Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Pussy Riot's Latest Song

Three members of the Russian punk band, Pussy Riot, were only sentenced four days ago, but the rest of the band has already released a new song.

The band got in trouble after staging a political protest, including an anti Putin song, inside a Russian Orthodox church.

That protest resulted in three of the members being jailed, and now given a further two years of prison time.

It also brought the little known band to huge international notice.

Not to be deterred, from their message, the remaining four members released a new anti Putin song, called "Putin Lights Up The Fires".

Sung in Russian, the English translation is:

This state may be stronger than time in jail.
The more arrests, the happier it is.
Every arrest is carried out with love for the sexist
Who botoxed his cheeks and pumped his chest and abs.
But you can't nail us in the coffin.
Throw off the yoke of former KGB!
Putin is lighting the fires of revolution
He's bored and scared of sharing silence with the people
With every execution: the stench of rotten ash
With every long sentence: a wet dream
The country is going, the country is going into the streets boldly
The country is going, the country is going to bid farewell to the regime
The country is going, the country is going, like a feminist wedge
And Putin is going, Putin is going to say goodbye like a sheep
Arrest the whole city for May 6th
Seven years isn't enough, give us 18!
Forbid us to scream, walk and curse!
Go and marry Father Lukashenko

The Guardian, released a compilation video to go with the song:

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