Soooo many hand motions in this video. Good stuff!
Pussy Riot are a radical, anonymous collective. These women in this video are awesome, but theyâre more Pussy Riot alumni.
More details on Pussy Riot art movement, a bit NSFW: http://www.henrikaeshna.com/apps/blog/sex-orgy-in-a-museum-what-does
Be loyal to those in power, because power is a gift from God, son. I love Russia. Iâm a patriot.
Wow that sounds like a lot of Americans.
Having lived in both, and in some of the Eastern and Western European countries âin-between,â Iâve found that the US and Russia are kind of fun-house reflections of each other. Massive, former-Cold-War-superpowers, which indulge in a great deal of patriotic self-mythologizing (perhaps most uncritically regarding the WWII era), and which are large enough geographically that their denizens rarely have need to leave their countryâs borders, and tend to resultantly be a bit provincial, xenophobic, monolingual, and âmy-way-or-the-highway.â The denizens of those countries who DO opt to leave their homelandsâ borders both tend to have a reputation for being especially demanding and ignorant tourists, Both countries also give off a kind of âwild westâ or âmad maxâ vibe as a result of being places where, due to rampant privatization and corruption, life is pretty cheap.
Hip hop does not originate in âgangster culture,â it originates in street party culture. If, as punks, they changed format to make a point about state corruption, the style appropriation seems misguided and clumsyâŚimo.
You are undoubtably correct. But the Pussy Rioter is addressing Russian people, so speaks of what Russians believe, not what is factual, in which case the comparison is pertinent.
âPussy Rioter is addressing Russian people, so speaks of what Russians believe, not what is factualâ
Okay? Just wanted to clarify the misrepresentation of hip-hop by Pussy Riot in the interview section. Maybe the producer steered them wrong?
If Russians believe that Hip Hop is rooted in Gangster-ism, they are wrong. Publicizing misleading information for political ends is propagandaâŚeven when metaphoricalâŚimo
Also, thereâs a saying here that Americans are Russians with a deodorant.
Ugly America abroad (and at home) is as ugly as ever.
misleading information about the origins of a musical style, is propaganda?
Well, that sure seems like the most important part of the Pussy Riot saga.
Many thanks for setting us straight! /s
Are we allowed to consider the song without the political message? Just as a song, it doesnât satisfy any traditional aesthetics. Hip hop? Really? I think what they are missing is a true musical hit. If they focused on making something that people canât get out of their heads, some kind of infectious groove, their message would have a much greater impact.
True that. Compare with this:
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Also, who outside of Russia knows what works as an earworm in Russian ears?
I do think your main point is a good one; Iâve gathered that this song for instance worked that way:
I wonder if his stuff resonates with anyone under the age of say, 40?
I for one always liked it, and I am under 40 even if rather narrowly.
