BILLY JOEL - Leningrad

Вроде ещё не было.
Текст песни:

Viktor was born in the spring of '44
And never saw his father anymore
A child of sacrifice, a child of war
Another son who never had a father after Leningrad

Went off to school and learned to serve the state
Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight
The only way to live was drown the hate
A Russian life was very sad
And such was life in Leningrad

I was born in '49
A cold war kid in McCarthy time
Stop 'em at the 38th Parallel
Blast those yellow reds to hell
And cold war kids were hard to kill
Under their desk in an air raid drill
Haven't they heard we won the war
What do they keep on fighting for?

Viktor was sent to some Red Army town
Served out his time, became a circus clown
The greatest happiness he'd ever found
Was making Russian children glad
And children lived in Leningrad

But children lived in Levittown
And hid in the shelters underground
Until the Soviets turned their ships around
And tore the Cuban missiles down
And in that bright October sun
We knew our childhood days were done
And I watched my friends go off to war
What do they keep on fighting for?

And so my child, when I came to this place
To meet him eye to eye and face to face
He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced
We never knew what friends we had
Until we came to Leningrad

Собственно, песня довольно таки просоветская. Мы такие разные, но на самом деле - все друзья. Такого плана. И клюквы особой нет, за исключением одного куплета.
Сама песня - про советского парня Виктора, который родился в Ленинграде в 1944 году, его отец погиб, а он вырос и стал цирковым клоуном, поскольку хотел что-бы советские дети чаще смеялись, "особенно дети из Ленинграда". В сравнении с жизнью Виктора приводится жизнь автора песни, который родиля во времена маккартизма и вырос ненавидя красных. В конце герои стречаются в Ленинграде, Виктор веселит дочь американца, и они понимают, что "не знали, какими друзьями они были. пока не встретились в Ленинграде".
Но даже здесь не обошлось без стандартной клюквы.
Второй куплет, первые строки:
Went off to school and learned to serve the state
Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight
Перевод:
Он пошел в школу и учился служить государству
Следовал правилам и пил водку

Вот так. Прямо в школе парень начал бухать водку.

Но, в целом, песня неплохая.