Timpuri Noi
Timpuri Noi is a Romanian alternative rock band.
History
Timpuri Noi was formed in 1980, and remained an underground act up to 1991. This was mainly due to what was perceived as "subversive lyrical content" in the Ceauşescu era. Incidentally, the name derives from a cliché of the period: its literal meaning is "New Times" (in the sense of "New Age"), used to signify Marxist Socialism. The tongue-in-cheek reference is somehow associated with the Bucharest metro station of the same name (see: Timpuri Noi). The name is also the Romanian translation of Modern Times, the title for Charles Chaplin's classic 1936 film.
In the early nineties, up to around 1995, the band was arguably the top Romanian act. Around the time, they had the opportunity to be the opening act for rather prestigious (albeit musically different) foreign acts during concerts in Bucharest: Ian Gillan and Uriah Heep in 1992, Scorpions in 1993, Saxon, Paradise Lost and Jethro Tull in 1994, Iron Maiden and Kreator in 1995, Eros Ramazzotti, Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart later in the same year.
Podcasts:
Timpuri noi
ALBUMS
- Back in Business released: 2006
- Basca abundenței released: 1998
- De regiune superior released: 1995
- Unplugged: În concert released: 1994
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by Prince
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by Sonny James
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by Eve
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by Eve
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by Book Of Love
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by C.B. Green
Tamborine
by: PrinceOh my God
Here U are, prettiest thing in life I've ever seen
(Mm hmm)
Close my eyes
What's it like, what's it like inside your tamborine?
Oh my God
There I go falling in love with a face in a magazine
(Uh oh, not again)
All alone by myself
Me and I play my tamborine
Trampoline {x4}
Long days, lonely nights ?trampoline {x2}
I don't care 4 one night stands with trolley cars that juggle 17
I just wanna settle down and play around my baby's tamborine
Tamborine, what are U?
Why are U the star of all my dreams?
(Star of all my dreams - are U a good tamborine?)
Are U good? Are U bad?
Are U just unnecessary means?
Trampoline
Tamborine, tamborine - trolley cars
Long days, lonely nights
2 bad we're not allowed 2 scream (Yeah, yeah, 2 bad)
Guess that I'll stay at home all alone
And play my tamborine (Aww)
Tamborine {x4}