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Spitalul de Urgenţă, literally "Emergency Hospital", is a
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n rock band, integrating elements of traditional Romanian music into a sometimes hard-edged rock sound,Ale house rock
''The St. Petersburg Times'', Issue #1008(75), October 1, 2004. Accessed on line 2 July 2006
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, European classical music, and cartoon soundtrack music. The group was formed 2000 in
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.Official Spitalul de Urgenţă page
on A&A Records, accessed 2 July 2006.
''Spitalul de Urgenţă'' is also the Romanian title of the American television show '' ER'', but band leader Dan Helciug says that the name actually derived from a time they were playing a concert and "all the musicians arrived injured… we looked like a band from a hospital." Helciug has now worked with quite a range of musicians and continues to release music in this style under the name ''Spitalul de Urgenţă'' more or less regardless of exactly who he is playing with. He also plays in the more rock oriented band Nod, which he describes as a blend of
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. Helciug's lyrics often feature a bitter wit that does not lend itself to easy translation, especially because of his tendency to paraphrase (both musically and lyrically) pieces of well known traditional songs. For example, the chorus of their song "Trăiască Berea" ("Long Live Beer") uses a phrase from a traditional song, "Foaie verde şi-o lalea" ("Green leaf and a tulip"): :''Trăiască berea in care ne-am născut'' :''Traiăscă berea că tare ne-a durut'' :''Foaie verde şi-o lalea'' :''Fie pâinea cât de rea'' :''Chiar aici in ţara ta'' :''Tot ţi-o fură cineva.'' :::- "Trăiască berea", Dan Helciug :Long live beer in which we were born :Long live beer, for we've suffered much :Green leaf and a tulip :However bad the bread may be :Even here in your own country :Someone will steal it he breadfrom you. :::- "Long live beer", Dan Helciug The album ''Alcool Rafinat'' ("Refined Alcohol", 2005) includes a number of covers and parodies including a reworking of the
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song "Breaking the Law" as "Caut un bou" ("Looking for an Ox"), in which a cow wanders through Bucharest looking for love, and a more straightforward translation of the Tiger Lillies' song "Whore" as "Curva".The Judas Priest and Tiger Lillies songs are explicitly credited in the album notes of ''Alcool Rafinat'', CAT Music 101 2502 2, Romania 2005. "Caut un bou" contains the lyrics "Sunt o vaca plictisita…De taur sunt mult iubita" ("I'm a bored cow…Much in love with a bull"). Besides the explicit mention of Bucharest as a locale ("să mă ia la București"); there is also "Să mă plimbe pe Magheru", the Magheru boulevard being one of Bucharest's main boulevards.


Band members


Original lineup

* Dan Helciug (vocals) * Viorel Preda * Adrian Chepa (bass) * Catalin Dalvarea


Other members

* Emil Chican (guitar) * Vladimir Sergeyev (drums) * Vali Craciunescu (accordion) * Claudiu Stoica (ţambal)


Discography

* ''Trăiască Berea'' (2000, EP) * ''Să Cânte Muzica!'' (2001?) * ''Spitalomania'' (2002) * ''Stupefiant'' (2004) * ''Alcool Rafinat'' (2005) * ''F.P.S.'' (2009) * ''Bua Bua'' (2013)


Dan Helciug solo

* "HeArt" (2016)


Notes


External links

*
Former Official page
on A&A Record
archived 2007-10-08
*
Dan Helciug official page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spitalul De Urgenta Romanian pop music groups Musical groups from Bucharest Musical groups established in 2000