Songs about Vladimir Putin may be placed into two distinct categories. Some of them praise various aspects of his personality, varying from viewing him as sex symbol to praising him as a strong leader.[1][2] Others criticize Putin and protest against his rule.
Pro Putin
editSongs of praising type started appearing as soon as Vladimir Putin took the office. An early notable example is the song Takogo, kak Putin! ("[I want] The One Like Putin") by the girl band Singing Together[2] It topped the Russian Music Charts in 2002.[3][4]
In 2017 a jingoistic song Uncle Vova, we are with you gained a notoriety when a video was popularized in which Anna Kuvychko, then assistant to a State Duma deputy, performed this song with the schoolchildren in military-style uniforms of the cadet class of Volgograd school no. 44[1][5]
Contra Putin
edit- 2009: We Don't Wanna Put In (ru:We Don’t Wanna Put In), a song submitted for a contest to represent Georgia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
- 2011: ru:К нам в Холуёво приезжает Путин by Andrey Makarevich
- 2013: Evil Heart by Russian rock band Elisium.
References
edit- ^ a b Вячеслав Половинко , Татьяна Васильчук, Конкурс песни и лести [Song and Flattery Contest], Novaya Gazeta
- ^ a b ‘Uncle Vova, we are with you!’ Russian songs about Vladimir Putin, Russia Beyond, December 14, 2017
- ^ National Geographic Music News (December 7, 2009). "PBS Launches New Global Music Series". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ Veltman, Chloe (January 24, 2010). "Nonfiction Filmmakers Still Tell Rich Stories". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ ‘Uncle Vova, we are with you!’ Russian songs about Vladimir Putin, Russia Beyond, December 14, 2017