The original band comprises:
* Yuri Shevchuk — vocals, guitar
* Vladimir Sigachyov — keyboard
* Rustem Asanbayev — guitar
* Gennady Rodin — bass
* Rustam Karimov — percussion
History
In 1982, Komsomolskaya Pravda declared a competition for young music performers called Zolotoy Kamerton (Golden Tuning Fork). DDT sent three compositions, "Inoplanetyane" (Aliens), "Chyornoye solntse" (Black sun), and "Ne strelyai" (Don't shoot).
During the long-running competition, the group published their first album (on tape), Svinya na raduge (A pig on a rainbow). The album contained elements of rock and roll, blues and country music.
DDT's submission to Zolotoy Kamerton passed through to the finals and the group was invited to perform in a concert at Moscow's Orlyonok complex, together with the other finalist band, Rok-sentyabr (Rock-September) from Cherepovets. DDT and three members of Rock-September, Vyacheslav Korbin, Yevgeny Belozyorov and Andrey Maslennikov, soon after recorded and published an album (on tape), Monolog v Saigone (Monologue in Saigon).
After recording the album, Sigachyov and Shevchuk returned to Ufa. Sigachyov distanced himself from the group, while Shevchuk collected new members including Rodin, drummer Sergey Rudogo, guitarist Rustam Rezvanov and keyboard player Vladislav Strochillo.
In May 1983, DDT successfully performed at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, as part of a three-day, sanctioned festival, "Rok za mir" (Rock for peace).
The new formation published the album Periferia (Periphery), recorded in April 1984.
Shevchuk spent some time in Sverdlovsk (present-day Yekaterinburg), performing with the group Urfin Juis.
In November 1985, DDT recorded the album Vremya (Time) in Sverdlovsk.
In 1986, Shevchuk moved to Leningrad (present Saint Petersburg) with his wife, son and mother.
In 1987 he rebuilt DDT. The members included:
* Nikita Zaitsev — guitar
* Vadim Kurylev — bass
* Andrey Vasiliev — guitar
* Igor Dotsenko — drums
* Andrey Muratov — keyboard
* Mikhail Chernov — saxophone
In June 1987, DDT performed at a Leningrad rock-club festival. DDT performed second-to-last and in front of a crowd of 3,000, even though the venue's capacity was 1,000.
In the summer of 1988, DDT toured across the USSR, and they record a new album, Ottepel (Thaw).
In 1989, DDT went on another tour with the group Alisa, performing also at a rock-festival in Hungary.
In 1990, DDT performed several concerts in the U.S.A. and Japan. They also performed as part of a concert in honor of Viktor Tsoy.
In 1991, DDT released another album, Plastun (Scout). The next album followed in the spring of the same year, Aktrisa Vesna (Actress Spring).
Then the group changed its performance strategy by adding programmes to its repertoire: well-prepared, conceptually linked concerts. During December 1992 and January 1993, DDT presented its first programme, Chyorny Pyos Peterburg (Black Dog Petersburg), and toured widely in CIS countries.
On 27 May 1993, the anniversary of Saint Petersburg, DDT performed a free concert on Dvortsovaya Square. 120,000 people attended.
During the summer of 1994, DDT took part in the rock festival White Nights of Saint Petersburg in Berlin. That autumn, the group was awarded the prestigious Ovatsiya award (Ovation) for Best Rock Group of the Year. Yuri Shevchuk was also named Best Rock Musician of the Year.
In the beginning of 1995, a new album, Eto vsyo… (That's all…). was recorded. In January, Shevchuk went on a mission of peace to Chechnya, where he performed in 50 concerts for the Russian troops and Chechen citizens alike.
On 25 June 1995, DDT performed a solo concert in Petrovsky stadium, which attracted tens of thousands of fans.
Afterwards, the group toured with its next programme, Ot i do (From start to finish). In the end of the winter of 1995–1996, the group worked in the USA. In February–March 1996, the group recorded a new album, Lubov (Love), at Long View Farm in Massachusetts with new musicians: bassist I. Tikhomirov (from the group Kino) and keyboard player D. Galitsky.
Bio (extended)
Yuri Shevchuk and the Russian rock group "DDT" have been leaders in the Russian rock movement for many years. Shevchuk began to put together the first incarnation of the band in the summer of 1980, and although its members have changed over the years.
DDT was organized and gave its first concerts in Shevchuk's native city of Ufa in the Ural Mountains in 1980. They received their first public recognition when they were given the "Golden Pitchpipe" prize for their song "Ne Strelyai" (Don't Shoot) in 1982 by a local newspaper.
