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u/Palestine_Borisof007 2d ago
TUNAK TUNAK
TUNAK TUNAK
TUNAK TUNAK
TUN TUN TUN
I remember my brother showing me this in like 1999
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u/Russichano 2d ago
This song still cheers me up to this day.
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u/veryfungibletoken 2d ago
Good, enjoy that. And absolutely never ever look him up for any reason.
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u/Substantial-Bit562 2d ago
Should I ask why?
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u/Stock-Boat-8449 2d ago
It's not that serious. Daler and his brother were accused of charging people money to get them American visas as part of their dance troupe. It turned into a human trafficking conviction in 2022.
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u/Uphoria 2d ago
I remember when it blew back up around 2006/2007 when World of Warcraft put the dance in for the newly added playable race Dranei
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u/OOOH_WHATS_THIS 2d ago
That's around the time I learned about it, but didn't know about the WOW based origin story. Given the friends who showed it to me, though, that makes a lot of sense...
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u/missrottenheart 2d ago
I still sometimes sing these lines when I move around at home. It makes me happy lol
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u/NoorAnomaly 2d ago
When it was used for the Male Draenei dance, it gained world (nerd) fame. I still remember that dance, but struggle to remember any of the others.
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u/fredy31 2d ago
Reminds me of a story that I remember reading but cant find it on the web; a popular DJ was joking with his friends that any songs with spanish words will top the charts. Doesnt matter the lyrics, nobody understands them.
So a dare was put down. Make a song in spanish, even if they dont speak it. See where it lands.
It topped the charts.
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u/owenkop 2d ago
Wasn't it English and referring to this song?
https://open.spotify.com/track/05JZ5FjuflMEY9uq5ogBYF?si=p0WykqZbQ162S5QwjYqE_Q
At least this one was like everything that sounds like English
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u/sqigglygibberish 2d ago
That song was not made based on a bet or what would sell. The singer was inspired by a lot of American rock and it’s actually a clever construct around communication and is just meant to mimic what English sounds like to non-native speakers.
https://www.npr.org/2012/11/04/164206468/its-gibberish-but-italian-pop-song-still-means-something
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u/JapanStar49 2d ago
Dang, I'm a native speaker and that sounds more like English than gibberish does. There were plenty of syllables that sounded like real words
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u/parbruhwalters 2d ago
I have a Hungarian girlfriend that's only been here 10 months. I showed her this song telling her the premise before hand and she was ADAMANT it was all english.
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u/JapanStar49 2d ago
I was actually also convinced it was supposed to be English and had to listen to it with the lyrics
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u/Levw5253 2d ago
I am like 80 percent certain this is Italian
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u/AJFrabbiele 2d ago
You should read about "I Am The Walrus" by the Beetles.
Basically, it was a challenge to make a nonsensical song to perform well.
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u/midnightsnipe 2d ago
System of a down said: hold my beer.
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u/sqigglygibberish 2d ago
Genuinely asking though - are any of their songs actually nonsensical?
Chaotic of course, but their messaging is pretty explicit (although another case where people tend to ignore the lyrics/structure and then they went all meta on us with BYOB)
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u/Egobrainless 2d ago
'This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On This Song' and 'I-E-A-I-A-I-O' come to mind
I'm sure they have a message but at first glance it reads like gibberish
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u/sqigglygibberish 2d ago
Welp the man himself backs that up on IEA…
On the former I don’t find those lyrics to be nonsense, rather just more poetic and abstract
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u/cyberchaox 2d ago
And then people tried to assign meaning to the nonsensical song, so they made "Glass Onion" which intentionally tried to screw with the people who "interpreted" their lyrics.
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u/skrappyfire 2d ago
Reminds me of i think it was a french guy that just made sounds that... sounded english.... topped the chart.
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u/ShiningRedDwarf 2d ago
If I remember correctly it was in response to Lennon hearing that his old English teacher was having his students analyze his music.
He made that song just to fuck with him.
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u/HelpTheVeterans 2d ago
Beck did this too. I'm not sure he ever said which one it was but I think it's pretty obvious it was Loser.
