Shangaan dancing is from the townships of South Africa. The primary dancers in this video are masked clowns in red jumpsuits with fake pot bellies and running shoes. posted by vathek at 2:36 PM on September 29, 2012
There's no singing for the first minute or so, but it's still pretty good. posted by Laura in Canada at 2:37 PM on September 29, 2012
From Finland: Pomppufiilis by Munamies ("Eggman"), in which a very cheerful squeaky-voiced man dresses up as a giant egg and bounces up and down in various parts of Helsinki, accompanied by variously amused and bemused dockworkers, firefighters, police, dogwalkers, and kindergarten kids. The song is insanely catchy, and the titular chorus line "Minulla on pomppufiilis" translates to "I've got a bouncy feeling".
Yes, he does. And now you do to. posted by pont at 3:18 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Bad link, pont, but I'm interested.. posted by agregoli at 3:24 PM on September 29, 2012
Not a deliberately goofy video, although it's an endearing piece that shows a lot of relaxed, happy people putting it together. It's a danceable, gorgeous, catchy song with intriguing lyrics in Tanglish (Tamil and English). It was HUGE last year and inspired covers and flash mobs. So soon we forget ... posted by maudlin at 3:26 PM on September 29, 2012 [3 favorites]
If you're interested in foreign music you should really check out foreign equivalents of mtv... like http:///www.viva.tv (Germany) (I really should have made all of this into one post... my bad...) posted by one4themoment at 4:27 PM on September 29, 2012
Brown Eyed Girls Abracadabra
When this song came out in Korea it generated a whole slew of parody videos (this is the most famous one, featuring members of boy bands 2AM and 2PM, and the actual Brown Eyed Girls show up) and mashups featuring the swaying hips with arms crossed in front move.
Chang Kiha & the Faces The Moon Is Full, Let's Go
This was a breakout indie hit, in no small part due to its peculiar arm waving dance move, and the deadpan Mimi Sisters (it was also groundbreaking in that an indie rock act featured some kind of choreography, instead of the band just singing and playing their instruments). Performance footage became popular among Korean internet users, who generated their own mashups and parody videos featuring the dance - it was a notable example of an internet hit becoming a mainstream success.
へ(●_●)ノへ(ㅡ0ㅡ)ノへ(●_●)ノ posted by needled at 4:47 PM on September 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
It might be more than a decade old and performed on a comedy show, but Yatta still offers me a satisfying blast of foreign earworm dance silliness when I'm in the mood. posted by item at 10:46 PM on September 29, 2012
Trawling through K-pop vids on YouTube will turn up all sorts of things. Shinee's Sherlock is catchy and the dancing and production is slick. posted by ninazer0 at 11:23 PM on September 29, 2012
Oh God, if we're talking J-Pop: this -- which keeps getting pulled down when listed as Tokyo Jihen - Brand New Civilization. Shhhhh ... posted by maudlin at 4:54 PM on September 30, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by dfriedman at 1:15 PM on September 29, 2012