Alliluiya [Hallelujah] is a Russian version of the song that was originally recorded by Leonard Cohen on his 1984 album Various Positions. The Russian version was translated by Leonid Agutin for the Russian TV talent show Golos Detei [The Voice Kids] and the lyrics don’t follow the English, apart from the chorus, but instead
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Au was originally released by Alexander Rosenbaum on his 1996 album Na Plantatsiyakh Lyubvi [On the Plantations of Love]. It is about wanting to bring someone happiness but, being lost in the dark forrest, you instead break their heart. This is another excellent cover from Katya where she reinterprets the song and gives it
Mama Mia was originally released on the 2007 album Razdvoyeniye Lichnosti [Split Personality]. It is about Mama Mia who is looking for a sailor who is unkempt and violent, breaking dishes and furniture, and is also looking for her, and the singer who is copying the sailor, being unkempt and violent, and looking for
Na Zare [At Dawn] was originally released by Al’yans [Alliance] on their 1987 album Zvuki Na Zare [Sounds At Dawn]. This is another interesting arrangement for classical guitar from TheToughBeard that is quite different from the synthpop original. TheToughBeard (4) [More] ToughBeard; (The) (4) [More] At Dawn (1) [More] Na Zare (1) [More] Classical
Inoplanetyanin [Alien] was originally released by Andra in 2019 as a single. It is about being an alien from another Earth, and finding someone who is your treasure, a beauty that you can find in a crowd. This is a laid back, chill version of the song with both girls singing beautifully on
Kukushka [Cuckoo] was originally recorded by Kino [Cinema] on their 1990 album, officially called Kino, but known as Chornyy Al’bom [the Black Album]. The first verse questions a cuckoo about the singer’s future, the 2nd verse tells of warriors who have fallen and the few who are remembered, the last verse asks about free
Ya Bol’she Ne Napishu [I Won’t Write Anymore] was originally released by Tima Belorusskikh on his 2019 album Tvoy Perviy Disk – Moya Kasseta [Your First Disk Is My Cassette] and as a single. It is about being blocked on Social Media after your apology hasn’t been accepted so you won’t write anymore, missing
Girls Just Want To Have Fun was originally released by Cyndi Lauper on her 1983 album She’s So Unusual, and as a single. It is an anthem to female pleasure, from a female point of view. This is an excellent version from young Sofia, with her adorable accent, where she gives it her all
Drug Druga [Each Other] was originally released by Open Kids on their 2019 album Hulla Bubba. It is about finding each other, even though the world is big, we are all different, and we are not ordinary. This a great fun version of the song that a little more upbeat than the original.
Time for some comedy. Vsya Zhizn’: Teatr [All Life: Theatre] is an episode from the third series of Masha i Medved’ [Masha and the Bear]. In this episode Masha, Dasha (her cousin from Moscow), Panda, and Rozochka (the pig) want to play at Theatre but they can’t agree on what type of show