Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris

pigwiththefaceofaboy · 15M views · 2010-07-13 · 6:48

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Overview

A song by Pig With The Face Of A Boy that narrates the history of the Soviet Union from a worker's view, set to the Tetris melody.

On Hacker News

HN posts it as a clever, catchy musical joke whenever Tetris or Soviet history comes up.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2011–2021

Topics

Satire & parody Music performance & songs World history

What people said

dextorious · 2011-12 · Recommendation
There is a song that uses the concept of Tetris, and the folk tune used in the game, in order to tell the "complete history in the soviet union". Besides being "meta", it's also clever and kinda catchy. [VIDEO]
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neffy · 2021-05 · Joke / meme
Well here is the soundtrack... [VIDEO] Compete History of the Soviet Union, arranged to the music of Tetris. Pigwiththefaceofaboy.
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chrisma0 · 2020-05 · Joke / meme
Whenever I read about Tetris, the "Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris" immediately starts playing in my head: [VIDEO]
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