Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves!

I did some time as a DJ at Backstreets in downtown St. Augustine and we had a rather colorful lot of gypsys, pirates, poets, thieves, surfers, skaters, bicycle kids, reformed goths, punks, drunks, malcontents, geeks, tech heads, bums, bastards, Rastas (most were white, go figure!), dreamers, believers, anarchists, painters, shakers, bakers, cooks, crooks, fops, flops, firemen and pops. A generally peaceful yet rowdy bunch who liked to dance to a blend of old wave 80's, new wave 90's and crazy underground Indie. Gogol Bordello exploded on the scene thanks to our local video store stocking and pushing the film Everything Is Illumitated. It would seem that half the regulars saw the film within a 2-3 week period and fell in love with the song Start Wearing Purple. Completely unaware of it's popularity, I threw the track on shortly before last call one night and the dance floor erupted into a wild frenzy of crazed dancers all flailing and shouting along with the lyrics. I was totally unprepared for what was happening. Within a week that song had become the standard closing song and I would even get unruly shouts from the dance floor if I waited too long to put it on. There is a mystical power in that song that seems to get them all jumping and screaming and begging for more. I really have no idea what the song is about. Does the singer simplyhave a fetish for girls in Purple? The crowddoesn't care. It makes them jump. It makes them shout. It makes them drink more and carry on like lunatics. It makes me fear the day Gogol Bordello ever plays in St. Augustine. It would be beautiful to behold.