In his recent hour-long rant on a Tripoli balcony, Moammar Gadhafi vowed to hunt down his own rebellious people "inch by inch, house by house, room by room, alley by alley" and to wipe them out "to the last drop of blood." An Israeli musician and journalist named Noy Alooshe -- who is of Tunisian descent, by the way -- caught the speech. He noted the rhythmic repetitions, the zany clothes, and the trippy way Gadhafi kept pumping his fists, and said to himself: "Classic hit!"Alooshe cranked up Auto-Tune and remixed Gadhafi's speech as a mash-up with "Hey Baby," a song by American rappers Pitbull and T-Pain. He overlaid the video with footage of a scantily-clad young woman apparently dancing to Gadhafi's words, tossed it up on YouTube, and put the word out about it on Facebook and Twitter.
Some Arab viewers were put off to discover the video's Israeli provenance, but the vast majority, it seems, think it's terrific. In Libya in particular, young revolutionaries are loving it. Many of them contacted Alooshe to request a version minus the dancing girl so they could show the video to their parents (he quickly obliged). The New York Times says the video has become a "popular token" of the Libyan uprising.
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Translation:
Inch, inch. house, house. home, home. zanga zanga
Forward, forward, Revolution, Revolution
(Repeat)
I got millions on my side not from the inside but from other countries. From here i send a call to all the millions of the desert.. from desert to desert the millions will march and no one will be able to stop them.
Fast, fast
(Repeat)
The bell of work has rang!, the bell to march has rang!, the bell of victory has rang!, no turning back!
(Repeat)