Corina Chiriac - Recital Mamaia'86 on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu.
As dori in numele tuturor colegilor mei sa va multumesc is mai ales sa va ofer citeva dintre multele melodii pe care as fi dorit sa vi le cint in aceasta seara, si pe care le meritati deoarece dumneavoastra le-ati ales din nenumaratele melodii pe care le-am cintat cu totii de-a lungul anilor, in cadrul festivalurilor, a slagarelor in devenire, a melodiilor, a tuturor spectacolelor si concertelor. Asa incit cu permisiunea dumneavoastra am ales doar o mica parte dintre aceste cintece - si am ales citeva dintre cintecele pe care cred ca in aceasta seara le cint pentru ultima oara - pentru citiva ani de-acum inainte, deoarece le cint deja de doi, trei, patru ani si cred ca dumneavoastra le-ati auzit deja destul dar sper ca le veti mai re-asculta inca o data cu aceeasi placere cu care vi le voi oferi eu.
I would like to thank you, in the name of all my colleaguesii and especiallyiii offer you a few of the many songs which I would have wanted to sing for you tonight, which you deserveiv because you've picked them out of the numerous songs that we've all sungv over the years, in the cadre ofvi festivals, of up and coming hits, of the songs, of all the shows and concerts. So with your permission I chose only a small part of these songs - and I chose some of the songs that I believe I will be singing tonight for the last time - for years to come, becausevii I've been singing them for two, three, four years and I think you've heard them enough but I hope you will re-listen once more with the same pleasure with which I will offer them to you.
Turns out - the more stupid changes, the more stupid stays the same.
"So there was Ceausescu in Romania, if I remember"
"And he was shot ?"
"Well, you see, Ceausescu was very much like a Romanian Peron - sorta populist, sorta leftist, sorta nationalist in an approximate concoction. The Romanians couldn't stand this and so they shot him."
Clearly the notion that being Peron-like is not only not good, but actually and outright bad, and not merely bad but bad to the degree you [ought to] get shot for it is shocking to the man, but he doesn't let on. He instead pursues his line.
"But they killed also his wife ?"
"Well, you see, his wife was a lot like Evita. Very involved in politics - according to some even more involved than her husband. So they offed her too."
"But how old were they ? Because of course if they were small..."
"Nah, they were all adults. Thirties, forties."
"And Romania had capital punishment ?
"It did in the Communist era. It was taken out of the code, but people waited specifically to kill Ceausescu first."
"So what is the political situation like now ?"
"And how has the situation evolved, economically ?"
"Drastically. Romania increased a degree of magnitude, broadly speaking. It was definitely poorer than Argentina in the 80s [Hence a major influx of beggars in the 90s], it is amply richer today."