Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane? No It's The Czech Republic

In a year sadly short of joke entries, the Czech group Gipsy.cz comest closest to spoofing the Eurovision - except that they appear to be deadly earnest. Lead singer Radoslav „Gipsy“ Banga is dressed in a day-glow orange comic book hero outfit including bright orange cape and of course gold-trimmed trousers. The version of the song on the official video of the Stage Show borrows heavily from the Roma tradition of lively folk music, and the super hero theme is elaborated in a low-budget Music Video filmed around Prague which puts some of the more well-funded competition to shame.

The selection of this group to represent the Czech Republic without a public National Selection process has been controversial. Gyspies, or Roma as they are more usually called, are an ethnic minority present in countries across Europe from England to Russia. As a group they suffered repression from Nazi and Communist Governments alike. The selection of Gypsy.cz led to a small street protest in Prague by members of the Czech National Party.

Music/Lyrics: Radoslav „Gipsy“ Banga

They use to call me Gipsy, hello there.
It means no problem to me, I don´t care.
Till I´ve got microphone making you act
I love to be that gipsy rat.

Rap 1:

Word ain´t key to me.
I can´t think that eazly.
If you keep that energy
Gipsy sounds like symphony.
Hate me or love me Baby.
Speed up from null to eighty.
In next three seconds music turns you to slave it.

Chorus:

Aven Romale!
If you really wanna understand, just sing it with me, dadada.
Aven Romale
I can make you really feel like Gipsy.
A da da da

Aven Romale!
If you really wanna understand, just sing it with me, dadada.
Aven Romale
I can make you really feel like Gipsy.
Music is that miracle
Rhytm is the mirror.
That´s right. ( Česko in da house!)

It´s truth that Gipsies are just everywhere.
I means no problem to me, I don´t care.
Listen the song and free your frozen mind.
And let the colours all behind.

I ( can make feel like)
Gipsy ( let color behind ).
Free ( your Gipsy inside of your music soul to be like )
Oh! ( and what the wonder )
Truth ( you got it inside )
Aven Čech, Jágr, Pivo, come together once more

Rap 2:
Aven Romale!
Ma ker the šun man more!
Listen and don´t matter where you from
I´ll make you jump, say it:
Aven Romale!
Praha Brno Normale.
Češí ví – my name is Gee, so everybody rock with me, please:

Chorus

I feel something wrong made us separate the world on pieces,
we got eyes and we still stay all so blind.

Chorus