Take it away, JBH!
First, I apologize for dipping into the Letterman vault again, but sometimes it’s hard to find decent live videos outside of the talk show circuit, ok?
So, this group both excites and scares me. And not just because of their blatant disregard for correct spelling of the English language. Watching the South African duo perform onstage is like watching a great white shark in the water: You can see and appreciate the raw natural power, but you have no idea what they’re thinking, or what they'll do next. That’s a bit troubling, but it gets the pulse pounding, and who doesn’t love a bit of danger-based thrill?
Die Antwoord's raucous, aggressive brand of electronic sound qualifies as “rap-rave” and is fueled by the anti-posh yet somehow still posh virtues of South Africa’s “Zef” counter-culture movement. Apparently it’s built on a frugal foundation of “less is more,” but it sounds to me like Cape Town’s version of hillbilly.
Once the track takes off, it really blasts. You can't help but want to dance along as spastically as the man onstage. He’s acting out what’s in everyone’s head. Don’t worry about trying to make out the lyrics while you’re jumping around: The duo employs a combination of English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa that is nigh unintelligible.
But no one can understand shark either. Find yourself a safe cage.
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