Georgia attacks Putin with disco

Posted By Joshua Keating Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 10:41 AM Share

Georgia's entry in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, which will be held in Moscow in May, is a pretty obvious jab at Russian Prime Minsiter Vladimir Putin. The peppy disco number by vocal trio 3G with guest vocalist Stefane, is titled "We Don't Wanna Put In" and features the chorus:

We don't wanna put in/the negative move/is killing the groove
Imma try to shoot him/some disco tonight/boogie with you.

Check it out:

While Georgian organizers insist it's just a "funny disco song," the band's producer made the intention pretty clear:

"We need to send a message to Europe and first of all to Moscow. It's important for us to say what Georgia wants to say as a country."

Vladimir Vladimirovich does love to boogie and has inspired some supremely ridiculous Europop from his admirers as well, but I doubt he'll be grooving to this one.

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IKEUSA

3:55 PM ET

February 20, 2009

We dont want to put in

I would rather not see Georgia participating in Moscow tour of Eurovision at all. I am sure in 1939 not too many Poles were performing at Berlin theatrical stages. in 2008 20% of Georgian territory were defacto annexed by Russia.
But if they have to do it, I guess that would be one of the forms of protest.

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