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"We Will, We Will Rock You" Comes to the Russia-Ukraine War
It's "Russian, go fuck yourself" (borrowed from the Russian warship incident); free-riding off Christian Scharlau at LyricsTranslate:
Don't forget: in this land
You have no friends, only enemies.
You bring death, you lie to everybody,
You'll never take away our home![Refrain:] Russian, go fuck yourself!
Russian, go fuck yourself!Here is your future, remember:
A bullet in the forehead and you lie down in the grove.
A Ukrainian steamroller drives over the dead.
The children of Mariupol are in our hearts![Refrain]
A legendary victory awaits us!
Your last tank was taken away by grandpa Panas.
Glory to the heroes! Death to enemies!
Stinky occupier, only one thing I will add[Refrain]
UPDATE: Commenter John F. Carr also points to "Kyiv Calling," apparently endorsed by the Clash:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLCiA38No3Y
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This is the first time I've heard this song played without being followed by "We Are the Champions."
Either the Americans cheering Ukraine are actually trying to go to war, or else they are really the biggest teases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOf2PCAL_0g
A less appropriate song on the same theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkd6Vky3dCk
I had a flashback to wandering through the HMV in Harvard Square about 20 years ago and picking out that CD more or less at random. Mostly I wasn't impressed, but they sure sounded like they were having fun.
We also have "Russian ships fuck you!" in a punk cover said to be authorized by the Clash, or what is left of them:
"Kyiv Calling" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLCiA38No3Y
There are two slightly different videos. I posted the wrong one. The more official one is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWQUkRKqp2E
A notable difference, at 1:45 the lyric "a nuclear error" comes with video of a Russian rocket striking a nuclear power plant.