Pig With The Face Of A Boy makes learning Russian history fun! Maybe for their next one they could do a song about the transcontinental railroad?
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Posted by Shawn Handyside on August 16, 2010 · 12:09 PM 
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131 Responses to “[VIDEO] A Complete History Of The Soviet Union Through The Eyes Of A Humble Worker, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris”

  1. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 12:12 pm

    Making socialism fun!

    Also, in Capitalist Russia, blocks arrange you.

  2. bootmax55 on August 16th, 2010 12:29 pm

    and in Capitalist Russia history tells you!

  3. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 12:31 pm

    This one's kinda cheating, since I didn't write it, but here goes:
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    In Soviet Russia
    Tetris plays you!

  4. brentalfloss on August 16th, 2010 12:47 pm

    brentalfloss approves!

  5. Fhantinabox on August 16th, 2010 12:51 pm

    I think Russia needs a new national anthem…And it should be the Tetris song!

  6. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 1:00 pm

    0_O
    I… have no words. I'm starstruck, just from browsing the same page you commented on.

  7. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 1:09 pm

    Also:

    Singer: "Can I have a long one please?"
    Tetris God: "Nope."
    Engineer: *stretchy neck*

  8. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 1:13 pm

    And as if I haven't commented enough already, here's the lyrics. Copypasta from the guy's blog.

    To Moscow I came seeking fortune
    But they’re making me work til I’m dead
    The bourgeoisie have it so easy
    The Tsar’s putting gold on his bread
    The people of Moscow are hungry
    But think what a feast there could be
    If we could create a socialist state
    That cared for the people like me:

    I am the man who arranges the blocks
    That descend upon me from up above.
    They come down and I spin them around
    Til they fit in the ground like hand in glove.
    Sometimes it seems that to move blocks is fine
    And the lines will be formed as they fall --
    Then I see that I have misjudged it!
    I should not have nudged it after all.
    Can I have a long one please?
    Why must these infernal blocks tease?

    I am the man who arranges the blocks
    That continue to fall from up above.
    Come Muscovite! Let the workers unite!
    A collective regime of peace and love.
    I work so hard in arranging the blocks
    But the landlord and taxman bleed me dry
    But the workers will rise! We will not compromise
    For we know that the old regime must die.
    Long live Lenin, kill the tsar!
    We salute the sickle and star!

    I am the man who arranges the blocks
    That continue to fall from up above.
    The food on your plate now belongs to the state
    A collective regime of peace and love.
    I have no choice in arranging the blocks
    Under Bolshevik rule, what they say goes.
    The rule of the game is we all are the same
    And my blocks must create unbroken rows.
    Long live Stalin! He loves you!
    Sing these words, or you know what he’ll do…

    I am the man who arranges the blocks
    That are made by the men in Kazakhstan.
    They come two weeks late and they don’t tessellate
    But we’re working to Stalin’s five year plan.
    I am the man who arranges the tanks
    That will make all the Nazis keep away
    The Fuhrer is dead, and Europe is Red!
    Let us point all our guns at the USA.
    We shall live forever more!
    We can start a nuclear war!

    I am the man who arranges the blocks
    That are building a highly secret base.
    Hip hip hurrah for the USSR!HIP
    We are sending our men to outer space.
    I work so hard in arranging the blocks
    But each night I go home to my wife in tears --
    What’s the point of it all, when you’re building a wall
    And in front of your eyes it disappears?
    Pointless work for pointless pay
    This is one game I shall not play.

    I am the man who arranges the blocks!
    But tomorrow I think I’ll stay in bed.
    The winter is cold, I’ve got plenty of gold
    And I’m standing in line for a loaf of bread
    Maybe we’d be better off
    If we brought down Gorbachev

    I am the man who arranges the blocks
    That continue to fall from up above.
    The markets are free! So much money for me!
    Tell me, why should I care for peace and love?
    The markets are free! So much money for me!
    Tell me, why should I care for peace and love?
    Peace and love, peace and love!

    And now the wall is down, the Marxists frown
    There’s foreign shops all over town
    When in Red Square, well don’t despair
    There’s Levi’s and McDonald’s there
    The US gave us crystal meth
    And Yeltsin drank himself to death
    But now that Putin’s put the boot in,
    Who’ll get in our way?

