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Mala Vita — Top Of The World

Album: So Far So Good
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5.7

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Total ratings: 414

Released: 2016
Length: 4:18
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This combination
Is stone dead cold
What's that sound
Don't step down
We're out of patience
Same ol', same ol'

What's that sound
Don't turn around
Take my hand
Cover the land
This situation
Calls for a confrontation
And a delivery
To end the misery
Now hear that sound
Go turn your world around
Take me to
The top of the world
Take me up to bring me down

This combination
Is stone dead cold
What's that sound
Don't step down
We're out of patience
Same ol', same ol'

What's that sound
Don't turn around
Our time is due
Black and blue
There's no moderation
To this abomination
Quite positively
This war is still inside of me
Now hear that sound
Go turn your world around
Take me to
The top of the world
Take me up to bring me down

All this time we've been hiding in bed
Trying to get the images out of our heads
And you know it's true, you've always said
Stand up tall or you're better off dead

This combination
Is stone dead cold
What's that sound
Don't step down
We're out of patience
Same ol', same ol'

What's that sound
Don't turn around
We're fighting battles solitaire
Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire
We're no one's unique specialty
A disposable commodity
We try our best to make sense
Tossed salad, bacon, eggs
This is how we'll make it end
The tower falls, the blue man's dead
Take me to
The top of the world
Take me up to bring me down

Comments (48)add comment

I love this tune. It makes me dance every time.

Posted 6 years ago by Catalytic [ Reply ]

below72 wrote:

I agree with every negative comment - WTF
All I ask is...Bill, WHY?

Because Bill likes it, I guess. And so do I.

Posted 6 years ago by justin4kick [ Reply ]

brw001 wrote:

I guess it's okay for a kid's party song perhaps- but not really music for adults.

You'll excuse me if I don't take your word for that.

Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett [ Reply ]

I guess it's okay for a kid's party song perhaps- but not really music for adults.

Posted 6 years ago by brw001 [ Reply ]

Puts me in mind of Gogol Bordello.

This is not a compliment.

Posted 7 years ago by aelfheld [ Reply ]

JeriF wrote:

The tune is not particularly bad, and the singer is alright but, one of the instruments I don't like... an organ-like sound... an accordion perhaps?.

to me, the accordion is like a fine single malt scotch; an acquired taste. Or if you're raised on Polkas.

That said, I was liking the comping from the accordion, and wanted to rate this track a 7, but it kinda lost me in the "rap" section...so i'll rate a 6 and see what happens next time I hear it.

Posted 7 years ago by lizardking [ Reply ]

Posted 7 years ago by justin4kick [ Reply ]

A new genre: Pissed Off Polka.
Rage Against The Pierogis

Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking [ Reply ]

The tune is not particularly bad, and the singer is alright but, one of the instruments I don't like... an organ-like sound... an accordion perhaps?.

Posted 7 years ago by JeriF [ Reply ]

Loved it since the first time I heard it, and it keeps getting better.

Posted 7 years ago by Catalytic [ Reply ]

Terrible in every way

Posted 7 years ago by ckcotton [ Reply ]

toilet time

Posted 7 years ago by ziakut [ Reply ]

kcar wrote:

It does have a late-night drunken Russian feel, doesn't it?
cartoon drawing of young Cossack soldier waving bottle in air

Always get a childish thrill when I rate the song higher than the RP average—and the RP average moves up 0.1 as a result!

No. But thanks for your comment on my Leonard Cohen comment. I'm still scratching my head on that one.

Posted 7 years ago by BCarn [ Reply ]

mrselfdestruct wrote:

Sounds like these guys just learned English the week before recording this.

It does have a late-night drunken Russian feel, doesn't it?
cartoon drawing of young Cossack soldier waving bottle in air

Always get a childish thrill when I rate the song higher than the RP average—and the RP average moves up 0.1 as a result!

Posted 7 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

mrselfdestruct nailed it.

Posted 7 years ago by Segue [ Reply ]

I kept expecting that guy from Gogol Bordello to start singing... but then, as before, I am pleasantly surprised — and well mystified by it

Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn [ Reply ]

This actually causes me anxiety now. Mala Vita should self immolate.

Posted 8 years ago by Shmelo [ Reply ]

I like this more and more each time I hear it.

Posted 8 years ago by fgraver [ Reply ]

ShaunJ wrote:

You are correct

Spot on! And actually I do not mind the Gogol Bordello but this shit..

Posted 8 years ago by malamucha [ Reply ]

This is like Red Hot Chili Peppers minus the originality, the funk, the guitars and the talent while adding bad vocals, horrible lyrics and an accordion.

Posted 8 years ago by Shmelo [ Reply ]

Sounds like these guys just learned English the week before recording this.

Posted 8 years ago by mrselfdestruct [ Reply ]

Let's be kind and give this a 3.

Posted 8 years ago by CoYoT51 [ Reply ]

Where's the Numa-Numa guy when you need him?

Posted 8 years ago by FlatCat [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by calypsus_1 [ Reply ]

a bit like the romaniacts digging the accordian

Posted 8 years ago by primm [ Reply ]

Am I missing something here?

Posted 8 years ago by michaelgmitchell [ Reply ]

A restrained version of Gogol Bordello, it sounds like. Intriguing and maybe a grower. 6 from the intrigued Nottingham jury.

Posted 8 years ago by fredriley [ Reply ]

Shmelo wrote:

This.

Is.

Shit.

I.

dis.

agree.

Posted 8 years ago by AbileneTexas [ Reply ]

HUh Hoh

It's funny the reaction and comments, which some jocks, addicts of the indies-pops-urban.....

By the way, to say that the whole album is amazing, a fusion of various styles and sounds of universal character from various parts of the world.

Not to be impertinent, say can't understand the tastes of some Americans, or perhaps yes, wait for the options of forthcoming elections ........

Tracklist:
01.Bugsy Malone
02.Viva el Comandante
03.Il Tramonto
04.El Camino
05.Repite Mala Vita
06.Heartbreak Island
07.Top of the World
08.So Far So Good
09.New World Order
10.Ubriacatevi
11.Cape Town
12.Checkpoint Charlie

Posted 8 years ago by calypsus_1 [ Reply ]

Thou shall say a chance to shine.

Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea [ Reply ]

Decoy wrote:

The Clash and Gogol Bordello got together one night....

They play Musica mestizo/crossover, like Mano Negra and they like the Clash. A mix of Balkan, reggae, ska, punk and latin. They sing in Spanish, Italian, English, Bosnian, Serbian.

Posted 8 years ago by Karima [ Reply ]

Shmelo wrote:

This.

Is.

Shit.

You are correct

Posted 8 years ago by ShaunJ [ Reply ]

I feel like I'm lost in a disco in the dark recesses of never, never land

Posted 8 years ago by below72 [ Reply ]

This is unpleasant.

Posted 8 years ago by chyk5 [ Reply ]

A mix between Franz Ferdinand and I don't know who...

Posted 8 years ago by dtheb [ Reply ]

I agree with every negative comment - WTF
All I ask is...Bill, WHY?

Posted 8 years ago by below72 [ Reply ]

It seems like this is played every day! wth?

Posted 8 years ago by jnesser [ Reply ]

had to read the lyrics on this to check it wasn't quite as inane as I first thought. I think it was the line:

take me to the top of the world
take me up to bring me down

that was an instant groan. dunno, lines like that just turn me off immediately.