{"id":508,"date":"2011-04-13T08:10:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T12:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=508"},"modified":"2011-04-13T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T13:35:16","slug":"video-spotlight-les-wampas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/04\/13\/video-spotlight-les-wampas\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Spotlight: Les Wampas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, NTSIBbers. Today we’re going on a virtual field trip to France! We are going to visit with Les Wampas<\/a>, a punk band that has been around since 1983 but I didn’t know existed until probably about a month ago. And they are fantastic<\/em>. They have become my go-to comfort music at pretty much all times. They do sing in French, but do not let that put you off. My facility with spoken French is approximately that of a very polite toddler, and I don’t find my lack of proficiency and\/or comprehension a barrier to enjoying their music quite thoroughly.<\/p>\n

The first song I am going to share is Manu Chao<\/em>, from Never trust a guy who after having been a punk, is now playing electro<\/em> (2003). It’s a diss track, but it’s a mild one. The lyrics, loosely translated, are along the lines of “If I had as much money as Manu Chao, I would go on lots of vacations” and Manu Chao is another\u00c2\u00a0 European rockstar.<\/p>\n

It’s the track that floated up on shuffle as I was walking to class one night after visiting the 7-11, trying to balance my cup of tea and umbrella at the same time and thinking something along the lines of “Have I lost my brownie again?<\/em>” and I really did stop in the middle of the street, circuits jammed with “What is that?<\/em>“, “Where can I get some more?” and “I need to make it louder right now<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

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Les Wampas - Manu Chao<\/div><\/div>
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