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The Soviet Trumpeter Lyrics
Bright the shine in my horn exiled and forlorn, a damp night in Berlin yes
Soaked in alcohol I walk up to a doll and say “how you look good”
Rejection follows me around like a dagger in my back, I tell you man it hurts
I’ve come here to express myself ’cause I’m tired of these chains
I’m tired of the strains, walking ‘cross the plains take me in you arms
REF: Fire red, the Stage I tread
Elevate me celebrate me
Extroverted but full of fear
The soviet Trumpeter
To make them dance as fairies oh to make them sing along
So close to fever pitch and oh so close to happiness
I’m tempted by their flesh oh I am tempted by their stare, I don’t think I dare
’cause I am such a communist and I’m breaking down inside
though the world is open wide I’m drowning in it’s tide take me in your arms
REF: Fire red, the Ground I tread
Elevate me celebrate me
Extroverted but full of fear
The soviet Trumpeter
Soaked in alcohol I walk up to a doll and say “how you look good”
I’ve come here to express myself ’cause I’m tired of these chains
I’m tired of the strains, walking ‘cross the plains take me in you arms
Elevate me celebrate me
Extroverted but full of fear
The soviet Trumpeter
To make them dance as fairies oh to make them sing along
So close to fever pitch and oh so close to happiness
I’m tempted by their flesh oh I am tempted by their stare, I don’t think I dare
’cause I am such a communist and I’m breaking down inside
though the world is open wide I’m drowning in it’s tide take me in your arms
Elevate me celebrate me
Extroverted but full of fear
The soviet Trumpeter
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Post WWI and Russian Revolution, large numbers of countrymen left what became USSR. This song represents one musician of that group, who is in the video apparently living homeless in a Central European city, very possibly Germany. He is rejected by the local prostitutes, perhaps after asking them for some company in return for a song. His life is recounted in memory, aiding the cause, but in a bittersweet way.
The audience is pigs and dogs in official USSR uniform. How did he arrive in exile? Something happened. The paths were many, for example some forts and ships around Leningrad (then Petrograd). They were attacked by Soviet forces after they protested circa 1921. All died soon afterwards in labor camps, except many who made their way over the ice into Finland, nearby, in exile.
Those very same sailors and soldiers units were responsible for the 1918 revolution in Petrograd.
Anyway, he waters down his memories in alcohol. Some how a spirit comforts him. He is unrepentant as a communist and only if things had been different in leadership. Older, maybe in the early 1930's before Hitler, he is feeling aged. After waking up at the doorstep, he feels refreshed. The spirit protected him.
That is what I see.
Post WWI and Russian Revolution, large numbers of countrymen left what became USSR. This song represents one musician of that group, who is in the video apparently living homeless in a Central European city, very possibly Germany. He is rejected by the local prostitutes, perhaps after asking them for some company in return for a song. His life is recounted in memory, aiding the cause, but in a bittersweet way.
The audience is pigs and dogs in official USSR uniform. How did he arrive in exile? Something happened. The paths were many, for example some forts and ships around Leningrad (then Petrograd). They were attacked by Soviet forces after they protested circa 1921. All died soon afterwards in labor camps, except many who made their way over the ice into Finland, nearby, in exile.
Those very same sailors and soldiers units were responsible for the 1918 revolution in Petrograd.
Anyway, he waters down his memories in alcohol. Some how a spirit comforts him. He is unrepentant as a communist and only if things had been different in leadership. Older, maybe in the early 1930's before Hitler, he is feeling aged. After waking up at the doorstep, he feels refreshed. The spirit protected him.
That is what I see.
@ChutneySemloh The song is the story of German jazz trumpeter Eddie Rosner, who fled Nazi Germany to Poland. He subsequently left Poland for the USSR after the Nazi-Soviet partition.
@ChutneySemloh The song is the story of German jazz trumpeter Eddie Rosner, who fled Nazi Germany to Poland. He subsequently left Poland for the USSR after the Nazi-Soviet partition.
He had success there until after the war, when Jews and foreigners in general were censored under Stalin. He wasn't allowed to return to his native Germany until he was near death in the early 70s.
He had success there until after the war, when Jews and foreigners in general were censored under Stalin. He wasn't allowed to return to his native Germany until he was near death in the early 70s.