Red Russian Army Choir & Leningrad Cowboys

[MrSamLikesCookies]

I still say Trololo was a better song

[MrSamLikesCookies]

DAT HAIR

[Dreamagic23]

Xopoxo! ZooGoooD

[Stubestubes]

tää on hyvää tavaraa...

[moefapie]

where can i get the full video?

[jbur105]

Holy shit!

[dmcc20012]

Those were the fucking days!

[gubartz]

hahahaha...no wikipedia tem o nome das versões em cada país...

In Brazil, Pedro de Lara-la

n Spain, Que Tiempo Tan Feliz

In West Germany, An jenem Tag

In Italy, Quelli Erano Giorni

In France, Le temps des fleurs

[andysm1964]

Great recording,and performance...someone whom remembers the original,Mary hopkins` version...great,.great great!

[higgme1ster]

@andysm1964 The Original was in cyrillic. "Дорогой длинною"

[HeRtBoK]

I love the mix of the two genres. The song is cool. Very nice

[mius224]

охуеть !

[GunBigotHater]

I love to hear the Russian Army Choir! They don't sing like American "stuffed shirt" choirs. These guys sound like they are genuinely having fun! I like the way the go from light to dramatic!

[MonsterOFkepir]

Amazing :)

[FireBlade9773]

What's with the shoes and hair!!!!!

[juuonse]

@FireBlade9773 Same thing that's up with lady Gaga, Bieber, and all the other bands, artists, etc. putting up a show.

[DerErwecker]

yeah, only 250 mio dead people. hail the red star !

childrenbirthday

[CGLN]

@DerErwecker Yeah, this song represents Stalin just about as much as the U.S. foreign policy represents democracy, so...

[anonymous0s0egion]

I don't care if the leningrad cowboys titrated as a joke or not, they are just as much a part of russian as moscow is.

[Toivoja]

@anonymous0s0egion

Hey com'on. Someone has already stated it before but I will say it again... Two things you need to know.

1.Leningrad Cowboys are from FINLAND!

2.Finland is a sovereign country, NOT part of Russia.

savvy?

[anonymous0s0egion]

@Toivoja

Bro, I know these things. I was saying they're a part of russia regardless of being a finnish satire group.

I could have worded that better but I'm almost always smoking weed.

[Santino19633]

YARRAMII YEEEEE FENEEEER:D:D

[jatufin]

Sleepy Sleepers (aka Leningrad Cowboys) is a pop/punk band from mid 70's, who ridiculed everything, including Finland's relations with Soviet Union. I remember 1993 when they and Red Army Choir had this huge concert on the central square of Helsinki. Wasn't there with some 100 000 others, but saw it live on TV. It was weird. Cold war was only few years behind and Finland had succumbed in severe economic depression. But people sung and dance. Someone waved huge USSR flag. Party time.

[ISLAS13]

name of the song?

[Stoos7]

@ISLAS13

"Those were the days" is the name

[ISLAS13]

@Stoos7  thanks

[ultranol1983]

Pedro de Lara, lá, lalá lalá, lalá...

[banmen0w]

Love this song..love this version! Really works well with the Red Choir and Russian guy. It's like the song was actually written for them.

[666deathnoize]

Finlandization at its best. Great band, great choir, great music!

[TheChivas677]

Disse finnene er morsomme og gode til å spille. Men det virker som de har sovnet med håret og skoene på...

[MEGAROM999]

strange hair-dos. for what such?

[Fernanditoslc]

@MEGAROM999 My take is that the band is sort of a parody about some USA rock bands. In the 60's almos all american bands had that "Elvis-type" hairdo, with stiff hair.

[MEGAROM999]

@RAG1994

strange hair-dos. for what such?

[iris030372]

fantastyczneeeeee.......



