Oh, those Russians.
September 30, 2016 8:03 PM Subscribe
The story of The Red Shoes, by way of '70s disco phenom Boney M. And also sarcastic animators.
I am ashamed that until today I did not realize the similarity in names of the two historical Russians... From now on, I will only refer to Vladamir "Ras" Putin.
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:14 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by oneswellfoop at 9:14 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
Original Video. I prefer the FPP version by far.
posted by Freelance Demiurge at 9:17 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Freelance Demiurge at 9:17 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
Greatest thing I've seen, ever. It took a second viewing to spot the Techno Viking. Off to watch it again.
posted by bonobothegreat at 9:41 PM on September 30, 2016
posted by bonobothegreat at 9:41 PM on September 30, 2016
dammit that's not bobby farrell
posted by poffin boffin at 11:19 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 11:19 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
(extreme russian persistence)
posted by poffin boffin at 11:21 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 11:21 PM on September 30, 2016 [1 favorite]
Well, off to listen to Boney M. See you in a bit.
Also, fist bumps in Soviet Union had to be done using a hammer and sickle, due to branding issues, as decided by Yekaterina Furtseva in 1972.
posted by lmfsilva at 3:41 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Also, fist bumps in Soviet Union had to be done using a hammer and sickle, due to branding issues, as decided by Yekaterina Furtseva in 1972.
posted by lmfsilva at 3:41 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
It's only 6:45 in the morning, and I get a hit of Boney M? This promises to be a great day!
posted by Thorzdad at 3:47 AM on October 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Thorzdad at 3:47 AM on October 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Whatever you do, don't turn DA FUNK up to RED.
posted by mondo dentro at 5:09 AM on October 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by mondo dentro at 5:09 AM on October 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
The story of The Red Shoes
I don't remember David Duchovny readying this diary.
posted by leotrotsky at 5:26 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
I don't remember David Duchovny readying this diary.
posted by leotrotsky at 5:26 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Every science lab needs a HANG IN THERE BABY cat poster.
posted by emjaybee at 5:31 AM on October 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by emjaybee at 5:31 AM on October 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Thumbs-up to the Technoviking callout about two minutes in.
posted by droob at 5:45 AM on October 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by droob at 5:45 AM on October 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm trying to decide whether this is pro-Putin or anti-Putin and I'm not having much success.
posted by Western Infidels at 5:59 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Western Infidels at 5:59 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
I'm pretty sure they used to play this song at the skating rink when I was of that age, and that + high school communist flirtations + great modern meme cultural references is hitting so many pleasure centers in my brain.
posted by drlith at 6:04 AM on October 1, 2016
posted by drlith at 6:04 AM on October 1, 2016
I always liked this one better to Voodoo People.
posted by Thoth at 6:07 AM on October 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Thoth at 6:07 AM on October 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Also, a bit of trivia thanks to Wikipedia:
[Boney M. singer Bobby Farrell] died on the morning of 30 December 2010, in a hotel in Saint Petersburg, of heart failure. His agent John Seine said Farrell was complaining of breathing problems after performing with his band the evening before. Farrell's body was reportedly discovered by hotel staff after he failed to respond to an alarm call....Very soon after his death was reported, it was observed to have occurred on the anniversary of, and in the same city as, the death of Rasputin, described in Boney M's eponymous hit single, in a case of life imitating art.
posted by drlith at 6:08 AM on October 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
[Boney M. singer Bobby Farrell] died on the morning of 30 December 2010, in a hotel in Saint Petersburg, of heart failure. His agent John Seine said Farrell was complaining of breathing problems after performing with his band the evening before. Farrell's body was reportedly discovered by hotel staff after he failed to respond to an alarm call....Very soon after his death was reported, it was observed to have occurred on the anniversary of, and in the same city as, the death of Rasputin, described in Boney M's eponymous hit single, in a case of life imitating art.
posted by drlith at 6:08 AM on October 1, 2016 [5 favorites]
Looks like nobody's yet posted the awesome Boney M video (replete with fake Rasputin beard on Bobby Farrell).
And this is what the famously irresistible man actually looked like (Rasputin, not Farrell).
posted by splitpeasoup at 9:35 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
And this is what the famously irresistible man actually looked like (Rasputin, not Farrell).
posted by splitpeasoup at 9:35 AM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
So, neither the original of the excellently timed version that splitpeasoup posted actually have any funk in them. I'm waiting for someone to find a Parliment song that works with it, so there can be dangerous levels of funk in the soundtrack as well as the music video.
posted by Canageek at 10:17 AM on October 1, 2016
posted by Canageek at 10:17 AM on October 1, 2016
Slap*Happy, I love the movie version of the Red Shoes, but you have vastly undersold how awesome this video is. When I think Red Shoes, I think Hans Christian Andersen, not a bare-chested Vladimir Putin definitively establishing himself as Russia's greatest funk machine.
posted by jonp72 at 2:35 PM on October 1, 2016
posted by jonp72 at 2:35 PM on October 1, 2016
Ma Baker is my fave Boney M track, for that nice bouncy beat, kinda similar to the classic Rasputin sound.
Other Boney M trivia: a Frank Farian production, also responsible for Milli Vanilli; not my thing, but I think kinda treated hard in the media back at the time merely for being a manufactured product.
posted by ovvl at 4:44 PM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Other Boney M trivia: a Frank Farian production, also responsible for Milli Vanilli; not my thing, but I think kinda treated hard in the media back at the time merely for being a manufactured product.
posted by ovvl at 4:44 PM on October 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
So, neither the original of the excellently timed version that splitpeasoup posted actually have any funk in them. I'm waiting for someone to find a Parliment song that works with it, so there can be dangerous levels of funk in the soundtrack as well as the music video.
Will also accept The Meters' "Look-a-Py-Py" as a way to move the needle into the red.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:31 AM on October 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Will also accept The Meters' "Look-a-Py-Py" as a way to move the needle into the red.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 8:31 AM on October 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
« Older The water reached higher than the Sears Tower | Just like a hairy black potato with wings Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
Oh here's a bonus almost-story: A couple years later, I happened to sat next to Josef Kessler, the erstwhile fiddler from Boiled in Lead, on an airplane. He had a cool Tetris wrist-watch. The end.
posted by aubilenon at 8:34 PM on September 30, 2016 [3 favorites]