    So we reject free enterprise
    And once again the left will rise.
    Prepare the flags to be unfurled
    For we’re seceding from the world:
    We shall regain the Georgian soil
    We shall obtain the Arctic oil
    We shall arrange the blocks and toil
    Forever and a day.

    Game over.

  9. Fireman9000 on August 16th, 2010 1:22 pm

    *Insert Soviet Russia joke here*

  10. ZombieGoatse on August 16th, 2010 1:24 pm

    .-.
    Eh.

  11. ZombieGoatse on August 16th, 2010 1:25 pm

    He has to make sure those blocks fall right on the Marx.

  12. AbrohamLincoln on August 16th, 2010 1:52 pm

    Thank you for this… No more words can express my gratitude.

  13. Dudewin on August 16th, 2010 2:10 pm

    LIIIIIINEEEE PIEEEEEECEE

  14. Dudewin on August 16th, 2010 2:12 pm

    In Soviet Russia, joke makes you!

  15. Fireman9000 on August 16th, 2010 2:15 pm

    In Soviet Russia, Fun is Tetris. >.>

  16. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 2:57 pm

    …KNEEL BEFORE YOUR GOD!

  17. Darkangelsv1 on August 16th, 2010 3:00 pm

    Do my eyes deceive me?
    *bows*

  18. Flamboyancy on August 16th, 2010 3:01 pm

    This might be one of the catchiest socialist songs ever.

  19. GameboyPATH on August 16th, 2010 3:02 pm

    HALOLZ sent out BRENTALFLOSS!
    PATH fainted!

  20. Darkangelsv1 on August 16th, 2010 3:03 pm

    Raise your hand if the lyrics "I am the man who arranges the blocks that continue to fall from up above" is now haunting your head.

  21. GameboyPATH on August 16th, 2010 3:09 pm

    Thanks Leo, but shit, this is a long song!

  22. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 3:23 pm

    No… rel="nofollow">THIS is a long song!

    Long(er) and awesome(er).

  23. Leonon on August 16th, 2010 3:45 pm

    A song's not long until it has to be cut into [url rel=”nofollow”>= [url rel=”nofollow”>= to fit on Youtube.

  24. KitchwaTembo on August 16th, 2010 3:47 pm

    What?
    I'm going to go favorite this now.

  25. Alpar on August 16th, 2010 4:29 pm

    So for you, is that Lute, Haruhi, Idoun, or Ashunera?

  26. Alpar on August 16th, 2010 4:29 pm

    Pics or FYI you're a Spy.

  27. GameboyPATH on August 16th, 2010 4:37 pm

    I am the man who is rolling the ball
    that collects all the filth up from the ground.
    My net worth will grow, soon my father will show
    sweet approval for son he now just found.
    Candies, thumbtacks, on the floor
    sweep them all up, craving more…

  28. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 4:42 pm

    I dunno… when it comes to this stuff, I'm more fickle than Brett Favre when he's retiring/coming out of retirement.

  29. supreme_slayer on August 16th, 2010 4:54 pm

    The sad thing is, that's true.

  30. shadow649 on August 16th, 2010 5:17 pm

    Somebody deserves all the internets we have available! That was beautiful… What? I'm not crying I just bleed clear blood out my eyes! The railroad song would sure be interesting but which transcontinental rail would it be? The CPR or the American rail? Or the monopoly railroads?

  31. MrRaccoon on August 16th, 2010 5:19 pm

    *does*

  32. shadow649 on August 16th, 2010 5:20 pm

    Awesomer? I don't dare click the link in fear of my mind exploding! I wonder If an MP3 file of this tetris song is on the internets?

  33. shadow649 on August 16th, 2010 5:21 pm

    In soviet russia lyrics sing you!

  34. MrRaccoon on August 16th, 2010 5:21 pm

    Dude… that was epic… this is one of the moments I can't make puns, it's just so awesome

  35. shadow649 on August 16th, 2010 5:31 pm

    I like mine i just made up now… *ahem* here goes.

    Pantyhoses are Red,
    Violence is too,
    My russian tank driver
    Will just crush you.

  36. shadow649 on August 16th, 2010 5:33 pm

    HAHAHA You said "long one" HAHAH sexual pun!

