Push the Button
Just in time for Purim: Israel’s entry in this year’s Eurovision — that annual celebration of tact — is a song that many say is about a nuclear Holocaust brought by Iran. (Although it can probably be read in various ways, as “some crazy rulers” could apply to a large percentage of players in the region.)
The world is full of terror
If someone makes an error
He’s gonna blow us up to biddy biddy kingdom come
There are some crazy rulers, they hide and try to fool us
With demonic, technologic willingness to harm
They’re gonna push the button
push the button push the bu push the bu push the button
More here.
does anyone have the full lyrics? or know where to get it on mp3?
—Barkin · March 3rd, 2007 at 4:28 pm
The YouTube page has the full lyrics (click on the right side).
—EV · March 3rd, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Go to:
http://switch31-01.castup.net/.....;ar=tipex1
—Siviyo · March 4th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Heh…I actually like this
—J · March 4th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Wow, I think I like it too. Its very strange.
Are all their songs this crazy? If so I should order their album
—shmuel · March 4th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
It sucks, except for the parts in Hebrew, where he shows some skill and the lyrics are somewhat interesting.
—ò · March 4th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
I searched YouTube and posted 5-6 of their videos.
They’re great - remind me of the Pogues a bit.
i like the fact that Israelis voted this their entry into the contest - it’s kind of flipping Eurovision the bird.
—Yehudit · March 4th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
man this song sucks.
that said, no reason it shouldn’t be allowed to compete against all the other whack songs that are the Eurovision’s bread and butter.
F*cking Fins.
—rootlesscosmo · March 5th, 2007 at 3:17 am
nice outfit. And nice Youtube Posts from our peace-loving friends…
—yaaziel · March 5th, 2007 at 10:58 am
And I heard that the Eurovision powers that be won’t let them play it because it’s “political”…
—danielbu · March 5th, 2007 at 11:09 am
Hmm. Abanibi just cycled on my iTunes, I noticed for the first time what an ungepatchke song it is. Given how clever Tipiks is (cf. “hashir hazeh omed lihiyot pirsomet”), I suspect that the combination of languages and genres (rap? accordion ?!?) is probably a deliberate melange…. and that the political message was designed to provoke the ridiculous reaction.
—Reb Yudel · March 6th, 2007 at 12:06 pm