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[ In Finnish ] Crap.

Why's that?

No commercial potential.

Go to America. They'll buy anything.

Call my cousin. Hotel Mansfield, Manhattan.

[ In English ] Yes?

Yes, it's a great, great band.

Yes. One of the best.

Yes. Sure. All are - are American boys. Sure.

Only the name is Leningrad Cowboys. Da, I mean yes.

Yes.

Can't hear you. It's a long distance.

All right. All right. I'll bring them to you.

Yes. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

# Oh, my baby #

# My curly-headed baby #

[ In Finnish ] Pekka stayed up to rehearse alone.

There was nothing we could do in the morning.

I understand. Frozen stiff.

And you want a finder's fee.

Yes.

We have to get to America.

Grandpa went there too, and hasn't been heard from since.

I'll pay for the trip.

You'll take the corpse with you and show the boy the world.

[ In English ] Hudson River up and down.

[ In Finnish ] You're not coming.

A few words before we leave.

Only American orchestras are allowed to play in America.

You're now one of them.

In America, they speak English.

English.

So will you.

Those who can't will have to learn.

[ In English ] That's all.

259. 260.

261. 262.

263. 264.

You see the girl.

- Her ball is blue. - 265.

The gym is yellow.

[ Pronouncing Badly] Hammer.

Hammer. Hamm -

Hang -

Hello -

[ In Finnish ] I'm too tired.

Success has gone to Vladimir's head.

Without us -

Shut up. Spinglish!

[ In English ] I mean, speak English.

Otherwise -

How many dollars cost for getting that couch?

I don't have the slightest idea.

- How many dollars - - Cow - Cowboy.

Cover.

Cowherd.

Do you miss home?

Not really.

I do.

Wait in the bar.

Here's a quarter for you.

But don't drink it all.

You wait here.

Do you mind?

Yes.

I've got some good ideas for your band.

Maybe we could start with Madison Square Garden.

Or Yankee Stadium.

Good.

Anyway...

before I can book your band, I gotta hear 'em play.

Maybe they could set up in my studio downstairs.

Is that necessary?

Yes.

- You can't help it? - No.

All right.

Do you know Mexico?

Sure.

Go there.

My cousin's getting married.

Needs a band for his wedding.

Here's the address.

Could you pay something now?

Sure.

Here's a dime. And you can sleep here one night.

Thank you.

Your music will go over big down there.

Here we have something different.

It's called rock and roll.

I wonder when the violence starts.

You always get murdered when you go to New York.

I've seen it on television.

[ Siren Wailing In Distance ]

[ Siren Continues ]

[ Siren Fades ]

#[Jazz]

Do you have rock and roll?

Of course.

- Can I buy it? - Sure. Help yourself.

Have you ever heard of rock and roll?

Study this book.

This here?

I don't think you want this. This is Japanese junk here.

You want an American car. Take a look at this here.

This is a checker.

Needs a little bodywork. It ain't a beauty, but, uh...

take a look at that engine there.

That is solid. That's an American engine. That's a V-8 -

- Oh. Sorry. - It's all right.

With a V-8 engine, this baby'll run. You can drive her away right now.

Well -

I don't know.

What about that?

- That over there? - Yeah.

I thought you guys wanted a cheap ride. That's a luxury car. That's the best thing I got.

That's got power steering, power brakes, cruise control.

It's got a 448, four-barrel, V-8 engine.

That's a luxury car. You could drive that car through World War III and come back again.

You know what I mean?

- That's a good car. - How much?

For you guys?

Ah, 700.

That's all we have.

I know. That's why.

Take it or leave it.

We'll take it.

Boy, I'll tell you something. You boys got the best car in the lot here.

I could have got two, three grand for a car like this.

Hey, I hope one of you guys has a pilot's license.

I mean, a car like this - you don't drive it, you fly it.

You could take this car to the moon and back.

Quarter-inch steel, brand-new tires.

That's a beauty. You know what I say? Cadillac equals luxury.

- Let's go. - What about us?

We'll try that one.

Hello.

Hi.

We are rock-and-roll band.

Can we play here?

Sure. Help yourself.

Fifty-fifty.

Okay.

# Rock and roll is here to stay #

# It will never die #

# That was meant to be that way No, I don't know why #

# Well, I don't know what people say Rock and roll is here to stay #

# We don't care what people say Rock and roll is here to stay #

# Rock and roll will always be our ticket to the end #

# It'll go down in history Just you wait, my friend #

# Rock and roll will always be It'll go down in history #

# Rock and roll will always be It'll go down in history #

# Everybody rock #

# Everybody rock #

# Everybody rock #

# Everybody rock #

# Rock #

# Everybody rock #

# Everybody rock and roll Our ticket to the end #

# It'll go down in history Just you wait, my friend #

# Rock and roll will always be It'll go down in history #

# If you don't like rock and roll think what you've been missing #

# But if you want to bop and stroll come on down and listen #

# Let's all start to have a party Everybody rock and roll #

# If you don't like rock and roll think what you've been missing #

# But if you like to bop and stroll come on down and listen #

# Let's all start to have a party Everybody rock and roll #

# Rock #

# Rock #

# Oh, baby, rock #

# Oh, baby, rock #

# Oh, baby, rock #

[ Scattered Applause ]

- Yes, sir? - Can I have a doggie bag, please?

