I was supposed to find a song for my english teacher. I'm not sure if it's in English or German, but it's about Ras Putin. She then said something about how it's from an artist named Grey, or Greyseal, or something. If anybody knows what I'm talking about (cuz I don't), please let me know.

You mean Rasputin?

I don't know if this helps:

Rasputin (song)
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"Rasputin" is a disco song written by Frank Farian and performed by the disco group Boney M. It was first published on Boney M's 1978 album Nightflight to Venus. The song is a semi-biographical ballad whose subject and namesake is Grigori Rasputin, a friend and advisor of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family during the early 20th century. The song variously sensationalizes Rasputin as a playboy, mystical healer, and political demiurge.

The song references Grigori Rasputin's alleged amelioration of Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, and how this endeared him to the boy's mother, the Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna of Hesse. However, it also (falsely) claims that Rasputin was Alexandra's paramour ("Rasputin: lover of the Russian queen"), and that Rasputin's political power overshadowed that of the Tsar himself. While "Rasputin" accurately indicates that unfavorable rumors damaged Grigori's reputation, there is no verifiable evidence to suggest that he had an affair with Alexandra.

The end of the song recounts a modified version of a popular, but erroneous, description of the events that culminated in Rasputin's assassination, as perpetrated by Felix Yusupov, Vladimir Purishkevich, and Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia on December 16, 1916. Specifically, the song states that Rasputin's assassins fatally shot him after he survived the poisoning of his wine with a very large dose of cyanide. The official 1916 autopsy and subsequent forensics suggest a far less glamorous occurrence: Rasputin was beaten and stabbed to death by several men.

Although the song was written and performed in English (with a smattering of German), it enjoyed great popularity in Russia.

"Rasputin" is also distinctive for its incorporation of a portion of "Uskudara Giderken", a classic Turkish folk song .

In my day, we actually took notes in class. GOOGLE didn't exist then, and surely we didn't ask others to google things for us.... :p

"Rasputin" by Boney M (1978)

"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 ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on


He ruled the Russian land
And never mind the Czar
But the Kasachok
He danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great
When he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on
But when his drinking and lusting
and his hunger for power
became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something
about this outrageous man
became louder and louder.
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!


"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged
"Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute
They just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
Ra-Ra-Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead
Oh, those Russians
Oh, those Russians"


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I just wonder how can this otherwise forgettable disco song be of any interest for your teacher. I mean, if you must study Russian History, then use a book!!!

In my day, we actually took notes in class. GOOGLE didn't exist then, and surely we didn't ask others to google things for us.... :p [/b][/quote]I quit taking notes a long time ago, guess that explains my GPA.

I didn't ask others to Google things for me, I thought maybe somebody has heard a song like that before, or knew something. Like if you wanted to know about Billy Joel's music, you could come to me (I actually made a database of all his music, and put it on my computer at one time). I am somewhat knowledgeable

Thanks to JL and Lavinia for your assistance.

Love the new avatar, Love.

Thank you