They made their first visit to the U.S.A. in 1988, when their concert in Los Angeles was covered by MTV. After the U.S.S.R.'s dissoultion in 1991, DDT became more popular at home and abroad.
Today, DDT is one of the most popular rock groups in Russia, and their concerts attract tens of thousands of people. Shevchuk and his group also regularly travel throughout the C.I.S. and other former Soviet republics to give benefit concerts: in the spring and summer of 2002, 10 out of 11 concerts that the band played were benefits for various social and cultural organizations. They are also reaching an ever-growing audience in the U.S.A. and Europe.
***
Another band existed with the same name in the mid of the 80's. DDT was an american hardcore punk band which released one EP and one LP. Very few people remember them today and they are virtually unknown in Europe.
DDT was also a rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia- formed by Brian Howes, rapper Cory Perry White, drummer Bobby James, and guitarist Mike MacKay. Their album, "Urban Observer", was released in 1999 and the band enjoyed Canada-wide success for a short period of time.
DDT is also an punk-pop-rock-funk-techno band in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
DDT stands also for "Dodicesima Disposizione Transitoria".
Свобода
ДДТ Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
Туман на болоте без цвета и дна.
Я твой вечный жених, золотая невеста,
Лижут мысли, как мухи, стекла окна.
Зима на спине, я не стар и не молод,
Ночь похожа на лифт, в котором умер поэт.
Я по уши сыт, да разбудил горький голод,
Мама, разбуди черным вечером,
Мама, чтоб я ночь не проспал,
Мама, я уйду, как намечено,
Мама, как я устал...
Гроза по глазам, напротив морщинами
Скребет по стеклу седая рука,
Мимо павших идей проплывают причинами
В тумане чуть видимы, ветви-века,
Растет за окном последняя станция.
Здесь отпевают, верхний этаж,
Здравствуй, любовь, получи информацию,
Да не промахнись и сотри макияж…
Свобода...
In ДДТ's song Свобода, the lyrics speak of a journey towards a strange place where the atmosphere is thick with fog, akin a colorless and endless marsh. The singer confides in their lover, who is likened to a golden bride, about their journey to this place. The imagery of the location, and the whole song, are characterized by a sense of darkness and foreboding, exemplified by the simile used to describe the night as being like a lift where a poet had died.
The lyrics are pervaded by a sense of melancholy and loss, reflecting the feelings of the singer, who is experiencing a kind of existential crisis. Despite being well-fed, the singer is bothered by a bitter hunger that they seem unable to satisfy. They are tired and confused, and the journey towards their lover is both a physical and emotional one.
Towards the end of the song, the singer addresses his mother, asking her to wake him up on dark evenings so that he doesn't lose himself to the night. He speaks of a sense of finality, describing the final station through a window, hinting at an inevitable end. However, the title of the song, 'Свобода' meaning freedom, leaves open the possibility that the journey towards their lover could bring about a sense of liberation.
Line by Line Meaning
Я еду к тебе, это - странное место,
I'm coming to you, it's a strange place,
Туман на болоте без цвета и дна.
Fog on a swamp without color or bottom.
Я твой вечный жених, золотая невеста,
I'm your eternal groom, golden bride,
Лижут мысли, как мухи, стекла окна.
Thoughts lick like flies, window glass.
Зима на спине, я не стар и не молод,
Winter on my back, I'm neither old nor young,
Ночь похожа на лифт, в котором умер поэт.
The night is like an elevator where a poet died.
Я по уши сыт, да разбудил горький голод,
I'm full to the brim, but bitter hunger woke up,
Руки чувствуют пульс, я зеваю на свет.
My hands feel a pulse, I yawn at the light.
Мама, разбуди черным вечером,
Mama, wake me up during black evening,
Мама, чтоб я ночь не проспал,
Mama, so I don't oversleep the night,
Мама, я уйду, как намечено,
Mama, I'll leave as planned,
Мама, как я устал...
Mama, how tired I am...
Гроза по глазам, напротив морщинами
Storm in the eyes, wrinkles opposite,
Скребет по стеклу седая рука,
A gray hand scrapes against the glass,
Мимо павших идей проплывают причинами
Past fallen ideas, reasons glide by
В тумане чуть видимы, ветви-века,
Barely visible in the fog, branches and centuries,
Растет за окном последняя станция.
