What are you listening to?

[video=youtube;24F1X0C8aCI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24F1X0C8aCI&index=6&list=PLm1NYI4T-YqNPzh4PUALAio3pdgpTesZO[/video]

 

[video=youtube;Zj5-vKuXT8s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj5-vKuXT8s[/video]

 

[video=youtube;tZuj_beuMc4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZuj_beuMc4[/video]

 

[video=youtube;adUkn51t0lc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adUkn51t0lc&list=RDTGhhP6edE1A&index=4[/video]

 

I'm enjoying that gypsy gittar, flo. Nice.

 

Thank you, gentlemen. Consider me your moody, miniature online muse, for the time being, lol...

[video=youtube;PV56Ds7D-hk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV56Ds7D-hk[/video]

 

I listen to the Russian national anthem on the way to surf.

 

For you, then...

The Bandura - Ukrainian National Instrument

Three Bandurist perform this rendition of a very old composition, so old that the original composer is unknown. Some will tell you it is of Ukrainian origin, while others will insist Russian.

After I found the song and had become bewitched by it, a former Soviet Intelligence Officer (Army) with a love for sea and surf once relayed to me that the song is Russian, and that it was played (rondo/tape) within a Caucasus cavern. Upon requesting additional information, he elaborated that he did not know if the cavern still exist, being that he was a boy the last time that he visited it.

He proceeded to share that the song is about a demon banned by Hell, for doing good deeds, and he then sent me links of a statue of it (was about midnight, and so I literally freaked, being that I had been dancing/ballet to it for perhaps one week by then...). He mentioned that the demon had been chained within the cavern. He told me a princess had once fallen in love with the demon; moreover, that Lermontov had written a few poems about it. One is called, "The Demon", an epic, indeed. I will try to find a decent transliteration for all and edit the post, when time permits.

He closed all by explaining the song had once been used within many Soviet films, and one of the most famous, sending me that link, as well. I had desired to have this rendition placed within a music box, upon first hearing it, and have simply yet to get around to having one made.

[video=youtube;FM2gAdiPNM8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM2gAdiPNM8[/video]

EDIT, The poem: http://faculty.washington.edu/jdwest/russ430/demon.pdf

 

Rather ingenious...

[video=youtube;IvUU8joBb1Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q[/video]

 

[video=youtube;JhOhGhq0e54]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhOhGhq0e54[/video]

 

[video=youtube;nJjynNqlobg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJjynNqlobg[/video]

 

^changed out three times...

 

[video=youtube;ulh0UTP9IoI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulh0UTP9IoI[/video]

 

Mmmmmm.....twins.

 

[video=youtube;PGzQY7zq2dc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGzQY7zq2dc[/video]

 

Flo with the riposte!

 

[video=youtube;uT3SBzmDxGk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk[/video]

 

change of pace

[video=youtube;6Ejga4kJUts]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts[/video]

 

Thank you, Lance. I required your distraction...cello on the left was looking waaaay too enticing...

 

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