Linc du Jour

by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 26, 2008 11:21 AM EST in News

Sometimes VeloNews answers letters to the editors and it's really interesting. Today: rockets!

Bonus! My bad suggestion of the day: shouldn't announcers at the race departs play "Sky rockets in flight..." on the soundsystem when Katyusha is signing in? Or would that make everyone who gets the song stuck in their head for the next five hours want to kill them?

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Thanks Chris

It’s only 830am here and that song is now firmly entrenched in my brain…….. aaaack.

by Christopher See on Nov 26, 2008 11:31 AM EST reply actions

oops to quick.. we walked this path quite a while ago, wonder why this feller didn’t come the source first. I mean we are the firstest and bestest at this sort of info right?

by Christopher See on Nov 26, 2008 11:36 AM EST up reply actions

Can't blame him

I forget half of my posts just within the last month.

CQRanking.com, you complete me.

by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 26, 2008 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

What a neat little history lesson.

You can’t imagine though how upset I am that those links to the singing won’t work in the office…waaah! These transliterated names are always such a nightmare….the Dutch call them “Katjoesja”.

by Albertina on Nov 26, 2008 12:07 PM EST reply actions

Watch the video with the cheeleaders, Fred, then Katusha will be stuck in your head.

by Katiek on Nov 26, 2008 12:53 PM EST reply actions

Oh no, after listening to all that

all the great songs from the AC/DC concert I went to yesterday, that were stuck in my head, have now been replaced by this crap, and all I can hear now is Katyusha. Why did I ever dare to click on those links.

"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt

by Phil H. on Nov 26, 2008 12:57 PM EST reply actions

aaaaaaaaaaaargh

10 years after playing my last game of Tetris, I thought I had finally evacuated all Russian music out of my brain.

by samboo on Nov 26, 2008 1:03 PM EST reply actions

As bad as that Russian song is,

it doesn’t hold a candle to the pure horrendousness that was brought to us in the good ole US of A by the Starland Vocal Band.

“Thinkin’ of you’s workin’ up my appetite
looking forward to a little afternoon delight.
Rubbin’ sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
and the thought of rubbin’ you is getting so exciting.”

If you are too young to remember this song, here is a cover that will make you want to stick an icepick in your ears before its over. Happy Thanksgiving.

by The Team Chef on Nov 26, 2008 6:20 PM EST reply actions