The Prying Game: Dragostea Din Tea

Lisa Xu ’06

“I first heard it clubbing at 3 or 4 a.m. in Amsterdam…I think it’s something about linden trees. It’s not a great dance song, but Europeans dance really strangely, they kind of hop around…I think the only way they could dance like that is to take drugs.”

Gina M. Bruno ’05

“I couldn’t get what it was about, so I was playing it really loudly late at night…Someone called me and yelled at me to turn it off. I heard it from my boyfriend Josh—can you quote me and embarrass him? He’s 6’1” and 205 pounds and dances around my room singing it till he thinks he’s ‘in tune.’”

Simon P. Kotzeff ’07

“It wouldn’t be a good hook up song, it’s a little too fast paced…and it might be about yodeling. They play it in the [Varsity crew] boathouse. The lightweights are into it. I saw that video...[but] why would anyone watch it? It’s nothing but a fat kid dancing to a song.”

Rachel S. Murray ’06

“I heard it all over Europe…I spent the fall there…Israel, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain, in clubs. It was kind of like “Hey Ya!” last year…Everyone would kind of go crazy…[But] I don’t think Romanian pop is going to take off… I think it would only be [this song].”