Music from other worlds (subtitle: 'listen to an idiot)
Песняры - Косил Ясь конюшину (1971)
"...so you can stay among yourselves listening to Peruvian groups with bagpipes that are listened to by 4 cats and that not even their relatives buy!" (quote)
HERE I AM! PRESENT! I, the pompous know-it-all, frequenter of the most foul-smelling and hidden niches, who "will never be part of a majority" as that guy said in that movie... I propose you listen to some of the most unimaginable stuff that has crossed my hands and ears over the years. You, listen to an idiot, take 5 minutes to lose yourself in something different because always listening (reading, watching, eating, smelling...) to the same things that you already know how they are, that you don't take any risks, it simply causes your brain to atrophy.
15) Pesnyary
Ladies and gentlemen: the Pesnyary! Basically the *Belarusian Beatles!*
Sure, it might make those of you with a heart of ice and a love for being cynical smile, but these guys referenced Frank Zappa in Belarus in 1969...
Another remarkable thing is that a good part of their "songs" was composed by Aleksandra Pakhmutova; now for those 4/5 of you who don't know who Pakhmutova is, just know that there's even an asteroid dedicated to her: "1889 Pakhmutova"! And now, if you feel like it, you could also look up her trumpet concerto and orchestral works or her children's songs, but I would say that listening to her hits performed by the Pesnyary might be enough (it might be enough... it might be enough...)
Anyway, they were probably the first Belarusian band ever to go on tour in America! Then, in 2003, a car accident took away their leader Vladimir Mulyavin, and that was the end of the story.
And who knows if uncle Frank ever listened to them.