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Russia and PSB

#1 Post by weirdalfan1980 »

Why is there so much Russian influence with the PSB?

I mean these four things come to mine

1) Battleship Potemkin
2) Live 8 Moscow
3) Go west video
4) A red letter day
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weirdalfan1980 wrote:Why is there so much Russian influence with the PSB?

I mean these four things come to mine

1) Battleship Potemkin
2) Live 8 Moscow
3) Go west video
4) A red letter day

Is a red letter day about Russia? My october symphony is about russian revolution and shostakovitch, i think.
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There are loads more - My October Symphony, Gorbachev giving them some award and A Red Letter Day spring to mind...
Neil is supposed to be fairly well read in his Russian history.
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weirdalfan1980 wrote:Why is there so much Russian influence with the PSB?

I mean these four things come to mine

1) Battleship Potemkin
2) Live 8 Moscow
3) Go west video
4) A red letter day

Is a red letter day about Russia? My october symphony is about russian revolution and shostakovitch, i think.
Ah! the male choir!
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#5 Post by Janet Street-Porter »

And West End Girls.
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#6 Post by weirdalfan1980 »

and London. Ironic when 2 men from Crimea finds new life in London
Yo, Mr. Dopeman, you think your slick;
Ya sold crack to my sister, and now she's sick.
But if she happens to die, because of your drug;
Im puttin' in your culo, a .38 slug!
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Isn't 'Sliver Age' something to do with Russia? Only ever listened to the song once or twice before...
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#8 Post by weirdalfan1980 »

I dunno, I always think Sail Away would be russian, call me crazy, that song would be great on Potemkin cd
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Ya sold crack to my sister, and now she's sick.
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#9 Post by Zeus On The Loose »

I think it has to do with Neil stealing his dad's Vodka stack when he was a toddler.

The evil communist juice has yet to be urinated.
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weirdalfan1980 wrote:Why is there so much Russian influence with the PSB?

I mean these four things come to mine

1) Battleship Potemkin
2) Live 8 Moscow
3) Go west video
4) A red letter day
The influence is/was good, so that's fine :wink:
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Zeus On The Loose wrote:I think it has to do with Neil stealing his dad's Vodka stack when he was a toddler.

The evil communist juice has yet to be urinated.
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#13 Post by Janet Street-Porter »

black wrote:What he could learn about russian history in England? I guess he read a lot of antisoviet propaganda, presented as russian history.
Just judging by some of his frases in interviews and Q&A
How could you learn about Russian History in Russia then? Short of travelling back in time, you'll only ever experience history through second hand sources.
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#14 Post by Flaffer »

can't imagine Russia ever had, or indeed has, the most honest open teachings in relation to other countries
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#15 Post by Issey Miyake »

They recorded a choir in Moscow for A Red Letter Day, or at least Neil did Chris was at the Bruno v Tyson fight in Vegas.
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