Yes, it's another Boney M song. This doesn't have any really special story to go along with it, other than that it is one of those songs which played in the car while me and my family drove and camped around the country when I was a kid. It was again not the Boney M version that I got familiar with first, but instead I got to know the Finnish cover version done by Mona Carita in 1979 (below).
It's funny really when you think about it... Only much later I realized who Rasputin was and what was his "business". In case you don't know who he was, I'll tell you now: he was a Russian man, referred to as "evil monk (he was not really a monk), a profet/mystic, poor alcoholic, miracle healer as well as a lover" who had a big (oh boy you know what) and who was famous of never being up to no good. To put it nicely, he screwed over people and they loved it, haha. He was not attractive at all, so it is hard to believe he turned people on... But well, in the end he was assassined - they tried it three times and the final time they succeeded. So pretty hated man!
The song "Rasputin" refers to his alleged (not proven) affair with Russian Emperor's wife.
Here is the Finnish cover version of the song:
It's funny really when you think about it... Only much later I realized who Rasputin was and what was his "business". In case you don't know who he was, I'll tell you now: he was a Russian man, referred to as "evil monk (he was not really a monk), a profet/mystic, poor alcoholic, miracle healer as well as a lover" who had a big (oh boy you know what) and who was famous of never being up to no good. To put it nicely, he screwed over people and they loved it, haha. He was not attractive at all, so it is hard to believe he turned people on... But well, in the end he was assassined - they tried it three times and the final time they succeeded. So pretty hated man!
The song "Rasputin" refers to his alleged (not proven) affair with Russian Emperor's wife.
Here is the Finnish cover version of the song:
Here are the lyrics:
There lived a certain man in Russia long ago/ He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear/ But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher/ Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher/ Women would desire
RA RA RASPUTIN/ Lover of the Russian queen/ There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN/ Russia's greatest love machine/ It was a shame how he carried on
He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar/ But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please/ But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer/ Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer/ Who would heal her son
(Spoken:)
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger/ for power became known to more and more people, the demands to do something about this outrageous man became louder and louder.
"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies/ But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms/ Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing/ Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding/ And he really came
RA RA RASPUTIN/ Lover of the Russian queen/ They put some poison into his wine
RA RA RASPUTIN/ Russia's greatest love machine/ He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"
RA RA RASPUTIN/ Lover of the Russian queen/ They didn't quit, they wanted his head
RA RA RASPUTIN/ Russia's greatest love machine/ And so they shot him till he was dead
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