[gonja2]

3:27 hard moshpit:)))

[sgthl]

This brings back some memories. On our last night leave in the army someone chose this tune from the jukebox. Never again will i experience a moment like that, 30-40 soldiers about to become "reserves" instead of active duty conscripts singing this song from the top of their lungs (the pub security guards wisely decided to let us sing uninterrupted ;)

Those were the days my friend....

[Gcpelasgos]

just perfect . love to russia from greece

[Gcpelasgos]

just perfect love to russia from greece

[sistersdaddy]

So many meanings when they do this song -  And I cry.

[kykasherezada]

q hermoso cover =')

[GraylionFO]

OMG that Russian baritone.

[Kisaaaaaa]

Слова К.Подревского Ехали на тройке с бубенцами, А вдали мелькали огоньки... Эх, когда бы мне теперь за вами, Душу бы развеять от тоски! Дорогой длинною, Погодой лунною, Да с песней той, Что вдаль летит звеня, И с той старинною, Да с семиструнною, Что по ночам Так мучила меня. Да, выходит, пели мы задаром, Понапрасну ночь за ночью жгли. Если мы покончили со старым, Так и ночи эти отошли! В даль родную новыми путями Нам отныне ехать суждено! Ехали на тройке с бубенцами, Да теперь проехали давно!

[unamonu]

Anyone has the original lyrics in Russian?

[PavelLaminar]

@unamonu Ehali na troyke s bubencami A vdali melkali ogonki Eh, kogda by mne teper' za vami Dushu by razveyat' ot toski Chorus: Dorogoy dlinnoyu Pogodoy lunnoyu Da s pesney toy Chto vdal letit zvenya I s toy starinnoyu Da s semistrunnoyu Chto po nocham Tak muchila menya Da, vyhodit, peli my zadarom Ponaprasnu noch za nochyu jgli Esli my pokonchili so starym Tak i nochi eti otoshli Chorus V dal rodnuyu novymi putyami Nam otnyne ehat'sujdeno Ehali na troyke s bubencami Da teper' proehali davno

[CarlDuke]

@unamonu Try the Helmut Lotti version of this song, also on youtube.

[Skopuningurin]

You can see that they are from finland

[mebiggles1]

@Skopuningurin

Why? Have they got fins?

[mrvainnn]

Fucking AWESOME

[jojey18]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw! <3

[rnm1011]

Ha!

[NajoTheWolf]

no sense, but LOL

[Christoph21y]

FINLAND rocks!!!

Greetz from Switzerland

[easternshock]

I'm going to LENINGRAD in about 4 days!!!! I'm so excited, first thing I'll do will be to buy one of those cool commisar hats!!!

[mickgee001]

thank you for putting this on you tube for the peasants I was once Leningrad cowboy but i escape and now live in Ireland using name Hairy Mickoleen,wery good check out my country western on you tube.

[huxeeel]

eh o jovem nerd lá, lá lá lá lá, lá lá!

[archmagic17a]

nice hair

[jacklegminer]

cool very good song i love it

[woweq]

wow!!1

[rotforme13]

Pedro de Lara la - laia laia laia, laialaia, laialaialaia (8) -Silvio Santos

[DerEddi]

@RAG1994 u r 100% right!

[Shadelio]

@RAG1994 You are absolutely correct. Thumbs up.

[cyniowwa]

It's absolutely a brillant show... I LOVE IT !!! Masterpiece.

[wjdcr]

Russia has a good Army Choir.

[Myrre87]

Hammer! Leningrad!

[5ncumdent]

hell no!

[zeuschild1]

I never heard of the Leningrad Cowboys but they are totally fun to watch and listen to. You have a new American fan. And the Red Army Choir sounds absolutely magnificent! Keep bringing us wonderful music!!!!

[TheBugowt]

classic song... drank many times to this song (orignal to wedding bands)

[redhawkster]

perfect !!!!

[Tickey89]

it!s . . .it never can`t tell .. . only in finish . .. . . HUIPPUA JA PARASTA MITÄ KOSKAAN VOIDAAN SAADA KOKEA !!!!!! kiitos and thanks for ever . i can get . . . .;)

[pahis31]

Leningrad cowboys are finns :) our crazy heros!

