Oh, that is truly bizzare on so many levels. First: why Native Americans in Germany? Second: why lip synch? Oh, wait! I know! It’s because that music is indiginous to the native peoples of CENTRAL America, not NORTH America! I think that creepy man bought those cds from one of the many bands that work NYC’s subways. And they ain’t the Cherokee Nation, dude!
Nice vlog. BTW, I tried checking out your previous “livestock” vlog and when I clicked on the picture, it shows the native american vlog instead. Just thought I’d let you know.
Also, do you use iMovie to create your vlogs? I’m using iMovie and exported one of my vlogs using the “Broadband” settings, but for some reason the picture’s not showing up on some of my friends’ computers. Any ideas why? Please let me know and if anyone else is reading this comment knows, please HELP ME!!! ~Thanks
It sure looks like the same bunch of guy who show up in Downtown Crossing in Boston Ma. portraying being from Mexico, in the spring and summer here. go Figure, why would they do that?
1. Was there a guy pretending to play an electronic drumset?
2. If not, how do you know that it wasn’t just the beats coming through the minidisc player?
Missbhaven’s probably correct that they were dressed up as indigenous people from North America, and the music is definitely from Peru, but I’m not convinced that the con goes behind dressing up in elaborate costumes and that they are really playing the instruments after all…
hahah! I have seen that here, somewhere in a mall years back. I wondered the same thing.
And you got a good pic there of them playing their flutes. If they wanted to look real, they would have realized that in order to get any sound through their supposed powered microphones, they’d need to play the instruments with the side and or end near the microphone.. not by their lips. funny stuff! ;-P
Josh, I’m a South African who’s lived in London, England for 7 years. I hate to break it to you, but those ‘native americans playing pan pipes’ were busking in one of the big casinos in Johannesburg more than 8 years ago, so they’ve certainly got around the globe,(and there was a pretty caucasian “groupy” dressed up in the gear too, playing a drum. Makes you wonder if she knew the truth, or if she was ’searching’ ?). I have seen them in many cities in Europe, and they appear in Covent Garden every now and then too. Thanks to Bev who points out that they’re playing Peruvian music. What a hoax!
The fact that these people are able to earn a living doing this reflects more on the audience than on the performers.
I really dislike seeing “street performers” dumped on even when they deserve it because so many really talented people perform on the streets and in the subways of NYC.
Maybe, so “moral” European will give them some blankets on a cold winter day and we’ll all be done with them “the old fashioned way”!
Josh…I know this comment is quite very out-o-date…but I wanted to inform you that I’m fairly certain these exact same “Native Americans” were in Lorrach a couple weeks ago. I took an inconspicuous snapshot, but I’m not sure what happened to it.
My wife and I were in Garmisch, Germany on January 12, 2007, and we saw these exact some Native Americans. We said the same thing Native Americans in Germany? I went up to talk to them because I wanted to know what tribe they were from. Get this they didn’t even speak English. One of the guys spoke broken English with a sever German accent, and all he could spit out was the price of the CD.
Well, we seem thm all over the world and all seem to be doing the same… PERUVIANS dressed like Native Americans selling CDs with stolen music and making clowns of themselves. It seems that there is no ending… but NOW people are noticing and I do hope we get these fakes off the street… GOOD WORK
hello ..I am a musician similar this music ..in my md player I have a playback this playback don’t have flutes but many teams used the cd player only ..mimo… soory my englhis is not good….I speak spanish … the history firts 500 years ago.!!! only remember this …bye
oh look! it IS a random minidisc player. Silly street performers.
Josh this is a great work, nothing else to say beacause I’m really disappointed
Oh, that is truly bizzare on so many levels. First: why Native Americans in Germany? Second: why lip synch? Oh, wait! I know! It’s because that music is indiginous to the native peoples of CENTRAL America, not NORTH America! I think that creepy man bought those cds from one of the many bands that work NYC’s subways. And they ain’t the Cherokee Nation, dude!
Really interesting film.
When you start touring in Europe with your Clog dancing you should team up with this man:
http://dawafree.blogspot.com/2005/04/o-xiba-do-parati.html
The other thing that’s interesting about the “Native Americans,” is that the music they are playing is from Peru.
