Dschinghis Khan lives!

By Adam Stanhope in Advertising, Music, Travel, Video Clips on Oct 3, 2007 at 10:07 am

Many of us have happy childhood memories of West Germany’s Dschinghis Khan’s* Eurovision performance of their disco hit Moskau. In recent years the video clip has become somewhat of a web phenomenon – and deservedly so. The French automobile manufacturer Renault has recently produced a commercial for their new ECO2 “green” vehicle to air in Spain. It’s great to hear such a cool tune being recycled like this. Es real, Willy! Es real! YouTube via Los mejores anuncios de televisiÃ³n.

*Were you aware?: Dschinghis Khan is the German spelling for Genghis Khan. It is also how John Kerry pronounced it in his Winter Soldier testimony.

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Moish Brenman
Oct 3rd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
The “German” pronounciation (and John Kerry’s) is actually more correct

The “G” is pronounced somewhere between a D, J, Ch, and Zh.. and the E immediately following is pronounced like “i” in “ship”

A more correct Anglicized spelling would look something like this: Dchzjingus Khan- more correct yes, but far less fear-inspiring
Adam Stanhope
Oct 3rd, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Anyone remember the old Gary Larson cartoon of “Genghis and Sylvia Khan” ?
Chris
Oct 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Ahhh.. the sweet German music and its gutural lyrics… still far from Rammstein though…

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