tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7762127373328536895..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The Russian Red Army Choir and the Leningrad CowboysGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-61846036804620375572016-11-29T07:53:26.372-05:002016-11-29T07:53:26.372-05:00Excellent! Thanks for posting it.Excellent! Thanks for posting it.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-28061115004782833372016-11-28T23:35:40.844-05:002016-11-28T23:35:40.844-05:00My favorite clip of the Leningrad Cowboys and Red ...My favorite clip of the Leningrad Cowboys and Red Army Choir is this one - showing unbridled exuberance: Sweet Home Alabama - https://youtu.be/Jrg0X9H6FGU <br /><br />I was thinking of this clip when I read about some whiny progressives in a US supermarket somewhere getting the vapors when this Lynyrd Skynyrd song played over the store's sound system - shrieking about how "racist" it was. Suck it up, buttercups! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05423905673202582953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-79259452094812272712016-11-28T21:49:29.719-05:002016-11-28T21:49:29.719-05:00One of the ironies is that was not an official top...One of the ironies is that was not an official top-flight Russian orchestra, but after the fall of communism, they needed jobs, and this gig with the Finns paid. They survived better than some ensembles with bigger names.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81477365122660775762016-11-28T19:49:54.857-05:002016-11-28T19:49:54.857-05:00Finns are just weird. Or not.
Remember, Tolkien&...Finns are just weird. Or not. <br /><br />Remember, Tolkien's inspiration was the Kalevala, which is Finnish. Coincidence?<br /><br />I think not. Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-41814775312348298742016-11-28T10:28:25.480-05:002016-11-28T10:28:25.480-05:00The climax of this story about Iggy Pop also happe...The climax of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vLaqO4Apn8" rel="nofollow">this story about Iggy Pop</a> also happens in Finland. As you say, there must be a huge music scene up there. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com