Ich war vor zwei Wochen auf einem Universitätsausflug in Malta und als ich anfing, diesen Musiker in Valletta zu filmen, fingen die Leute auf der Straße plötzlich an, zu dem Lied zu singen und zu tanzen. Kann mir jemand sagen, um welches Lied es sich handelt und warum die Leute den Text kannten? Ist das ein bekanntes Lied in Malta? Ich würde diese Erfahrung gerne in meinen Aufsatz über den Ausflug einbeziehen, daher wäre ich für jede Hilfe sehr dankbar!
https://v.redd.it/yf8mieosbe5e1
Von MaggieTheFangirl
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It is not a Maltese song so I am not sure what they’re singing. That guy has got a surprisingly vast portfolio of songs. He asks passers by where they are from and he pretty much can play and sing a popular typical song from any country.
Sounds Portuguese.
The song isn’t famous in Malta but he is. His name is Benny Grima and he is even an „attraction“ on Google maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/PjYP37SN5oW477q4A
This guy has learnt an insane amount of foreign songs, and when he catches wind of a particular group of foreigners from a particular country, he’ll break out some classic song in Spanish/Romanian/Bulgarian/Greek/Italian/English/Maltese/Portuguese/Lithuanian/Dutch/the list honestly goes on forever. I swear I saw him serenade something in chinese once lol
He is an absolute legend, a super nice guy, and (lesser known fact) the father of DJ Ruby, one of our older and best local talents.
This is a really popular song in Portugal, and it’s called “Apita o comboio” the train whistles.
https://www.letras.com/jose-malhoa/1315888/english.html
They are singing in Portuguese (with Portugal accent) a song called “Apita comboio”
Great musician but massive racist. He’s very intolerant of certain buskers, worked in Valletta for years and seen him several times kicking people off their busking spot because ‚“it’s too close to his“.
The funny thing is that he only does it with specific people. I’ll let y’all guess which type of person he dislikes.