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Oi Va Voi — Yuri
Album: Oi Va Voi
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Released: 2007
Length: 4:30
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Russian radio translation: "This is Moscow speaking, all radio transmitters in the soviet union are broadcasting. we have received news from the state news agency Tass about the world's first flight of man in space."

I am a rocket, the power of the system, it's bullet-proof technology,
Oh we're going to a new world, going to a better place.

This is just the first step, and everyone will follow me, hold me up as an example,
There's no need to watch my back cos my friends have got it for me.

I'm gonna go down in history, as the man who made a difference, call me egotistical,
Well how dare you care you call me selfish - I'm doing this for mankind!

Cos I am a rocket, a child of the motherland, pioneer for humanity,
I'm a wholesome superhero for the worldwide society.

We're heading out to outer space, we're going forth for the human race.

I am a prodigy, a part of the master plan, a symbol of equality,
Blasting out into the future - I'm a man defying gravity!

They'll build me a monument, name everything after me, schools and hospitals,
Armies of boys and girls, I'm gonna live forever - immortality is mine!

We're heading out to outer space, we're going forth for the human race.

Russian radio: "The cosmonaut pilot of the space ship Sputnik Vostok is the citizen of the Soviet Union of Socialist Respublics, pilot Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin."
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 yoksa wrote:

This is Serbian folk music! Not Russian folk at all!


Or it's Jewish like it is said in description. 
Posted 1 year ago by Dalsir    [ Reply ]
 yoksa wrote:

This is Serbian folk music! Not Russian folk at all!



Yoksa, I'm not sure where did you get that this is Serbian music? At best it is West Balkans (i.e. Bulgaria/Romania and yes some parts of Serbian or more correct "vlaska" music). 
You can actually hear Russian language in the background.
But no worries mate, not looking for an argument, simply stating.
Cheers
Posted 2 years ago by Steleks    [ Reply ]
 yoksa wrote:

This is Serbian folk music! Not Russian folk at all!




Thanx for the info!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Interesting! ...I gotta hear it a few more times, to decide!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:



I heartily disagree with the premise here, but it IS funny!
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 Ulises wrote:

I'm in the middle of cooking for a large family gathering and have had RP playing in the background for several hours. I don't have the words to describe how grateful I am for your selections. Thanks, Bill & Rebecca.



Cooking whilst tuned into Radioparadise. One of life's pleasures.
Posted 3 years ago by Aaronosteo    [ Reply ]
Awesome tribute to Yuri Gagarin and his April 12th, 1961 flight!  Join Yuri's Night to celebrate the 60th anniversary and all the space achievements since Yuri's historic flight at https://yurisnight.net
Posted 3 years ago by mjlucas    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:
 

Posted 3 years ago by BobHeisler    [ Reply ]
Play it Monday, April 12th please

Yuri's Night!
Posted 3 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
 yoksa wrote:
This is Serbian folk music! Not Russian folk at all!
 

Still… Space!
Posted 3 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
This is Serbian folk music! Not Russian folk at all!
Posted 3 years ago by yoksa    [ Reply ]
86 people rate this as "godlike". Wow.
Posted 3 years ago by Patersg    [ Reply ]
The perfect soundtrack for performing an extremely tedious and repetitive task after a long and tedious day--and getting punchy. I know of what I speak.
Posted 3 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of "The Specials-Ghost Town"
Posted 4 years ago by StefLauwers    [ Reply ]
Sorry you drank the fake Kool-aid. Please wake up now. 
 

 jtherieau wrote:
 

Posted 4 years ago by tortugatom    [ Reply ]
Red scare is alive, and you can see that in the song rating
Posted 4 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
This song is quite fun... in small doses.
Posted 4 years ago by darinc38122449    [ Reply ]
7 to 9 when the trumpets hit and the drums went takatish tish takatish takatish
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by uksminas    [ Reply ]
 Algis wrote:
Donnie dedicates this to Pootie.

Image result for Putin bare chest
 
Sweet ... domestic bliss down on the farm ....
Posted 4 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Last year I have visited Moscow and their Museum of Cosmonautics, and in there they have small cafe, like a dinner type with the deco from that era. At the table next to me there were two British students who asked waiters if they can play one song and this was the song they played. Such a fun !
Posted 5 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]


bullshit
Posted 5 years ago by sxediy    [ Reply ]
 jacopo777 wrote:
 jtherieau wrote:
 Nonsense

 
Not if one is playing chess and the other Tic-tac-toe.

Posted 5 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 mhamann123 wrote:
This is one of my RP quirky favorites for some strange reason. Had to up it's rating so I hear it on PSD!
 

