My favorite Sofia experience:
Last night some people from the hostel and I decided to go out for the evening to a bar/club with live music. Apparently "Signal" one of the great Bulgarian local bands was playing. So we get to this bar and the band comes up to begin their set. The drummer is wearing a coral coloured tank top and jean shorts. The bassist is bald and about 40 years old. The guitarist looks like an extra from "Amost Famous", long brown hair and horrible mustache. My personal favorite was the lead singer, who kind of looked like a cross between Geoff's uncle Rob and Jimmy Buffet - about 45 years old, hawaiin shirt, white linen pants and a lot of Celine Dion type hand motions while singing.
So they play a couple of Bulgarian songs, and then the bassist steps up to sing a special song. They begin this special song and I think to myself "no, this can't be happening", then one of the Danish guys with us says "Is this the song I think this is?" and as the lyrics begin it is apparent that that our worst fears have been confirmed....Billy Ray's hit "achey breaky heart" is still going strong in Bulgaria! It was hilarious, Danes, Americans, one Canadian and a bunch of Bulgarians all singing along...don't break my heart, my achey, breaky heart...a fine Eastern European moment.
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Awesome! Billy Ray was actually the first tape I ever bought... I had a rat tail at the time.
The spread of Western entertainment makes for some good travel comedy from time to time. I remember being highly amused traveling via bus through the Andes watching Dodgeball... so many awkward jokes were lost in translation.
Keep on enjoying Eastern Europe Vonne!
Rick
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