Life is peaceful there? Russia, Ukraine and Pet Shop Boys’ Go West at 30

[Nina]

From Twitter:

Did you know the chord structure of the Village People’s Go West is based on Pachelbel’s Canon, and you can sing it over the Russian National Anthem?
In the 1990s, Tennant & Lowe added a new coda, altered some lyrics, brought in a Broadway show chorus and made it about international migratory aspiration while dressed in the colours of Ukraine
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‘Life is peaceful there? Russia, Ukraine and Pet Shop Boys’ Go West at 30’ is now online
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