“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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Не быць скотам!
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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Свой, тутэйшы!
Чаго хочаш?
Долi лепшай!
Якой долi?
Хлеба, солi!
Чаго болей?
Зямлi, волi!
Прыпеў:
Хлеба, солi!
Зямлi, волi!
Хлеба, солi!
Зямлi, волi!
Дзе нарадзiўся?
У сваёй вёсцы!
Дзе хрысцiўся?
Пры дарожцы!
Чым асвенчан?
Кроўю, потам!
Чым быць хочаш?
Не быць скотам!
Прыпеў:
Кроўю, потам!
Не быць скотам!
Кроўю, потам!
Не быць скотам!
Хто ты гэткi?
Свой, тутэйшы!
Чаго хочаш?
Долi лепшай!
Якой долi?
Хлеба, солi!
Чаго болей?
Зямлi, волi!
Прыпеў:
Хлеба, солi!
Зямлi, волi!
Кроўю, потам!
Не быць скотам!
Хлеба, солi!
Зямлi, волi!
Кроўю, потам!
Не быць скотам!
Не быць скотам!
Не быць скотам!
Не быць скотам!
Не быць скотам!
Не быць скотам!
Не быць скотам!
The lyrics of Ляпис Трубецкой's song Не быць скотам! (Don't Be Cattle) convey a sense of pride in one's roots and a desire for a better life. The singer asks who the listener is, and responds that they are a local, asking what they want in life, to which the answer is a better fate - bread, salt, land, and freedom. The chorus repeats these desires in a rhythmic and insistent manner, driving home the importance of these basic human needs. The second verse delves into the singer's personal history, explaining that they were born in their village and baptized on the roadside, and that they are consecrated by blood and sweat. The singer then declares that they want to be more than just an animal, rejecting the idea of being cattle and calling for the listener to do the same.
The song's lyrics are powerful in their simplicity, preaching the basic human desire for sustenance, safety, and autonomy. The repetition of the chorus emphasizes the importance of these desires, creating a sense of solidarity among those who share them. The use of the term "cattle" to describe those who do not strive for something more echoes the Marxist idea of forced labor and the oppression of the working class.
Line by Line Meaning
Хто ты гэткi?
Who are you?
Свой, тутэйшы!
I am a local.
Чаго хочаш?
What do you want?
Долi лепшай!
A better fate!
Якой долi?
What kind of fate?
Хлеба, солi!
Bread, salt!
Чаго болей?
But what else?
Зямлi, волi!
Land and freedom!
Прыпеў:
Chorus:
Хлеба, солi!
Bread, salt!
Зямлi, волi!
Land and freedom!
Хлеба, солi!
Bread, salt!
Зямлi, волi!
Land and freedom!
Дзе нарадзiўся?
Where were you born?
У сваёй вёсцы!
In my village!
Дзе хрысцiўся?
Where were you baptized?
Пры дарожцы!
By the roadside!
Чым асвенчан?
What are you anointed with?
Кроўю, потам!
Blood and sweat!
Чым быць хочаш?
What do you want to be?
Не быць скотам!
Not to be cattle!
Прыпеў:
Chorus:
Кроўю, потам!
Blood and sweat!
Не быць скотам!
Not to be cattle!
Кроўю, потам!
Blood and sweat!
Не быць скотам!
Not to be cattle!
Хто ты гэткi?
Who are you?
Свой, тутэйшы!
I am a local.
Чаго хочаш?
What do you want?
Долi лепшай!
A better fate!
Якой долi?
What kind of fate?
Хлеба, солi!
Bread, salt!
Чаго болей?
But what else?
Зямлi, волi!
Land and freedom!
Прыпеў:
Chorus:
Хлеба, солi!
Bread, salt!
Зямлi, волi!
Land and freedom!
Кроўю, потам!
Blood and sweat!
Не быць скотам!
Not to be cattle!
Хлеба, солi!
Bread, salt!
Зямлi, волi!
Land and freedom!
Кроўю, потам!
Blood and sweat!
Не быць скотам!
Not to be cattle!
Не быць скотам!
Not to be cattle!
Не быць скотам!
Not to be cattle!
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@oywatelwieslaw60
"Kto ty jesteś?" wiersz Janka Kupały z 1908 roku (tytuł oryginału - "Хто ты гэткі?") w interpretacji grupy BRUTTO.
— Swój, tutejszy.
Czego pragniesz?
— Doli lepszej.
Jakiej doli?
— Chleba, soli.
Czegóż więcej?
— Wolności, roli.
Gdzieś rodzony?
— W mojej wiosce.
Gdzie ochrzczony?
— Tam, przy dróżce.
Czym święcony?
— Krwią i potem.
A kim chcesz być?
— Nie być bydłem...
@HiroNakamuraUA
Михалок столько сказал, столько сделал и столько пострадал, пока все молчали, что он заслужил свою тишину теперь. Он почему живёт теперь в Украине? Не в Испании, США или где-нибудь в Индии со своими новыми идеологиями. А в Украине. Рядом с домом. Но не дома. Когда его лишили дома, где были все те, кто требует от него криков теперь? Он поднимал свой народ годами, а теперь ваша очередь.
@jockeyspace9487
Найкращий, і найадекватніший коментар.
@user-pw6gg6vl1f
Падпісваюся пад КОЖНЫМ Вашым словам! Бо сёння гэта ўжо не насельніцтва! ГЭТА- НАРОД!!!!
@romanzm6427
согласен
@Sergtor
т.е. вот даже слова по этому поводу сказать не может? в Украине он потому, что в Европе у него нет аудитории. К сожалению, Михалок разочаровал
@olegolegov7786
@Sergii Torgonskyi он же сказал, и даже показал как. Ну и?... Сотня тыщ в Минске не "смогла" открыть" тюрьму с политзаключёнными, а потом уже на Окрестине какие-то "волонтёры" умоляли, чтоб не шумели-не хлопали, иначе мол бить ещё сильнее за забором будут сидельцев. Сотня тыщ боятся потревожить десяток мусоров за забором. И вас ещё после этого Михалок разочаровал?...
@helenamikhaylovna7476
Тот, кто поет такие песни, по-настоящему любит свой народ!
Браво, Ляпис!
@viktortroshev1053
Ну да национализм он про свободу землю ))))
@user-se7cm2uq2i
@Vas Vas из-за того что на родной мове запел?)
@rogersmith1386
@Денис Ткаченко сейчас бы боту усатого выродка отвечать