    Lolcat: can i has line blocks nao plz?
    Piano cat: Nope!
    Longcat: (self explanatory)

  37. shadow649 on August 16th, 2010 5:34 pm

    This is why some people prefer America because their god gives them lemons not blocks.

  38. shadow649 on August 16th, 2010 5:35 pm

    I agree but the urge of soviet russia tetris jokes is too strong.

  39. Daifuku on August 16th, 2010 5:36 pm

    "Why must these infernal blocks tease? "

    The Tetris God is a cruel and angry god. Russians should know this by now.

  40. MrRaccoon on August 16th, 2010 5:46 pm

    I moved to Mexico because when God gives you lemons you find a new god

  41. PewnyPL on August 16th, 2010 6:08 pm

    Thank you good sir. I had trouble understanding everything in it (cons of being non-native english speaker)

  42. PewnyPL on August 16th, 2010 6:13 pm

    In all seriousness, if someone said to me yesterday/today that I will see tommorow/today an epic tetris song (on par with Brentalfloss's version) I would tell them to GTFO and don't believe them… God, how much I would be mistaken…

  43. Warlord Senax on August 16th, 2010 6:44 pm

    I'm a Russian, and I approve of this video.

  44. KamikazeGible on August 16th, 2010 6:48 pm

    I don't dare click it either. I'm scared of the rickrolling possiblilities.

  45. KamikazeGible on August 16th, 2010 6:49 pm

    What is this i don't even!!

  46. Aboithagameboi on August 16th, 2010 7:09 pm

    In Societ Russai, blocks shape YOU!

  47. Brawling Bouse on August 16th, 2010 7:12 pm

    In Soviet Russia, blocks arrange you!

  48. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 7:29 pm

    Mm-hm…

  49. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 7:30 pm

    …It's a Modest Mouse song… >.>
    I don't rickroll people.*

    * = Lie.

  50. LinkyBS on August 16th, 2010 7:39 pm

    *raises hand*

  51. LeoTheProdigy on August 16th, 2010 7:43 pm

    …Gah, the pun burrows its way into my brain… wish I could do that. What do you think of Lenin me some tips?

  52. Kevbot_9000 on August 16th, 2010 7:45 pm

    This… Was a triumph.

  53. DM1293 on August 16th, 2010 8:22 pm

    BRENTALFLOSSES ON HALOLZ

  54. _Twitch_ on August 16th, 2010 8:26 pm

    In soviet russia, Halolz laughs at you!

    I'm serious, that's what this post is!

  55. _Twitch_ on August 16th, 2010 8:27 pm

    I shall not cry…
    I promised myself…
    I shall… not…
    Cry…

  56. _Twitch_ on August 16th, 2010 8:29 pm

    In soviet russia, video approves you!

  57. _Twitch_ on August 16th, 2010 8:29 pm

    I'm making a note here, huge success.

    [In soviet russia, note makes you!]

  58. _Twitch_ on August 16th, 2010 8:31 pm

    HEY!
    Don't be talkin' like that.
    Cause we're…

    IN AMERICA!!!

  59. Roflcopter419 on August 16th, 2010 8:35 pm

    Eh, that is pretty long, but Iron Maiden's Rime of the Ancient Mariner is 14 minutes long. rel="nofollow">

    Okay, to be more accurate it's 13:42, but whatever.

  60. Warlord Senax on August 16th, 2010 8:47 pm

    Rick is a spy.
    The BEST spy.

  61. Acrazymonke on August 16th, 2010 9:33 pm

    Fyi, I'm a spy.

  62. JediEwok on August 16th, 2010 9:42 pm

    Man that was really well thought out, and entertaining!

  63. Tifakitteh on August 16th, 2010 9:46 pm

    So… are the blocks falling from the sky a metaphor for Russia's worker crushing their leaders and taking control of their society?

    But seriously, green screen at 5:57 and 6:03.

  64. Warlord Senax on August 16th, 2010 9:58 pm

    Nonsense, you silly cube.

  65. Warlord Senax on August 16th, 2010 9:58 pm

    (p.s. it's most likely fake.)