That music sounds more like music from Peru (?).
It would had been fun to disconnect the MP3 player and see what would have happened… jeje.
Hi Josh,
Nice vlog. BTW, I tried checking out your previous “livestock” vlog and when I clicked on the picture, it shows the native american vlog instead. Just thought I’d let you know.
Also, do you use iMovie to create your vlogs? I’m using iMovie and exported one of my vlogs using the “Broadband” settings, but for some reason the picture’s not showing up on some of my friends’ computers. Any ideas why? Please let me know and if anyone else is reading this comment knows, please HELP ME!!! ~Thanks
Josh Leo is awesome. He would be slightly more awesome if he had visited his friends Beth and Dave in Germany, but he is still quite awesome.
–dave–
this made me laugh out loud.
WTF
those are the kind of people you are embarassed just to be near.
It sure looks like the same bunch of guy who show up in Downtown Crossing in Boston Ma. portraying being from Mexico, in the spring and summer here. go Figure, why would they do that?
Josh… I got two questions for you.
1. Was there a guy pretending to play an electronic drumset?
2. If not, how do you know that it wasn’t just the beats coming through the minidisc player?
Missbhaven’s probably correct that they were dressed up as indigenous people from North America, and the music is definitely from Peru, but I’m not convinced that the con goes behind dressing up in elaborate costumes and that they are really playing the instruments after all…
hahah! I have seen that here, somewhere in a mall years back. I wondered the same thing.
And you got a good pic there of them playing their flutes. If they wanted to look real, they would have realized that in order to get any sound through their supposed powered microphones, they’d need to play the instruments with the side and or end near the microphone.. not by their lips. funny stuff! ;-P
Bah! I keep meaning to do an expose on the street performer scams I see in Chicago.
you should have interviewed them one at a time and asked each one which tribe they were from.
- Dave
http://www.davidmeade.com
Gosh, they play the same cheesy synth-ethnic music that some street performers play here in the states! It is nice to know that cheese is universal.
Josh, I’m a South African who’s lived in London, England for 7 years. I hate to break it to you, but those ‘native americans playing pan pipes’ were busking in one of the big casinos in Johannesburg more than 8 years ago, so they’ve certainly got around the globe,(and there was a pretty caucasian “groupy” dressed up in the gear too, playing a drum. Makes you wonder if she knew the truth, or if she was ’searching’ ?). I have seen them in many cities in Europe, and they appear in Covent Garden every now and then too. Thanks to Bev who points out that they’re playing Peruvian music. What a hoax!
The fact that these people are able to earn a living doing this reflects more on the audience than on the performers.
I really dislike seeing “street performers” dumped on even when they deserve it because so many really talented people perform on the streets and in the subways of NYC.
Maybe, so “moral” European will give them some blankets on a cold winter day and we’ll all be done with them “the old fashioned way”!
Josh…I know this comment is quite very out-o-date…but I wanted to inform you that I’m fairly certain these exact same “Native Americans” were in Lorrach a couple weeks ago. I took an inconspicuous snapshot, but I’m not sure what happened to it.
–big dave b–
http://www.heraldrysociety.us/
they’re everywhere. http://www.creativelyimpulsive.com/2007/01/native-americans-in-germany.html
My wife and I were in Garmisch, Germany on January 12, 2007, and we saw these exact some Native Americans. We said the same thing Native Americans in Germany? I went up to talk to them because I wanted to know what tribe they were from. Get this they didn’t even speak English. One of the guys spoke broken English with a sever German accent, and all he could spit out was the price of the CD.
Well, we seem thm all over the world and all seem to be doing the same… PERUVIANS dressed like Native Americans selling CDs with stolen music and making clowns of themselves. It seems that there is no ending… but NOW people are noticing and I do hope we get these fakes off the street… GOOD WORK
hello ..I am a musician similar this music ..in my md player I have a playback this playback don’t have flutes but many teams used the cd player only ..mimo… soory my englhis is not good….I speak spanish … the history firts 500 years ago.!!! only remember this …bye