‘You’re not even a real bird, you’re a geezer dressed up’
Michael Brooke reminds me of the existence of the Leningrad Cowboys. I first encountered them on a New Year’s Eve many years ago, when, after staggering back from the market square (favoured location for drinking and shouting at the Dean of Ripon), I switched on the TV to see a group of Finns, dressed like the early Beatles and quiffed like mutant Elvises, performing with the Red Army Choir. I later dismissed the whole event as a drink-induced hallicuination, but it seems not. Michael mentions their cover of ‘Happy Together’, which is absolutely great: it takes the original, which sounds a bit like Donovan performing ‘Forever Changes’, and makes it sound like… well, like the Red Army Choir performing ‘Forever Changes’. They also perform the national anthem of the Soviet Union, which is always a pleasure to hear.
Meanwhile, I stumbled across a comparison between Ludacris and eighties UK ska titan, Judge Dread, which cheered me up no end. He did a cover of ‘Je t’aime’, you know.
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