Гражданская оборона
Гражданская Оборона or ГрОб and Г.О. (Grazhdanskaya Oborona or GrOb and G.O.) was one of the earliest and most famous Russian psychedelic punk bands (and the only one famous Soviet psychedelic rock / punk band). The name of the band can be translated from Russian as "Civil Defence" (abbreviated as "grob", which translates to "coffin"). There are also side projects Егор И Опизденевшие (Egor and Opizdenevshie) and Коммунизм (Communism). Read Full BioГражданская Оборона or ГрОб and Г.О. (Grazhdanskaya Oborona or GrOb and G.O.) was one of the earliest and most famous Russian psychedelic punk bands (and the only one famous Soviet psychedelic rock / punk band). The name of the band can be translated from Russian as "Civil Defence" (abbreviated as "grob", which translates to "coffin"). There are also side projects Егор И Опизденевшие (Egor and Opizdenevshie) and Коммунизм (Communism).
The band was created in Omsk, Siberia, by a young Soviet poet and musician, Egor Letov, in December of 1984, who was inspired mostly by 60's American garage rock and Russian Futurist poetry in his vision of music, lyrics and lifestyle. It was shortly disbanded by KGB in late 1985, after one of band member's mother wrote a complaint that her son is involved in anti-Soviet organisation. Letov was sentenced to compulsory treatment in psychiatric hospital, his friend and fellow band member Konstantin Ryabinov (Kuzya UO or Kuzma) was sent to army, and other people linked with band were warned to break any relationship with Letov. After his release from mental hospital, Letov started recorded his early albums alone (until 1988, when Kuzya UO returned from army) in his home, playing all instruments. His home also was recording spot for all GrOb and his side-project albums: such a DIY-position was one of Letov's main principles. Early GrOb's music (1984-88) is lo-fi straightforward punk/post-punk with some noise rock, garage rock and reggae elements. Later, band's sound developed more in the vein of noise rock, industrial and experimental rock in 1989, and to psychedelic rock and shoegaze in 90s and 00s. GrOb were the ones to fill this vacant niche of counterculture punk bands, and now maintains a huge army of fans, admirers, and followers. It inspired hundreds of subsequent Soviet and then Russian punk bands.
Up to the collapse of the USSR, GrOb was often viewed as an anti-Soviet band. In his deeply symbolic and irrational, "stream-of-consciousness"-lyrics, Letov often spoke against militarism, dictatorship and faceless, conformistic society (although he himself claimed that all "politics" in his songs aren't about concrete regimes and governments, but are the symbols of "eternal, metaphysical totalitarianism"). That was the reason the band was censored and prohibited. Letov and his bandmates spent early years in hiding, recording songs in the kitchens and cellars of their friends' flats. Despite heavy censorship, the band played on several rock festivals (notably its premiere in Novosibirsk in July 1987, where it was considered a sensation, and after which Letov traveled country with Yanka Dyagileva by hitchhiking for half year because of KGB's persecution, which was officially stopped only in December).
Contrary to popular image of an anti-communist, Letov himself claimed to be a "true communist" and has not abolished this claim until the most recent switch in his beliefs. Being the most prominent figure of the Siberian rock, Letov has always been a source of many contradictions. At times he expressed opinions exactly opposite to his earlier sayings - thus, he, along with writer Eduard Limonov, philosopher Alexander Dugin, and composer Sergey Kuryokhin (Сергей Курёхин) appeared aligned with the nationalistic leftist movement called NBP (National Bolshevik Party, rus. НБП, Национал Большевистская Партия) despite his formerly strong opposition to despotism and nationalism. Later, though, he dissapointed in politics and left the movement, saying, that his activity in NBP was mostly sort of conceptualism, a provocation. Letov's contemporary alignment is that of a "World Christian" and "still an anarchist".
