Аннотация:
- STILL NIGHT, FRIGHT NIGHT DOUCE NUIT, NUIT DE LA PEUR 平安夜,恐怖夜 The couplets `Still nights in the wood` https://youtu.be/4xea_G8PJFc are sung to the tune of an old Russian waltz `On the hills of Manzhuria` https://youtu.be/sQz3HRpGz6s (On the hills of Manchuria` by Ilya Shatrov. Performed by the Russia`s Defence Ministry Central Military Band. Conductor Andrei Kolotushkin).
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- Many favourite, excellent songs often cast their not always printable shadows. This shadow, their informal unprintable versions and covers, removes the patina of affectedness from the masterpieces which not rarely become victims of the bombastic officiality. It"s the people (not `people`) who invent the `bad` versions of the evergreen works of art. Most often it"s the children"s and teenagers` informal folklore that accompanies a person during the lifetime, and from time to time is remembered and mentioned in a different situations.
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- But this very fact does not spoil and doesn"t do any harm to the beautiful originals. Just imagine, a tough guy has been moved by a melody but he can"t afford to sob like a dame, and to conceal his real feelings at parties, when he"s around, he would rather quote something unprintable, vulgar but funny and classical in connection with the performed music. This healthy `cynicism` prevents the theatrics. Shadow lyrics are sometimes the congenial masterpieces in spite of their vulgarity. The mediocre works don"t cast the vulgar shadows. The shadow is not a parody, mocking though it"s funny (ha-ha!). It"s a psychological defense and a good way to relax. Listen also to The Peanuts (ザ・ピーナッツ) sisters https://youtu.be/U7smeXaoKEY
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