Rasputin remix boney m biography

Grigori Rasputin, also known as the Mad Monk, remains one of the 20th century’s most enigmatic and fascinating figures: it’s hardly surprising a song was written about him. Boney M’s Rasputin was released in 1978 and topped charts in Germany, Austria and Australia, and ending up as no.

2 in the UK. In spring 2021, it re-entered the UK charts at no. 18 in the form of a remix with Majestic.

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But what do Boney M get wrong and right in their lyrics? Was Rasputin really the ‘lover of the Russia queen’? Did he ‘heal her son’?

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

Rasputin was certainly striking: at 1.93m (6″3) tall, he was much taller than the average Russi