Quirk with emphasis on the irk
Posted 5 years ago by NoLoTeks    [ Reply ]
This is one of my RP quirky favorites for some strange reason. Had to up it's rating so I hear it on PSD!
Posted 5 years ago by mhamann123    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:
 Nonsense

Posted 5 years ago by jacopo777    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
 Thirdrose wrote:
parmi les trucs les plus à chier qu'on peut entendre ici.
 

Hors du monde

Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Quirky.  Fun.  Not every song must be " Stairway to Heaven." Come to think of it, that's funny.
Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
How many years have I been hearing this space set from Bill? Still love it. 
Posted 6 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
Not funny... There only needed to be one *They Might Be Giants*. Come to think of it, we don't need them either; we only needed one *Bonzo Dog Band.* 
Posted 6 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
parmi les trucs les plus à chier qu'on peut entendre ici.
Posted 6 years ago by Thirdrose    [ Reply ]
 Algis wrote:
Donnie dedicates this to Pootie.

Image result for Putin bare chest

 
awwww, that's sweet....
Posted 6 years ago by robin_at_domani    [ Reply ]
Borat's opening sequence music! Cultural, we've heard of the word.
Posted 7 years ago by coarsely_ground    [ Reply ]
Donnie dedicates this to Pootie.

Image result for Putin bare chest
Posted 7 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
 Milk5Cents wrote:
Totally thought this was Weird Al.

 
Kinda get the same from the this as well.
Posted 7 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
Is this weird Al under a pseudonym? Not good.
Posted 8 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
I'm in the middle of cooking for a large family gathering and have had RP playing in the background for several hours. I don't have the words to describe how grateful I am for your selections. Thanks, Bill & Rebecca.
Posted 8 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
Not bad at all. 
 
Posted 8 years ago by Sixten57    [ Reply ]
Not a great song, but a great sequence though (after Major Tom and Space Oddity).
Curious what's next... :)
Posted 8 years ago by RoelantSiekman    [ Reply ]
Totally thought this was Weird Al.
Posted 8 years ago by Milk5Cents    [ Reply ]
That´s a surprise ! A good one !
Thanks Bill ! 
Posted 8 years ago by TianGongZhong    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
This completely sucks.

 
No debating that. 
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I can't even go to "quite likable" on this.  Maybe quite corny?
Posted 8 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
interesting track and very catchy
Posted 8 years ago by Kevwedge    [ Reply ]
Really bad song with cosmic theme. I'd rather prefer for example "Minor Earth, Major Sky" by a-ha.

Posted 8 years ago by otaznick    [ Reply ]
 jwhat i was thinking. I love this stuff. 1sey wrote:
great stuff.  reminds me of Gogol Bordello

 


Posted 8 years ago by Mickfog    [ Reply ]
I am swapping my sheriff costume with astronaut  outfit, (  Helmet needs be cutting edge )
                                                   Hurray !  Angelnauts a comin...
Posted 9 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}This is why RP is great!
Posted 9 years ago by j1sey    [ Reply ]
So bad I had to get up from desk and change stations.
Posted 9 years ago by dburgher    [ Reply ]
This completely sucks.
Posted 9 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
great stuff.  reminds me of Gogol Bordello
Posted 9 years ago by j1sey    [ Reply ]
 activelistener wrote:


 
Mind the shoes!
Posted 9 years ago by robin_at_domani    [ Reply ]
Awful set this morning!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
хуйня ебаная{#Grumpy}
Posted 9 years ago by activelistener    [ Reply ]
This, and also Gogol Bordello is not my taste of music!!
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This never gets old! Dancing around my desk.
Posted 9 years ago by thondermonst    [ Reply ]
 ChrisVIII wrote:
I don't hear the similarity with Gogol Bordello, there is no energy in this song and it doesn't make me feel like jumping around and staying all night out.
It's repetitive, quite basic and slow. There is a slavic sound yes, but it's not the same as the balkans.
this song is like a parody of I-don't-know-what.  

mediamarv wrote:
Gorgol Bordello anyone? Similar but without the humor.  Catchy tho.

 

 
It sounds more influenced by klezmer music than it does Eastern/gypsy music.  It's obviously must more electronic than Gogol Bordello.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
This really does sound like the Gummi Bear song my 2 year old likes —

Wikipedia entry on Gummi Bear Song

Youtube

It's not the band, it's this song - I have 3 7 ratings and 1 8 rating for Oi Va Voi.

 
Posted 9 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
This is ok but sure wish Bill would play me some Hawkwind, say a little Quark, Strageness and Charm - now that was some interesting music
Posted 9 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 activelistener wrote:
Хуета какаятП.

