“We came from the underground and became popular with our pop-culture parodies. One day to my horror I realized that our group has become similar to the objects of our parodies and mockery. We were starting to merge with all those pop-star crowd, but I’m not one of them and never wanted to be,” - Sergey Mikhalok, the band’s leader says. He admits that it wasn’t so easy to give up the show business game and become independent once again.
According to him, “it was very difficult to get our true essence back on top. And the thing wasn’t about any contracts. We had to overcome public opinion and, most importantly, set our own minds free. At first, my internal discomfort from the gap between the authentic “Lyapis Trubetskoy” and its public image was relieved by hard drinking and other stuff, but when my weight peaked at 110 kilograms and my mind was about to collapse, I gave up everything, lost 25 kilograms and started to play the music I like.”
“Capital” is the second independent album by “Lyapis Trubetskoy” after the “Zoloty’ye yaytsy” (“Golden Balls”) created in 2004 under heavy reggae and ska influence. “While working on “Zoloty’ye yaytsy” we didn’t understand what to do with our independence. As a result there were some reflex attempts to score a radio hit with “Rain’ka” or “Pochtal’iony” (“Postmen”), - Sergey Mikhalok says. – But this wasn’t the biggest problem. The whole album was overproduced, we tried to mix too many styles, musical instruments and sounds in it. So, we paid too much attention to the form instead of the essence. We were in need of a real professional who could tell us what was good and what was too much.”
That is why searching for a sound producer was one of the main tasks while working on “Capital”. At some point the band wanted to record their album in London, in the hometown the legendary British ska-band “Madness” (one of Mihalok’s favourites). When almost everything was ready for that, a chance interfered. At a concert in Kiev “Lyapis Trubetskoy” met a famous Ukrainian sound producer Vitaliy Telezin. He worked with “Okean El’zi”, “Brat’ia Grim” and other top Ukrainian/Russian artists. But it wasn’t the thing that attracted Mikhalok and his friends.
“We are from the same generation with him, we had common world outlook, we liked the same music. And it was the music we wanted to record on our new album. I don’t want to offend anyone, but, roughly speaking, for our band he is the first studio guy who didn’t need explanations about what is California wave or how “Green Day” and “Offspring” make their sound,” - Mikhalok says.
And this combination has worked perfectly well. Now it’s already clear that the new album will mean to the band and its fans no less than the legendary “Ty kinula” (“You Gave Me Up”) in 1998 and will give a rise to the new popularity wave for “Lyapis Trubetskoy”. Still, according to Sergey Mikhalok, the ideology of both the new album and the present group is different from what used to be in the years between these two landmarks. He says: “When I started my career I used to write songs that changed me and the world around me, but later I began to create stuff, that didn’t have influence either on me or the world around. At best those songs could be a soundtrack for some wedding or birthday. And what is horrible at some point I even used to be proud of that. But now I have come back to what everything started from – to a mix of biting satire and powerful chords.”
Video clips have played an important role in the album presentation. The first clip for the song “Hare” (“Enough”), a cheerful wedding trash-video, was filmed by a famous actor and new wave director Vladimir Epifantsev. The second clip, animation video “Capital”, which has become a real Internet sensation, was made by Aleksey Terekhov, co-author of the legendary “Au” (1998) and “Rozochka” (1999) videos. "Capital" has hardly appeared on TV, but has already won several prizes and got a lot of nominations on the different video & music festivals in Russia, Belarus, Portugal and so on.
Frontman Siarhei Mikhalok anounced mid-March 2014 that the group would ceased to exist the next 1 September.
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Некрасавица
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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Отвергал категорично, а теперь поверил,
Ведь без чуда колдоства не могло б случиться,
Что б мой лучший корефан, в такую мог влюбиться,
Околдовала пацана, девка некрасавица,
И от этого его вся родня печалиться.
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
Слушает одну попсу, ест без хлеба колбасу...
А паренек козырный был, но любовь безглазая,
Колдовством своим связала, с жабой пучеглазою,
Зелье приворотное сердце замутило
Тыква огородная голову сменила
Околдовала пацана девка некрасавица,
И от этого его вся родня печалиться.
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
Слушает одну попсу, носит хвост, а не косу,
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
Слушает одну попсу, ест без хлеба колбасу...
Хоп-хоп-хоп...
Хоп-хоп-хоп...
Околдовала пацана девка некрасавица,
И от этого его вся родня печалиться.
