Made For TV - So Afraid of the Russians

[PArTuie]

I'M AFRAID OF THE RUSSIANS!

[a917fan2004]

I remember hearing this on Rodney on the Roq back when he was on for four hours on Saturday night and four hours on Sunday night. That was in 1978 and I haven't heard this song since then. Thanks for posting this, I love the main guitar riff.

[TheKinoEye]

Did DJ Rude Boy play this once at Rage, in Baldwin when Hahn was tending bar there? Or was it played at Thrush in Rockville Center by DJ Rob?

[tinnmann06]

wow, what a flashback i just had!!! thanks!!

[lextual]

Now I'm afraid of MUSLIMS!

[MrAto9]

This is great! I remember hearing it periodically on WNUR. Thanks for letting me hear it again!

[bowman62rd]

Over here near Pittsburgh, pretty sure 'Ole Harry "The Wire" Wagner spun this classic on WYEP. Then WXXP "Double X" (R.I.P.) put it into rotation. Going to Pitt Greensburg at the time, we were all thinking: "OK, we guys had to register for the draft. Could this be our Cold War Calling"!! America needs a little more Paranoia, time to start calling the local radio stations, to make a special request. Why? Because, I am so afraid of the Russians. But this song will make things OK.....!

[2butiful]

So excellent!! I've been looking for this tune for years - has it really been 28 years?!?!? It sounds as good as I remembered it to be.

[masqueraidemarketing]

This video was a great offshoot from Velvet UG and the whole pre-industrial scene. See the Happy Monday's and Joy Division/the Manchester Scene that came out a couple of years later. Very Nico/Cale who gives a crap song, They LOVED it at Danceteria and the Pep Lounge.

[jaimesaraa]

do you have the lyrics?

[bertolet1]

I need to find a downloadable copy of this. Anybody have any ideas?

I've been looking for it for years. Used to hear it on WHFS when it first came out.

[seypto]

could you send me the file of this album it is impossible to find

[SamHusseini]

someone should do a WLIR on the web or such. My high school days.

[Becky142011]

could someone post the lyrics?

[chazspain]

WLIR was the spit! Always hated Ronald Reagan, loved this song!

[ybnormal1965]

No hiss or pops !  I LOVE it!

[ybnormal1965]

No hiss or pops. I LOVE it!

[Elidoransgar]

They've got ships at sea

They've got missiles in the air

Tanks on the border of Europe

And spies everywhere...

Spies...everywhere

Spies...everywhere

Spies...everywhere

[rivertreecat]

Awesome!!!Thanks!!! i too haven't heard since the eighties!!

[MrAoua]

Nice Upload m8!

[justanotherengine]

Remember when they used to play this at "Spies" dance club on RT. 110 in NY !

[gmuny2010]

My God! I've been looking for and haven't heard this song since 1988! Thank you for bringing back some drunken, rebellious memories! LOL!

[italianbrucie]

...ah yes...the streets are sinking, and we're burning...Thank Yooou....

[knoxvillechick4life]

i was in dc from '66 to '86. no way they played this on dc101. maybe whfs.

[jahoodimejrem]

typical red scare of the 80's

[cherrykitten68]

so appropriate for this week.... scary russians

[bbbbbbbbbbbbbb9]

This was a Screamer of the Week on WLIR in the 80s. Thanks for posting it. I've been look for it for years.

[chinasherry1961]

@bbbbbbbbbbbbbb9 I used to listen to WLIR too I really miss them.. do you still ive in NY

[unclebillmusic]

@bbbbbbbbbbbbbb9 Was it a Screamer on WLIR or The Shriek of the Week on WDRE ?  92.7 FOREVER !!!

[funktuall]

WLIR is why we're here too.  We're going through all the screamers one by one.

[TeaPartyJim]

I've got this EP. 1983, DNulrammah.

Didn't Weasel play this on DC101 frequently?

[wilbar2922]

I remember it from LIR too. Never thought I'd see it here. Good deal!

[AnthonysDen]

I remember hearing this on DJ Malibu Sue's '80s Flashback Cafe' weekdays at noon on 92.7 WLIR(until it became an all-Spanish station on January 2004).How I miss those days!

[DNulrammah]

..I liked the later version better. The one that they performed it in the clubs in the DC area back in the 80s.

[edkollin]

Da Thanks for upgrading this. Back to the good old days of Cold War paranoia. Now instead of Russian spies everywhere we have Russian hackers everywhere and Chinese and Iranian. It is so bad I can't sleep.......at night

[retrorichie80s]

Nice