so what's "Gypsy punk", anyway?

OMG what sweet insanity. I got my first Gogol Bordello album (you know, um, that weird punkish Gypsy/Ukrainian band from New York that I just recently discovered... what? ;P). It's called Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony. Seriously. I kid you not. I haven't made that up. And if you think that's somewhat bizarre, just wait till you sample the lyrics. I do realize this particular brand of humor might not be for everyone, but to me it's a riot (I guess I'm twisted enough, then - or maybe I'm just from Eastern Europe... LOL). Anyway... just a few assorted snippets (though I guess I should mention first that the English grammar is somewhat compromised here, possibly on purpose):

that would be grand fun of ironic kind
for your self-collapsing ironic mind
but hey girl we got a cure for you
provided of course you will ever make it through...
let's get radical
and not sporadical
not ironic, sardonic
catatonic, ceremonic
but radical

(from Let's Get Radical)


we wish somebody would just tell us how it is
and when somebody does we just get pissed
we'd rather watch the truth perform reverse-striptease

(from Huliganjetta)


programmed robots are buying and buying
and secluded freaks are still trying trying

(from Through the Roof'n'Underground)


And one song almost in full, because I simply can't resist it. It's called ( Punk Rock Parranda )