This is shocking! Belarus is gradually transforming back into a totalitarian state. A Belarusian pop ensemble campaigning for Lukashenka sings this totally weird chant:
Well-set and slim
He won’t teach you evil
Father can bridle anyone
Father is stronger than the rest
He will settle conflicts
He is reliable and calm
He just throws a glance – and you see
Who is the master in the house
Chorus:
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Listen to Father!
In the morning, day, and night…
Listen to Father!
If you feel bad
Listen to Father!
If you are ok
Listen to Father!!!
Note: Father or Bat’ka is the way many Lukashenka supporters call him. Father of the nation… How Orwellian does it sound! Belarus has gotten a godly icon…
You can watch a small video of this craze! It was posted by a Belarusian blogger Luft.
Pop song in praise of Belarus’s dictator
Lukashenka, the corrupt dictator of Belarus, has a bad pop band campaigning for him in his crooked election. They sing a hilarious song praising him to the skies (and don’t miss the video)… Well-set and slim He won’t teach you evil Father can bridl…
Trackback by Boing Boing — March 23, 2006 @ 5:50 am
WONDERFUL lyrics.
Now try and sing the tune with these alternate lyrics:
Ugly and grim
A teacher of evil
Shenka loves goats
Shenka blows goats — everyone knows it
He loves goats
He is out of his mind
He just enters the farmhouse – and you see
Who is the animal lover in the house
Chorus:
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Shenka blows goats!
In the morning, day, and night…
He’s not my Daddy!
If you feel bad
You’ve been listening to Shenka!
If you are ok
Shenka will stop it!!!
Comment by A.R.Yngve — March 23, 2006 @ 10:33 am
I bet Alan Watts would have an interesting thing or two to say about this too
(check out his podcast on iTunes!)
Could mistaking the parent-child relationship as basically political really be the loophole that makes Orwellianism work?
Comment by Steven Kruyswijk — March 23, 2006 @ 11:13 am
Yeah, it struck me how overtly patriarchal the lyrics are: the oppressed people is being indoctrinated to think of the dictator as their “Father” — a stern-but-always-right paternal figure.
Which is of course utterly pathological and perverse. If he’s every Belarussian’s “Daddy”, then what is his wife (or his mistresses)?
Sick, sick, sick.
Comment by A.R.Yngve — March 23, 2006 @ 2:12 pm
lukashenko in a few years…
“wir musten der democratie und seine Begleiterscheinungen aus Belarus auszurotten”
off course not in german… i hope
Comment by mutz — March 23, 2006 @ 5:04 pm
That was so…what I would think a pop band would look like if it was designed by a group of middle aged men who didn’t listen to pop music when they were young.
Sounded like it too. No offense, but what was with the creepy older guy who’d bust out a base line or two now and again through out the song? Why was the lead singer dressed in a kind of pixie outfit while the rest of the band were running with this “Reservoir Dogs” meets “The Bee Gees” theme?
lukashenko in a few years…
“wir musten der democratie und seine Begleiterscheinungen aus Belarus auszurotten”
off course not in german… i hope
Comment by mutz — March 23, 2006
I don’t think Lukashenkos going to get too rowdy…he has to be aware Putin could have him killed any afternoon he chooses to. Belarus is condemned to play the role as Belgium to Russias Germany except without France on the other side of them to lean on.
Comment by idioscosmos — March 23, 2006 @ 8:04 pm
Some are more equal than others…
Id never heard of this country until today, but the Belarus elections are under way and one of the candidates had a pop band sing a song about him. Look …
Trackback by Everything Clashes — March 24, 2006 @ 2:30 am
Hey guys - does anyone have the lyrics to this in Belarussian?
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Comment by Rosie — April 28, 2007 @ 4:47 pm