Let's Ra Ra Riot for Ra Ra Rasputin!

Yeah... I can totally see why chicks were into this guy. He's not creepy at all. 

Boney M's Moment in the Sun
So, have you got that song out of your head yet? Me neither... just so lucky to have had a chance to listen to it FIVE TIMES TODAY. You just don't get enough European History-centric pop tunes these days. I think there's a niche that needs to be filled.
Boney M and his lovely ladies actually had a pretty solid career if you take a little time to look them up. They were really a reggae act. To perhaps give them a bit more credibility, here's a pretty solid little reggae/disco/pop song that did well for them:

That Revolution got me like...
I know that today we zipped pretty darn quick through what is one of the more confusing and trainwrecky style revolutions you're ever going to run across. One of the cardinal rules of history... if the Russians are involved, things are going to go off the rails. No one does crazy like Russia does crazy.

Damn! Lenin throwing shade even from the after life!

Don't worry if you are left wanting more from our frozen comrades up north. We'll be back with them in no time. We've got another world war to fight, some under the radar genocide to catch up on, and the glory that is a decades long Cold War that caused Mr. Stanton to have many, many post-nuclear annihilation nightmares as a child. Fun, fun, fun!

This week's soundtrack... historical reference songs!

Boom! That's right! In honor of Boney M and whatever the heck that Genghis Khan song from last year is, I think we'll look at some of the amazing tunes that use the rich material of world history for subject matter. 

First up is a band that I've worshiped since I was a kid. I think as a white, nerdy boy growing up in a suburb, I was pretty much required by law to love the Canadian band Rush. Regardless, I did and still do. I spent more time than I care to admit air guitaring and air drumming to these guys in my bedroom as a youth. Good times! This song is about the creation of the atom bomb. I give you "Manhattan Project" by Rush: