Leningrad Cowboys & Russian Red Army Choir - "Yellow Submarine" / "Proud Mary" - 3/11

TOTAL BALALAIKA SHOW (1993) - part 3 of 11

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-- Yellow Submarine

-- A Cossack Was Riding Beyond The Duna

-- Proud Mary

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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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• 1993
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[necavuk]

We all live in nuclear submarine.

[PatrickNowSays]

More like a RED submarine. JKJKJK. I love this group, so AWESOME. Their covers kick butt.

[terpit1693]

Win. good things do not faint, ever. One cowboy lost a shoe and stayed back. Luckily he fount it.

[Jaceric2]

that lead sing, all of em have amazing voices. but hey, what would you expect, the russians like most other countries would only have the best in their militairy choirs.. amazing !

[Beardown2020]

this song is great in a russian accent

[4ingP]

@4FabBEATLES You realize the RUSSIAN government never banned the Beatles, right?

[karmakilleri]

@4FabBEATLES The Beatles have never been refused to come to RUSSIA. Don't you realize the difference between Russia and the USSR? Just google it, guy.

[OhDuhEh]

@4FabBEATLES like its been said, the cowboys are finnish. And anyways im pretty sure that the Red Army Choir weren't the ones banning The Beatles in russia :)) Just enjoy the bloody cover !

[pattenicus]

@4FabBEATLES the Leningrad Cowboys are Finnish...

[MrWoofington]

One of the most majestic and joyous Leningrad Cowboys songs! Their renditions of "Yellow Submarine" and "Happy Together" are like musical antidepressants!!

[MrWoofington]

@4FabBEATLES You do realize this concert is in Finland, right? The Leningrad Cowboys are a Finnish band...

[Icanhasoboe]

@4FabBEATLES Paul McCartney released an album especially for the USSR market: Снова в СССР. Mostly oldie rock n roll, but still, it's Paul McCartney!!