 
Well said.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 pankman wrote:
Jeff

This is way too funny!  Cool song, BTW...
 


Posted 9 years ago by tkosh    [ Reply ]
Хуета какаятП.
Posted 9 years ago by activelistener    [ Reply ]
Not only is this horrible it's even becoming overplayed...Bill PLEASE?!
Posted 9 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I don't hear the similarity with Gogol Bordello, there is no energy in this song and it doesn't make me feel like jumping around and staying all night out.
It's repetitive, quite basic and slow. There is a slavic sound yes, but it's not the same as the balkans.
this song is like a parody of I-don't-know-what.  

mediamarv wrote:
Gorgol Bordello anyone? Similar but without the humor.  Catchy tho.

 


Posted 9 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
Jeff
Posted 9 years ago by pankman    [ Reply ]
This song is definitely missing an accordion and a balalaika for the full effect.
Posted 9 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]
 catnip wrote:
I dislike this song. Dislike it quite strongly. It reminds me greatly of They Might Be Giants, whose redeeming features in my mind involve anything to do with Skip, Fast Forward, Play Something Different, or just plain Off. 

However I admire the resilience, in the face of of low ratings and negative comments, of keeping on playing it. Maybe there is something there. Maybe it is actually good. Perhaps it is not deeply annoying. I can't see it myself, but will keep on trying.

And if you like They MIght Be Giants, I take my hat off to you. I just haven't got there quite yet. 

 
This in spades.   irritating and silly in equal measures.

Posted 9 years ago by garycha    [ Reply ]

Just try saying Gagarin with your tongue stuck in your cheek.

BTW, nice set, Bill.


Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Aw c'mon, this is fun!
Posted 10 years ago by daigoro    [ Reply ]
Love love love...  !!!
Posted 10 years ago by stealingtruth    [ Reply ]
Gorgol Bordello anyone? Similar but without the humor.  Catchy tho.
Posted 10 years ago by mediamarv    [ Reply ]
I dislike this song. Dislike it quite strongly. It reminds me greatly of They Might Be Giants, whose redeeming features in my mind involve anything to do with Skip, Fast Forward, Play Something Different, or just plain Off. 

However I admire the resilience, in the face of of low ratings and negative comments, of keeping on playing it. Maybe there is something there. Maybe it is actually good. Perhaps it is not deeply annoying. I can't see it myself, but will keep on trying.

And if you like They MIght Be Giants, I take my hat off to you. I just haven't got there quite yet. 
Posted 10 years ago by catnip    [ Reply ]
Refreshing and amusing
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
 GaryG wrote:
Vocoder/megaphone/distorted vocals are DONE! Once the Beatles used it with Tomorrow Never Knows, it became a cliche and it's been tiresome ever since. It ruined Daft Punk's last album for me. Please consider deleting this song from RP, Bill

 
It seems to this musical ignoramus that the vocoder is used for effect in this song, which is a musical satire on the Soviet personality cult of Yuri Gagarin. The guy is supposed to sound like a spaceman, after all.

In general, I hate the vocoder, which has come back with an unpleasant vengeance in mainstream pop, but IMO it works in this song.
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Ugh    Trying to appreciate but best I can say 
Posted 10 years ago by egroman    [ Reply ]
 GaryG wrote:G
Vocoder/megaphone/distorted vocals are DONE! Once the Beatles used it with Tomorrow Never Knows, it became a cliche and it's been tiresome ever since. It ruined Daft Punk's last album for me. Please consider deleting this song from RP, Bill

 
Get a life, Gary.
Posted 10 years ago by Sling    [ Reply ]
More Klezskavania - it gives me happy feet!
Posted 10 years ago by scott_bruce    [ Reply ]
Vocoder/megaphone/distorted vocals are DONE! Once the Beatles used it with Tomorrow Never Knows, it became a cliche and it's been tiresome ever since. It ruined Daft Punk's last album for me. Please consider deleting this song from RP, Bill
Posted 10 years ago by GaryG    [ Reply ]
 PockettVenus wrote:
I like the klezmer/middle eastern/eastern European, influence. What genre could you call this? There's that crazy eastern European style with a lot of brass and bouncing around, sounds a bit like that.

{#Dancingbanana} 

 
This smacks of a local band up here in CowTown, Plaid Tongued Devils. They had an album (and a play to go with it!) called In Klezskavania, which was their term for their type of music.

Klezmer mixed with Ska mixed with a general eastern European flavour they best described as Vania.

