happy 4th of July, bella!

[caprinus]

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Lyrics.

I suspect most North American readers won't be familiar with this popular song. I might be wrong though. So tell me, have you heard it before? Are you a European? A lefty?

A tangentially related question: In a fairly lightweight column entitled The underworked American, The Economist casually throws in the sentence: "studies show that

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[_tia_marie_]

Since you asked and said such nice things about my pics...

Chumbawamba's Bella Ciao is in my house- in english (and I have listened to it even) not (recently) european- I am from LA- and yeah pretty much any way you look at me it seems leftyish.

No on the Stakhnovite though- still from LA- still leftyish

[caprinus]

Heee, I just said "va va voom!" I could have said a lot more, but didn't want to seem like the wrong kind of creep, you vamp. ;) (I've only ever seen one pic of you on the motorbike before, I think... )

+10 Internet points for Chumbawamba!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stakhanovite_movement

[icedrake]

My heritage is showing. Got the reference to Стаханов instantly. As for lefty, depends on who you ask. In Canuckistan, yes. In USia? Rabid commie scum, at last check.

[liminalia]

Never heard that song before, do not know what a Stakhanovite is. Am liberal Dem American. OK to unscreen if you wish.

[rorybowman]

Modena I've heard of, but never this song.

[amatullah76]

I posted "The underworked American" on my Facebook a few days ago because I was so thrilled to see "Stakhanovite" used in such an offhand way (used at all, really). Beautiful, it was.