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Czech Defense Minister Sings Radar Song

Written by cd on June 10, 2007 – 6:22 pm -

To “celebrate” the “high-anticipating” radar project proposed by the US government, Lady Czech Defense Minister dueted with Czech’s famous folk singer Jan Vycital in this jovial “Dobry den prapore hvezd a pruhu/Good day the flag of stars and stripes” song.

This song was a new version of the old Communist song, “Good day Sergeant Gagarin,” congratulating Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.

The song demonstrates the typical sarcastic humor of Czechs who usually make fun of many ill-fated events and circumstances engulfing their small, powerless country.

Lyrics

Cel� svet listoval denn�m tiskem,
cel� svet zanechal hovoru,
j� jsem V�s uv�tal ruky stiskem
a zvedl pohled svuj nahoru.

Dobr� den, prapore hvezd a pruhu,
tak u� ses rozvinul nad n�ma,
dobr� den, prapore na�ich druhu,
co jsme je v�tali s d��pama.

[: Dobr� den, radare, proste welcome,
tak jsme se konecne dockali,
dobr� den, radare, j� ti tlesk�m,
k�mo�i us�rnou m�vali.:]

Vyrid tam pros�m do vesm�ru,
vyrid tam mezi hvezdama,
�e chcem ��t nad�l s ka�d�m v m�ru,
rad�i v�ak �ijeme U Sama.

Vyrid tam pros�m, �e my v�me,
o n�m kdy prines svobodu,
kde Masaryk s prezidentem Wilsonem
pomoh na�emu n�rodu.

 The entire world was listening to the news,
the entire world stops talking,
I will welcome you by shaking of hands,
And will proudly lift my face up.
Good day, the flag of stars and stripes
you are finally above us,
good day, the flag of our allies,
who we welcomed in the past. (reminiscence to WW2 liberation of Czech)
[: Good day, radar, frankly welcome
so you finally arrived,
good day, radar, I am applauding you,
all friends are waiving to you too. :]
Please say in space,
please say there among the stars,
that we want to still live with anybody in peace
but we prefer to be friends with Uncle Sam.
Say there please, that we know,
who brought us our liberty,
where Mr. Masaryk with Mr. Wilson,
helped to our nation.

To really know what Czechs feel about the radar project, watch Pink’s video which was broadcasted on Czech TV. One more thing, the video was subtitled in Czech, which was very rare, to make sure every Czech understand the song’s lyrics.

I love this song and this flighty attitude of Czechs until I read people’s criticism of the singing- lover Parkova for this �unprofessional� outburst, that she showed too much pro-American.

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