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
SOOOOO agreed!
Used to like this but fed up with it now, seems every time I listen to RP they’re playing this Denge.
Am I that unlucky!
pclancey wrote:
I looked it up and the delicate finger one means 'flower' and the other is 'leaf'. They are dance gestures.
Does anyone know what the significance is of the gesture she's making with her hands?
I looked it up and the delicate finger one means 'flower' and the other is 'leaf'. They are dance gestures.
Does anyone know what the significance is of the gesture she's making with her hands?
After all these years of avoiding it, I think I'm finally catching the Dengue Fever.
Sounded like someone was killing a cat
Nice bit of dub.
Pretty clever of Bill to play this Cambodian-derived song right after the soundbite of a woman saying "Thank you for listening" in Thai (as far as I can tell).
Love this one.
Love this one.
Google translated to
This is the windy season that made me think of my village
I think of old people, young aunts
And uncle
We used to run, play, hide and seek
But now we are far apart
So far apart
Whenever this comes on I get fooled into thinking it's going to be "No Church In The Wild" by Phil Manzanera and Sonia Barnardo. That notion is quickly dispelled once the vocals start but that track itself has an interesting origin. If you're interested in the details, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61-wcM9sQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61-wcM9sQo
I love this song. I've been to southeast Asia many times and this transports me there in such a wonderful, dreamy way.
Yeppers... RP is the place... Only have heard this song here... music like this caresses my soul! Thanks
Junior Kimbrough with super sexy frontwoman. I'll take that all day. 
Thank you, Bill and RP for treating my ears to such a gem! I loved it, and I don't think I could hear wonderful Inuit, Mongolian and Cambodian music that I have heard on here in the last two days anywhere else. Giving this a ten because wow!
not know meaning but like the melody
Over played! Used to like them but now can't get away from them, too much of a good thing. Give us a break, RP.
Sunsabitches. Just when you think you know it all, you hear something like this, and it humbles the hell out of you. I love this. LLRP - thank you Bill!
I really like this track
That's kind of weird. I like it!
Wow. Love this tune. First listen right here.
meanderer wrote:
Exactly, and this one, a 9, is one of the 'I really like this track from a band I wouldn't have known about without RP; Long Live RP and getting turned onto previously unknown bands!!
This is why I love RP...
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
Exactly, and this one, a 9, is one of the 'I really like this track from a band I wouldn't have known about without RP; Long Live RP and getting turned onto previously unknown bands!!
Lyrics, as translated by Google:
This was a windy season
made me think of my village
I think of older people, young aunts
And uncle
We used to run,
hide and seek
But now we are far apart
So far apart
This was a windy season
made me think of my village
I think of older people, young aunts
And uncle
We used to run,
hide and seek
But now we are far apart
So far apart
It finally grew on me. Amazing power!
This is why I love RP...
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
Not for the chunk of music that I know and like, but for the HUGE collection of music that I never would have come across!!!
Sure, I don't like it all, but the 'hits' are way more frequent than the 'misses'
I love the mix. Been a long time since I heard Cambodian lyrics. Thanks for playing!
matchlessman wrote:
Matchless I agree betwen this and WFMU I have found myself listening to fantastic music, Bill don’t know where you find fantastic music but keep on doing it
Long live Radio Paradise! I keep discovering such amazing music thanks to you :)
Matchless I agree betwen this and WFMU I have found myself listening to fantastic music, Bill don’t know where you find fantastic music but keep on doing it
Long live Radio Paradise! I keep discovering such amazing music thanks to you :)
sfoster66 wrote:
If you can't "tap your toes" to this you may have a diminished sense of rhythm or are just not paying attention. Whether one can "sing along" or "enjoy" the song are other matters, but there is certainly a pronounced rhythm to this song.
Yes, okay, so you "get" this and you are way superior...okay, kudos. But really, can you tap your toes or sing along or enjoy? Eff no. Yuck. Dilly-dilly.
If you can't "tap your toes" to this you may have a diminished sense of rhythm or are just not paying attention. Whether one can "sing along" or "enjoy" the song are other matters, but there is certainly a pronounced rhythm to this song.
Kampuchean Rock? Only on RP 
7 -> 8 BTW
7 -> 8 BTW
Way better than the Yoko Ono wailing I listened to at an art exhibit today!
There is a lot of very cool music out there, if you are not xenophobic enough to listen.
Another cool find thanks to RP!
Very cool.
Yes, okay, so you "get" this and you are way superior...okay, kudos. But really, can you tap your toes or sing along or enjoy? Eff no. Yuck. Dilly-dilly.
Proclivities wrote:
OK, thanks, that's the biggest laugh I've had today.
Cool, this is much better than the Billy Joel version.
OK, thanks, that's the biggest laugh I've had today.
Cool, this is much better than the Billy Joel version.
