Numanuma, spreading to a website near you!
 

Over the past couple of months a song by a band known as O-zone, called Mi-ya-hii, began taking a flash turn for the worst. We are now plagued to see strange guys dancing on their webcams and even nerdier guys making a Starwarskid-esk movie to the song, these are known as Numanuma.

Now for your fear... Here is Numanuma

(by the by, I couldn't decide whether to put this under entertainment or internet. I decided to the latter because it IS becoming an internet craze.)

Well, I don't know about any of the other products in this "craze", but I gotta say that I've seen much worse amateur video efforts online. I think this kid did a pretty good job on what he was doing, actually.

Amateur my ass, that guy knows what he's doing with a video camera. He even used the technique Hitchcock made famous in Vertigo where, to simulate the dizzying effect, he would simultaneously back the camera away from the subject while zooming in to keep the subject at the exact same visual distance but distort the background.

In all, I thought it was a cool video but maybe 30 seconds too long.

Yeah, I liked everything except for the last part, if that's what you were trying to say. And I know it's not an amateur, it seems to be like a planned out starwarskid. You think that's bad? The more amateur one is the one you can find more often around google, it's of a somewhat fat nerd guy dancing in his chair to the song with his webcam.

I saw that one and it seems definitive, I doubt I can ever think of anything else when hearing that song.

But you have to admit that it's catchy. Maybe I should make a post about this in Conspiracy theories.... I watched it in the library office at my school, some people saw it, they began watching it and people watched them. Soon enough the announcement program played it as the opening theme, now I can hear it walking down the halls....

Hate to sound like an ass, but it's called 'Dragostea Din Tei.'

Then why does the band call is Mai-Ya-Hii? The band is O-zone, and under a site that's what the song is titled. Where are you getting your facts from?

Okay, just cheked a few more sites, it's hard to tell anymore. Some dites have Dragosta Din Tei while others have Numanuma or Mai-Ya-Hii.

>=( ebaumsworld stole that and replaced the video

Not suprised.... Ebaumsworld does everything..... I think there's a movie of me clipping my toe nails on there somewhere...... ^_^

That video is just intoxicating!

the song shall envelope you..... You shall spread it! The song comands it!

Reminds me of the Happy wanderer;

I love to go awandering
Along the mountain track
And when I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back


Valderee, valderah,
Valderee, valderah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,
Valderee, valderah,
My knapsack on my back


I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun
So joyously, it calls to me
Come join my happy song


Valderee, valderah,
Valderee, valderah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,
Valderee, valderah,
Come join my happy song
[Play it Jeffrey!]

Overhead, the skylarks wing
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing
As o'er the world we roam

Valderee, valderah,
Valderee, valderah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,
Valderee, valderah,
As o'er the world we roam

Never heard that one.... Hum, I'll look it up sometime.

OK you're right. It's growing on me. I wanna be his friend.

Is this to the tune of the old Calgary beer commercial? I didn't know there was a real song behind that.

Oh, heck yeah! One of the campfire classics. For those of us of a certain age, it was standard grade school music class fare.

We all do.... and the song tells you that only people that spread the song through out an area no less than 5 miles may be his friend.

There is something addictive about this, but I'm not sure exactly what it is. The kid certainly has lots of charisma.

I would too if I was dancing to that song.

In case anyone was interested here's the Romanian lyrics and English translation of the words to the song Numanuma or Dragostea Din Tei, whichever you prefer.

Chorus 1 (4 times) -
Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-huu
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-haha [These are just sounds.]

- Verse 2 -
Alo, Salut, sunt eu, un haiduc,
Si te rog, iubirea mea, primeste fericirea.
Alo, alo, sunt eu Picasso,
Ti-am dat beep, si sunt voinic,
Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic.

Hello [on a cellphone], greetings, it's me, an outlaw,
I ask you, my love, to accept happiness.
Hello, hello, it's me, Picasso,
I sent you a beep [cellphone signal], and I'm brave [or strong],
But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.

- Chorus 3 (2 times) -
Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.

You want to leave but you don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want to take me, don't want don't want don't want to take me.
Your face and the love from the linden trees,
And I remember your eyes.

- Verse 4 -
Te sun, sa-ti spun, ce simt acum,
Alo, iubirea mea, sunt eu, fericirea.
Alo, alo, sunt iarasi eu, Picasso,
Ti-am dat beep, si sunt voinic,
Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic.

I call you [over the phone], to tell you what I feel right now,
Hello, my love, it's me, your happiness.
Hello, hello, it's me again, Picasso,
I sent you a beep [cellphone signal] and I'm brave [or strong],
But you should know that I'm not asking for anything from you.

Chorus 3
Chorus 1
Chorus 3

well that loses a lot in the translation, doesn't it.

What ever you do, please don't find a translation for Ma-na-ma-na

Oh, you mean Phenomenon by the Muppets, right?

That's the way I heard it anyway. :rolleyes:

*sighs deeply* wow... i'm lost already

Not to worry.....the Muppets will do that to ya. :biggrin:

MUPPETS FOREVER!
 

Now THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!

speaking of muppets.. has anyone here seen meet the feebles (sp?)

does anyone have a link (that isn't broken) to the original star wars kid video?

i'm trying to explain this to someone at work, and it just needs to be seen.

eBaum's World has everything!

oh yeah, it's spreading...

This song and that fat kid are both awesome! It's addictive and fun. I was looking for a thread on this, or I was gonna start my own. This is just classic.
LOVE it.