Open Thread On Friday...

 ... Still, Dan leaving us. I am talking about West which WAS. Not anymore, as some excellent piece (in Russian) describes it today. 

Беда в том, что возвращаться нам уже некуда. Того Запада, с которым мы вполне нормально торговали и играли в футбол, уже нету. Он в массовом порядке погрузился на корабль дураков и отплыл в Великое Ничто, помахав нам на прощание ручкой.

Translation: The trouble is that we have nowhere to go back. That West, with which we quite normally traded and played football with, no longer exists. He en masse embarked on the ship of fools and sailed into the Great Nothing, waving us goodbye.

I agree, International Olympic Committee should be disbanded and modern Olympic Movement cancelled.  Per World Cup in Qatar--never in my memory had the French fucked it up that bad. Courtesy of a midget (physically and morally) Sarkozy. But still, it is Friday and my generation celebrates what was truly talented and good. 

Do not be surprised with a huge volume of Russian comments under any video of Nazareth and Dan--they were titans in USSR and Russia, still are.

That West, with which we quite normally traded and played football with, no longer exists...

Catch what you can while it is still available... Fire away... 

Wanted to add, since many people started to voice their opinions on Duran guys. Here is one of the immensely influential Greek bands. 

Those who never knew who they were, check the Blade Runner movie (Vangelis, wink, wink) and the other songs:
 

There is a reason I cannot take modern "pop".