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As I said I remember Neil saying he liked 'Stranger in Moscow' by Michael Jackson and I think this is the best song to make a cover version nowadays talking about PSB and I'm going to tell you why.

The song talks about a feeling of pain inside a man who feels like 'Stranger in Moscow' but the song also has a kind of political statement that now works perfectly with the situation of Rusia today.

As you know PSB did a good job with "Go West" and the way the song worked so fine with the enthusiastic political and social situation of Rusia in 1993, opening to the west world. We know the song is not as happy as it looked like but the feeling of freedom was there.

In 2025 the situation is more painful and sad like the situation of Rusia now. The song has that feeling and even describes a persecution of KGB (now gay people and politicians suffer from that). But there is a line that drives me crazy that makes me think PSB should work on a cover of the song and it says: 'Why have you come from the West?". It works like a 'Go West' (part 2). The evolution of the situation in 1993 and the situation now.

We know the interest PSB have in Rusia (history, political situation, etc). This song works perfectly on that and I think is a good song. What do you think?

This is a extended version of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6WF4bC ... rt_radio=1

You are right

Why does my brain remember that you have raised this before?

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Dog wrote: Sat 05 Jul 2025, 5:49 pm Why does my brain remember that you have raised this before?

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I didn't remember that, it was almost a decade ago.

How do you know what the political situation is in Russia now?))) From the BBC? They will tell you all sorts of things. Gays again... What do gays have to do with it, no one even mentions them here.
It's funny that Western propaganda paints some absolutely incomprehensible image of Russia. If you believe European and American propaganda, then they promise a crisis in Russia every day. For 10-15 years in a row. But I have a question. If only someone would go to Russia and see, but why? It's better to paint yourself an image and it's much more convenient to live that way.

About sanctions, for example. Now I'm looking at the Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L USM lens and I became curious how much this lens costs in Russia, Europe and the USA, taking into account the sanctions. So, Canon officially left Russia and Japan imposed sanctions against Russia.
The price of the lens in the USA is $2,500 (B & H)
The price of the lens in Finland (Verkkokauppa.com) is 2,679 Euro
The price of the same lens in Russia is 1,539 (Euro, if converted from rubles to Euro)
Against whom are the sanctions imposed? If this lens costs 1,100 Euro cheaper in Russia than in the EU or the USA. Who did Japan impose sanctions against?
As for the song, I think that PSB should write their own new songs. Their latest album is great.

A few years ago, I remember coming to Finland and they were showing a documentary about drug addicts and prostitutes in Moscow on TV. And it is clear that a Western viewer will only think bad things when watching something like that. BUT... in Austria, Germany, Finland, migrants constantly attack residents and... no one in the press reports the names and surnames of the attackers, their ethnic origin. So where is freedom of speech and democracy here? In Munich, migrants have attacked people several times this year.

They should cover Boney M.

“Putin’s not the problem, immigrants are. And who cares about gays?!”

Utterly depressing posts full of misinformation, misdirection, and misanthropy.

I love the song. But feel the fast quipping vocals isn't really in the PSB style.
If they were to do this type of song, I'd prefer something new. They could try out an RnB fusion style genre.

I couldn't care less for the Russia subject. And to me, the song isn't at all relevant to the war in Ukraine.

BTW if anyone is interested in what's going on inside Ruzzia, Steve Rosenberg does a great job reading through their daily state-controlled newspapers. Even though the papers don't dare stray past party lines, there's actually a lot of frank talk about Ruzzia's waning influence abroad and ongoing economic grind. Interesting stuff, straight from the horses (muzzled) mouth.

https://x.com/BBCSteveR/status/1940310712334651812

Gross comments, Parkol. Tried giving you a good faith reading many times, but this is just gross.

Sorry, Parkol, I live in Germany. Migrants do not "constantly attack residents". This is AfD or far-right disinformation. There are attacks involving migrants - just as there are many more "attacks" involving "residents" on other "residents". But the idea that migrants are "constantly" attacking people is a very particular reading that is a trope of the far-right that plenty WANT to believe.

Let's not repeat that again here. I take a hands-off approach to "discussion" here, in general, even if I fundamentally disagree with some of the opinions expressed. But we won't give a platform to Nazi tropes.

Drico.