There was the thread recently about anti-war/peace songs. It occured to me I didn't know of any such songs outside of the west. On the other hand I don't really know much Russian music written after Tchaikovsky's time. I'm hoping somebody here can fill me in on if such songs exist(ed).
There you go. The Russian anti-war song. DDT - "Don't shoot" [video=youtube;is1dp9FjDxw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is1dp9FjDxw[/video]
Trololо ,или пошли бы вы на хуй с этим вашим трэдом [video=youtube;V-TithD7izM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-TithD7izM[/video]
"Whether Russians want a war? " by Mark Bernes. [video=youtube;VXv864tKvQw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXv864tKvQw[/video]
I've got no idea what that's about, though I could track down lyrics of the other songs. I noticed the Trolololo bit. Does it have anything to do with this guy? http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/mr-trololo-dies-khil-140556919.html
Why would you say that? I suppose during much of the Soviet era you could get killed or sent to a camp for singing things the government didn't like. But was it like that the whole time? In any case you've been "Russia" again for a while now and I'd think people would be able to sing what they like. Or does the reporter whacking thing extend to musicians as well?
