JOS COMUNISMUL! Cristian Paturca - a musical symbol of riot in University Square (Bucharest) from decembre 1989, when romanians fought against communism. He died poor, almost alone, at 18 January 2011. Cristian Paturca, the composer of a song that inspired Romanians in their struggle against vestiges of the Communist government, has died. He was 46... Mr. Paturca became one of Romania's most prominent democracy activists when he wrote "Imnul Golanilor" ("The Hooligans' Hymn") in 1990 for antigovernment protesters, who were being called "hooligans" by President Ion Iliescu. The Communist government of Nicolae Ceausescu had collapsed in 1989 in a revolution in which more than 1,300 people died. Romanians then protested for weeks in University Square against the continued presence of former Communists in the government. The protest was broken up by club-wielding miners in June 1990; six people were killed and dozens injured. One line from the song, "Better dead than a Communist," became part of Romania's post-1989 vocabulary. The word "golan" now means a pro-democracy activist as well as a hooligan. The Hooligans' Hymn He was once like in the stories He was in Romania, A large gang of punks, What they banished slavery. We did not confuse never With "the people of good" Name and neo-communist With no shame. R: I'd rather be a tramp than a traitor, I'd rather be a hooligan than a dictator, I'd rather be a punk than an activist, I'd rather be dead than communist. We want freedom Not Communism And no change of shape And, therefore, Intelligence, Let us not put the rule. We do not want neo-communism, No new-freedom, "The Democrats' original And even blatant lies. R. We have been wondering why we are here But she knows across the country, We support Section 8 From Timisoara. Fall seven-three-four What you TVR Legînd in her chains, Even the words! R. Elections without communists No nomenclature, And do not be afraid of punks No coloration. Of those who died We are back ghosts May not be as Then carnage R: I'd rather be a tramp than a traitor, I'd rather be a hooligan than a dictator, I'd rather be a punk than an activist, I'd rather be dead than communist. Versuri si muzica: Stelian Maria - Interpret: Cristian Paturca