“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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Огоньки
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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Розовые свинки пьяные на санках.
Мандарины на снегу рассыпал кто-то,
Вокруг ёлок скоморохи в хороводы
Огоньки,
Снеговичок заплакал, устал.
Огоньки,
Грустные вороны, битые игрушки,
Девочки в коронах, мальчики-зверюшки,
А морковку два пьянтоса утянули.
Огоньки в холодной луже утонули.
Огоньки,
Снеговичок заплакал, устал.
Огоньки,
Вот дурачок, растаял, пропал.
Огоньки,
Снеговичок заплакал, устал.
Огоньки,
Вот дурачок, растаял, пропал.
Огоньки,
Снеговичок заплакал, устал.
Огоньки,
Вот дурачок, растаял, пропал.
Растаял, пропал.
Растаял, пропал...
The lyrics of "Огоньки" by Ляпис Трубецкой paint a picture of a winter evening filled with various scenes happening around a Christmas tree. The first verse speaks of melting snowflakes on the garlands, drunken pigs on sleds, and spilled tangerines on the snow. The second verse mentions sad crows, broken toys, girls in crowns, and boys in animal costumes. The chorus repeatedly sings about "Огоньки" (little lights), and how the snowman has become tired and has started to cry, and how a fool has melted away and disappeared. The last stanza repeats this idea, emphasizing the finality of the snowman's disappearance.
The song seems to have a nostalgic and melancholic perception towards winter festivities, rather than a cheerful or celebratory one. The focus is on the objects and beings that have been left behind or ruined, painting a picture of decay, impermanence, and loss. The snowman is used as a metaphor for innocence and playfulness, and how it easily succumbs to the passage of time, incapable of holding or keeping the joy and hope of the season.
Interestingly, the lyrics of "Огоньки" can also be interpreted as a social commentary on the state of Belarus, the homeland of the band. The pigs on sleds are thought to represent the communist regime that drained the resources of the country, and the broken toys allude to the failed promises of the government. The melancholic tone suggests a longing for change and progress, and a frustration with the current state of affairs.
Line by Line Meaning
Глупые снежинки тают на гирляндах,
Innocent snowflakes are melting on the garlands,
Розовые свинки пьяные на санках.
Drunk pink pigs on sleighs.
Мандарины на снегу рассыпал кто-то,
Someone spilled mandarins on the snow,
Вокруг ёлок скоморохи в хороводы
Mummers are dancing around the Christmas trees
Огоньки,
Lights,
Снеговичок заплакал, устал.
The snowman cried and got tired.
Огоньки,
Lights,
Вот дурачок, растаял, пропал.
Here's the fool, melted and disappeared.
Грустные вороны, битые игрушки,
Sad crows, broken toys,
Девочки в коронах, мальчики-зверюшки,
Girls with crowns, boys like little animals,
А морковку два пьянтоса утянули.
Two drunkards stole a carrot.
Огоньки в холодной луже утонули.
Lights drowned in a cold puddle.
Огоньки,
Lights,
Снеговичок заплакал, устал.
The snowman cried and got tired.
Огоньки,
Lights,
Вот дурачок, растаял, пропал.
Here's the fool, melted and disappeared.
Огоньки,
Lights,
Снеговичок заплакал, устал.
The snowman cried and got tired.
Огоньки,
Lights,
Вот дурачок, растаял, пропал.
Here's the fool, melted and disappeared.
Растаял, пропал.
Melted away, disappeared.
Растаял, пропал...
Melted away, disappeared...
Contributed by Keira M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@DVfromDV
Мир, братья, мiр браты, мир брати, бейбітшілік, бауырлар, тынчтык, туугандар. Поддержите, украинцы, кыргызы, казахи, русские! Не должны мы воевать друг с другом!
@Toommm83
руские не братья , руские убийцы
@user-pi3fi6hn2k
Воистину брат,но от нас мало что зависит!
@almanzorzorro
@Александр Шапкин от нас всё зависит. Но мы ничего не делаем
@dayane8102
Свои убивают своих
@user-rn5xs4sb8i
Объединиться бы и снести нахер всех пидокрыс наверху...
@maki_donsky
Вроде не пьяный, а чет реву не могу... что то так грустно стало. Вспомнилось детство, родители молодые. Все такое доброе, светлое. Но все уже позади, детство не вернуть... Берегите родителей
@user-sz4vy5jk3m
Потому что живой!!!
@user-ii2xm2ff6h
👍👍👍
@user-be4zv9wr8g
Да,это ты верно подметил.Куда-то плывём,каждый сам по себе......только вот куда и к чему.....?