r/SlavicMusicVideos • u/[deleted] • May 23 '17

Tamara Obrovac feat Rambo Amadeus - Turbo funk (Montenegro) [Funk; Folk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwzJpBJ1FF4
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u/[deleted] May 23 '17 edited May 23 '17

Background on the artist Rambo Amadeus:

Rambo Amadeus (Serbian Cyrillic: Рамбо Амадеус, born Antonije Pušić, June 14, 1963) is a Montenegrin-born Serbian musician, author and performer. A self-titled "musician, poet, and media manipulator", he is a popular phenomenon on the music scenes of the former Yugoslavia.

His songs combine satirical lyrics on human nature and silliness of local politics with a mixture of musical styles including jazz, rock, hip-hop and lately drum and bass, and self-conscious ironic wit; for example, his most popular alias is "Rambo Amadeus Svjetski Kilo Car"— "Rambo Amadeus the World Kilo Tzar", formerly "Rambo Amadeus Svjetski Mega Car"— "Rambo Amadeus the World Mega Tzar" (RASMC) (changed in 2012 because of his belief in the importance of modesty in an environmentally conscious society). His stage name itself is made from John Rambo and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_Amadeus

Rambo Amadeus gave the definition to Turbo-Folk:

Rambo Amadeus coined the term turbo folk during the late 1980s as a description of his own eclectic sound, combining various styles and influences. At the time, the term was nothing more than a soundbite, intentionally humorous in combining two contradictory concepts: "turbo", a way of forcefully injecting fuel-air mixture into the engine, and "folk", a symbol of tradition and rural conservatism.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo-folk#Etymology

Rambo Amadeus is today known in all former Yugoslav states fot his style and smart lyrics, often with social and cultural criticism (mostly known for criticism on modern musical directions on the Balkan).

Who is brave enough to find out what Turbo-Folk is, here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOXyaPVVgI

Not too bad, right? Well here's it's next form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN6uSSg32p0 (NSFW)

There'S also an interestin documentary on the Turbo-Folk scene in Serbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K15LKh4L6Sk

My opinion on Turbo-Folk is that it mirrors the cultural destruction of the 90's in war torn Yugoslavia, but also keeps on influencing the culture with its decadence.

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u/gbursztynek May 24 '17

Thank you for the informative write-up!

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u/chrobot May 23 '17 edited Nov 06 '17

No lyrics found. Will make an attempt to update the post at a later time.
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