The last station is growing outside the window.
Здесь отпевают, верхний этаж,
They have a memorial service here, top floor,
Здравствуй, любовь, получи информацию,
Hello, love, receive information,
Да не промахнись и сотри макияж…
Just don't miss and wipe off your makeup...
Свобода...
Freedom...
Contributed by Carson V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@chelovek2metra
Тёмный подъезд. Ещё одного, одну.
Боль на полу каплей за каплей в нас.
Вечная память всем о ком эти строки.
Но нет не могу, прости.
В мёртвую жизнь врасти.
Нет не она в этой горсти.
Свободы всем нам!
16 февраля 2024
@user-xv7gh2si5q
Вы правы!… эта песня - посвящение всем СМЕЛЫМ, ЧЕСТНЫМ, СВОБОДНЫМ!…
Анна Политковская…
Борис Немцов…
Теперь вот Алексей Навальный…
Всем, кому не смогли заткнуть рот… кто был до конца верен своим идеалам!…
💔💔💔💔💔
Слёзы
Отчаяние
Безысходность
До коле?!?!?!?
@politicalridicule
@Олег Шиндяков Свобода, свобода -
Так много, так мало
Ты нам показала,
Когда увольняла.
Ни старых, ни младших,
Ни жен - не жалела,
По кризисным меркам
По миру пускала
@Nita0406
Сергей Марков , ага, «позиция» - поддержать в 14-ом майдан, где понаехавшие западенцы, правый сектор совершили госпереворот, а затем началась бойня мирного населения Донбасса, который не захотел признавать госпереворот.
Теперь поддерживает толпу хабаровчан и примкнувших к ней понаехавших навальнят и прочую «либерду», шатающихся с кричалками вернуть им бывшего губернатора , подозреваемого в заказных убийствах.
Да ещё и Путин им не угоден!
Кого взамен?
КОГО?
Это что за позиция?
Развалить государство ?
А что потом? Вы хоть чуть-чуть мозгами , а не эмоциями пошевелите.
Только-только некую стабильность стали ощущать и - на тебе, выползли «бунтари» , блин!
Шевчук закончился лет 15 лет.
@politicalridicule
Свобода, свобода -
Так много, так мало
Ты нам показала,
Как честь продается.
Ни хлеба, ни жизни,
Все это пропало,
Подохнуть свободно
Ты нам завещала...
@user-rd4sl9xx7l
Все добрые, миролюбивые и свободные люди, знаю что вам тяжело сейчас. Держитесь! Переживём!
@earthling_bazich
Да неужели, народ сделал выбор в тиранию. Шевчук мой последний рубеж веры в человечество, который вселяет надежду 😒
@Fifufjdjjdhdhdbd
Спасибо
@user-id7zh3sr7l
Не переживете. Вас, миролюбивых, добрых и «свободных», убьют по одному или в мясорубке.
@user-js4cs5ls4w
@@alexshe5633 или ЛСР. Или самим взять пример с французского Сопротивления
@juliapanarina
Надо вооружаться
@chelovek2metra
Тёмный подъезд. Ещё одного, одну.
Боль на полу каплей за каплей в нас.
Вечная память всем о ком эти строки.
Но нет не могу, прости.
В мёртвую жизнь врасти.
Нет не она в этой горсти.
Свободы всем нам!
16 февраля 2024
@alexgavrilov6933
18 февраля. Ничего другого не могу слушать уже 2 дня. Я не был ярым сторонником Алексея, но питал большое уважение к его силе. Не только его убили, в нас убили ещё одну часть доброго и человеческого. Это ещё придётся как то растить в себе из уважения к нему. А пока внутри только холодная ненависть. Выкинуло за пределы компромисов, они физически невозможны. Дядя Юра держит на плаву хоть какие то остатки человеческого в нас.
@Fifufjdjjdhdhdbd
@@alexgavrilov6933вы так правильно сказали. Миллионы людей сейчас о том же - теперь мы перед своей совестью обязаны растить это в себе. Для этого он и пошел на заклание
@user-xv7gh2si5q
Вы правы!… эта песня - посвящение всем СМЕЛЫМ, ЧЕСТНЫМ, СВОБОДНЫМ!…
Анна Политковская…
Борис Немцов…
Теперь вот Алексей Навальный…
Всем, кому не смогли заткнуть рот… кто был до конца верен своим идеалам!…
💔💔💔💔💔
Слёзы
Отчаяние
Безысходность
До коле?!?!?!?