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Mar. 9th, 2025

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Something funny for your Sunday/Monday ;)

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Lyrics and translation: )

Dec. 24th, 2024

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"Grandma got run over by a reindeer"

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Dec. 20th, 2024

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Winter Songs from 1960s-1990s

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Dec. 10th, 2024

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"Tout va tres bien!" / "As for the rest, everything is just fine!"

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Two versions of an ageless classic. The first one has English subtitles.




Oct. 25th, 2024

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Vintage morning oldies

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Sep. 25th, 2024

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"The Roman Empire During the Time of Its Decline", by Bulat Okudjava

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A 1987 concert in Germany.

Lyrics and translation:

Римская империя времени упадка
сохраняла видимость твердого порядка:
Цезарь был на месте, соратники рядом,
жизнь была прекрасна, судя по докладам.
А критики скажут, что слово "соратник" - не римская деталь,
что эта ошибка всю песенку смысла лишает...
Может быть, может быть, может и не римская - не жаль,
мне это совсем не мешает, а даже меня возвышает.

The Roman Empire during the time of its decline
Preserved the appearance of firm order:
The caesar was in his place, his comrades near him,
And life was wonderful, according to reports.
But the critics will say that the word "comrades" is not a Roman detail,
That this mistake deprives this entire little song of its meaning...
Maybe, maybe, maybe it's not Roman--I'm not sorry about it,
It doesn't interfere with what I have in mind; on the contrary, it elevates me.Read more... )

Sep. 23rd, 2024

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"Tanz mit mir", by Faun

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Sep. 21st, 2024

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"I am writing a historical novel"

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(reposting from 2015)

"...Однажды один московский критический журнал попросил нескольких литераторов написать о том, для чего мы пишем и почему мы пишем. Так как я не умею писать статьи и не очень люблю анализировать себя самого, я отказался. Остальные написали очень серьезные исследования собственного творчества. А я написал стихотворение и послал в журнал. Его тогда не напечатали, но зато потом получилась песня..."

(Б.Окуджава)

"...One time, a Moscow literary analysis journal asked several writers to write about the purpose for which we write and why we write. Because I can't write articles and don't particularly like analysing myself, I declined. Others wrote very serious analyses of their own creative process. And I wrote a poem and sent it to the journal. The poem wasn't printed at the time, but later, it became a song..."
(B. Okudjava)




Lyrics and translation:

В склянке темного стекла
Из-под импортного пива
Роза красная цвела
Гордо и неторопливо.

In a vessel made of dark glass
Which was an empty bottle of imported beer
A red rose bloomed
Proudly and unhurriedly.

Исторический роман
   Сочинял я понемногу,
   Пробиваясь, как в туман,
   От пролога к эпилогу.

I was slowly composing
A historical novel,
Forcing my way, as if through a fog,
From a prologue to the epilogue.
 
Read more... )

Sep. 13th, 2024

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Nogu Svelo! - Titan

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And they even provided a translation of the lyrics:

"TITAN"
I am alone in this boat.
As a shipboy and a captain.
But it’s not the "Titanic," alas…
And I, alas, am not a titan. Read more... )
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Тимур Шаов - Не хотел я пить, но пятница... "/ "I didn't want to drink, but it's Friday..."

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Sep. 1st, 2024

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"Don't Dilly Dally on the Way" :P

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And here's a version with lyrics:





Jul. 25th, 2024

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"Everything is going to plan," by Ded Archimed

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...Trigger warning--I think you can imagine the imagery for this video--so--




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"Song about the Earth", by Vladimir Vysotsky

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(today is his memorial day, Lev Shlosberg reminds us)

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Apr. 21st, 2024

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"Yes, we have no bananas"

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Apr. 13th, 2024

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La Cucaracha

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Apr. 12th, 2024

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It's SWING Party Time | Great American Big Bands Of the 1930s & 1940s

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Mar. 28th, 2024

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"A blue dog", by Maria Mahova

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Mar. 19th, 2024

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Full version of the song from "Leo the Cat's Automobile"

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Mar. 1st, 2024

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"Why do we want to go to war?" by Ded Archimed

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Feb. 4th, 2024

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Монеточка - ОСТАНОВИЛОСЬ (Official Music Video 2024)

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