Favourite version of L'Internationale?

[juhana]

If someone doesn't know, this is the communist/socialist anthem written in the 19th century. Which is your favourite version?

You can find it in several different languages here:
http://www.hymn.ru/internationale/index-en.html

If you cannot bother listening to all of them (I really wouldn't blame you), then at least listen to the ones in the poll options and choose between them.

My favourite is definetly the second russian version(by the choir and orchestra of Soviet radio, conducted by A. Gauk). It just has so much revolutionary spirit and emotion to it.

And let's not turn this into a political discussion please.

[Solaris]

French or Russian, the Billy Bragg english version is good too.
Edit: I forgot how ****ing good this is.
Edit2: No the Bragg version is crap
Edit3: That dance version is awesome lol

[Kula Meenur]

Russian. By far.


edit: wait...you're juhana...you're Rude Ken....



/death.

[Shakermaker]

The Vietnamese version (http://folk.ntnu.no/makarov/temporary_url_20070929kldcg/internationale-vn.mp3) rules all. All the instruments come out of a keyboard and it sounds like a karaoke version you would hear in a typical Asian mall (yes, there's a pun in there).

Communism is dead. The idea is cute but wrong.

[theotherguy]

On the last day of school, the Bolshevik Club at our school marched through the halls wearing all red, carrying a banner that said "Bolsheviks '08" and playing the Russian version of L'Internationale on a boombox.

It was pretty awesome.

[Kula Meenur]

We had to sing the first verse at assembly :(

[Solaris]

On the last day of school, the Bolshevik Club at our school marched through the halls wearing all red, carrying a banner that said "Bolsheviks '08" and playing the Russian version of L'Internationale on a boombox.

It was pretty awesome.
**** you have a Bolshevik club? I'm the only red in my sixth form.

[juhana]

Communism is dead. The idea is cute but wrong.

What exactly is "wrong" about it?

[Mr Stabby]

Trade.

[theotherguy]

**** you have a Bolshevik club? I'm the only red in my sixth form.

We do, but in name only. It's more like a joke club. They got together to see if the school would let them do it.

It turns out, they didn't. They were banned after the first day they marched through the hall, but the leader of the club had a talk with the principal and it started back up again.

Basically all they do is meet in a classroom, drink red kool-aid, march through the halls with communist flags and banners, and donate canned foods to charity.

The last march was amazing though, they had maybe 60-80 people all wearing red and singing L'Internationale.

[leib10]

Russian.