Weekend Economists Make War on Charlie Wilson August 22-24, 2014

[MattSh]

41. You might be thinking a bit too much into it...

But first a few notes...

Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo consisting of Felix Buxton (born 1971) and Simon Ratcliffe (born 1 December 1969). The pair got their name from the regular night club they held in their hometown of Brixton, London, UK.[3] They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s.[4] As the British Hit Singles & Albums book duly noted "they surfaced from the underground house scene, are regular transatlantic club chart-toppers and won the BRIT Award for Best Dance Act in 2002 and 2004".[5] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basement_Jaxx

So this has no roots in East Europe. Blame the Brits! They might not have been looking to make any statement at all; but subsequent events led people to make their own interpretation of this video. Also note the song's release date (2006) and the video's posted date (2012).

One interpretation of this video assigns the female singer the role of Crimea. She's looking for someone, anyone she can relate to, but with no luck until a Russian in a tank comes to rescue her. Another interpretation puts her among Russians, and the man in the tank is a Ukrainian coming to rescue her and return her to Ukraine. Now I'm quite sure the people who did this video was thinking of none of this when they put this together.