At a friends place listening to RP, God I love this particular Dengue Fever song.......Funny...whenever I mention this group to people they go "huh? 
Pity the fools.......lol
Pity the fools.......lol Proclivities wrote:
It is a custom-made instrument, which was apparently used on this track.
Amazing, thanks for finding that. I was genuinely curious.
It is a custom-made instrument, which was apparently used on this track.
Amazing, thanks for finding that. I was genuinely curious.
Stefen wrote:
It is a custom-made instrument, which was apparently used on this track.
Is that a legit musical instrument in the photo?
It is a custom-made instrument, which was apparently used on this track.
maboleth wrote:
This song is a guilty pleasure. It so annoys me, in a way that I want to hear it more! Nuts.
Don't worry, the song will pull you into a coma soon...
This song is a guilty pleasure. It so annoys me, in a way that I want to hear it more! Nuts.
I agree with everything that she sings
Is that a legit musical instrument in the photo?
markybx wrote:
Oh no
Rp has recovered
Oh no
Rp has recovered
AnchorMan wrote:
Oh no
Looks like Radio Paradise has died from Dengue Fever!
Oh no
Looks like Radio Paradise has died from Dengue Fever!
This track has never happened for me, mainly because of the vocals, but I brave the elements and resist the PSD button everytiiiiiiimmmmmmeeeeee
rpdevotee wrote:
Love this band and this song!
It was part of the SF International Film Festival curated by an amazing guy name Sean...I was there and worked on it. Also got to hang out with them during the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in SF 2008.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cidfoto/2567006616/in/photolist-4UQzCL-4ULmLM-9iKhGf-7RJjhx-WYUxjh-LLU5Jb
I love this band!
I saw Dengue Fever in a once-in-a-lifetime live musical performance in San Francisco a few years back. They performed their own live sound track to the famous sci-fi classic "The Lost World". The band was there playing down front in the movie theater as the movie showed to a full audience. They played their own original composed music for the movie and it was choreographed perfectly. What an experience!
I saw Dengue Fever in a once-in-a-lifetime live musical performance in San Francisco a few years back. They performed their own live sound track to the famous sci-fi classic "The Lost World". The band was there playing down front in the movie theater as the movie showed to a full audience. They played their own original composed music for the movie and it was choreographed perfectly. What an experience!
Love this band and this song!
It was part of the SF International Film Festival curated by an amazing guy name Sean...I was there and worked on it. Also got to hang out with them during the opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in SF 2008.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cidfoto/2567006616/in/photolist-4UQzCL-4ULmLM-9iKhGf-7RJjhx-WYUxjh-LLU5Jb
I can't help but love this quirky, multi-ethnic group! Their full-on jamming and wailing remind me of the dangdut music that was all the rage when I was exploring Sumatra, Bali, and Java in the late '80s, with wild guitar distortion and a Classical Indian tabla beat behind it all. I was in a car on the way here to Boulder with a gal I'd just met in Denver a couple years ago when Dengue Fever came on as she put in a party-mix tape she brought along. I said, "YOU KNOW DENGUE FEVER?!" She grabbed my hand and said, "Oh, I absolutely adore them!" and at the time, it seemed we would, and should, be married. But, like the theme of this song, now we are far apart, and I don't think it will happen...but in any case, I am hoping that I will get to see this amazing groupful of passionate talent play live one day!
It is not a co-incidence that I commented years ago when this first came out that the title meant "float;" I was living in Tokyo during a ten-year stint there as part of my 20 years in Japan (also 2 in Shizuoka, 8 in Ishikawa)...furthermore, I agree with the following translation:
———
Uku
This is a breeze that made me think of my village
I think of my aunt and uncle
We used to run and play hide and seek
But now we are far apart...
So far apart...
——
I agree... freaking amazing. 'Uku' means 'float' in Japanese... 浮く. I wonder if that's where the song name come from - suits this track!
coloradojohn wrote:
I agree... freaking amazing. 'Uku' means 'float' in Japanese... 浮く. I wonder if that's where the song name come from - suits this track!
This exotic jam is about as intense as it gets... I adore its fearlessness! It rocks right out and radiates its sultry Southeast Asian vibe...
I agree... freaking amazing. 'Uku' means 'float' in Japanese... 浮く. I wonder if that's where the song name come from - suits this track!
coloradojohn wrote:
It is quite cool, nice vibe indeed; sweet guitar sound too.
This exotic jam is about as intense as it gets... I adore its fearlessness! It rocks right out and radiates its sultry Southeast Asian vibe...
It is quite cool, nice vibe indeed; sweet guitar sound too.
While I'm one of those who 'doesn't get' this, music like it is the reason I love RP - never know what comes next.
The windy season makes me think of my village
I think of the old people, young people, aunts
and uncles
We used to run and play, hide and seek
But now we are far apart
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Far apart
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