To my shame, I realised I didn’t take the time to write anything about Romanian music. I am so sorry for that because we happen to have some great music. And to some of it I’ve practiced playing guitar on a broom when I was 5 or 6, can’t remember actually. I never took it further to actually learning how to play the guitar but who needs it anyway as long as you have a broom?

Because I am still stuck to the mystic side of the celebration of St. Andrew and because I happened to come across an image of the fairies from our myths (ielele), I am now stuck on Cargo and “Ielele”. I can’t remember how many nights I spent in shabby pubs listening and singing along to their songs. Most of them give me a feeling of freedom and free-spiritness. The song is in Romanian but it sounds great anyway. And a lot of their songs do, give them a try.

Going back to my days where spending rock nights in a club was an absolute must, I will post below a song from Trooper – “Tari ca muntii”. I will never forget how this song lifted the spirits (and the beers) whenever it started. So in a dark, smoke-filled, super hot, rat-cage club, listening to this song was a treat. I saw these guys live a few times, their songs bring back some good memories.

Now that I actually started writing this I keep remembering so many good songs that I think I might have to come back later with a second post on Romanian music. And maybe in the future I will not stick to rock music only though this is the one I know best. Anyhow, to end it, here is a song that’s in English. Funny enough, when I lived in France I actually found one of their CDs in a metal shop in Clermond Ferrand and people there seemed to know and like them. This also reminds me of a shabby pub, it was in a basement actually, I forgot its name, and of mulled wine I used to drink while chatting with friends and singing along.

I will come back to you with more Romanian music, and not only the loud type of music, but also folk, classical and other stuff, I promise. It’s worth giving it a try, just like other stuff coming from Romania.

Cheers!