Leningrad Cowboys & Red Army Choir - SWEET HOME ALABAMA
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The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock and roll band famous for its humorous songs and concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir.
Currently, the band has eleven Cowboys and two Leningrad Ladies. The songs, all somewhat influenced by polka and progressive rock, and performed in English, have themes such as 'vodka', 'tractors', 'rockets', and 'Genghis Khan', as well as folkloric Russian songs, rock and roll ballads and covers from bands as diverse as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, all with lots of humour.
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The Red Army Choir (Choir Aleksandrov) is a performing ensemble that served as the official army choir of the former Soviet Union's Red Army. The choir consists of a male choir, an orchestra, and a dance ensemble. The songs they perform range from Russian folk tunes to Church hymns, operatic arias and popular music.
In 1991, The Red Army Choir participated in Roger Waters' The Wall concert celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. They performed an anti-war song "Bring the Boys Back Home".
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Red Army Choir has continued performing, entertaining audiences both inside and outside Russia.
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BTW, Americans "ignorant as always" is a prejudiced thing to say. Shame on you.
THE RED ELVISES!
2. USSR already was "America's friend" when it dissolved. The cold war ended in the 80's mate.
3. Russia "doesn't give up on democracy". I don't understand where you Americans get such from.
4. I think saying you are ignorant is correct.
i know it sounds insane, but at the end of the song, the choir repeats a verse 3-4 times.
I can't hear what they're saying!
Or, i hear 'беле руже' (white roses) but i don't think that's right...
Help?
but I wonder if anyone at this concert actually knew that the song is about the southern United States
Most people around the world know more about America than some of its nationals.