[marike99]

riccikim3462

yes, of course

it's an old russian song written by Boris Fomin

for thr history of this song with original russian reccordings juste search in Youtube:

Dorogoy dlinnoyu BEFORE Those were the days

[riccikim3462]

Is this song originated from Russia?

[buhisukeyu]

@riccikim3462

it originates in a russian folk song and was made famous by mary hopkins in the late 60s

[midgemirage]

YEAH!!!!!

[Seppovesimies]

best version ever

[finzan]

Grashopper sings too ;)

[harmageden]

MY ADVICE... be nice to THE RUSSIANS

[Kev95682]

In Soviet Russia, health care reforms YOU!!

[Freyja1133]

leningrad cowaboys  better change their name..leningrad is San Petorsburg now

[AlexRGravlin]

@Freyja1133

Wow, you don't seem to get it.

[Russiarules1]

Russian music For The WIN!

Russian folklore is the best of best, this people deserve medals or something!

[jaycowart]

They are the greatest group of entertainers I have ever seen. They make me happy. Thanks

[zentrader123]

Know you'll think I'm naive, and I probably am, but when when I see the great joy of life and music in this video, it give's me great hope that we're all the same.

[sdlfngodsfig]

Hey, douchebags, go shove that politic up in your ass!

It's okay to talk about politics, but not here!

This is rock'n'roll and a one hell of a song! It has nothing to do with politics!

[TamsuO]

Kommunismi = työväen etu ja rikkaiden häviö, oletettavasti mahdoton toteuttaa täydellisesti ihmisten kesken ahneuden vuoksi. Täydellisenä täydellisen tasa-arvoinen valtiomuoto.

Communism = benefit for working class and hell for the rich, most propably impossible to implement in it's purest form for people since people are greedy. If it would be perfect however, it would be the perfectly equal form of government.

[AlexRGravlin]

Communism = benefit for the useless, and punishment for those who work hard.

There is nothing equal about that.

[TamsuO]

Noo, how can you say that the poor people aren't working? You elitist bastard. In that system everyone would work equal amounts and earn equally, what is NOT equal about that? Most rich people have born rich, so being rich has nothing to do with hard work, geesh.

[AlexRGravlin]

And how do you propose we pay doctors who go to eight years of college to practice medicine, the same as we pay some useless burger-flipper at McDonalds? Your system can never work, because initiative can NOT be punished, and uselessness can NOT be rewarded.

Most rich people work hard all their lives to earn their wealth. It is a small minority that inherits their wealth.

[TamsuO]

That is why the change can not me immediate. Of course they won't be punished for the work they do, but for keeping it all to themselves when most of the worlds population is starving and living in so badly made towns. It is just a small minority of the rich people that share their wealth, and even smaller minority of those have inherited their riches. That would be justice.

Also doctors make alot money only in US where they have the worst and the most commercial health-care system.

[AlexRGravlin]

Nobody should be forced to give up their hard-earned wealth. That is theft - not justice.

[TamsuO]

(other post continued) In Finland we have propably the best health-care system in the world and the doctors are normal people. Our government pays the whole health-care system including the doctors, and that is how it should be.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the lonely get more lonely. And that is NOT how it should be.

[AlexRGravlin]

There is nothing good about a government-run health system where some incompetent government bureaucrat decides whether or not you're allowed to live because he wants to cut costs. I bet the doctors there are terrible. Because a bureaucrat doesn't decide what our doctors are allowed to make, they have the incentive to become good doctors.

[TamsuO]

Gosh, you don't even know what you're talking about. Here even the poor are allowed to live. The doctors are not terrible. Our government has never cut the health-care fundings, and only will if we get to the american way of economy where the government has lend so much money out that it makes the system fall, and even on that point, it would be the last thing to cut off. Doctors here are actually fabulous. And if they like money more than helping people, they can always move outta here.