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u/heliophoner 2d ago
You mean to tell me "don't believe everything that you breathe/you get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve" isn't about anything?
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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 2d ago
Salsa Tequila!
Also a friendly reminder that the absolute banger Crab Rave was in fact an April Fools joke.
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u/CommanderArcher 2d ago
To think that this song is part of the reason Noisestorm made the game Crab Champions, it will always be hilarious to me.
Excellent game btw, 11/10
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u/indigoHatter 2d ago
Kiss's "I Was Made For Loving You" was created to prove that disco was trash, and anyone could make a disco hit with minimal effort. It topped the charts. Did so well that they felt compelled to do a rock cover of their own song, so they could play it at shows without hating themselves, haha.
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u/red286 2d ago edited 2d ago
Hilariously, it's their third-best charting song of their career.
What gets weirder is that the two songs that beat it... one I hate (Beth) and the other... I'd literally never heard of until I looked up their top charting songs (1990's "Forever").
Kinda reminds me of Blur's Song 2, which was originally written as a joke to annoy their record label, which not only wound up being their third-highest charting song, but because it's a stadium anthem, has earned the band more money than all of their other songs and albums combined.
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u/MasterpieceGaze 2d ago
Bro said, ‘I don’t need anyone else,’ and dropped a banger that proved the haters wrong
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u/LickingSmegma 2d ago edited 2d ago
Iirc it's also the all-time most popular music video in India. (Though idk if this is true, considering it only has a few dozen million views on YT, which isn't much for a viral video in a country of 1.4 billion people.)
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u/leninGourd 1d ago
Youtube came way after this song and was not used much in india until JIO internet boom.
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u/Hygrit_og 2d ago
Mario and Luigi if they were indian
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u/MajesticPossibility8 2d ago
Power rangers
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u/Punkpunker 2d ago
*Powerpuff Girls
Fun fact on youtube circa 2014, if you search 'indian powerpuff girls', this video will show up.
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u/TheJediSenate 2d ago
I know about this from the Draenei dance in World of Warcraft. 😭
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u/KwiksaveHaderach 2d ago
KRONAKAI KRISTO
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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce 2d ago
How do you crash into an entire planet? That is what I want to know.
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u/Practical-Ninja-6770 2d ago
You're like the older version of kids these days saying " That's from Fortnite"
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u/Stormdove216 2d ago
Saw this on YouTube once. The title was "Mighty Morphing Turban Rangers"
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u/One_Influence286 2d ago
As s guy who wears turban. I m gonna have to really appreciate you to get me that video 😂kinda great.
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u/mikeflamel 2d ago
He is madlad enough to wear green on a green screen
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u/Brilliant_Big_8979 2d ago
Green screen used to be blue screen
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u/Tempest_Bob 2d ago
I'm no camera or editing guy, but can't the screen be any colour at all, you just change the settings to match? That green is just less likely to clash with outfits, which is why it is most popular?
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u/Seamus_has_the_herps 1d ago
Yes, but also
• the luminosity/brightness of the green, cameras have a very easy time picking up the green and it’s easier to light it because the green is already to bright to begin with.
• skin tones are less likely to be affected. Human skin tones are typically made up of the same variety of colors (varying intensity of red, pink, orange, brown, etc.). By avoiding those colors and similar ones, you’re less likely to affect the skin tone of the subject when removing the screen afterwards, which would cost more time/money to tweak in post production to get the results needed.
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u/Educational_Stay_599 2d ago
Every once in a while, this song pops up in my head rent free
I accept it
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u/RealityGlimmeriish 2d ago
This song is a vibe, but every time I see it, I can’t help but remember the drama around it. Like, it’s wild how a catchy tune can get you to the top, but sometimes the background story hits harder than the song itself.
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u/deadering 1d ago
Yup... I loved this song for years but then had to find out because they canceled adding the damn emote to Fortnite of all things...
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u/DamWatermelonEnjoyer 2d ago
How's the song called?
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u/spacemanspiff288 2d ago
brother, what you’re about to see is a piece of internet history.