GrOb's sound mainly consists of either distorted and lo-fi electric or acoustic guitars, simple bass lines, primitive but memorable tunes, rudimentry percussion and Letov's deeply impassioned voice. During the late 80's they also started occasionally implementing harsh industrial sounds in the background of the music. In the mid-90's in the albums "Солнцеворот" and "Невыносимая Лёгкость Бытия" sound became less noisy and lo-fi but more monolithic, comprising many overlapping guitars and voices, which create shoegazy "wall of sound", long guitar and electronic organ solos, and even some art rock elements, although the basis of sound still was in post-punk and psychedelic rock.
In its last years the band was still very active with full-length albums released in 2004 (Долгая Счастливая Жизнь, "A Long and Happy Life"), 2005 (Реанимация, "Life Support") and 2007 (Зачем Снятся Сны, "What Are Dreams For").
The story of this contradictory but great and original band ended on 19th of February 2008 with Egor Letov's death in sleep at his home in Omsk.
"G.O. is not music, it's more like, you know, conceptual act in the vein of childish naive art. Four chords and maximum approximation to very childish images, something like dadaism".
- Egor Letov, band leader.
The band was created in Omsk, Siberia, by a young Soviet poet and musician, Egor Letov, in December of 1984, who was inspired mostly by 60's American garage rock and Russian Futurist poetry in his vision of music, lyrics and lifestyle. It was shortly disbanded by KGB in late 1985, after one of band member's mother wrote a complaint that her son is involved in anti-Soviet organisation. Letov was sentenced to compulsory treatment in psychiatric hospital, his friend and fellow band member Konstantin Ryabinov (Kuzya UO or Kuzma) was sent to army, and other people linked with band were warned to break any relationship with Letov. After his release from mental hospital, Letov started recorded his early albums alone (until 1988, when Kuzya UO returned from army) in his home, playing all instruments. His home also was recording spot for all GrOb and his side-project albums: such a DIY-position was one of Letov's main principles. Early GrOb's music (1984-88) is lo-fi straightforward punk/post-punk with some noise rock, garage rock and reggae elements. Later, band's sound developed more in the vein of noise rock, industrial and experimental rock in 1989, and to psychedelic rock and shoegaze in 90s and 00s. GrOb were the ones to fill this vacant niche of counterculture punk bands, and now maintains a huge army of fans, admirers, and followers. It inspired hundreds of subsequent Soviet and then Russian punk bands.
Up to the collapse of the USSR, GrOb was often viewed as an anti-Soviet band. In his deeply symbolic and irrational, "stream-of-consciousness"-lyrics, Letov often spoke against militarism, dictatorship and faceless, conformistic society (although he himself claimed that all "politics" in his songs aren't about concrete regimes and governments, but are the symbols of "eternal, metaphysical totalitarianism"). That was the reason the band was censored and prohibited. Letov and his bandmates spent early years in hiding, recording songs in the kitchens and cellars of their friends' flats. Despite heavy censorship, the band played on several rock festivals (notably its premiere in Novosibirsk in July 1987, where it was considered a sensation, and after which Letov traveled country with Yanka Dyagileva by hitchhiking for half year because of KGB's persecution, which was officially stopped only in December).
Contrary to popular image of an anti-communist, Letov himself claimed to be a "true communist" and has not abolished this claim until the most recent switch in his beliefs. Being the most prominent figure of the Siberian rock, Letov has always been a source of many contradictions. At times he expressed opinions exactly opposite to his earlier sayings - thus, he, along with writer Eduard Limonov, philosopher Alexander Dugin, and composer Sergey Kuryokhin (Сергей Курёхин) appeared aligned with the nationalistic leftist movement called NBP (National Bolshevik Party, rus. НБП, Национал Большевистская Партия) despite his formerly strong opposition to despotism and nationalism. Later, though, he dissapointed in politics and left the movement, saying, that his activity in NBP was mostly sort of conceptualism, a provocation. Letov's contemporary alignment is that of a "World Christian" and "still an anarchist".
GrOb's sound mainly consists of either distorted and lo-fi electric or acoustic guitars, simple bass lines, primitive but memorable tunes, rudimentry percussion and Letov's deeply impassioned voice. During the late 80's they also started occasionally implementing harsh industrial sounds in the background of the music. In the mid-90's in the albums "Солнцеворот" and "Невыносимая Лёгкость Бытия" sound became less noisy and lo-fi but more monolithic, comprising many overlapping guitars and voices, which create shoegazy "wall of sound", long guitar and electronic organ solos, and even some art rock elements, although the basis of sound still was in post-punk and psychedelic rock.
