In 1991 BI-2 moved to Israel and disbanded in 1993. Shura moved to Australia where he joined a darkwave band, Chiron. He invited Leva to join it in 1996. Chiron was an obscure band, featuring vocals by Michael Aliani. Some of the Chiron songs were re-recorded and re-released in 2006 as the album "Chiron" by BI-2, with Leva's vocals.
In 1998 Leva and Shura moved to Russia to conquer the rock scene. They participated in the soundtrack for the Брат 2 ("Brother II") movie by Alexey Balabanov, and soon became one of the most popular rock bands. In 2005 BI-2 together with Mихаил Карасев (Mikhail Karasev) (BI-2's lyrics writer and Shura's uncle) released the Нечётный Воин ("Odd Warrior") project, joined by many Russian rock and pop artists.
A complete discography with Lyrics and English translations can be found here:
http://www.russmus.net/band.jsp?band=Bi-2
Official site:
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Nobody Writes to the Colonel
Би-2 Lyrics
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Пустые поезда
Ни берега ни дна
Все начинать сначала
Холодная война
И время как вода
Он не сошел с ума
Полковнику никто не пишет
Полковника никто не ждет
На линии огня
Пустые города
В которых никогда
Ты раньше не бывала
И рвутся поезда
На тонкие слова
Он не сошел с ума
Ты ничего не знала
Полковнику никто не пишет
Полковника никто не ждет
Полковнику никто не пишет
Полковника никто не ждет
Полковнику никто не пишет
Полковника никто не ждет
The song "Nobody Writes to the Colonel (Karaoke)" by Би-2 speaks about the loneliness and isolation of an army Colonel who is fighting in a war. The lyrics depict the emptiness of big cities and trains passing by with no destination. The Colonel's life is portrayed as a never-ending circle of starting from scratch with no shore or bottom. The song emphasizes the significance of the Cold War era as a time that kept the world at the brink of destruction. Despite the madness of the war, the Colonel does not lose his mind and stays focused on his mission. The woman addressed in the song seems to have no idea about the Colonel's situation.
The phrase "Nobody writes to the Colonel" is repeated throughout the song, establishing a theme of abandonment and detachment of the singer from the world. The song's message is universal, portraying the sadness and pain that originates from isolation and feeling forgotten in a world where the individual is lost in the crowd. The song speaks to those who are struggling with loneliness, whether caused by war or other circumstances.
Line by Line Meaning
Большие города
The big cities
Пустые поезда
Empty trains
Ни берега ни дна
No shores, no bottom
Все начинать сначала
Starting everything from the beginning
Холодная война
The cold war
И время как вода
And time flows like water
Он не сошел с ума
He has not gone crazy
Ты ничего не знала
You did not know anything
Полковнику никто не пишет
No one writes to the Colonel
Полковника никто не ждет
No one is waiting for the Colonel
На линии огня
On the front line
Пустые города
Empty cities
В которых никогда
In which you have never
Ты раньше не бывала
Been before
И рвутся поезда
And trains break loose
На тонкие слова
On subtle words
Полковнику никто не пишет
No one writes to the Colonel
Полковника никто не ждет
No one is waiting for the Colonel
Полковнику никто не пишет
No one writes to the Colonel
Полковника никто не ждет
No one is waiting for the Colonel
Полковнику никто не пишет
No one writes to the Colonel
Полковника никто не ждет
No one is waiting for the Colonel
Contributed by Ava P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
War is cruelty, war is hell. You cannot refine it, the cruller it is the sooner it will be over- William T Sherman
Vastblack
“ Боже, я не хочу здесь умирать ” - russian radio chatter
Enormous Prolapse
A man shall accept his fate. As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil, for thou art with me
Trickster Nimesh
Im in love with russian songs now
Dr. Reefer
Me 2
Dima Gurevich
They were sent by a mad man into a foreign country on assumption that it belongs to him. Many have earned their gruesome fate by their actions, but many haven't.
And after this yet another pointless war, what will the remaining soldiers who kept to their morals be left with, but a broken life in a broken country? If we learn anything from this, is apathy and cowardice led to where we are today. Not only inside Russia, but in the rest of the countries who let it happen on their watch. If people don't involve themselves in politics, politics will involve itself with people, and the consequences are disastrous
Kenneth Servida
Dat sum real Hostomel experience.
Brother Lestat
More relevant now than ever
RussoDelCano
Great song