# This Polish Flash-Mob Video is Teh Awesome **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832 "2012-11-12T22:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/1 "2012-11-12T22:09:16Z")
I don’t speak a word of Polish, but nevertheless [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DXgCrhIevwU) gave me chills. tl;dr - It’s the Warsaw case of _Les Miserables_ doing a flash mob at a Warsaw mall to promote their show. If anyone on the Dope speaks Polish and wouldn’t mind taking a crack at translating the lyrics, I’d be much-obliged. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/2 "2012-11-12T22:52:45Z")
I don’t speak Polish, but the song is “One Day More” from _Les Miserables_. [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGeBYmBYaos)is another version, with lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/3 "2012-11-12T23:40:45Z")
Oh, great-another flash mob video. Sonofabitch-there are tears in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/4 "2012-11-13T00:01:17Z")
At 01:57 I heard Pee Wee Herman…“I’m TRYING to use the pho-ooooone!” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/5 "2012-11-13T00:02:03Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I don’t speak Polish, but the song is “One Day More” from _Les Miserables_. > > [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGeBYmBYaos)is another version, with lyrics. Yeah, I’m familiar with the lyrics in the English version. I was just curious how the Polish translation looked against the English version I’m used to. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/6 "2012-11-13T00:03:56Z")
Eponine’s hipster glasses are giving me a fuzzy feeling in my special place. :eek: ETA: Or Cosette’s-- not sure which is which. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/7 "2012-11-13T00:10:56Z")
Is it just me, or do a lot of the bystanders look annoyed? The applause at the end seemed short and tepid too. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/8 "2012-11-13T00:12:31Z")
I just sent the link to my polish friend. He probably won’t post here, I’ve been trying to get him to sign up for years, but he will tell me his opinion and I will share it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/9 "2012-11-13T00:41:44Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/10 "2012-11-13T01:34:34Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Is it just me, or do a lot of the bystanders look annoyed? > > The applause at the end seemed short and tepid too. It looks like most of the performers have small microphones clipped to their coats, so that it how you can hear them so well in the video. But with singers on different floors and riding up and down escalators and running around to various places, I doubt most of the people in the mall can hear what’s going on unless someone is singing right next to them. Maybe they are hooked into the mall’s loudspeaker system, but I would bet that would produce horrible feedback or echoes. I think the bystanders are just puzzled because they can hear (and see!) the performer(s) who is (are) nearby, but don’t get the whole performance like you can on the edited video. I don’t think this is a classic flash mob, where the mob takes over a public space and performs for the benefit of those in the public space. I think these are paid actors staged around a mall singing for the cameras. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/11 "2012-11-13T01:36:00Z")
So, my polish friend not only says the the words are accurate, but that he knows where the flash mob happened. And he’s sad that he didn’t get to see it happen. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-polish-flash-mob-video-is-teh-awesome/640832/12 "2012-11-13T02:25:48Z")
I usually enjoy these, but all the escalator action was distracting. Still, Polish is kinda pretty to listen to.