Recently, I had occasion to watch the movie S. Darko. I thought it was not bad, though not particularly good. Just kind of, meh. However, that is beside the point that I wish to make. There is one scene with a bunch of young people at a party and in the background there an unusual song playing. I looked at the credits and found out that it’s called “Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe” by a group called Whale. The song really caught my ear and I immeadiately had to try and find it. Alas, it is not available on iTunes (though I’m sure I could illegally download it, but that would make me an “evil hard-bitten criminal scum”).
I looked up Whale on Wikipedia and learned a few things about them. They are (or, I think, were) a Swedish band who wrote songs in English. The band consisted of, Henrik Schyffert, Gordon Cyrus and Cia Berg. Slobo Babe was their biggest success reaching the top ten in Denmark and Norway.
I’m not really sure what a “slobo babe” is. The only results I could find with a search was an abbreviation for Slobodan Milosevic. I assume that the “hobo humpin’” part means exactly what it seems to. For some reason, even though I don’t know the true definition, when I think about the phrase “Hobo humpin’ slobo babe”, a picture of Britney Spears comes to mind. Isn’t that weird?
Fortunately, I was able to find the video for the song on YouTube. It is very odd and thus I like it very much. After seeing Cia Berg in this, it makes me want to pretend to be a hobo for one night. You may now watch it here.
