If we have to have quick cash grabbing World Cup tie-ins, make them more like this:
Turns out Dubioza Kolektiv is actually a pretty right-on ska/rock band from Bosnia-Herzegovina, active for all sorts of leftwing causes, if we can believe their Wikipedia page. They originally recorded this song under its proper name, U.S.A. for their 2011 album Wild Wild East. Then it was intended as a satirical take on the desire of many Bosnians to, well, migrate to America. But then Bosnia-Herzegovina actually qualified for the World Cup for the first time ever, by beating Italy even and so…
As the report from TRT above shows, there’s a history behind all this that makes both Bosnia’s appearance at the World Cup and this song so poignant. Today they’re playing their first game at the finals, so it feels fitting to post this. That it’s a skanking ska song makes it even better.
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