Patriotic video shorts4/26/2023 The song does get you in a dance mood, but there something particularly off about rap, a genre largely devoted to dissing the system, being used to glorify a national leader that Sasha calls “the White Lord.”ĥ. The performers take a moment to do a little patriotic product placement: “Russian make is back in demand: Lada sedan, salute Avtovaz!” “He is a cool superhero and you know it… girls go crazy about him.” The party hits the roof in a club. Sasha goes on to spell out the many feats of his homeboy Putin, as a fast medley of images shows skateboarders, cyclists, water scooter riders and a DJ all wearing Putin masks. ![]() Through flashes, Putin’s graffiti portrait menacingly appears on a black wall. “My best friend is President Putin,” Timati chants rhythmically in a sonorous, doubled-tracked vocal. In this sleek video, the pair of hip-hop artists take a smooth, groovy beat to Red Square to profess their respect for the president. Putin is a total bro, according to Sasha Chest and Timati. A choir of children, mostly girls in bleach-white dresses and bows, kicks in at the chorus: “Russia is praying for you and you pray for Russia.”Ħ. Rasputina goes on to proclaim that God sent Putin to Russia to help reclaim its destiny as a great nation. Putin appears signing decrees, dispensing awards, stealing a peninsula from Ukraine, hanging out with senior citizens and hockey players. Rasputina, brimming with patriotism and collagen, strikes a feisty pose on stage and belts out in her husky voice: “In this historic moment of worries, hopes and trials, our friend/president, please accept the gratitude of the nation.” Russia’s tricolor flags wave across giant screens behind her. Famous songwriters Ilya Reznik and Kay Metov wrote this one in the best traditions of World War II-era Russian crowd rousers. A point of order: by no means is the list comprehensive and it omits some classics, such as electronic disco hit A Man Like Putin.Īll the power and pain of the Russian state is packed in this jingoistic tour de force performed by Masha Rasputina, a pop diva better known for her raunchy, erotic oeuvre. ![]() Here is a selection of your correspondent’s seven favorite Putin songs. Some Putin song warblers are motivated by political or financial incentives, others by sincere passion for the president. ![]() From belligerent war tunes to maudlin love ballads to lavishly produced videos to amateur clips on YouTube, music of all permutations has been created to heap praise to the butch power of the Kremlin leader. As a matter of fact, Putin songs could be regarded as an entire genre of music in their own right. I wrote in Military shouts for the dancers to strategically call out, and the drummer make the sound of a cannon, or assault weapon.A music critic once argued that Vladimir Putin-inspired songs are the worst thing Russia’s president has done to Russia. ![]() This allowed the music to paint a vivid picture. I incorporated certain known motives in the music, to bring each scene to life, like an arrangement including TAPS, sound affects from the instruments, and orchestrated certain instruments that we associate with military to be featured in a section of the music, like the trumpet, and flute. The content on the video screen depicted different scenes to enhance the experience of the viewer, and expanded the movements of the two dancers in front of the live audience. In my composition Patriot I took 2 dancers, and created a opposing visible duality that exists in the mind of a soldier, and used modern dance movements to symbolized all the emotions experienced, (a desire to hunt, adrenalin to protect and serve, confusion, fear, betrayal, glory).ĭifferent movements of the song represented pre war, during battle and post war. Experience- short clip of the 2nd and 3rd movement.
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