Ferret Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 859 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 681 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 10 Achievement Points: 4117 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 9, 2014 Birthday: 11/04/1968 Posted December 31, 2011 Back in 1991, just after the collapse of the Soviet Union.... there was a Monsters of Rock concert in Moscow. There was no charge, and hundreds of thousands (they say up to half a million overall) of long-oppressed, music-starved young people attended. SWARMED in, actually. Although AC/DC was the headline act, Metallica stole the show. This is when they were at their peak, and their sets were absolutely flawless... perfect sound, and they didn't miss a single note. It has been written about several times, that this one concert was responsible for a huge post-Soviet-Union westernization movement in Russia, at least in as much as the younger people will never again accept the censored, restricted, iron curtain control of the old Soviet Politburo. And if you keep up with the news, Russians are now BOLDY rejecting Putin's stranglehold on power & corruption, and his attempt to bring back the Soviet Union of old. Just look at this massive crowd... look how many freakin' people - it is monstrously HUGE and they are all 110% into it. Look at all the flags from different countries.... British, American, Russian, Swedish flags - and a few I can't make out. I've never seen anything like it in America. Even the soldiers in their drab brown Russian military uniforms are bangin' their heads. This video is a personal favorite, and arguably a part of history that few of us in America can understand - this is as good as music gets, IMHO. Enjoy... I read the other day they are going to release a box set of the '91 M.O.R. Moscow concerts. You can bet THIS weasel will have that the day it is released.
hxtr Posted December 31, 2011 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.92 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted December 31, 2011 i remember that....
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