song: Come Together
language: Tuvan
performer: Bugotak
Bugotak is a Siberian group that blends indigenous styles with modern world influences. Here is their wonderfully trippy video for their throat-singing cover of Come Together. The band's philosophy regards innovation as essential to keeping tradition alive and safe from fossilization, and this is quite the example here, with references to Genghis Khan and nanotechnology. The
Russian/Tuvan title, pronounced "kon tugezy" ("horse Togezy", not sure if that's like "Togezy's horse" or "a horse named Togezy" or something else), is
clearly homophonic. The song is included on their album Coverlar, which contains similar treatments of other rock classics, from Metallica to the Mission Impossible theme.
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