Da Da Da - tiki mugs in Senor Coconut video

One of my favorite groups (Senor Coconut) has recorded a video for one of my favorite songs, titled 'Da Da Da' (full title is 'Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha)

The video is very cool - spinning tiki mugs, beautiful women, gorillas, devils, all done very stylishly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqh9FpIVcnw

and some more history and background of the song. It was originally recorded in 1992 by a German group named Trio - it reached #2 on the charts there, but was quite obscure in the U.S. I somehow came across an import LP and played it over and over and over -- I loved the minimalistic, repeating sounds.

The song received wider exposure in the U.S. in 1997 when it was featured in a Volkswagen 'stinky couch' commercial ... one of my favorite commercials of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_s5-R_JE4c

That commercial was parodied by Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrwnJDQy0ic

Here is the original somewhat surreal video performed (in German) by Trio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMikAeK8rL0

and some even more surreal footage of Trio performing the song (in English) on a live TV music show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEauAKaed8

Finally, I will add that when doing a preview of this message, I clicked on and started all the links to the above video clips, and created a fantastic smorgasbord of Da Da Da .... and before those videos eneded, a blast of lighting came and briefly knocked out power to my house (true story)

Vern

[ Edited by: ikitnrev 2008-06-10 18:15 ]

I love Senior Coconut too.
I saw him live a few years ago with his latin band playing the Kraftwerk songs. Awesome.

The making of this great video is here : http://pingmag.jp/2008/05/21/senor-coconut/

Dear fellow Trio and Senor Coconut fans!

What can i say- you guys have good tastes!!!

Ze Germans and their humor....

I prefer these 2 versions of Da Da Da:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXaW8lfjKk&feature=related
-Bemused german audience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDXaW8lfjKk&feature=related
-Drummer boy standing on one foot.

Senor Coconut's Dadada:
wow. What a piece of work! Stripping karate girls, man with a droopy banana, revolving Tiki mugs... what more can one ask for!

My fave Senor Coconut post on da tube:
S.C covering Kraftwerk's Showroom Dummies up ante on the cha-cha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLpfZpYn6XA

Anyone can identify the tiki mugs featured?

I had two Trio albums. Alas, I let both go in my big vinyl purge several years ago.