Leningrad Cowboys & Russian Red Army Choir - "Sweet Home Alabama" / "Dancing In The Streets" - 5/11

TOTAL BALALAIKA SHOW (1993) - part 5 of 11

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-- Sweet Home Alabama

-- Dancing In The Streets

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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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[dandbradley]

Proof that the cold war was truly over.

[Tektribe808]

Thank goodness, we can put aside the political-agenda and have fun.

[goiko1986]

@dandbradley yeah, cold war between Finland and the world

[UnbIacken]

Alabama is anybody's home :]

[Jaceric2]

man i was born way to late... was only 3YO when this show toured... would have loved to experienced it!

[WARDOG19933]

with the coolness of the Leningrad Cowsboys and the strong soviet voice of the red army choir, this is so f*cking great

[Fritztoons]

EPIC!

[Circumpunk]

Did Billy Joel cause this?? ha ha ha ha ha

[timomastosalo]

@shortofalength -about racism - see:

My papa was rolling stone by Leningrad Cowboys

- I think it was GLOBAL balalaika show,

link should be found by watching these LC vid clips

[headbone3232]

@shortofalength - Nothing racist about SHA.

[53jkf]

@greenheat1 to bad ronnie and the boys never back up like this

[Henrit]

eiiei vaan oli Berliinistä?