[TamsuO]

And no, our government does not tell the doctors what to do, they only fund them. Gosh. Would you actually read something before telling your lies? I really recommend you to read some Karl Marx before you tell me anything about the communist way of government. Marxism =/= Leninism

[Freyja1133]

@TamsuO : didn't marxism propose that people should live in a utopian society.,lay around in fields & read?

[Freyja1133]

@AlexRGravlin Alex, no  over here it's the health care insureres who decide that the insured goes to the hospital when they're ill.... that's why the first words that anyone in america will hear come out of a doctors mouth are " what kind of insurance do you have?" and this means health insurance

[AlexRGravlin]

@Freyja1133

Yes, but in America, you're free to choose what health insurer is covering you. Insurance companies are private businesses, so they are forced to be competitive to keep your business. If one is not giving you the service you wanted, you're free to find another.

Under your system, you have only the government. One massive, bureaucratic government that decides whether you live or die, and you have no choice whatsoever.

Choice is the most important issue here. Choice is freedom.

[Oliofructose]

@AlexRGravlin

yeah, an if your re poor born you got the choice in which war you gonna be kill d for freedom, to get education and insurance,

maybe you got the choice in which paper bag ya keep your beer, if your parents got money you may choice the weapons to kill the pupils at your school. Sry but it s just another point of view

[AlexRGravlin]

@Oliofructose

... what the hell are you talking about?

[Oliofructose]

about us choice, i think; -> no money no choice, isn t it that way? obama wanted; dont know if he already did, 11mio poor children health insuring.

however whats been before with them, no money -> better no illness

[AlexRGravlin]

@Oliofructose

So we should force three hundred million people into an oppressive socialized health system run by an incompetent government, just because there are some irresponsible people who refused to make the right decisions that could allow them to support their families?

Doesn't seem like very sound logic to me.

[Oliofructose]

really like discussin with you,

1. the government isnt incompetent, they re paid by someone and doing the job they got to, f.e. w was paid by oil and fought for oil, don t know obamas intension, and 2. no one nowhere got the choice into which kind of circumstainces he s born, even not in the us. be glad to be born in conditions that dont force ya refusing decisions just to keep your family alive.

[Freyja1133]

@TamsuO here in america it's the insurance companies who get richer..while the doctors ahve to leave the state because of malpractice

[annelmac60]

awesome!

[smalltime0]

@RAG1994 I thought they were created by the sleepysleepers for parodies and covers, but proved too popular (surpassing the original band) and then they got the movie, but I could be worng.

[FinnishT]

Finnish-Russian federation of music. Bujaka.

[rafiraied]

alot better than the original version

[McBigMoney1]

THE BEST!!

Finnish!!!

[SamaraUSA]

Super, it is a great version of our immortal hit:)

[ssander82]

isn't it funny that the archrivals of  USA sang this only after 3 years of the fall of communism

[jarnoob]

what communism are you talking about :L ? USSR was never communistic country, it was stalinistic.

[jarnoob]

Minähän sinä oikein pidät kommunismia? Kuten olen sanonut niin neuvostoliitto ei ollut koskaan kommunistinen, vaan stalinistinen valtio. Eli pieni valtaeliitti orjuutti koko valtiota, eli loisteliaasti ja piti valtiota kasassa miliisin voimankäytöllä. vrt. Kommunismi on sosioekonominen tai poliittinen järjestelmä, joka ajaa luokatonta, tasa-arvoista ja yhteisomistukseen perustuvaa yhteiskuntamallia.

Oikeasti kommunistista valtiotahan ei ole ikinä ollut, eikä tule olemaan.

[Fissueful]

And that makes the country communistic? Jeeeeeeeeeesus. I could get a hammer and a sickle tattoo on my ass, and still it would be middleclass ass. As Jarnoob said earlier, USSR was stalinistic, not generic-communistic.

[MalajacBiH]

Isn't it funny you have no idea whatsoever this is originally a Russian song? :) Look for "Dorogoi dlinnoyu"

[chriselzer]

Isn't it funny that the Leningrad Cowboys are a Finnish band and not a Russian?

[Tomacomo]

@chriselzer

yo, finland is a part of russia. everyone knows it. just like switzerland is a country in africa

[toxicramone]

Silvio Santos, Brazilian advertising and TV host, used that "lalala" part on he's TV Show from the 80's, and became legendary here in our country...

everybody loves that song here because of him...

awesome version btw

[boyraz38]

dürürürü fener

[ssander82]

sampiyon fener

[Ron323]

Awesome song.

[cyberiaster]

i like this song :)

[greaguy92]

LA LA LA LAALALAA! greetings from the Finland !!!!

[bbsantic]

This is the best evidence that people of all nations can live in peace and happiness if they keep bad people aside.

Greetings from Croatia.

[Sandro1562]

Wishful thinking! La-la-la isn't enough.

What if most of the Russian elite is corrupt and imperialistic?

Greetings from Georgia!

[OttawaRocks]

Excellent. Greetings from Canada!

[VikingsAxe]

Leninggrad Cowboys are from Finland if you didn´t know that and was first European group to play in Moscow during the cold war days.

This was big :)

[niinihoki]

awesome total balalaika show

[theaterboythefirst]

What does that lady sing between 2:30 and 2:50?

I fear my Russian is nood good enough.

Great Band nevertheless!!

[saksofonistka87]

it's song ,,Padam, padam'' sung by Edith Piaf

[9Asfaloth9]

"Paname, Paname"

It's a French nickname for Paris. =)

[HELLENIGMA]

beautiful !

[rebelmaiden]

super! :D

[justense]

SUPPERRRRRRRRR

[ghiaccio68]

Meraviglioso!!!

[gsfatih]

fenere opera her dilde ne güzel

[stampsy]

Onpahan loistava show! terveiset bockille ku kuiteski luet tän kommentin ;D

[Keijz74]

Spassiba for sharing!

[noreiro]

Geil! Die Leningrad Cowboys waren schon 'ne klasse Band. Und diese Version des Klassikers erst recht.

Super!

[SawJompe]

They're having a gig with the choir tomorrow in Helsinki Airshow.

[enothewonderdog]

I wish I'd seen these guys with the choir. Damn the band were awesome by themselves.. Great stuff!

[Irsei63]

Výborný nápad,fantastický výsledek!Skvělé video!

[dressedinblack007]

Naživo to musí být úžasný zážitek...

[jetsetter4652]

Hey all, do not confusr the people and the government/politics :)

[drakonas45]

Нет,я за сладкий девичий голосок костями лягу.

[777revolt]

i think this might be the red elvises

[2009Czechija]

gde požalujstva original v russkom jazyke?

[louswire]

All the crap from the last forty years should be forgiven... chalk it up to a miss understanding... they're just as F' d up as we are... LOL I love it!

[wisdome000]

Thats the best cover of this song .Fantastic!

[pmenzi91]

Ooo GC schüsse es gool..!!

[Igorpontes12]

4:45 is Lenin?! O_o'

[murphjy]

Awesome!..makes me wonder why we don't like them.

[northmetalguy]

its because of their hair

[pirataAo1]

I followed a link to this after watching the

video to Land Down Under and I think it's

great

[akormitvalaxak]

...xuper...

[ftjax]

ha ha ha ha ha this is insane !!!!

[kutzy0404]

Oh man...Thats such an awesome cover.

[aaxa101]

Drunk ass song

[sontau]

what a pity i missed this concert!

[yigiwayne]

splendid! :)

[mequedenegro]

it`s my favourite song this group is fantastic

[ftjax]

For god's sake break out the vodka...make merry..chase it down with some "drano"

[TkastoM]

this rock version of those were the days is fucking briliant

[lastburger]

im in love with this song