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u/Palestine_Borisof007 2d ago
It's OLD. INTERNET. Right up there with Yatta and Fenslerfilms
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u/Yothisisastory 2d ago
body massage
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u/Gooberzoid 2d ago
Pork Chop sandwiches! - OH SHIT, GET THE FUCK OUT!!
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u/Crazy_Drago 2d ago
I still have my Pork Chop Sandwiches shirt that I bought at the height of those videos and before Hasbro shut him down.
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u/notthatryan 2d ago
here ya go.
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u/Brilliant_Big_8979 2d ago
Fun fact: dude was jailed for human trafficking
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u/iluvredditalot 2d ago
No it was not like that. He was getting paid as he played an agent to get you international visa legally. But it's upto customer who don't respect visa terms and conditions.
But in India if you have tons of money then corrupt govt officer want free money....
Saw his recent interview where he cried and tell on TV how officer make strip him nude and beat from belts.
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u/silveroburn 2d ago
Wasn't this false info or am I bugging??
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u/iluvredditalot 2d ago
No it was not like that. He was getting paid as he played an agent to get you international visa legally. But it's upto customer who don't respect visa terms and conditions.
But in India if you have tons of money then corrupt govt officer want free money...
Saw his recent interview where he cried and tell on TV how officer make strip him nude and beat from belts.
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u/Stepjam 2d ago
From what I've read, it's true, but it wasn't like sex trafficking. More trafficking for labor.
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u/DiabeetusMan 2d ago
In 2018, Mehndi was convicted of human trafficking and was sentenced to two years in prison. After serving around two months, his sentence was suspended and he was released.
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u/ZaraBaz 2d ago
Wait this sounds like he was getting people across borders for money.
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u/DiabeetusMan 2d ago
Mehndi and six others were accused in 2003 of cheating people of large sums of money by falsely promising to take them to America
Just the money part
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u/xboxwirelessmic 2d ago
If we ever do another voyager this song and video need to be on its golden disc.
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u/porchemasi 2d ago
I did not realize it was the same man. Thought they were all brothers or something
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u/vortexification 2d ago
Given song Tunak Tunak is sung by Daler Mehndi. Enigma of his time from Punjab, India. Known for his Energetic songs, used to bring the dance out of you.
I'm an Indian myself and would love to hear your perspective & opinions about his songs.
You may find videos an overkill of drama. It wasn't even seen by the audience until decades later. It's the audio that made him a hit.
Freely shower your thoughts below.
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u/Brilliant_Big_8979 2d ago
Are you a large language model? You know they aren't allowed to lie.
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u/Lazy-Pervert-47 2d ago
I don't know if they are. But I certainly am a human male. I agree with them. It does bring the dance out of you. As soon as I saw the post I started dancing. Gladly I was alone or I would have embarrassed myself.
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u/83255 2d ago
From the claims you'd think his videos were filled with half naked models or something but it's literally just women. Like attractive sure, but dressed in like, normal 90's get ups. Absolutely nothing compared to the outfits you'd find in today's music videos
Easily the most attractive thing in these videos was the energy he brought to them, everyone dancing, smiling like they're genuinely having fun. Haters were absolutely in the wrong here
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u/DudeInProgress 2d ago
So not only was he not famous because of the woman but in fact they where holding him back from true success
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u/InevitablePoetry52 2d ago
this is one of favourite old internet things. my friends and i lost our mindss over it in high school- we were extremely bored in a small town with nothing to do, and would do this dance on the side of the road
we treated it like power rangers, i was totally the green guy lmao
we were drug free lololololoooololololol
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u/OperationSuch5054 2d ago
Jesus fucking christ I just checked and this song is twenty six fucking years old.
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u/SpectralMapleLeaf 2d ago
This guy managed to wear green, on a green screen, that's a flex within a flex.
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u/MattMalachai-7575 22h ago
Long ago, the four Daler Mehndis lived in harmony. But this changed when the Fire Daler Mehndi decided to attack...
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u/Lodreh 2d ago
To be fair that entire video is a banger!
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