(Thanks to Richard DuBoff for this one….)
Back in the days of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Red Army had an official choir composed of male soldiers and musicians. It still exists. The Red Army Choir performs throughout Russia to this day. Now consider the Finnish rock band called The Leningrad Cowboys. A little while ago, they held a concert in Russia, in which - to the screaming applause of Russkie teen-agers - they got the Red Army Choir to join them on stage for a performance of “Sweet Home Alabama.” In English. You couldn’t make this up.
Every now and then I run across something that really just defies rational explanation. I’ve seen the Red Army choir in concert…and it’s a phenomenal experience, but if you’d told me that I would one day see them doing a rendition of “Sweet Home Alabama” with the Leningrad Cowboys…well, you could have knocked me over with feather. Somewhere, Josef Stalin is spinning in his grave.
This is just about the strangest thing I’ve seen in I don’t know how long. Imagine Metallica doing covers of Celine Dion songs, and you might have something that would be close. Still, it’s going to take me awhile before I can fully process this.
Man, you really can find anything on YouTube, can’t you??
