song: Back in the USSR
language: Russian
performer: Love & Mersey
Back in the USSR is an obvious choice to sing in Russian, but in this case it is a Dutch Beatles tribute band, Love and Mersey, that do the honors. One of the members is married to a Russian, who did the translation, but even the non-Russian (and non-Dutch) speaker can tell it doesn't sound quite . . . Russian enough.
But no matter, it's a good recording and an interesting video to watch, with footage of the band touring Russia and lots of symbols of the old USSR mixed in. There's a funny bit at the end, where one of the band members (not the singer) is reading the Russian lyrics from the page, clearly befuddled by them, and in the end shakes his head and says "Wat een taal!" ("What a language!"), which is probably the ultimate case of the pot calling the kettle black.
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