Sunday, April 6, 2008

मनीष जोशी उर्फ़ जोशिम की फ़रमाइश पर 'रास्पुटिन'

अपने प्रशंसकों के बीच रास्पुटिन (दाढ़ी में)


ग्रिगोरी रास्पुटिन बीसवीं सदी के रूस के सबसे विवादास्पद और आकर्षक व्यक्तित्वों में एक था। रूस के तत्कालीन ज़ार निकोलस द्वितीय, उसकी पत्नी और पुत्र पर उसका बहुत गहरा प्रभाव था। क़िस्सों और अफ़वाहों से निर्मित रास्पुटिन की जीवन कथा धीरे-धीरे एक तरह का मिथक बन चुकी है। वह मुक्त यौन संबंधों में विश्वास रखने वाला एक धर्मगुरु था और समाज के भद्रलोक में वह बेहद लोकप्रिय रहा। ४७ वर्ष की वय में उसका क़त्ल कर दिया गया। उसके जीवन की तरह ही उसकी मौत भी एक मिथक के तौर पर स्थापित हुई।

१९१७ में रोमानोव वंश के पतन के लिए भी परोक्ष रूप से रास्पुटिन को ही ज़िम्मेदार माना जाता है। इसी अत्याकर्षक ऐतिहासिक व्यक्तित्व के जीवन पर आधारित एक गीत बोनी एम ग्रुप ने जारी किया था। उनका गाया मा बेकर कबाड़ख़ाने में कुछ दिन पूर्व लगाया जा चुका है। प्रिय श्री मनीष जोशी उर्फ़ जोशिम ने इस गीत को सुनवाने का अग्रह किया था, सो आप भी सुनें। ये रहे गीत के बोल:

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 ecstasy and fire
But he also was a 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 the 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

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


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.


5 comments:

  1. bahut achha!
    here are the full lysics



    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 ecstasy 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

    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

    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

    Oh, those Russians...

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  2. काफ़ी रसिक मिजाज़ था रास्पुतिन , नाम में रस था हरामी के !

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  3. बढ़िया है जी। रास्पुटिन को सुनकर दिल खुश हो गया। बड़ा विरुद बखाना गया है माई डियर का। था भी तो एक अलग ही कलंदर पट्ठा ।
    कभी हां , कभी ना फिल्म में गोवानी मस्त छोकरों ने स्थानीय डॉन के लिए जो गाना गाया था कुछ कुछ वैसा ही लगा।

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  4. शुक्रिया शुक्रिया आज ब्लॉग वालों के नंबर बने घर में

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