I find that listening to Russian music to help me acquire vocabulary, and actually enjoy learning it. I try to find simple songs, usually kids music or folk songs, find the lyrics and read along. Doing this has really helped me with my listening skills, so Russian doesn't sound so jumbled. There have been a few songs that I have not been able to find the lyrics for anywhere. Here are the links to their You Tube videos. "Хочу в Деревню" and "Лодочка". I also found this version of the song "Родина Моя" by Sofia Rotaru, preformed by the group Непоседы. That one confused me, as I was trying to follow along with the lyrics for the other one, and the words didn't match up! So, if anyone could possibly help with transcriptions of the lyrics of these songs, it would be a tremendous help. Thanks in advance!
On a side note, is there anywhere on the Internet a site with transcripts of Russian TV shows and movies? More specifically, I am looking for the show Ералаш, and the movie Приключения Электроника. I don't want anyone to go completely out of their way to transcribe an entire film (Unless they really want to )!