The Ukraine Girls Really Knock Me Out
Songs to Russia--some without love--from The Beatles, Blondie, Sting, Prince, Warren Zevon, Hank Williams, The Clash, Billy Joel, Randy Newman, Al Stewart and others....
To set, or ruin, your mood this weekend, here are a few songs from past years pertaining, one way or another, to Russia. Usually I have high standards on the quality of music I post here but I am relaxing that a bit here to fit the theme and include a nice variety. First some new Putin-on-the-blitz cartoons. Please subscribe if you have not, it’s still free…
War, What Is It Good For?
Randy Newman, “Putin”
The Beatles, “Back in the USSR” (about those Ukraine and Moscow girls….)
Blondie, “Contact in Red Square”
Prince, “Ronnie Talk to Russia” (that would be Reagan, 1981 at peak nuclear buildup time)
Billy Joel, “Leningrad”
Sting, “Russians” (also 1980s under nuclear cloud)
Warren Zevon, “Lawyers, Guns and Money” (she was with the Russians, too—huh!)
Hank Williams, “No, No, Joe” (that would be Stalin).
Matt Monro, theme from first Bond movie, “From Russia With Love”
The Clash, “Ivan Meets GI Joe”
Al Stewart, “Roads to Moscow”