Yeah, congrats on being done, blah blah blah. What I'm really here to discuss is the fact that you're listening to the Russian Red Army Choir doing the Soviet National Anthem. I have that recording (or another one, featuring the same choir/anthem), and I gotta say, it's pretty amazing. What a great anthem! Remember the scene in The Hunt for Red October when the crew of the evacuated sub thinks their sub has been destroyed and begins singing it as a tribute? Total chills. Sometimes I make my friend Boris, a Belarussian, sing it for me.
I especially love that it was rewritten in 2000 to get rid of all the Communist lyrics, but they kept the tune.
You will receive the Order of Lenin for your comment.detlefOctober 4 2006, 16:16:00 UTC
The Russian anthem is one of the best, bar none. I've always felt ours was a little lacking compared to it, kind of sounding like something an organ grinder would play instead of this grand piece about a motherland. Not that I'm dissing The SSB, mind you.
My buddy Stan (as in "Stan the Mad Russian") is an Armenian born in Azerbaijan can't carry a tune, but I've sprung some stuff like that on him in the car when we're out driving around and it's like he's home for a moment.
Red October is one of my favorite movies, even despite Alec Baldwin (I always preferred Billy). I love it when Sean Connery quotes Columbus (also underscored by the Red Army Choir). And the whole Montana exchange with Sam Neill is priceless.
Submarine movies get me in general. There is a scene in Crimson Tide where they dive to "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" - so well put together. And don't even get me started on Das Boot.
Re: You will receive the Order of Lenin for your comment.lester22October 4 2006, 16:37:23 UTC
Oh, I'm still partial to the Star-Spangled Banner, because it can be sung/played so many different ways, and dammit if I don't get chills every time I hear it. Like last night at the Yanks game, for instance. Of course, it was followed by a flyover by two F-18 Hornets, and I was somewhat overwhelmed.
I loved The Hunt for Red October. So many good bit parts in it. I adopted the idea of a Crazy Ivan for when I'm walking late at night on the streets of Manhattan. Every so often I will just suddenly turn around and check my flank and rear.
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Hooray for being missed!
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Semper Fi, Wyl!
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You certainly will see me! And uisinger!
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I'm buying the first round!!
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I especially love that it was rewritten in 2000 to get rid of all the Communist lyrics, but they kept the tune.
Soyuz nerushimy respublik svobodnykh
Splotila naveki velikaya Rus'!
Da zdravstvuyet sozdanny voley narodov
Yediny, moguchy Sovetsky Soyuz!
Slavsya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,
Druzhby narodov nadyozhny oplot,
Partiya Lenina - sila narodnaya
Nas k torzhestvu kommunizma vedyot!
And so on.
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My buddy Stan (as in "Stan the Mad Russian") is an Armenian born in Azerbaijan can't carry a tune, but I've sprung some stuff like that on him in the car when we're out driving around and it's like he's home for a moment.
Red October is one of my favorite movies, even despite Alec Baldwin (I always preferred Billy). I love it when Sean Connery quotes Columbus (also underscored by the Red Army Choir). And the whole Montana exchange with Sam Neill is priceless.
Submarine movies get me in general. There is a scene in Crimson Tide where they dive to "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" - so well put together. And don't even get me started on Das Boot.
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I loved The Hunt for Red October. So many good bit parts in it. I adopted the idea of a Crazy Ivan for when I'm walking late at night on the streets of Manhattan. Every so often I will just suddenly turn around and check my flank and rear.
I've never seen Das Boot. I know, I know.
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