In its last years the band was still very active with full-length albums released in 2004 (Долгая Счастливая Жизнь, "A Long and Happy Life"), 2005 (Реанимация, "Life Support") and 2007 (Зачем Снятся Сны, "What Are Dreams For").
The story of this contradictory but great and original band ended on 19th of February 2008 with Egor Letov's death in sleep at his home in Omsk.
"G.O. is not music, it's more like, you know, conceptual act in the vein of childish naive art. Four chords and maximum approximation to very childish images, something like dadaism".
- Egor Letov, band leader.
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Моя оборона
Гражданская оборона Lyrics
Пластмассовый мир победил.
Макет оказался сильней
Последний кораблик остыл.
Последний фонарик устал.
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний....
О-О...Моя Оборона!
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
О-О...Моя Оборона!
Траурный мячик нелепого мира
Траурный мячик дешёвого мира.
Пластмассовый мир победил.
Ликует картонный набат.
Кому нужен ломтик июльского неба?
О-О... Моя оборона!
Солнечный зайчик незрячего мира
О-О...Моя оборона!
Траурный мячик стеклянного глаза
Траурный зайчик нелепого глаза...
Пластмассовый мир победил.
Макет оказался сильней.
Последний кораблик остыл.
Последний фонарик устал.
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний...
О-О... Моя оборона!
Траурный мячик незрячего мира
О-О...Моя оборона!
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
О-о... Моя оборона!(4 раза).
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Old Maniak
Пластмассовый мир победил.
Макет оказался сильней.
Последний кораблик остыл,
последний фонарик устал.
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний.
О-о, моя оборона
траурный мячик стеклянного глаза
Моя оборона
солнечный зайчик дешевого мира
солнечный зайчик незрячего мира
Пластмассовый мир победил.
Ликует картонный набат.
Кому нужен ломтик июльского неба.
Моя оборона
траурный мячик незрячего мира
Моя оборона
солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
солнечный зайчик дешевого мира
Пластмассовый мир победил.
Кирпич оказался сильней.
Последний кораблик остыл,
последний фонарик устал.
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний.
Моя оборона
траурный мячик незрячего мира
Моя оборона
солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
Игнатий Лойола
Пластмассовый мир победил
Макет оказался сильней
Последний кораблик остыл
Последний фонарик устал
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний
О-о-о... Моя Оборона
Траурный мячик стеклянного глаза
О-о-о... Моя Оборона
Солнечный зайчик дешёвого мира
Солнечный зайчик незрячего мира
Пластмассовый мир победил
Ликует картонный набат
Кому нужен ломтик июльского неба
О-о-о... Моя оборона
Траурный мячик незрячего мира
О-о-о... Моя Оборона
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
Солнечный зайчик дешёвого мира
Пластмассовый мир победил
Кирпич оказался сильней
Последний кораблик остыл
Последний фонарик устал
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний
О-о-о... Моя оборона
Траурный мячик незрячего мира
О-о-о... Моя оборона
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
О-о-о... Моя оборона
О-о-о... Моя оборона
О-о-о... Моя оборона
О-о-о... Моя оборона
PNG. Fox
Гения память забыта не станет ,
Вся почесть и марш пройдёт чутким строем ,
Фанаты в печали ,
Все песни со смыслом обретаю новые смыслы и краски ,
Спасибо Егор!
Твои песни забыты не будут ,
Любить , уважать , помнить меньше не будем ,
Спасибо , за жизнь , и за сказы ,
Твои о судьбах несчастной страны !
