Good Music is Good Music: Kultur Shock: We Came To Take Your Jobs Away (2006)

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Kultur Shock: We Came To Take Your Jobs Away (2006)

A picture is worth a thousand words: This is definitely one of the greatest album cover I've seen. Kultur Shock is band from Seattle, USA playing music what I think is best described as Gypsy Punk similar to Gogol Bordello but more lively, aggressive. The band describes itself as a living organism with members originating from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Japan and the US and the lyrics presented by singer Gino Yevdjevich are really thoughtfully and ironic and deal to a large part about immigration. Here an excerpt from the first track God is Busy:

"I know, I'm stranger in your land,

I know, ladies and gentlemen,

I know, I am coming here to stay,

And take your jobs away.

And you know, I will trade your soul for mine,

Freedom doesn't cost a dime,

Don't waste your time, religion is crime,

I can make your problems go away right now,

'Cause God is Busy, may I help you?"

So all in all We Came To Take Your Jobs Away is really powerful energetic music coming along with a lot of humour. I wait for them to come to Europe for concerts again. But god is still busy...