- Yes, sir. - Thank you.

# Waste all they earnings #

# On games they're not sure of #

# If only they could see #

# What I feel for you #

# A true love of giving #

# And sharing #

# With you #

# And when they ask #

# I will sing this to you #

No way. Your hair's too short.

No.

No. Too short.

# So love is blind #

# I should have known #

# Just call me lonesome #

# From now on #

# I climbed the stairs #

# Up to my room #

# But no one greets me #

# In my gloom #

#The silence tells me #

# She has gone #

# Just call me lonesome #

- [ Sign Clattering ] - # From now on #

# I pray my memories at last #

# Will fade into the distant past#

# If I must live #

# And love alone #

# Just call me lonesome #

# From now on #

# These walls will hide me #

# When I cry #

# I feel so lonesome #

# I could die #

I wonder where he gets al I that beer.

Me too.

You al I go to restroom.

I don't have to.

Move.

Tequila!

- Tequila!

I think we better bury him.

Soon.

How come?

Guess.

Y'all keep it quiet over there. All right? Just keep it quiet. Hold it down.

I don't want to hear none of that.

Get your fuckin' hand out of the pocket. Get it out of the pocket.

Get around. Stay like that.

Hey. Hey.

What the shit is going on here?

This guy's frozen.

- Where you takin' this guy? - We're going to bury him, Chuck.

- You got a permit to do this? - No.

- Is the body a U.S. citizen? - No.

Well, how you know this guy's dead? I mean, he's loaded down with beer.

You know, ice. I mean -

You know, this is gonna cost you a few days in jail.

And never come back.

Vladimir.

Hmm?

We are hungry.

- Food. - Food.

- Food. - Hungry.

All right.

Stop the car to the next supermarket.

You eat.

I go to telephone.

# Well, that's all right, my mama #

# That's all right for you #

# That's all right, my mama #

# Just anyway you do Well, that's all right #

# Well, that's all right #

# That's all right, my mama #

# Anyway you do #

# Well, mama, she done told me #

# Papa done told me too #

# "Son, that girl you're fooling with, she ain't no good for you" #

# But that's all right It's all right #

# That's all right, my mama #

# Anyway you do #

# I'm leaving town, baby #

# I'm leaving town for sure #

# Then you won't be bothering with me hanging 'round your door #

# But that's all right #

# It's all right #

# That's all right, my mama Anyway you do #

# Well, that's all right, my mama #

# Anyway you do #

# Well, that's all right, my mama #

# Anyway you do #

Do you know why the audience doesn't like us?

You are too pale.

People here like healthy-looking bands, like the... Beach Boys.

Look at yourself.

You look sick.

Then give us more food.

The problem we have is not food problem.

You need sunshine and fresh air.

You two, go to work.

Ahhh.

Can he sing country music?

He's the best.

How come I never heard of him before then?

We've been touring in Norway for years. That's why.

Have you got a band?

The best one.

All right.

I'll give you a week. But only because Kenny Rogers canceled.

Ladies and gentlemen, in this town there are millions of stories.

This one is mine.

# I've always been a farmer #

# At Collective 49 #

# Worked the black soil of Russia #

# Growing potatoes and some wine #

# But I was happy driving tractors #

# For last 20 years #

# Till the local commissar #

# Let my wife disappear #

# I'm a Leningrad cowboy #

# Raising cattle on the steppes #

# Won't you pour me another vodka #

# 'Cause I'm drinking to forget #

# He's a Leningrad cowboy #

# Raising cattle on the steppes #

- # Won't you pour him another vodka # - What a load of shit.

- Yeah. - # 'Cause he's drinking to forget #

All right, let me hear a little bit of guitar.

Oh, that's better. A balalaika it is.

Not too loud. Not too loud.

That's my song. That's my song.

# He's a Leningrad cowboy #

# Raising cattle on the steppes #

# Won't you pour him another vodka #

# 'Cause he's drinking to forget #

Yee-ha!

Here's the money.

Thank you.

Now get lost.

And don't come back.

Hey. Look at those jerks.

[ Man ] Slow. Slow!

Come on, puppy. Come on.

I bet they have stolen it from some idiots.

Hey. There's something wrong with the engine.

We need a new car.

No.

Mexico is quite near. We can walk or... hitchhike.

Help!

- Okay. This one? - Yeah.

You can get it real cheap. 3,000. It's too new. I don't like it.

Mmm, 2,000.

Nah.

2,700. Take it.

No. Twenty-three.

Twenty-five. Come on.

2,500. It's yours.

- Okay. It's a deal. - All right.

You go and buy food.

There he comes.

Where is the food, Ivan?

Igor.

Untie me, please.

If you do that, I will take you...

as a road manager.

Bloody bastards! [ Grunting ]

Cousin?

[ Southern Accent ] Sure been a long time. I've been missing you guys.

We were all four years old when it happened.

Yeah, I remember it clearly. Uh, we were fishing...

and I fell overboard into the Gulf Stream...

and it carried me all the way to Galveston Beach...

where my foster parents fished me out.

You know, it sure was peaceful drifting in the middle of the sea.

- And you can bet it took a long time. - Yeah.

I have an extra jacket here.

- You can keep it. - Well, thank you.

- Can you play music? - No.

- Can you drive a car? - No.

- All right. You'll be the singer. - All right!

- Yeah. - Yeah.

I'm afraid.

Shut up and play.

[ In Finnish ] #Who made that horrible noise in the sauna, what, huh? #

# Who made that horrible noise in the sauna, what, huh? #

# I think it was Eero who made that scream, what, huh? #

# Who made that horrible noise in the sauna, what, huh? #

# Maybe it was you #

# And maybe it was me #

# Who, what, huh? #

# Huh, what happened to Eero after that? #

# Huh, what happened to Eero after that? #

# I think he burned his balls completely after that #

# Huh, what happened to Eero after that? #

# Maybe it was bad #

# And maybe it was good #

# Who, what, huh? #

I can handle this.

# Set your motor running #

# Head out on the highway #

# Looking for adventure #

# And whatever comes our way #

# Yeah, I knew I could make it happen #

# Hold the world in a love embrace #

# Fire all of your guns at once and explode into space #

# I just like the lightning #

# Heavy metal thunder #

# Racin' with the wind #

# And the feeling that I'm under #

# Yeah, I know I can make it happen #

# Hold the world in a love embrace #

# Fire all of the guns at once and explode into space #

# Like a true nature's child #

# We were born, born to be wild #

# I can climb so high #

# Never wanna die #

# Born to be wild #

# Born to be wild #

# Set your motor running #

# Head out on the highway #

# Looking for adventure #

# And whatever comes our way #

# Yeah, I know I can make it happen #

# Hold the world in a love embrace #

# Fire all of your guns at once and explode into space #

# Like a true nature's child #

# We were born, born to be wild #

# I can climb so high #

# I never wanna die #

# Born to be wild #

# Born to be wild #

Yee-ha!

One beer.

I love you.

I love you too.

But it's a pity I'm married.

Yeah.

#Wheels turn, sunset burns #

# I'm driving west towards the sea #

# And I know deep down in my heart #

# There's no goin' back to the way it used to be #

# Well, I remember the girl with the tight blue jeans #

# Kissed so hard but kept it clean #

# Held me close Held me tight #

# Looked down saw her neck was turning white #

# Were we just chasin' Were we just chasin' #

# Were we just chasin' the light? #

# When summer's here that old misery #

# Drinkin' my first beer in a roadhouse bar #

# The summer long the passion strong #

# Discovering love in the back of my father's car #

# I remember the girl with the tight blue jeans #

# Kissed so hard but kept it clean #

# Held me close Held me tight #

# Looked down saw her neck was turning white #

# Were we just chasin' Were we just chasin' #

# Were we just chasin' the light? #

Yee-ha!

# Yeah,Josie, come on down with me #

# Ain't nothin' left now but memories #

# Small towns change People rearrange #

# There's a shopping mall where the drive-in used to be #

# I remember the girl with the tight blue jeans #

# Kissed so hard but kept it clean #

# Held me close Held me tight #

# Looked down saw her neck was turning white #

# Were we just chasin' Were we just chasin'#

# Were we just chasin' the light? #

# Yeah #

# Were we just chasin' Were we just chasin'#

# Were we just chasin' the light? #

One more time!

# Were we just chasin' Were we just chasin'#

# Were we just chasin' the light? #

Soon we cross the Mexican border.

Keep your heads down.

Welcome, welcome. We've been waiting for you.

Yes. That's why we came.

We are the Leningrad Cowboys.

[ In Spanish ] # I love you, my darling #

# With tenderness and passion #

# Come and heal this wound #

# In my heart #

# I've always adored you #

# And don't want to keep on suffering #

# I am brokenhearted #

# And can't be at peace #

# Those beautiful eyes of yours #

# Used to be my joy #

# But there's no hope now #

# That could fill this heart #

# If you regret it one day #

# If you want to come back #

# I will take you back eagerly #

# Even if it ends my pain #

# I love you, my darling #

# With tenderness and passion #

# Come and heal this wound #

# In my heart #

# I've always adored you #

# And don't want to keep on suffering #

# I am brokenhearted #

# And can't be at peace #

# Those beautiful eyes of yours #

# Used to be my joy #

# But there's no hope now #

# That could fill this heart #

# If you regret it one day #

# If you want to come back #

# I will take you back eagerly #

# Even if it ends my pain #