“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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Товарищ
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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С юга вернулись птицы, скучно им за границей.
Летают аэропланы, гудят подъёмные краны.
Бабушка внуку печёт блины, всё хорошо - дождались весны.
Не грусти, товарищ, китайцы уже возле Луны.
В космосе - мир, в космосе - труд,
В космосе - май и нету войны.
Ракета на старте дышит огнём,
Welcome to space, звёзды зовут!
Сразу все стали добрее, полярники бороды бреют.
И первые велосипеды по лужам торжественно едут.
И дело уже не в погоде, просто лыжи не в моде,
А в моде зонты и галоши, а ещё быть хорошим.
Не грусти, товарищ, китайцы уже возле Луны.
В космосе - мир, в космосе - труд,
В космосе - май и нету войны.
Не грусти, товарищ, всё хорошо, beautiful good.
Ракета на старте дышит огнём,
Welcome to space, звёзды зовут!
Не грусти, товарищ, китайцы уже возле Луны.
В космосе - мир, в космосе - труд,
В космосе - май и нету войны.
Не грусти, товарищ, всё хорошо, beautiful good.
Мы никому не делали зла,
Нас не забудут, нас заберут.
In this song, Ляпис Трубецкой sings about the return of spring and the positive changes that come with it. Children are singing about the sunshine, birds have returned from their migration, and even airplanes and construction cranes are bustling about. The singer encourages his “comrade” not to be sad because the Chinese are already on their way to the moon. In space, there is peace, work, and no war. The singer also mentions polar explorers shaving their beards and first bicycles riding through puddles. The weather is no longer important; instead, it’s all about having a good attitude, wearing umbrellas and galoshes, and being a good person. The song ends with the singer declaring that we have done no harm to anyone and that we won’t be forgotten when we’re taken away.
The song is a mix of positivity, hope, and satire. It seems to be a commentary on the common optimism that comes with the change of seasons, and the way people often forget about the problems that persist even after winter has ended. It’s an ironic call to focus on good things while acknowledging that there is still work to be done.
Line by Line Meaning
Снова поют дети про то, что солнышко светит.
Children sing again about how the sun shines.
С юга вернулись птицы, скучно им за границей.
Birds have returned from the south, they were bored abroad.
Летают аэропланы, гудят подъёмные краны.
Airplanes fly, lifting cranes hum.
Бабушка внуку печёт блины, всё хорошо - дождались весны.
Grandmother bakes pancakes for her grandson, everything is good - we have waited for spring.
Не грусти, товарищ, китайцы уже возле Луны.
Don't be sad, comrade, the Chinese are already near the moon.
В космосе - мир, в космосе - труд,
In space - peace, in space - work,
В космосе - май и нету войны.
In space - May and there is no war.
Не грусти, товарищ, всё хорошо, beautiful good.
Don't be sad, comrade, everything is beautiful good.
Ракета на старте дышит огнём,
A rocket breathes fire at launch,
Welcome to space, звёзды зовут!
Welcome to space, stars are calling!
Сразу все стали добрее, полярники бороды бреют.
Everyone immediately became kinder, polar explorers shave.
И первые велосипеды по лужам торжественно едут.
And the first bicycles solemnly ride through puddles.
И дело уже не в погоде, просто лыжи не в моде,
And it's not about the weather anymore, ski are just not in fashion,
А в моде зонты и галоши, а ещё быть хорошим.
Umbrellas and galoshes are in fashion, and also being good.
Мы никому не делали зла,
We haven't done any harm to anyone,
Нас не забудут, нас заберут.
They won't forget us, they will take us away.
Contributed by Julia D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Влад Хуйплетко
за что дизы ?
Юрий Николаевич ' 77.
@Тарас Гурба Почему не в рядах всу?
Тарас Гурба
@Дэн чик У вас росиян талант наживать себе врагов на пустом месте Уже дажэ Казахстан от дружбы с вами к Китаю сбежал
Ø.
@Дэн чик ты прав, но это раннее творчество. Альбом "Капитал" навсегда в сердце, не смотря ни на что!
Артем Федоров
Трек просто ох ...н он позитивен он мелодично он просто зажигает своей энергией !!!! Но как всегда не уместные стихи с политическим подтекстом всё испортили бл..ь !!
Oleg Danzig
Привет тебе )) наша энергия рядом Забароненнае Вечна !! )) Маладосць подач ( забаронена )) Ра
зам за Беларусь !!