Thursday, July 1, 2010

Subversive Music, Mon



So long as the Russian Spy Saga is playing itself out, this is my favorite soundtrack. I just love the idea of a Reggae version of the old Soviet National Anthem.

What a total contrast of images! One calls to mind a militaristic motherland of rigid ideologues in the frozen tundra, and the other, a bunch of laid-back Jamaicans playing guitars and drums between bong hits on a beach.

That song was a fantastic way for a couple of Ukrainian students to tweek the Russians. Their website is here, but it's in Ukrainian only.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unreal. Stealing this for my Facebook page.

Anonymous said...

Further homage to the greatest evil national anthem. The Lenigrad Cowboys, spies, too? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgjNq-Y8NGk

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TSB said...

Thanks for that link to the Leningrad Cowboys! I'm listening to their version of Sweet Home Alabama now. It's got a nice Volga River Boatmen twist on the original.

Anonymous said...

The Leningrad Cowboys - Red Army Choir have for seven years been the house band at the Honey Trap Lounge in Yonkers.

TSB said...

Honey Trap? Ha! I love Cold War nostalgia.

Daniela Swider said...

Pretty awesome! Stealing it for my FB too.