Fresh from my dusty files...The Leningrad Cowboys!

[John Backlund]

...I present, possibly THE coolest, and perhaps the most delightfully surreal cover by anyone, ever.......

(In my best(?) Ed Sullivan voice)..."And now, for the youngsters in our audience, all the way from the former Soviet Union, The Leningrad Cowboys perform their hit version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Sweet Home Alabama', vocal accompaniment provided by none other than the Red Army Choir...."

 

[Rich_S]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tarkus60]

Hell yeah...dig the hair!

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Dr. Seuss hair and shoes - nice!

Too bad SNL isn't this funny anymore ...

Do they do "Free Bird"? Or is that verboten?

 

[SRBMusic]

That’s a really, really bad dream.

 

[Bob Womack]

They are actually from Helsinki, Finland. They sort of rose to popularity playing concerts with the Red Army Band from the former Soviet Union after the Iron Curtain came down.

Bob

 

[Dan German]

Wow. That’s a blast-ski from the past-ovitch…

 

[Blazer]

Here's a couple more of theirs.

 

[olewaylonfan74]

Gonna have nightmares over that one.

 

[mr natural]

Loved the movie and actually hung out at the LC-themed bar in Helsinki. I wonder if it’s still there.

 

[Alamo]

Dr. Seuss hair and shoes - nice!

Guess they were born that way

 

[Ironwolf]

I like this one.

 

[Mjark]

They're a lot of fun.

 

[Toto'sDad]

I was playing the video and my wife came by and said, sonny (that's what my momma used to call me, how did SHE know?) YOU'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO LOOK AT THAT KIND OF STUFF, TURN IT OFF!

 

[dougstrum]

What a show! Even love the covers of songs I would never play~

 

[Flaneur]

Leningrad Cowboys - Wikipedia

I highly recommend the movie- Leningrad Cowboys Go America(1989). Hilarious.