Russian youth...

[Jet]

He's really mature. I wish I knew what he was saying.

 

[SloopJohnB]

One more video, the full version of the Velvet video earlier in this thread. So if you have an hour or so to kill and a bottle of vodka to polish off, sit back and enjoy this. After the second or third drink you probably won't even care about not understanding the lyrics...

 

[SloopJohnB]

And now to say goodnight is the rock and roll lead singer from the very first post in this thread, and the dramatic speaker later...Daniil Gilev!

Here he is the crooner, the true talent...





Let's not have war
Let these children live

 

[Jet]

And now to say goodnight is the rock and roll lead singer from the very first post in this thread, and the dramatic speaker later...Daniil Gilev!

Here he is the crooner, the true talent...





Let's not have war
Let these children live

Just exquisite.

 

[SloopJohnB]

Some updates from October 2014...

 

[SloopJohnB]

This video was posted very recently of some Russian kids playing rock and roll back in 1994, with a Pink Floyd poster in the background. 20 years ago this month in Russia some kids were in tune with rock and roll and here they are...

 

[SloopJohnB]

Thank you very much to anyone who watched and responded to this thread. As an American who grew up in the cold war era, I always had a fearful and negative attitude towards Russia and its people. But with the passage of time and changing attitudes, along with the internet which allows us to see other cultures, my attitude has changed.

That was the purpose of this thread, to see Russian people who are very much like us. They love their children and they have talent. Hopefully these videos showed that. I don't think anyone wants war.

Here are a couple of other videos from "Real Russia" that I hope sums things up...

Stereotypes



Real Russia



Thank you and good night...