He was big and strong, and his eyes a flaming glow.
Most people looked at him with terror and of fear,
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear.
He could preach the bible like a preacher,
Full of ecstasy and vile.
But he also was the kind of teacher,
Women would desire.
Lover of the Russian queen.
There was a cat that really was gone.
Ra ra Rasputin,
Russia's greatest love machine.
It was a shame how he carried on.
But the kasachok, he danced really wunderbar.
In all affairs of state he was the man to please,
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze.
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer,
Though she'd heard the things he'd done.
She believed he was a holy healer,
Who would heal her son.
became known to more and more people,
The demands to do something about this outrageous man,
Became louder and louder.
But the ladies begged "don't you try to do it, please".
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms,
Though he was a brute, they just fell into his arms.
Then one night some men of higher standing,
Set a trap, they're not to blame.
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding,
And he really came.
Lover of the Russian queen.
They put some poison into his wine.
Ra ra Rasputin,
Russia's greatest love machine.
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine".
Lover of the Russian queen.
They didn't quit, they wanted his head.
Russia's greatest love machine.
And so they shot him 'till he was dead.
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This is a pretty accurate biography of the famed Russian priest, Gregori Rasputin. The song says it all, Rasputin was part of the Russian's Czar's inner circle, and gained a lot of political influence due to his supposed miraculous healing powers.
When Czar Nicholas went off to fight the Japanese, Rasputin and the Czar's wife (the Russian Queen) became very close, due to Rasputin's alleged powers that the Queen believed could heal her son, the Prince, who had some sort of deadly disease. It is widely believed the two had an affair at some point during the Czar's absence.
Finally, because of all the reasons listed in the song, the other Russian politicos tried to kill Rasputin repeatedly, through poison, drowning, and finally shooting. He is infamous for taking a long time to die, supposedly because of his close connections to God.
@J.J. The deadly disease was haemophilia, inherited by male children from their mothers. It prevents the blood from clotting, so a tiny bruise can result in the patient bleeding to death. Rasputin, like all faith healers, succeeded up to a point and did help the little boy to feel more confident.
@J.J. The deadly disease was haemophilia, inherited by male children from their mothers. It prevents the blood from clotting, so a tiny bruise can result in the patient bleeding to death. Rasputin, like all faith healers, succeeded up to a point and did help the little boy to feel more confident.
It's hemophilia. He was easily bruised and his blood does not clot well. It happened often way back when in royal families that inbred.
This song was back to back with Nightflight to Venus as one continuous track.
Not full of ecstacy and vile! It makes no sense, and unlike 'fire' (the correct word), vile doesn't rhyme with 'desire'.
Well... thats good to see everyone covered the historical accuracy of the song...
How about.. its a pretty good song... and somewhat catchy and it makes you feel like bobbing a little jig in your seat when you listen to it.
Oh.... and makes you want to look at the paranormal sightings of the believed dead faux priest that some believe is an immortal and things of that such... or if you enjoyed Hellboy... you might know that fictional representation of the character.
the tsar didnt fight the japanese it was during world war one.
'the tsar didnt fight the japanese it was during world war one.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War
I'm not sure of the relevence, but the time period is good enough. Im too lazy to shift through the Rasputin article to see if it WAS the japanese >_>
Actually, there are a lot of doubts of how Rasputin's death went down. Many believe that the assassins exaggerated a lot of their tale and it just grew from there.
On a lighter note, I look like Rasputin...except with red hair.
In few words talks about a very awful man that ruled the russian court
the Turkish group "AYNA" did this song too. Well they used the music and wrote different lyrics. It's called "Don Bak Aynaya" I love both versions.