Thread 64475896

Not even American but Battle Hymn of the Republic and Blood on the Risers go so fucking hard

John Brown song is a staple of Czech elementary school music class (among a bunch of other translated country songs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ4uvkEx6Kw

>>64476196
neat, is there some historical connection, or just for the tune itself?

>>64476196
I too would like to know more

>>64476259
>>64476298
During the 70's country became a popular music genre and a whole lot of American songs got covered and/or translated. A lot of them ended up in camp fire songbooks because they are easy and you only need a guitar to play them which is how they got into elementary school music classes too.

Just Before the Battle, Mother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pA98QjTs6U
Jim Bridger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsvfFBUEmXU
Ghost riders in the sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cvAqGYJ0s
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA9skWIonj8

>>64476347
but i thought american stuff like jeans were cracked down upon in the ussr puppet states?

>>64476777
NTA but the Czech and Magyar puppets were ordered by Moscow to loosen up after the '68 and '56 fiascos, so I would imagine that Burgermusic became somewhat less frowned upon, particularly the folksy type that could be passed off as just normal prole music. Turns out the entire Cold War was Russians learning that Russians are the only Europeans who enjoy getting their faces stomped every day.

>>64476196
kino that they stell say johnbrowne (ya). It's sitll a song about john brown

>>64476347
Not so much Country, but Folk. There was a worldwide resurgence of it around that time, it started in England in the late 1960's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f2bXZ1aSQs

meanwhile in the airbourne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgsdexkv18&list=RDVWgsdexkv18&start_radio=1

>>64475896 (OP)
TBHOTR should be the american anthem imo.

>>64476983
It was the opposite. Czech regime started to loosen up during the 60's to the point when in 67 censorship was lifted, economy was partially liberalized and oriented more on consumer goods, but Ziggers didn't like that and invaded in 68 and that's when the oppression got turned to 11.
>>64476777
Jeans were imported in limited numbers and only sold in special stores but were available.

>>64475896 (OP)
It's the accompanying flues and drums, the Irish folk song the Foggy Dew hits just as hard.

>>64475896 (OP)
https://youtu.be/QqQZD0aMVZU

The fast tempo version is the best rendition imo

Sorry guys, but the song reminded me to start my Christmas shopping.

https://youtu.be/j5SlIjECKxw
https://youtu.be/SLED1asxMbY
https://youtu.be/Bnx85z78O2w

Oh and there is this pre-war spoof too:
https://youtu.be/Ac1OezBEbPk

>>64476983
Russians are not european, they were a dumping ground for europe. Different, still asian.

>>64477300
commies can get behind folk

>>64476777
Permissible western things were always tied to economically low and low-middle income and blue collar. Any music of struggles whether political or social, that kind of thing was not ok but considered understandable in socialist context.
Also technical toys like erector sets were desired and allowed.

>>64480156
Yeah, the sovs loved everything associated with John Brown. He was their brother in violent revolution and class struggle on behalf of the serfs by their way of thinking.

Yo Way Yo, Home Va-Ray,
Yo Ay-Rah, Jerhume Brunnen-G
Yo Way Yo, Home Va-Ray,
Yo Ay-Rah, Jerhume Brunnen-G
Yo Ay-Rah, Jerhume Brunnen-G.

>>64475896 (OP)
>lets die to free blacks who don't give a shit about us
Cucked song.
Blood Upon the Risers is good, however. Better than the original.

>>64476777
>>64476983
Commies liked any American culture that gave off the image of America as a nation of average people being dominated and impoverished by evil oligarchs.

>>64482273
>lets die to free blacks who don't give a shit about us
>Cucked song.

I used to think like you, but mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord.

>>64480094
I've spent so much money buying hobby shit from that place over the years.

I fuckin' love Yodobashi Camera.

>>64476196
Wow. That's cool.