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lostcat

(11 posts)
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 01:28 AM Mar 2013

bizarre russian video. weirdest clip i've seen. anyone know what this is?

seems to be from some old soviet tv program. gets weirder as it goes along. been trying to work out what this song or act is. does anyone know? are there any other similar acts like this from russia?
thanks


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bizarre russian video. weirdest clip i've seen. anyone know what this is? (Original Post) lostcat Mar 2013 OP
Hey Giorgy! kentauros Mar 2013 #1
weired. new to me. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #2
Odd Samjm Mar 2013 #3
How do you say The Monkees in Russian? Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #4
Exactly. drm604 Mar 2013 #6
+100 LeftInTX Mar 2013 #9
To me this looks like a Soviet music or variety show, probably from the early 70s. drm604 Mar 2013 #5
Looks like they raided the studio prop department and randomly shot anything they thought of. Kablooie Mar 2013 #7
Looks like they're trying to copy MTV LeftInTX Mar 2013 #8

Samjm

(320 posts)
3. Odd
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 02:10 AM
Mar 2013

I found the religious imagery interesting, as well as the English lyrics.

And according to the Russian comments on the Youtube page, they're just as confused as we are. (Thank you Google Translate).

LeftInTX

(25,332 posts)
9. +100
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 04:13 AM
Mar 2013

The Monkees. There is no meaning to this video. But its totally entertaining.
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drm604

(16,230 posts)
5. To me this looks like a Soviet music or variety show, probably from the early 70s.
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 02:48 AM
Mar 2013

Not much of a mystery. The old Soviet Union often tried to copy western capitalistic culture; trying to make communism appear more appealing. "Look at us!. We have fun too!" These attempts were aimed at their own citizens as much as they were aimed at the west. It usually ended up appallingly bad as in the video in the OP or the infamous trololo video. In this instance, they were trying to copy western style rock music videos from the period. The imagery is intentionally weird - meant to appear as if there's some hidden meaning when in fact it's just random nonsense.

For example, check out The Beatles' I am the Walrus video. (Note that I'm not comparing them musically, there's no contest. I'm just giving an example of the kind of imagery I think they were trying to copy.)

LeftInTX

(25,332 posts)
8. Looks like they're trying to copy MTV
Sun Mar 3, 2013, 03:53 AM
Mar 2013

Looks like they threw a bunch of stuff together and got their props from a garage.

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