ChanesCoder
Текст:
Пластмассовый мир победил
Макет оказался сильней
Последний кораблик остыл
Последний фонарик устал
А в горле сопёт горе воспоминаний
О-о моя оборона
Траурный мячик стеклянного глаза
О-о моя оборона
Солнечный зайчик дешёвого мира
Солнечный зайчик незрячего мира
Пластмассовый мир победил
Ликует картонный набат
Кому нужен ломтик июльского лета
О-о моя оборона
Траурный мячик незрячего мира
О-о моя оборона
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
Солнечный зайчик дешёвого мира
Пластмассовый мир победил
Кирпич оказался сильней
Последний кораблик остыл
Последний фонарик устал
А в горле сопёт горе воспоминаний
О-о моя оборона
Траурный мячик незрячего мира
О-о моя оборона
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
О-о моя оборона
О-о моя оборона
О-о моя оборона
Женя Лавров
[Куплет 1]
Пластмассовый мир победил
Макет оказался сильней
Последний кораблик остыл
Последний фонарик устал
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний
[Припев]
Моя оборона
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
Моя оборона
Траурный мячик нелепого мира
Траурный мячик дешёвого мира
[Куплет 2]
Пластмассовый мир победил
Ликует картонный набат
Кому нужен ломтик июльского неба?
[Припев]
Моя оборона
Солнечный зайчик незрячего мира
Моя оборона
Траурный мячик стеклянного глаза
Траурный зайчик нелепого мира...
[Куплет 3]
Пластмассовый мир победил
Макет оказался сильней
Последний кораблик остыл
Последний фонарик устал
А в горле сопят комья воспоминаний
[Припев]
Моя оборона
Траурный мячик незрячего мира
Моя оборона
Солнечный зайчик стеклянного глаза
[Аутро]
Моя оборона!
EMPTY SOUL
1 куплет.
Траурный мячик стеклянного глаза
Солнечный зайчик незрячего мира
Солнечный зайчик дешёвого мира
2 куплет
Траурный мячик незрячего мира
Солнейный зайчик стеклянного глаза
Солнечный зайчик дешёвого мира.
В последнем куплете не макет, а кирпич.
M B
The plastic world has won
A mock-up turned out to be the stronger one
The last little ship has cooled down
The last little lantern has tired
And clods of memory wheeze in the throat
Oh-oh, my defence
A reflected light of a glass eye
A funereal ball[*] of the ridiculous world
A funereal ball of the cheap world
The plastic world has won
A cardboard alarm bell triumphs
Who needs a slice of July sky?
Oh-oh, my defence
A reflected light of a sightless world
Oh-oh, my defence
A funereal ball of a glass eye
A funereal light of the ridiculous world
The plastic world has won
A mock-up turned out to be the stronger one
The last little ship has cooled down
The last little lantern has tired
And clods of memory wheeze in the throat
Oh-oh, my defence
A funereal ball of a sightless world
Oh-oh, my defence
A reflected light of a glass eye
John Smith
Если кому-то вдруг интересно, что за странные железобетонные плиты торчат из земли на фоне Егора Летова, так вот это памятник защитникам перевалов Кавказа, расположенный в Карачаево-Черкесии. Спасибо за внимание.
Артем Норман
Спасибо!)
Константин Лепковский
Ну вот как этот комментарий не лайкнуть? Это тот человек который знает историю)
aslan kmuzov
@Oleg Popov От русских..... Не смогли вылелось в геноцид адыгов
aslan kmuzov
Поправка: Карачаево-Черкесии не существует. Есть карачаи и адыги отдельно. Каждый раз когда кто-то говорит "Карачаево-Черкесия" где-то плачет один адыг. Ибо это русские пришли и объеденили адыгов и карачаев!
Schoolboy
Если вы слушаете это в 2022, то я уважаю ваш музыкальный вкус
Yuriy Budlyanskiy
Мы еще переживаем спец операцию на Домбассе наши парни там на передовой . Мирного неба всем!
Laftuspu4
В 2022 году есть смысл слушать его песни
Андрей Храм
Самое интересное, что больше 50% кто его слушал, увидел его лицо только когда появился интернет! До этого я не знал как он выглядел, а когда увидел не поверил что это лицо поет таким голосом! Посмотрев видео, мой мозг осознал, и все встало на свои места!
turbo met
Тут дело не в музыке. Дело в тексте. Скоро этот текст станет как никогда актуален.