This song sounds Klezskavania to me!!
Posted 10 years ago by subgyro    [ Reply ]
Sorry, no more polka music, plz. Oompa oompa oompa.
Posted 10 years ago by MoonDweazel    [ Reply ]
Ugh. Reminds me of the song which accompanies the German bobsledder's splitting body suit video; I am a Gummi Bear.

{#Frustrated}
Posted 10 years ago by stargazer1    [ Reply ]
Still a 1.
Posted 10 years ago by WhiteWater    [ Reply ]
One of the coolest things I ever saw was the Yuri Gagarin monument in Moscow.  I lived close by.  He was the first man in space and is a Russian national hero, as he should be.  Great man.
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
love it......great way to break up the flow...... {#War}
Posted 10 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Oh Nooooooooo Mr. Bill?!?!?!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Exactly, well put. I don't think I'm going to rush to my local iTunes store and buy this, but eh, whatsamattaforu? Just a little absurdism with an Eastern European flavor to give your Friday a nipple twist. 6.


tkelley wrote:
Well, a bit weird, but this is why we listen to RP right?  If we wanted always the same things we would just stand in an elevator.  Thanks, and it is only ever a few minutes long, and it might wake you up from a dull moment.  

 


Posted 10 years ago by randyblew    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
Segue: Oingo Boing (Dead Man's Party) or Gogol Bordello (anything)

 
or perhaps THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Istanbul (Not Constantinople)...
Posted 10 years ago by Hogtownmike    [ Reply ]
Segue: Oingo Boing (Dead Man's Party) or Gogol Bordello (anything)
Posted 10 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Can somebody rate a negative scale ?
Posted 10 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
not this shit,,,,,,this brings such a visceral reaction of god knows what.......
Posted 10 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
3 seconds in and I rated it a 1, listened to the whole song, still a 1
Posted 10 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
So there are people that think "hey, this is a really great tune!" - How fascinating?! {#Ask}
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Awesome!

Tip: bobbing up and down at the knees makes this song twice as good.
Posted 10 years ago by wossName    [ Reply ]
Weird, but my foot keeps a-tappin'  7.
Posted 11 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
{#Eyes}
Posted 11 years ago by undo_silence    [ Reply ]
I am dancing kazachok!
Posted 11 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]
I like the klezmer/middle eastern/eastern European, influence. What genre could you call this? There's that crazy eastern European style with a lot of brass and bouncing around, sounds a bit like that.

{#Dancingbanana} 
Posted 11 years ago by PockettVenus    [ Reply ]
Can't sit still. I always start clapping when this comes on.
Posted 11 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
LOL...fun and silly.
Posted 11 years ago by K_Love    [ Reply ]
Oh hell no....{#Headache}
Posted 11 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
Funky {#Dancingbanana_2} but rather pricey @ amazon {#Sorry} https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000O5AY4I
Posted 11 years ago by steppr    [ Reply ]
We demand some Negresses Vertes!!!
Posted 11 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
Awesomenes....
Posted 11 years ago by micman2b    [ Reply ]
Well, a bit weird, but this is why we listen to RP right?  If we wanted always the same things we would just stand in an elevator.  Thanks, and it is only ever a few minutes long, and it might wake you up from a dull moment.  
Posted 11 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
Headed up to outer space!


Posted 11 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
Ha! Bill you clown! Schilling's "Major Tom" then Oi Va Voi's "Yuri".
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Fun song!
Posted 11 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
Awesome.
Posted 11 years ago by micman2b    [ Reply ]
 WaxHorse wrote:
Reminds me of Weird Al!

I think I like it! 

 
I'm with you - something a bit different and fun. Come on folks, relax a little and go with the flow.
Posted 11 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
thank god for PSD!

yuck! 
Posted 11 years ago by SirLars    [ Reply ]
This is HORRIBLE!  My first tried and true "1" I believe!
 
Posted 11 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Gajdzin wrote:
ОчеМь хПрПшая песМя! :)

 
Yeah, I think that sums it up for all of us!
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
ОчеМь хПрПшая песМя! :)
Posted 11 years ago by Gajdzin    [ Reply ]
mazal tov
Posted 11 years ago by rabid_wolf    [ Reply ]
Songs like this I have to remove my ear plugs until the it is over. {#No}
Posted 11 years ago by colleen    [ Reply ]
And every April 15th...

I like it a lot more than I used to, mostly because I can crank it here at work and really annoy my coworkers.
Posted 11 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
Why don't I hate this?
Posted 11 years ago by thewaxtadpole    [ Reply ]
You should play this every April 12...
Posted 11 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 linden wrote:
Gummy Bear
 
7-year-olds everywhere would agree! LOL!
Posted 11 years ago by jozooka    [ Reply ]