"What the hell!" - Exactly. When you try not to be obnoxious about it, no one gets hurt. Except me, who gets squicked every now and again. Dunno.
When Kaizers Orchestra first made it big years ago the Norwegian newspapers tried to describe their sound as "heavy ompa", but as their influenced by so many genres - including country (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_NQOQWqHdY) and hip hop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T03a9YtNnVM#t=2m28s) - they stopped trying to pigeonhole it. But they're obviously mostly influenced by folk, yes, especially balkan folk.
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Date: 2009-08-04 06:30 pm (UTC)When Kaizers Orchestra first made it big years ago the Norwegian newspapers tried to describe their sound as "heavy ompa", but as their influenced by so many genres - including country (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_NQOQWqHdY) and hip hop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T03a9YtNnVM#t=2m28s) - they stopped trying to pigeonhole it. But they're obviously mostly influenced by folk, yes, especially balkan folk.
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