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
Слушает одну попсу, носит хвост, а не косу,
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
Слушает одну попсу, ест без хлеба колбасу...
Колбасу, колбасу, колбасу...
The lyrics of Ляпис Трубецкой's song "Некрасавица" tell the story of a young man who falls in love with a girl who is not conventionally attractive. At first, the singer doesn't believe in magic and rejects the idea. But he eventually realizes that something magical must have happened for him to fall in love with the girl, whom he describes as a "necrovamp." Despite her unconventional appearance, he is enchanted by her and his family is saddened by this.
The lyrics also touch upon the girl's characteristics and behaviors that are considered unusual or unconventional. She has a peculiar figure, listens to one type of popular music, and has an eccentric hairstyle. The song portrays her as someone who doesn't conform to societal norms but still captivates the singer with her unique qualities.
The chorus repeats the idea that the girl has enchanted the young man, and it reiterates his family's disapproval, emphasizing that it is not just her appearance but also her choices and habits that they find troubling.
Overall, "Некрасавица" explores the theme of unconventional beauty and challenges societal expectations of attractiveness, suggesting that true love can transcend conventional standards.
Line by Line Meaning
Что скажу ребята, в магию не верил,
Let me tell you, guys, I never believed in magic,
Отвергал категорично, а теперь поверил,
I categorically rejected it, but now I believe,
Ведь без чуда колдоства не могло б случиться,
Because without the magic of sorcery, it couldn't have happened,
Что б мой лучший корефан, в такую мог влюбиться,
That my best mate could fall in love with such a girl,
Околдовала пацана, девка некрасавица,
She bewitched the guy, an unattractive girl,
И от этого его вся родня печалиться.
And because of this, his whole family is saddened.
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
If only it was just her figure, but she's also dumb,
Слушает одну попсу, носит хвост, а не косу,
She only listens to mainstream music, wears a tail instead of a braid,
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
If only it was just her figure, but she's also dumb,
Слушает одну попсу, ест без хлеба колбасу...
She only listens to mainstream music, eats sausage without bread...
А паренек козырный был, но любовь безглазая,
And the guy was a show-off, but love is blind,
Колдовством своим связала, с жабой пучеглазою,
She bound him with her sorcery, with a cross-eyed toad,
Зелье приворотное сердце замутило
A love potion messed up his heart
Тыква огородная голову сменила
A pumpkin from the vegetable garden replaced his head
Хоп-хоп-хоп...
Hop-hop-hop...
Околдовала пацана девка некрасавица,
She bewitched the guy, an unattractive girl,
И от этого его вся родня печалиться.
And because of this, his whole family is saddened.
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
If only it was just her figure, but she's also dumb,
Слушает одну попсу, носит хвост, а не косу,
She only listens to mainstream music, wears a tail instead of a braid,
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
If only it was just her figure, but she's also dumb,
Слушает одну попсу, ест без хлеба колбасу...
She only listens to mainstream music, eats sausage without bread...
Хоп-хоп-хоп...
Hop-hop-hop...
Околдовала пацана девка некрасавица,
She bewitched the guy, an unattractive girl,
И от этого его вся родня печалиться.
And because of this, his whole family is saddened.
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
If only it was just her figure, but she's also dumb,
Слушает одну попсу, носит хвост, а не косу,
She only listens to mainstream music, wears a tail instead of a braid,
Да ладно бы с фигурою, а то дура дурою,
If only it was just her figure, but she's also dumb,
Слушает одну попсу, ест без хлеба колбасу...
She only listens to mainstream music, eats sausage without bread...
Колбасу, колбасу, колбасу...
Sausage, sausage, sausage...
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Alexey Antonovych
Пацаны это огонь, категорически!!!!!! Третий день слушаю, не могу остановиться...
александр семененко
Аналогично.
Юра К
@александр семененко Ф
максон
Обожаю раннего Ляписа! Огонь!
Дмитрий Соловьёв
Моя сестра надолго запомнила эту песню когда она вышла, ведь на тот момент родители разрешали ей есть колбасу без хлеба 😂
Nadezhda Vedernikova
Сколько слушала Ляписа Трубецкого , но эту песню слышу в первый раз . 👍
Светлана Усынина
Ох, сколько ж ты времени потеряла ...
Ганста Гусь
Ранний ляпис талантище !
Сергей Антохин
В точку попали ! Как обычно от души !
Анастасия Бондаренко
Супер! Ностальгия ))