10/29/2022 0 Comments Logic world tour tits![]() If by some chance you have, then you know that the Leningrad Cowboys were and still are a Finnish band known for their exaggerated hairstyles and costumes. The Cowboys are further known for performing a wide range of popular '70's and '80’s covers, not to mention some very slick polka tunes. Beyond that, the band also has a cult following for their filmed concerts, in particular the “Total Balalaika Show” first released in 1994. The film is of a 1993 performance of the group in Helsinki accompanied by the 160 member Russian Alexandrov ensemble and chorus. The highlight of said concert, even above an inspiring rendition of “Stairway to Heaven,” has to be Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 1974 ode to southern rock, “Sweet Home Alabama.” Know that the Cowboys are a pretty decent cover band that manage to do justice to anything they play. But the combination of their remarkably outlandish hair and outfits with the minions of straight-laced Russian lads in staid brown uniforms belting out “Sweet Home Alabama” is impossible to describe. It’s doubtful that you’ve heard of the subject of our first sonic implosion. Read on, listen, and prepare to be sore amazed.Įxhibit A: The Leningrad Cowboys Play, “Sweet Home Alabama,” with the Russian Army Chorus I apologize for even bringing up these cursed tunes and hope you will read on.īeyond simply bad music like the songs listed above, there are other times when musical mismatching of monumental proportions takes place where the performers, the performance, the music, and/or the context is so epically wrong as to defy all logic, much less lofty imagination. These are special musical moments indeed and here are three of my favorites. What happens when music goes wrong? Sure there’s plenty of what can generally be considered bad music and much of it from the 1970’s, which by the way was my formative decade. Catch a mere smidge of any of these truly bad songs and you may be stuck with it for the rest of your day and auditorily maimed, so to speak. Yes, even a mere five second exposure to the likes of “MacArthur Park,” “Take a Letter Maria,” “Honey,” or “Muskrat Love” is enough to stun the naked mind. Goode” and the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony, were sent into space along with the two Voyager probes in 1977 in the hopes of ultimately reaching extraterrestrial life and demonstrating that we as a race are intelligent. Ahem. Mankind cherishes and values music so much that snippets of several of western civilization’s musical highlights, including the song “Johnny B. Music has been called the universal language. It’s the aspect of our culture that arguably moves us more than anything else-other than sex. ![]() ![]() “Music has Charms to Soothe a Savage Breast” ![]()
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