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		"Sweet Home Alabama," as only the Soviet Red Army Choir and Finnish prog-rockers could perform it. And it farking ROCKS (youtube.com)		52
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DistendedPendulusFrenulum		2007-12-12 11:33:35 AM

And I am spent

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mialynneb		2007-12-12 11:40:09 AM

I really have no words.

clanque		2007-12-12 11:42:18 AM

Double plus good.

Jenthelibrarian		2007-12-12 11:48:17 AM

Good grief!

*So old I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd at Knebworth in '76.

JPJ007		2007-12-12 11:48:30 AM

Awesome.

benlonghair		2007-12-12 11:49:24 AM

Good so far. Loads slower than molassas in January. The guy in the army uniform playing the acoustic bass (?) at 0:21 looks like a young GWB almost.

SpinStopper		2007-12-12 11:50:51 AM

My god, that was incredible ;)

Two Dogs Farking		2007-12-12 11:54:56 AM

The Leningrad Cowboys are awesome. I've seen 'em live at least 5 times...

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat		2007-12-12 07:47:06 PM

Wow. That was... wow.

ZAZ		2007-12-13 08:21:09 AM

This is why link voting was invented.

socalnewwaver		2007-12-13 05:17:30 PM

that was so full of win that it left no room for dessert. good jorb, submitter.

carnage4u		2007-12-14 07:47:48 AM

Its 6:47am, and I dont see how the day can get any better then this.I should just go home, because its all downhill from here.

Knucklepopper		2007-12-14 07:55:10 AM

Thanks Smitty. Today is my post-break-up day and I thought it was going to be bullshiat. It still may be, but now I have something to smile about!

seabass242		2007-12-14 08:10:09 AM

I hate skynyrd, but this was good.

/fark freebird

shift_DAWG		2007-12-14 08:11:00 AM

In Prague in the early 90's, as part of the campaigning for election of the prime minister, one of the parties (can't remember which) set up a country music booth right downtown and did a bang-up job along these lines; messed up lyrics and accents notwithstanding.

/"and that's burns, burns, burns, that rink of fire ..."

unchellmatt		2007-12-14 08:25:01 AM

Holy shiat... I was expecting, errr... I had no idea what I was expecting. But that actually kicked ass.

somemoron		2007-12-14 08:29:31 AM

I have a cat that pukes up hairballs exactly like those dudes hair.

learn2fly		2007-12-14 08:31:59 AM

I liked it. Kinda B-52'ish.

Krymson Tyde		2007-12-14 08:37:10 AM

Groovy

bromidestain		2007-12-14 08:37:14 AM

learn2fly: I liked it. Kinda B-52'ish.

Have you heard The B-52's?

CommandantVonThrash		2007-12-14 10:06:05 AM

Go check out their cover of California Girls. Known about these guys for awhile. Not that interesting without the choir, and I certainly wouldn't call them pro-rockers.

Basically,I'd prefer just the choir covering these songs.

MagusMcCormick		2007-12-14 10:07:58 AM

the part i find funy is that this is from the MTV VMA's from almost 10 years ago

TrainingWheelsNeeded		2007-12-14 10:11:54 AM

That was like the Daily Show's moment of zen - quite surreal

Bukharin		2007-12-14 11:08:33 AM

in sovet russia, red army covers your band!

Gmork		2007-12-14 11:12:02 AM

That is why the internet was invented.

aspAddict		2007-12-14 11:21:44 AM

A+++++ SUBBY!!1one!! Would watch again!ELevenTY!

Tolshak		2007-12-14 11:30:43 AM

Meh, I prefer the Red Elvises for my Russian flavored rock and roll.

/or would the plural be Elvii?

snowjack		2007-12-14 12:14:38 PM

Gmork about covered it.

jmsvrsn		2007-12-14 12:24:13 PM

From the replies it would appear that nobody has seen the movie "Leningrad Cowboys Go America". Great film. Aki Kourismaki is that great unsung Finnish film director you've been looking for all your life.

Bukharin		2007-12-14 12:24:22 PM

Tolshak: Meh, I prefer the Red Elvises

www.mad-science.net

Dean Reed was also called the "Red Elvis"
There's a cool bio out about him called Comrade Rockstar.

JuicenX		2007-12-14 12:36:35 PM

same band
ENTER SANDMAN

target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDxoz5ayss4&feature=relatedLink (new window)

danfri		2007-12-14 12:37:53 PM

Since we're dealing with the Soviet Red Army Choir, would it not have made more sense for them to cover "Georgia On My Mind"?

spanish flea		2007-12-14 12:48:51 PM

Leningrad Coyboys are welcomed to play their version of Stairway To Heaven in my guitar store any day of the week.

DrBenway		2007-12-14 01:15:31 PM

learn2fly: I liked it. Kinda ~~B-52~~Tu-95'ish.

Fixed, etc. Because I'm a helper...

Potent_Potable		2007-12-14 01:32:36 PM

Always wanted to see them in concert...

sayntfuu		2007-12-14 01:35:43 PM

omg that was farking awesome!

thedarkshadow		2007-12-14 01:42:55 PM

Why are they the Soviet Red Army.....um, is there something someone's not telling me?

RobustMattress		2007-12-14 02:08:48 PM

My dad saw them in concert in Finland in the 90's. Brought me back a souvenir Leningrad Cowboys beer can.

/sveet hooome ahlahbahmah

EdNortonsTwin		2007-12-14 02:46:20 PM

It's a good thing they have vodka.

Farkboy2099		2007-12-14 04:13:24 PM

I think Hank Hill would be very conflicted if he saw that...

sfry1978		2007-12-14 05:05:21 PM

I remember seeing this many years ago. It was so bizarre - yet so cool at the same time.

I think this might have been an MTV awards show and maybe before the breakup of the USSR...but I can't remember for sure.

Tanqueray		2007-12-14 06:48:26 PM

Needs more cowbell.

Elzar		2007-12-14 06:59:22 PM

Give Me All You're Lovin' (Polka Style)

Funbags		2007-12-14 07:05:35 PM

danfri: Since we're dealing with the Soviet Red Army Choir, would it not have made more sense for them to cover "Georgia On My Mind"?

This. Or alternately this. (new window)

frankmanhog		2007-12-14 07:11:52 PM

Wow, that's probably the greatest web video I've seen this year.

cazman		2007-12-14 09:45:47 PM

Haha,,,great, great stuff

FarkBad		2007-12-14 10:11:33 PM

I remember watching this when it happened on the VMA's. I'm not sure how long ago it was, but I think I was in middle school at the time and I'm 26 now.

/holds up well

adadkbar93		2007-12-15 12:37:59 AM

FarkBad: I remember watching this when it happened on the VMA's. I'm not sure how long ago it was, but I think I was in middle school at the time and I'm 26 now.

Thanks subby! They were one of the best things of the VMA's that year, and I have never gotten their pronunciation of "Aah-LA-bah-MA" out of my head. Wow, I never thought I see them again.

/Can't wait to show someone why I say Alabama funny sometimes.