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What smoking music are you listening to? (2024)

Now for something........shall I say unusual here in North America. If you were on the cutting edge of World music say 15-20 years ago you would have seen the rise of Die Antwoord out of South Africa become one of the biggest selling acts in 3 continents and get almost no mention here. Now I wasn't that tuned in nor do I care for most of what they play but a friend came back raving about them and I have to admit some is intriguing but I did have to dig for it. Nothing worth keeping but still amusing when I run across it.

I think this was their breakout song but I could be wrong.
 
Controversial? Enough that the big chain stores made the record company change it. Can't have toilets corrupting the youth.

According to Wiki:
Five versions of the album cover were produced:
  • No. 1: The original cover features the group in a bathroom, sitting in a bathtub with a toilet in the corner. These were pulled from stores after the toilet was judged indecent; since then they have since become a collector's item, with one copy selling at an auction for $300.]
  • No. 2: Most of the toilet bowl is covered with a scroll listing the presence of "California Dreamin'" on the album.
  • No. 3: Two additional songs from the album are shown on the scroll: "Monday, Monday" and "I Call Your Name".
  • No. 4: Same as No. 3 but with a gold record award blurb added (in black) to the left of the group.
  • No. 5: Black cover with a closely cropped shot of the group that hid the fact that the picture was taken in a bathroom.

    Version 1
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    Version 2
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AVB said:
Now for something........shall I say unusual here in North America. If you were on the cutting edge of World music say 15-20 years ago you would have seen the rise of Die Antwoord out of South Africa become one of the biggest selling acts in 3 continents and get almost no mention here. Now I wasn't that tuned in nor do I care for most of what they play but a friend came back raving about them and I have to admit some is intriguing but I did have to dig for it. Nothing worth keeping but still amusing when I run across it.

I think this was their breakout song but I could be wrong.
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They were different to say the least... When I would hear one of their songs, it always made me think of Grimes, Elon Musk baby momma...

 
AVB said:
Now for something........shall I say unusual here in North America. If you were on the cutting edge of World music say 15-20 years ago you would have seen the rise of Die Antwoord out of South Africa become one of the biggest selling acts in 3 continents and get almost no mention here. Now I wasn't that tuned in nor do I care for most of what they play but a friend came back raving about them and I have to admit some is intriguing but I did have to dig for it. Nothing worth keeping but still amusing when I run across it.

I think this was their breakout song but I could be wrong.
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When Neil Blompkamp was making the movie Chappie, he wanted Die Antwoord, as he was a big fan of the group at the time, to have pivotal roles in the film. Once production happened he quickly regretted it as working with Ninja proved to be a complete nightmare. In post Neil, tried to cut out every scene he could with Ninja without sacrificing the story.
 
TexasTraveler said:
They were different to say the least... When I would hear one of their songs, it always made me think of Grimes, Elon Musk baby momma...

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Gold Star for you. There were so many things in you post I didn't know. I didn't know Musk had a baby momma, didn't know she sang and didn't know that she is in the same vocal range as Yolandi.
 
PaulTra said:
When Neil Blompkamp was making the movie Chappie, he wanted Die Antwoord, as he was a big fan of the group at the time, to have pivotal roles in the film. Once production happened he quickly regretted it as working with Ninja proved to be a complete nightmare. In post Neil, tried to cut out every scene he could with Ninja without sacrificing the story.
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Damn, you're all over this.
 
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