Vodka Tractors Rock n Roll

I went to see the Leningrad Cowboys on Saturday night. The concert was in a shopping centre in the middle of nowhere (or Lempäälä as it is sometimes called). The Leningrad cowboys themselves are pretty interesting and were being backed by the Red Army Choir. It was interesting to be watching a band standing next to a branch of H&M. The band themselves were pretty good. At least as good as a band doing covers of Sweet Home Alabama and Those Were the Days can be. With very large quiffs.



We queued up in the wrong bus queue afterwards which wouldn't have been so bad except that it was -5 or so, and felt worse because of the wind. It could have been worse too since tonight there is a pretty major snow storm blasting through Tampere. It took me a few beers afterwards to get the blood flowing to some of the areas more affected by the cold - my whole body essentially.

Anyway, the Leningrad Cowboys were from a 1989 film called Leningrad Cowboys Go America. And very good it is too. The follow up film, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, is pretty good too. You should watch them sometime. I think that there are only a few of the original members left now but they are pretty good fun. It says something about Finland that one of the most popular bands here is a made up band with incredibly long quiffs and shoes singing covers of karaoke standards. I'm just not all that sure what it says exactly. All the same, here's a bit from the film.