I have a T.V. It came with my apartment. I haven't had a T.V. in my house for eight years, so when I first saw the thing I thought I would never turn it on, and I would just dust it off from time to time. I almost said to Leslie, "Oh, this wasn't necessary."
So I've been watching the T.V. and my T.V. loves to play vintage Bollywood music videos, which are INCREDIBLE. I've definitely seen some Bollywood before, mostly while eating at Punjabi Dhaba in Inman Square, but the stuff from the 70's and 80's is by far superior. I saw this crazy technacolor go-go dancing disco scene the other night on the tele, and went on YouTube determined to find it. Well, I did not but I did find this, which is the most RIDICULOUS disco EVER:
You must wait until 2:19 when the dude tries to breakdance (? I think that's what he's trying to do?) There's also another great moment at 3:49. Best lyrics of this song: "Joys abound here, plunder it all".
This one is more repetitive, but also brilliant, and quite famous. Thank God the original is better than M.I.A.'s:
This song's my jam. I'm still singing "Jimmy jimmy jimmy.... accha accha accha", all the time. I'm waiting for one of my students to catch me singing it to myself.
T.V. and Disco have definitely made my life happier. Hope this makes your fourth a little happier. Doesn't it make you proud to be American to know that we gave disco to India? Thanks America for spreading all the good stuff around.
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