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I know some of you set the clock forward a bit to put your children in bed early on New Year's Eve. But whoever controls the departure boards in Prague Main Station: please don't do that! (raw.githubusercontent.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org to c/prague@feddit.org

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Yup, this is real, recorded 15 minutes before the new year.

Also see our top-of-the-2010s Christmas song Půlnoční, whose music video features the building on midnight of New Year's. Since I was there shortly before that time, I told all people willing to listen.

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[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dang, did your heart jump a little?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yup, I didn't want to miss the train and wait for 4 hours! If you speak Czech, you might appreciate this parody song about a rural Slovak woman missing the day's last train and having to spend the night at Prague Main (which was awful back then before the 2007 renovation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QcLWhDNUn4

The band specializes at finding Czech soundalikes of pop song titles and writing cover versions around them. This time, it's Everlasting Love → Nestihlas ten vlak ("You [female] Didn't Catch That Train") and features bangers like Rána jako hrom − s láhví spadl Rom ("What a thump − A Romani fell over with a bottle").

Other songs include

YMCA → Nájem zvedej ("Keep Raising the Rent") about greedy landlords
Video Killed the Radio Star → Vidiak ryl by rejhy do spár ("The Vidiac [Drill Bit] Would [Barely] Scrape [Bathroom Tile] Seams") about a man incompetent at hanging a picture
Felicita → Felicie about Škoda Felicia, our first and very popular post-Communist car
Knowing Me, Knowing You → Já jsem tvůj, ty jsi můj ("I [male] Am Yours, You [male] Are Mine") about a stereotypical gay couple bragging how unattracted to women they are (somewhat reflects the weird amusement edging on homophobia prevalent in this country)
I Promise Myself → Naproti maj sejf ("They Have a Safe Across the Street") about a thief lusting for a heist
Break My Stride → Pojď na Skype ("Go Get Skype") about convincing friends to get ISDN and avoid (notoriously extortionate) telephone bills