 Oi Va Voi (2007) [ larger cover art ] |
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Russian radio translation: "This is Moscow speaking, all radio transmitters in the soviet union are broadcasting. we have received news from the state news agency Tass about the world's first flight of man in space."
I am a rocket, the power of the system, it's bullet-proof technology,
Oh we're going to a new world, going to a better place.
This is just the first step, and everyone will follow me, hold me up as an example,
There's no need to watch my back cos my friends have got it for me.
I'm gonna go down in history, as the man who made a difference, call me egotistical,
Well how dare you care you call me selfish - I'm doing this for mankind!
Cos I am a rocket, a child of the motherland, pioneer for humanity,
I'm a wholesome superhero for the worldwide society.
We're heading out to outer space, we're going forth for the human race.
I am a prodigy, a part of the master plan, a symbol of equality,
Blasting out into the future - I'm a man defying gravity!
They'll build me a monument, name everything after me, schools and hospitals,
Armies of boys and girls, I'm gonna live forever - immortality is mine!
We're heading out to outer space, we're going forth for the human race.
Russian radio: "The cosmonaut pilot of the space ship Sputnik Vostok is the citizen of the Soviet Union of Socialist Respublics, pilot Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin."
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 08:18 Gajdzin wrote: Очень хорошая песня! :) Yeah, I think that sums it up for all of us! |
| Gajdzin (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 10:35 Очень хорошая песня! :) |
| rabid_wolf (Blue Ridge Mountains) | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 09:56 mazal tov |
| colleen (Toronto, Canada) | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 09:54 Songs like this I have to remove my ear plugs until the it is over.  |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 09:53 And every April 15th... I like it a lot more than I used to, mostly because I can crank it here at work and really annoy my coworkers. |
| thewaxtadpole (Toronto, ON) | Posted: Apr 15, 2013 - 09:51 Why don't I hate this? |
| gandalfbmg (Thankfully now a little more than 3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 10:42 You should play this every April 12... |
| jozooka (Bucks County, PA USA) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 12:32 linden wrote: 7-year-olds everywhere would agree! LOL! |
| JIan (Phoenix, AZ, USA) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 12:31 parttime wrote: Gogol bordello would fit well with this.. Heck yeah!!!    |
| HellVella | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 14:32 This was so FUN, come on guys (and gals)... it seemed nostalgic, fun, and circle dancing-type music... loved it. It made me register and make a comment.  If art doesn't cause a bit of controversy, well, is it doing its job? OK, too much philosophizing for a Monday afternoon, my bad.  |
| isparos9 (Venice, Italy) | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 14:31 Seriously, 112 votes of value 1 for this song? @midreaming expressed it superbly, nothing more to add. Bill bring it on, we love the music selection and variation of RP, keep up the great job and don't take too much into account the ratings |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 14:26 I believe in some sort of reverence when it comes to my music! This is not cutting it. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 14:25 |
| jt1 | Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 05:39 NSFY wrote: I say the emperor is NAKED!. On the plus side, now I know what the PSD button does. Yes...the PSD button gave me this song!  |
| NSFY | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 06:19 midreaming wrote: for a group in search of alternatives to the mainstream schlock, it's surprising how narrow some's appreciation gets when the slightest deviation from western culture appears. ..there's a word that might box that perspective nicely i just can't think of it right now I say the emperor is NAKED!. On the plus side, now I know what the PSD button does. |
| parttime (Kona Hawaii) | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 06:12 Gogol bordello would fit well with this.. |
| midreaming | Posted: Dec 20, 2012 - 20:28 for a group in search of alternatives to the mainstream schlock, it's surprising how narrow some's appreciation gets when the slightest deviation from western culture appears. ..there's a word that might box that perspective nicely i just can't think of it right now |
| walchenbach (Puget Sound) | Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 21:05 Turning RP off now. I'll come back soon and hope this "song" is over. |
| Rachoh (Boston) | Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 11:40  |
