Have I posted this before? I make no apologies for sticking it up here again, if so. It seems odd that I wouldn't have already shared it - my favourite band, one of their best songs and part of the official soundtrack to our trip to Ulan Bator last summer - not to mention being an inspiration for getting off my arse and seeing a bit of the world in the first place.
Admittedly the official Steppe by Steppe soundtrack only consisted of 5 Gogol Bordello CDs, the Mumford & Sons album and a compilation that J's mate and her boyfriend had made for us, due to a massive planning error on my part. In fear of having my favourite CDs scratched, nicked or melted in whatever awaited us beyond the boundaries of the Latin alphabet, I wanted to take copies of the albums deemed worthy with us instead. As it was, I ran out of time - not only to choose the music or make the copies, but even to grab anything as we flew out the door, already late for the launch of the rally.
Gogol Bordello was, therefore, starting to get a little 'samey' even before we had left the EU and were lurching L'viv-wards. I just love this music though, as borne out by the 5 times I've been to see GB in concert, and to be experiencing the motherland of Eugene Hütz as he belted his Gypsy Punk through the Kangoo's speakers just made it all the better. Not that he'd probably allow me to call the Ukraine his motherland - with his Romany heritage I guess it's a lot more complicated than just being born somewhere.
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