Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/04/02/soviet-synthpop-of-the-80s.html
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In Soviet Russia, synth pops you!
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The dude with the sunglasses is AWESOME!
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You can see the crowd is really into it !!
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OMG it’s like KCSC in Chico from the late 80s!
Intense concentration!
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I stumbled on this video the week before last after watching the amazing documentary: “Elektro Moskva”.
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They were just the pioneers for something like this:
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Tapping foot is counter-revolutionary tendency, comrade.
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It’s a shame they aren’t using a Polivoks, the greatest Soviet synth ever
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I appreciate the communist distribution of stage presence in this video - none of this business with the front man getting more than one band member’s equal share of charisma.
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I spy their biggest fan…
From the comments:
By the way, this mustache guy is the author of this music. And text. And also he’s the owner of this channel
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That singer is wonderful. You can just see infinity in his eyes.
This was in the Hardcore Henry soundtrack - love this song!
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20 ans après…
Same song (cover from a latvian group).
These kinds of ballads are always immensely popular, anywhere. Maybe we should start a thread with samples from all countries. In times when we feel more and more divided, it may help us realize how close we, humans, are. Everywhere.
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That’s Vitas.
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I posted this two days ago on my Facebook and now it is here?! Two of the guys are like young Putin and Maduro!
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