“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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Русалки
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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бокал мой опустел, ты рядом не со мною
холодною рукою тебя волна укрыла
бездонною тоской укутала-пленила
и пены и кораллы твоей красой дивились
как будто женихи среди волос резвились
и ветер замолчал. ты там, а не со мною
там
там
там
там
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
нет горя и печали, голодные утесы
возьмите мою боль, возьмите мои слезы
бездонную тоску собою разукрашу
пускай они поют, а мы с тобою спляшем
там
там
там
там
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
там, где русалки поют
The song "Русалки" by Ляпис Трубецкой (Lapis Trubetskoy) explores themes of longing, loss, and the solace that can be found in a mythical world. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a narrator who has experienced heartbreak and is now separated from their loved one. The opening lines, "моя звезда упала за линию прибоя" (my star fell beyond the surf line), sets the scene of a desolate and empty feeling. The mention of an empty glass and the absence of the person they desire further amplifies this sense of loneliness.
The singer describes how the waves and the coldness envelop their loved one, leaving them apart. The imagery of the foam and corals admiring their beauty underscores their desirability, as if suitors play among their hair. The absence of their presence causes the sun to weep and the wind to fall silent.
The repetition of the word "там" (there) throughout the song signals a longing for a different place, a place where mermaids sing. This place represents a refuge from sorrow and hunger. The singer expresses a willingness to offer their pain and tears to be colored by endless longing. They long for a place where mermaids sing, where there is no sorrow or sadness, and where they can dance together with their loved one.
Overall, "Русалки" captures the deep anguish of separation and the yearning for a mythical escape where one can find solace and happiness.
Line by Line Meaning
моя звезда упала за линию прибоя
My star fell beyond the line of the shore
бокал мой опустел, ты рядом не со мною
My glass is empty, you are not beside me
холодною рукою тебя волна укрыла
With a cold hand, the wave covered you
бездонною тоской укутала-пленила
With boundless longing, it embraced and captured you
и пены и кораллы твоей красой дивились
And the foam and coral admired your beauty
как будто женихи среди волос резвились
As if suitors were frolicking in your hair
а солнце без тебя расплакалось росою
And the sun wept with dew without you
и ветер замолчал. ты там, а не со мною
And the wind fell silent. You are there, not with me
там
there
там
there
там
there
там
there
там, где русалки поют
there, where mermaids sing
нет горя и печали, голодные утесы
There is no sorrow or sadness, only hungry cliffs
возьмите мою боль, возьмите мои слезы
Take my pain, take my tears
бездонную тоску собою разукрашу
I will color the boundless longing within me
пускай они поют, а мы с тобою спляшем
Let them sing, and we will dance together
там
there
там
there
там
there
там
there
там, где русалки поют
there, where mermaids sing
там
there
там
there
там
there
там
there
там, где русалки поют
there, where mermaids sing
там
there
там
there
там
there
там
there
там, где русалки поют
there, where mermaids sing
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klygan16
Я когда первый раз услышала, поразилась.. Вот кто бы ожидал такой лирики от автора "Грай" и соавтора "НЕ быць скотом"?
Ляписы были незабываемы в свой самобытности.. Жаль, что канули туда где Русалки поют...
зы.сы. и жаль видео нет на эту композицию(
Something Bad
да, жаль, очень жаль что ляпис встал не на ту дорожку...
Самат Нагметов
Супер голос. ЛП, ты навсегда в нашем сердце и фонотеке.
Олег Матюхин
Обожаю ляписа, особенно старое!
Davin
Лет 20 слушаю Ляписа, но Брутто это уже не то
Руслан Умиров
Нормально поют