Is this a cover of an English-language song?

September 20, 2014 5:47 PM

Here's a German band, The Transsylvanians, and here is a Spotify link to their song "Debrecen," which sounds very familiar to me. Is this a cover of an English-language song? (Sounds Mekons-ish...)

If Spotify is a problem, here is the Amazon link with preview. It's that riff...

posted by argybarg to Media & Arts (1 answer total)

Not according to this review, but funnily enough it does say that: "Igen" is the transcription of a Madness number heard on a short-wave radio in Timisoara back in the old days.
posted by unliteral at 5:38 PM on November 2, 2014