"Sweet Home Alabama" by the Lenningrad Cowboys

The Orlando Sentinel Blog ^ | 04/02/08

[peteram]

As performed by the Finnish New Wave outfit Leningrad Cowboys, with LOTS of help from the Soviet Red Army Choir.

Gotta love a version of this song that incorporates accordion...

[peteram]

Something light for your enjoyment. I thought this was a pretty good rendition. Although the choir could stand to loosen up a bit.

Enjoy!

[ChocChipCookie]

I think I just experienced Surreal.

[mtbopfuyn]

O—M—G! I normally don't do YouTube, but this one just reeled me in.

[Centurion2000]

WTF????

WTF was INVENTED for scenes like this.

[1rudeboy]

I didn’t think it was the real Red Army Chorus until I heard the primary tenors hold that last note. It’s them, and we won the Cold War. It’s official.

[MarineBrat]

Wacky! Like a cross between Kiss, David Bowie, The Red Elvises and a couple hundred cloned Stalins!

[loungeSerf]

Now that was something different. Thanks for sharing.

[Jasper]

"I think I just experienced Surreal.

Yup,
I'm officially "weirded out".

/jasper

[skeeter]

To think I spent the first ten years of my life hiding under my desk from these guys.

[Constitution Day]

Skynyrd ping, comrades.

You simply must see this to believe it:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_music_blog/2008/04/sweet-home-alab.html

[greyfoxx39]

Link sent to all my Baby Boomer kids, LOL...they love Skynyrd.

[kalee]

roflol Me too.

[llevrok]

I don’t know if it is the band’s hair or the size of the chorus’ hats - but this rockski!

[dighton]

I’m kinda weak on the original. Is it safe to assume a lack of Volga boatmen?

[tet68]

I saw it but still don’t believe it.
Gotta like their shoes though.

Try these guys.
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=R9dWMhSJq0c

[Nightshift]

gnip

[Tijeras_Slim]

There might be hope for the world after all.

Haven’t enjoyed a song so much since I heard “Step Right Up” by Tom Waits followed by “Detachable Penis” by King Missile back in the day on WHFS in DC.

[swmobuffalo]

That was great!!

[Constitution Day]

I’m kinda weak on the original. Is it safe to assume a lack of Volga boatmen?

Absolutely not.
There ain't no Volga boatmen in the South, unless they're on bass boats!

(N.B. — for my birthday, my sister took me to see a double bill of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers a few summers ago... and they *rocked*)

[Constitution Day]

Haven’t enjoyed a song so much since I heard “Step Right Up” by Tom Waits followed by “Detachable Penis” by King Missile back in the day on WHFS in DC.

Heh! Not too many people on this site would get those two references.

BTW: I went to the HFStival in 1993, 1994, 1995.
I remember at least some of those shows.

I think.

[Oorang]

If you like their shoes you will love the movie: Leningrad Cowboys go America. It's from 1989 and IMO a classic.

http://www.leningradcowboys.fi/main.site?action=siteupdate/view&id=5

[dighton]

There ain’t no Volga boatmen in the South, unless they’re on bass boats!

Bass boats, very good! Chaliapin is smiling down from heaven.

[Constitution Day]

Heh. Perhaps we are too clever by half.

[stainlessbanner]

Did you get to see Rock and Roll’s hardest working guitarist, the amazing Warren Haynes? I’ve been saying for years he’s the most under-rated guitarist out there. Warren and D Trucks can rip some tunes!

[roamer_1]

WTF with those elf shoes? Are those supposed to be sh*tkickers?

[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, dudes.

You MUST see the video.

For once, I'm speechless.

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

America under President Hillary?

Cheers!

[Constitution Day]

Yes I did get to see him! And he’s just unbelievable.

(Sorry I didn’t reply last night - by the time you posted yours, I had headed off to bed)

[Tax-chick]

I loved that. I wish we could get the backup group for our Spanish choir - they could memorize Spanish lyrics just as well :-).

Were they singing “Roll tide!” in Russian there at the end?

[Slings and Arrows]

You MUST see the video.

What he said.

[Fiddlstix]

W0W! Just WOW!
I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it!

[Titan Magroyne]

Gads, what IS that???

LOL!

[Titan Magroyne]

Not my usual style of music, but those guys are pretty entertaining!

[Slings and Arrows]

Ah, those wacky Finns.

They make good cell phones, though.

[The SISU kid]

As performed by the Finnish New Wave

And you did'nt ping me????

8^)

[Billthedrill]

I've...uh...never seen anything quite like that before. Only one thing to say -

FREE BIRD!!!!

[Clemenza]

I really hate this (expletive) song, no matter who is performing it. As soon as I hear the opening notes, I want to bash my speakers in.

The only song I hate more is "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

[GreenLanternCorps]

Bump to the top, I need to send this video to some friends, once I find all the e-mail addresses...