Once when I was praciticing my trombone in 8th grade or so (in the early 1970's), I was working on a piece called "Russian Fantasy or something. My older brother later informed me I was playing a Jefferson Airplane song.
It turns out Meadowlands is a Soviet Russian-language song, written by Lev Knipper with lyrics by Viktor Gusev in 1933. It's title "Polyushko-Polye" has been translated to "Meadowlands", or "Song of the Plains" and Oh Fields, My Fields". The lyrics are a glorification of the Soviet military. A number of musicians have played versions of this song including Theodore Bikel and Marc Almond. All of this info comes from the great source Wkipedia.
Once when I was praciticing my trombone in 8th grade or so (in the early 1970's), I was working on a piece called "Russian Fantasy or something. My older brother later informed me I was playing a Jefferson Airplane song.
It turns out Meadowlands is a Soviet Russian-language song, written by Lev Knipper with lyrics by Viktor Gusev in 1933. It's title "Polyushko-Polye" has been translated to "Meadowlands", or "Song of the Plains" and Oh Fields, My Fields". The lyrics are a glorification of the Soviet military. A number of musicians have played versions of this song including Theodore Bikel and Marc Almond. All of this info comes from the great source Wkipedia.