Brigadny Podryad (Brigade Subcontract) is a punk rock band from Russia. It … Read Full Bio ↴Brigadny Podryad (Brigade Subcontract) is a punk rock band from Russia. It was formed in 1986 in Leningrad, USSR, by three classmates. The original line up was Alexander Luk'yanov on guitar, Dmitriy Babich on bass, Igor Saikin on drums and Kolya Michailov on vocals. The first album "Brigadniy Podryad" was recorded in Fedor Lavrov's home studio and released by DIY-distribution. Gigging in Soviet Union was really dangerous. Rock and especially punk musicians were regularly having problems with government and police. So the performing activity of BP at this period wasn't rich. Nevertheless, from the beginning and till our days BP uphold a reputation as one of the best Russian live bands. In 1988 the main song writer and guitarist Alexander Luk'yanov went to army and Yuriy Sobolev became a new member of BP. Till 1991 BP recorded one more album (1988) and had several impressive gigs. BP along with other legendary Russian rock-bands, such as "ДДТ", "Кино", "Алиса", "АукцЫон", "Аквариум", was a member of Leningrad Rock-Club. In 1992 Alexander Konviser came on vocals to BP. He was a schoolboy in school where Alexander Luk'yanov worked after army as a teacher of physical culture. In 1992-93 Konviser together with Kolya Michailov recorded in school radio shack two albums "Rozovaya Voda" and "Rock-n-Royal". The next years were not very active, some gigs, line-up changes, managing problems. But since 1997 band began gigging and working at studio again. In 1999 BP recorded and released "Reanimatory" featuring old hits "Kirovskiy Zavod", "Soloviy", " Baden-Baden", "Kobzon" and new tracks. Two years later "SOS Records" released "Idiot" album, including such songs as "Ivan Fuckov", "Schkolnoye Lubovishe". Line-up at this period: Alexander Konviser on vocals, Yuriy Sobolev on guitar, Igor Mosin on drums and Dmitiy Petrov on bass. Single "Idiot" rose to the third place in national radio charts and BP was invited for the first time to perform at 1 Russian rock-festival "Nashestvie" (audience – more then 70.000 people). The next album "Nasilye and Sex" was released in 2003 and gained wide popularity. Single "Popsa" from that album became a national rock-hymn and was covered by top Russian rock-artists. At the same year Yuriy Sobolev left and Alexander Luk'yanov has returned to the band (since 1998 he didn't participate in BP activities) with new songs entered into the albums "Krasota sogret etot mir" (2004) and "Tak ne dolgno byt'"(2006). Between these two releases BP got a tribute, which was recorded by Michail "Горшок" Gorshenev, leader of "Король и Шут", as a welfare work to improve living conditions of Kolya Michailov. Michailov who was a real eccentric and true punk got a craniocerebral injury in 1998, but this fact didn't prevent him of continuing his alcohol adventures. By the 2005 he was vagrant. Michailov died in April 2006 soon after the gig in St. Petersburg dedicated to BP 20-th anniversary. In May 2007 BP organized in Moscow its own punk festival "Uroki punk-roka" ("Punk-rock lessons") for the young hopeful punk bands. BP is planning to make it regularly in big cities of Russia and neighbor countries. Band-members find a lot of time for BP-fans including regular contacts in Internet using official forum and official blog. Line-up: Alexander Konviser on vocals, Alexander Luk'yanov on guitar, Anatoliy Sklyarenko on guitar, Kirill Polyakov on bass, Dima Buchtoyarov on drums.

Скамейка
Бригадный Подряд Lyrics

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Сидели на скамейке, на мокрой скамейке,
Казались обычными в общем людьми.
На пиво не хватало какой-то копейки,
На жизнь не хватало какой-то любви...

Припев:
Никакой правды!
Никакой веры!

Никакой надежды
То, что нам будет проще!...

Подружки-хохотушки милы и не пугливы,
Хоть на моей рубахе пятна крови.
У них мы настреляли мелочь на пиво,
У них же просили какой-то любви...

Припев.

Скамейка опустела, на ней только листья,
На небо полезла другая заря.
Девчонки были глупыми, а пиво было кислым,
А время потрачено зря...

Припев.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to "Скамейка" by Бригадный Подряд depict a group of people sitting on a park bench, seemingly ordinary at first glance. However, they are lacking in both money and love, evidenced by their inability to afford a beer and their sense of hopelessness. The chorus repeats the phrase "никакой правды, никакой веры, никакой надежды, то, что нам будет проще" which translates to "no truth, no faith, no hope, what will be easier for us." The second verse introduces some female friends who are carefree and unafraid, even though the singer has blood stains on his shirt. They had to shoot for small amounts of beer, and asked for love from the same women.

The overall tone of the song is one of apathy and a lack of meaning in life. The chorus implies that they have given up on truth, faith, and hope, and resign themselves to whatever is easier. The girls they sit with seem to represent a kind of temporary escape from this despondency, but in the end, even that is revealed as pointless.

Overall, the lyrics of "Скамейка" paint a picture of people whose lives lack direction, connection, and meaning. The bench represents a place where they come to pass the time, but ultimately, it leaves them feeling empty and hopeless.

Line by Line Meaning

Сидели на скамейке, на мокрой скамейке,
We were sitting on a wet bench, just like ordinary people.

Казались обычными в общем людьми.
We seemed like just regular folks.

На пиво не хватало какой-то копейки,
We didn't have quite enough money for beer.

На жизнь не хватало какой-то любви...
We were missing something in life, maybe it was love...

Припев:
Chorus:

Никакой правды!
No truth!

Никакой веры!
No faith!

Никакой надежды
No hope

То, что нам будет проще!...
It would be easier for us if we just let go!

Подружки-хохотушки милы и не пугливы,
Our giggly and fearless friends

Хоть на моей рубахе пятна крови.
Even though my shirt had bloodstains.