Here is our playlist of Soviet Bard Songs for week 8. Some of them were only available in Russian, so here is the complete list:
- Bulat Okudzhava, “Song of the Arbat.” English lyrics here: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/piesienka-ob-arbatie-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BE%D0%B1-%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5-song-about-arbat.html
- Bulat Okudzhava, “Paper Soldier” (English subtitles in video)
- Vladimir Vysotskii, “Capricious Horses” (English subtitles in video)
- Vladimir Vysotskii, “My Friend Went to Magadan” (English subtitles in video). N.B.: Magadan is the name of a famous Soviet prison camp, part of the “Gulag Archipelago.”
- Alexander Galich, “Clouds.” English lyrics here: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/oblaka-clouds.html-1