Leningrad Cowboys & Russian Red Army Choir - "Just a Gigolo" - 11/11

TOTAL BALALAIKA SHOW (1993) - part 11 of 11

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-- "Just a Gigolo"

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Russia's renowned Alexandrov Red Army Ensemble jams with Finland's outlandish rockers the Leningrad Cowboys. The odd pairing of these two groups results in an inspiring collaboration.

The concert took place on 12 June 1993 on Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland. The event drew a crowd of approximately 70,000 people from two nations - Finland and Russia - that had been engaged in a state of "peaceful coexistence" during the Cold War.

The concert featured an eclectic mix of Western rock and Russian folk music, including a balalaika rendition of "Stairway to Heaven", and folk dancers performing to rock songs.

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The Leningrad Cowboys is a Finnish rock and roll band famous for it's humorous songs and concerts featuring the Soviet Red Army Choir.

Currently, the band has eleven Cowboys and two Leningrad Ladies. The songs, all somewhat influenced by polka and progressive rock, and performed in English, have themes such as 'vodka', 'tractors', 'rockets', and 'Genghis Khan', as well as folkloric Russian songs, rock and roll ballads and covers from bands as diverse as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, all with lots of humour.

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The Red Army Choir (Choir Aleksandrov) is a performing ensemble that served as the official army choir of the former Soviet Union's Red Army. The choir consists of a male choir, an orchestra, and a dance ensemble. The songs they perform range from Russian folk tunes to Church hymns, operatic arias and popular music.
In 1991, The Red Army Choir participated in Roger Waters' The Wall concert celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. They performed an anti-war song "Bring the Boys Back Home".

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Red Army Choir has continued performing, entertaining audiences both inside and outside Russia.

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Music

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• Leningrad
• Cowboys
• Red
• Army
• Choir
• 1993
• Total
• Balalaika
• Show

[Francisco81a]

Awesome band, plus the Russian Choir!

I bet if Stalin was still around, he would have them all.executed ... ha ha lol....

[equesto36]

nobody...no one...NUDDU NUDDU!! amazing :)

[Lourdes11a]

nice music........ maravilloso!



[superhep44]

all the old commie steelheads must have gone crazy when they heard and saw this, people from totally different cultures and origins just making music and having fun together, historic concert!!!!

[fclk69]

Laulaja on JORE MARJARANTA

[Rankeova]

Thank you very many :)))))

[Toivoja]

I can't get enough of Leningrad Cowboys and the Red Army Choir. This Total Balalaika show is one of the Greatest music moments in History. There might be some small hint about politics but for the bigger part it's about music and having fun.

I bet the Audience there at Senaatintori, Helsinki, Finland, enjoyed this as much as I have.

[Fit4Nuthin]

@AnthonyAltern1 Just relax and enjoy it for what it is.

[salonen5]

@gothicgirl989 Jore Marjaranta.

[gothicgirl989]

What's the name of the singer? I adore his voice!!

[searats20]

Two words - WICKED-AWESOME!!!

[jackHNv]

This is soooooooooo good!