Tribute -from one to another-



a quick list of songs I heard that turn out to be directly inspired by songs from other countries with a different language.


THE CLASH
"JIMMY JAZZ"

I first heard Kortatu's "Jimmy Jazz" from their self-titled album. Kortatu is from Basque Spain, and were active from 1984-1988, during the height of rock radical vasco, a Spanish Basque music movement inspired by The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and The Rolling Stones, among others.

Here's The Clash:



Here's KORTATU taking on "Jimmy Jazz", with basic word-for-word translation in the images




"THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN"

I actually heard "The Magnificent Seven" years ago, in high school, probably because I was doing a basic search for music from one of my all-time favorite movies "The Magnificent Seven". Later I heard Molotov's "Aguela" and made the connection between the bass of "The Magnificent Seven" and "Aguela". It turns out that Molotov's album "Con Todo Respeto" (With All Due Respect), released in 2004, is an album of covers. Molotov are a rock/rap band from Mexico, active from 1995 to the present.

Here's The Clash:



and Molotov "Aguela"






GORAN BREGOVIC

I found out about Goran Bregovic in the most backward way possible (research via wikipedia), but it turns out he is the origin of one song I heard by Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, "Djindji Rindji Bubamara", and two songs by Boikot: "Bubamara", and "Skalashnikov". I only discovered this connection after realizing that Boikot's "Bubamara" sounded remarkably like EK&TNO's "Djindji Rindji Bubamara", which I had bought as part of the wonderful, wonderful album "Unza Unza Time". With some research in English and Spanish wikipedia, it turns out that Boikot was inspired by Bregovic as well as Emir Kusturica, both prominent figures in Balkan music and cinema. Through this research, I also discovered that "Skalashnikov" by Boikot is a direct inspiration from Bregovic's "Kalashnikov". By the way, did I mention that Boikot is from Spain, play ska rock punk, and are also known for their left-wing political stance taken in their music?

So here, in order of how these treasures were unearthed, by song:

(1)

EMIR KUSTURICA & THE NO SMOKING ORCHESTRA "Djndji Rindji Bubamara" (active in present incarnation from 1997 to present, from Sarajevo and Belgrade)



BOIKOT "Bubamara" (from Madrid, Spain; active 1987-present)



GORAN BREGOVIC (from Sarajevo, active from 1969 to the present)




(2)

BOIKOT, "Ska-lashnikov"



BREGOVIC "Kalashnikov"

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