  66. Jackthehedgy on August 16th, 2010 10:47 pm

    Man. I love the theme of Tetris as it is.
    And Soviet Union was my favorite subject in History. Never thought you could mix the two but man i am crazy about this song. All my favorite parts of history too. minus a few i guess.
    And I hate history.

  67. M4DD4WG on August 16th, 2010 11:00 pm

    My tip is to quit Stalin and place more blocks!

  68. smashpro1 on August 16th, 2010 11:22 pm

    Yo, Floss, love the CD

  69. Jackthehedgy on August 16th, 2010 11:31 pm

    Well i do know he approves. He favorite it on youtube.

  70. Alpar on August 16th, 2010 11:32 pm

    *Ahem*

    Senax, I am disappoint. You are in the presence of a Companion Cube, with a tophat.

  71. Warlord Senax on August 16th, 2010 11:42 pm

    Overruled.
    Clause: The prosecutor is full of shit!

  72. Coodoo on August 16th, 2010 11:45 pm

    DIIIIIE!

  73. shadow649 on August 17th, 2010 12:01 am

    But lemons are great for iced tea! (the Canadian stuff anyways…) Who wants Tacos? Wait… I LOVE TACOS!

  74. shadow649 on August 17th, 2010 12:03 am

    I think your links are broken… They won't work on firefox at any rate.

  75. shadow649 on August 17th, 2010 12:06 am

    He's the BEST AROUND and nothings gonna keep him down !http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1713232 cuz he's never gonna let himself down! rel="nofollow">

  76. shadow649 on August 17th, 2010 12:07 am

    If you put a song on replay it will run forever technically…

  77. Zyquux on August 17th, 2010 1:14 am

    In Soviet Russia, Satisfaction finds it hard to overstate you!

  78. Miles on August 17th, 2010 1:19 am

    *kneeled before Falcon, Wolf, Engineer, brentalfloss, and Haruhi*
    Ok, I kneeled before my gods, now hwhat?

  79. TCC on August 17th, 2010 2:05 am

    The epicness of this video has left me humorless, and in awe…. IOU one pun.

  80. Montablac on August 17th, 2010 3:06 am

    yep,i to wont be able to sleep without seeing tetris pieces set to pre collapse USSR music

  81. Montablac on August 17th, 2010 3:10 am

    in soviet russia,joke inserts YOU!

  82. Dimomarg on August 17th, 2010 3:43 am

    In soviet Russia, you are belong to base

  83. Leonon on August 17th, 2010 4:34 am

    Yeah, embedding links in Intense Debate doesn't work like I'm used to. I'll just post the direct links. Total length is 14:17 so it's even bigger than Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
    rel="nofollow"> rel="nofollow">

  84. Tenck on August 17th, 2010 5:05 am

    Slow down, no need to keep Russian!

  85. Tenck on August 17th, 2010 5:10 am

    In Soviet Halolz, Video Comments on YOU!

  86. Fhantinabox on August 17th, 2010 5:22 am

    Give them all your belongings and cry out " I'm not worthy" ten times.

  87. Samuraisa on August 17th, 2010 8:41 am

    Sorry guys, but no one of you haven't live in USSR and author of this video (AotV) too. For full standart picture of Russia in your head, AotV forget to put bear with vodka in left hand and balalayka in the right. You all and AotV do not know what life was and is in Russia, so this video is a piece of crap by americans for americans.

    Sorry for my English.

  88. Kirby_Emprer on August 17th, 2010 8:57 am

    awesome…. *cries from the awesome presence in front of him*

  89. Kirby_Emprer on August 17th, 2010 8:58 am

    being a russian i sense a lack of vodka in this video…

  90. shadow649 on August 17th, 2010 11:46 am

    Can I have fries with that pun? I'll take it to go please.

  91. shadow649 on August 17th, 2010 11:48 am

    Why is their god a Zeus look alike? He could be a different tetris god (with vodka) that gives line pieces.

  92. Captain Rehab on August 17th, 2010 4:31 pm

    I think this line of puns has been used once in a previous Image…

  93. Captain Rehab on August 17th, 2010 4:32 pm

    I always thought of Russia when i heard the tetris theme

  94. Captain Rehab on August 17th, 2010 4:35 pm

    In Soviet Russia, Aperature Science does what it can because it must!

