Back in the USSR

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Title: “Back in the USSR”
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Size: 24″X 36″

Story: I always loved this song because of my experience in the former
Soviet Union. I was fascinated by the changes about to take place there
and felt that the world might have a chance after all. Mikhail Gorbachev
described how the Soviet Union system was not working. He also said that
the west’s capitalist system also needed change.

The Soviet Union went through radical change. The west on the other
hand, simply announced victory.

Paul McCartney said that he loved how young people could always reach
out to other cultures…..”hands across the water”  he said, and I
included that thought in this painting because I agreed.

3 minute video “Changing our world one corner at a time” https://youtu.be/Bm5DIIpYmAE

Lyrics:
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/back+in+the+ussr_10026511.html

Youtubes of the song:

Version with some interesting airport and crowd footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHD5nd3QLTg

Paul McCartney performs it live in Kiev 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrtnnLor2UM

Billy Joel covered the song in 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Tah0DCubg