{"id":9047,"date":"2020-10-08T06:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T05:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/?p=9047"},"modified":"2020-10-08T06:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T05:20:37","slug":"panjabi-mc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/2020\/10\/panjabi-mc\/","title":{"rendered":"Panjabi MC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Very random post, bear with me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So while waiting for some genomics to run&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9048\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-08-35-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-08-35-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-08-35-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-08-35-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-08-35-1536x587.png 1536w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-08-35.png 1909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; I was listening to old music from my teenage years. Had a particular foreign song without a title, but quite good. Easy to identify using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shazam.com\/\">Shazam<\/a>. It&#8217;s this one:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Panjabi MC - Jogi\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wfzp4cdcuYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The music video is also very weird. It gets better though. This song was performed in Germany at some dance show in 2003:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Panjabi MC - Jogi (German Dance Awards) [2003]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wCz5EC4MKuU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I probably don&#8217;t have to tell you that Germans don&#8217;t understand Indian languages. But then, guy in the comments drops the bomb:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9049\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-11-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"915\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-11-15.png 915w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-11-15-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-from-2020-10-08-07-11-15-768x292.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And it checks out:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Na de dil pardesi nu mohammad sadiq and ranjeet kaur\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0tHYwbRdTO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, Indians &#8220;performing&#8221; a slight remix of an old song while pretending to sing on stage at a dance award show for an audience that doesn&#8217;t understand a word.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Bonus, but this other song by the same people featuring &#8220;Blonde Travolta&#8221; and &#8220;Angry Sikh&#8221; is quite worth watching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Panjabi MC  - Mundian To Bach Ke\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-ilXc0j1iHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0AM6SJIZjv0\">\u00a0There is also a boring modern version, but not watch watching<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very random post, bear with me. So while waiting for some genomics to run&#8230; &#8230; I was listening to old music from my teenage years. Had a particular foreign song without a title, but quite good. Easy to identify using Shazam. It&#8217;s this one: The music video is also very weird. It gets better though. 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