  95. Captain Rehab on August 17th, 2010 4:36 pm

    First a song pairing Tetris and Sexism, and now one Pairing Tetris and Communism…
    This cant be going anywhere good…

  96. LeoTheProdigy on August 17th, 2010 6:26 pm

    The words were, but the puns were different.

  97. SenorTaco77 on August 17th, 2010 8:32 pm

    YOU LOVE ME?! :D :D :3 :3

  98. HKizzle on August 18th, 2010 12:51 am

    We really should look at this from all Engels

  99. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:16 am

    nope.avi

  100. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:26 am

    I believe you mean Keyboard Cat

  101. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:26 am

    I think the best part is, it still fits with the tetris song.

  102. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:27 am

    Great Now I feel self-conscious.

  103. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:28 am

    Not Rory. He's a manly Australian

  104. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:29 am

    but I love lemons!

  105. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:32 am

    In soviet Russia, Vodka drinks you!

  106. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:33 am

    All your us are belong to base?

  107. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:34 am

    That actually makes sense

  108. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:35 am

    This is awesome and you're not man enough to handle it!

  109. LinkyBS on August 18th, 2010 5:35 am

    It's okay to Cry Manly Tears

  110. Shatman on August 18th, 2010 10:55 am

    For the longest time, I thought the bit was "I am the man who arranges the tanks/to make Germany's front lines DIS-A-PPEAR."

  111. shadow649 on August 18th, 2010 11:48 am

    Are you a chicken taco or a beef taco?

  112. shadow649 on August 18th, 2010 11:49 am

    Indeed I did. I believe somebody trolled you. I fixed that. feel free to worship me :P.

  113. Miles on August 18th, 2010 3:32 pm

    But he's the defense.

  114. Kevvo on August 18th, 2010 3:41 pm

    I am the god that sends down all the blocks
    That test mortals and their sense of symmetry
    They work fast to slide them together
    They should have never have ever questioned me.
    Sometimes I give them blocks that will match
    And they make a whole batch fit perfectly
    Then I'll throw in a block they can't squeeze in
    And it renders their pile quite obsolete
    I will not listen to your pleas
    You will get another LIIIIIINE PIECE!

  115. Miles on August 18th, 2010 3:44 pm

    Why would I do that?
    Falcon's my dad, Wolf's my uncle, I'm part Engineer, I'm Haruhi's pokemon who's occasionally lent to Missinko, and all I have is my halolz issue monocle.

  116. Shatman on August 18th, 2010 4:20 pm

    Only if you'll help bring this horse up to a Trotsky.

  117. Aboithagameboi on August 18th, 2010 9:06 pm

    Linky, you appear to have a troll following you, as it seems to continually -1ing you.

  118. SenorTaco77 on August 18th, 2010 11:02 pm

    I'm actually a Taco de lengua

  119. Fhantinabox on August 20th, 2010 8:42 am

    Because Brentalfloss is GOD! Now kneel worthless worm!!

  120. LinkyBS on August 20th, 2010 11:09 pm

    Well damn it. I need +1 medics

  121. Mako_Tsunami on August 21st, 2010 1:52 am

    In Soviet Russia, harpoon throws you!

  122. smartmonkey on August 21st, 2010 12:20 pm

    in soviet russia the block arrange you!

  123. smartmonkey on August 24th, 2010 2:55 pm

    in soviet russia, joke laugh at you!

  124. Irish_Monkey on August 25th, 2010 9:02 am

    We are not worthy

  125. Irish_Monkey on August 25th, 2010 9:02 am

    It's more likely than you think

  126. Miles on August 26th, 2010 2:05 am

    NEVER! *backstabbed*

  127. DavidTheWise on August 30th, 2010 8:19 am

    That video is great. It made me look back on my history class with appreciation.

  128. chetoos8 on October 17th, 2010 11:20 am

    back in the USSR

  129. Gearheadmk2 on December 31st, 2010 7:08 pm

    In Soviet Russia…um…ah screw it, there are way too many of these anyway.

  130. Funkalicous on January 25th, 2011 2:21 pm

    There is no (line) peace in war!
    ONLY DEATH SQUARES.

  131. fmarulz on February 8th, 2011 10:55 pm

    leo I wanna see the song but the link is broken can you tell me a different one ? : 3

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