July 09, 2008

Gorbachov: The Music Video. Some vid that is simply mindblowing in terms of its sheer AWESOMNITY. I won't spoil any surprises, except to say that it's made of 100% weapons-grade Soviet AWESOME. [Liberated from our Imperialist adversaries in the Blue.]
posted by Capt. Renault 15 years ago
  • The singer is frankly awful, but goddamn if that video doesn't get everything else exactly right.
  • And just to pre-empt any blueish quibbling, I know that's not how 'Gorbachev' is spelled, but that's how the guy spelled it in his title, so that's what I put in there. Though I think his claim of 'that's how they do it' is plainly wrong. The end.
  • The perfect blend of cleavage and zombies. Bonus: at the end, pogos fall from the sky. We will be talking about this video for weeks.
  • Pogos? Twinkies, shurely!
  • Look closer, Cappy. There's both.
  • Sorry -- I was distracted. I thought those were popsicles.
  • Also, few films heretofore have been able to capture the proper viscosity of the green goo that flows from the severed neck or machine-gunned torso of a vanquished zombie. Na Zdorov'ye!
  • Makes one want to stand up and march, waving a flag. Many post-soviet artists do have a very twisted, interesting vision and make use of the strong imagery of those utopian years, i.e., Belarian video director Aliaksei Tserakhau's work. Check the 'Kapital' and 'Merry Poppins' music videos.
  • Oh, those Russians.
  • Does pogo have some second meaning I'm unaware of? I could only find twinkies, popsicles, and soda pop falling from the sky.
  • Pogos = battered dough wieners Yes, I double-checked the video for jumping pogo sticks, too.
  • You people can claim popsicles all you want. Indeed, there ARE popsicles, vis a vis the fine-minded women who seem to be enjoying a fruity and icy-refreshing treat toward the end of this fine video. But if there are not pogos, then why does (at least) one young woman shoot mustard? You want mustard on your popsicle? On your twinkie? No. I think not. You want mustard on your pogo. Believe me, you do.
  • Well, one girl eats a hot dog (not a pogo, but a hot dog). I think that's what the mustard is for. And the point of that part seems to be about how Gorbachov Americanized Russia. Why have British food? A corn dog would make sense. Not a pogo.
  • "A corn dog would make sense. Not a pogo." Has Monkeyfilter taught you nothing?
  • Горбачёв == Gorbachyov Stress is on the last syllable, and the 'y' is pretty much blended into the ch sound. Presumably the usual English spelling with an 'e' comes from a confusion between the Russian е ('yeh') and ё ('yo') letters. Cheesy I-grew-up-in-the-80s way to remember this: Russian rappers say 'ё ё ё'!