| WaxHorse | Posted: Nov 19, 2012 - 11:39 Reminds me of Weird Al! I think I like it! |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 12:33 A contemporary version of Lonnie Donnegan "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight?" Sorry- rubbish. 1 |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 12:31 I went to rate this 1 ,,,,I already did |
| Dinges,_the_Dude (below sea-level, N52°37', E4°88') | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 12:31 Catchy!  |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 12:30 seriously,,,why |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 12:29 Oi Va Voi,,,,,No Va No |
| Chipps (Yorkshire, UK) | Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 13:47 I thought this was a modern cover of 'We are the robots' by Kraftwerk. And if it isn't, then you could segue the two together nicely. ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXa9tXcMhXQ |
| bluecshells | Posted: Sep 17, 2012 - 13:45 |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 14:09 Ummmm? NO! |
| idiot_wind | Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 14:08 OK, It's Friday afternoon. Play some rock n roll. |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 16:06 Hey, hey, hey!!!  |
| Monkeysdad (Simi Valley, CA) | Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 16:04 7 > 8 infectious!  |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 18:28 Well that is some kick-ass clarinet playing. Not enough clarinet in rock music I've always said...to myself. |
| Netto (Khimki, Russia) | Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 13:33 |
| jt1 | Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 08:03 fredriley wrote: It's a fine musical satire on the personality cult of Yuri Gagarin, that was used ceaselessly for propaganda by the USSR and even today in modern Russia. There's a good YouTube video of this. 9 from the toe-tapping Nottingham jury. Immortality is MINE!! Nicely put. Another band I doubt I would have ever found without RP. Not sure I can quite go as far as giving it a 9...I suspect I might tire of that catchy beat if I hear this too often. |
| TomFromPoland (Poland) | Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 14:32  the worst song I've ever heard on RP. Over! |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 13:47 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: There's nothing like a potty mouthed Russian.   Did he just say "making fuck"? |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Jun 23, 2011 - 00:51 zanref wrote: I like this song. not just because I'm from Eastern Europe. Nice melody, not bad lyrics. what else do you need? I'm not from Eastern Europe, but I love this! |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: May 22, 2011 - 08:28 I'm rating this 8 just cause of the album cover. |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 06:37 No, na, non, nada, net - Hurry |
| zanref | Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 19:53 I like this song. not just because I'm from Eastern Europe. Nice melody, not bad lyrics. what else do you need? |
| aglzen | Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 01:15 DanFHiggins wrote: ENOUGH PLEASE - FIND ANOTHER ASTRONAUT SONG FOR THIS SEGMENT.
Everyone's got their own tastes- I rather like the song! |
| DanFHiggins (Mid Maryland) | Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 07:11 ENOUGH PLEASE - FIND ANOTHER ASTRONAUT SONG FOR THIS SEGMENT. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:52 Outstanding! Perfect Friday afternoon high energy brain tickle. Laika gave her life for science, but Yuri got the glory. |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:49 jersey_birdman wrote: Why? 'cause Oi Va Voi!  |
| jersey_birdman | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:47 Why? |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: May 07, 2010 - 13:46 Thistle wrote: This reminds me... We need to hear more Gogol Bordello here.  No, we most certainly do not. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 14:04 dcoy wrote: Google Translation: Well f***ing themselves! )))) Thank you! Wonderful! Hmmmmm There's nothing like a potty mouthed Russian. |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 17:37 Another one that bled over from Dr. Demento.  |
| dcoy | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 04:52 Netto wrote: Ну нихуя себе! )))) Спасибо! Замечательно! Google Translation: Well f***ing themselves! )))) Thank you! Wonderful! Hmmmmm |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 04:49 rtrudeau wrote: Fred. You are one of my favorite commenters on this site. Thank you for this explanation - I've never understood what was going on with this song.  I'm no expert on Soviet history, but I know bits and bobs and for sure Gagarin was turned into a personality cult to serve the interests of the Soviet Socialist ideology. This song probably means zip to those born after the Cold War, but those of us more 'mature' folk will remember only too well the role of Sputnik in the CW. The opening line is the famous "Moscow calling, Moscow calling". |