“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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Харэ
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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Девочки устали, им хочется спать.
Яркие фонарики перегорели.
Светомузыка, хватит мигать.
Шнурочек к шнурочку, к колоночке колонка.
Выключь микрофончик, звукорежиссер.
Мы так хохотали, весело и громко.
Все, ребята, харэ,
Отработали лавэ.
"Сёдня" было пати - мордами в салате,
На столе уснула рыжая герла.
На полу окурки, следы от штукатурки.
Охранники помяли какого-то козла.
Все, ребята, харэ,
Отработали лавэ.
Мы так старались, пели и кривлялись.
Вы нас простите если что не так.
Мы так старались, очень волновались.
Мы верим было четко, было все ништяк!
Все, ребята, харэ,
Отработали лавэ.
The song "Харэ" by Ляпис Трубецкой talks about the end of a holiday party where the boys are asking to keep the energy up, but the girls are tired and want to go to bed. The bright lights have burned out, and the sound system should be turned off. The partygoers had a good time, but now it is time to call it a day. The language used in the song is informal Russian, including the title, which translates to "That's Enough." The party mentioned in the song was messy, with cigarette butts and plaster marks on the floor, and even a girl who fell asleep on the table. However, it's clear that the partygoers had a great time, singing and dancing despite their exhaustion.
The song reflects the band's punk-rock and reggae influences, with fast beats and clever lyrics that speak to a younger audience. It also touches upon the themes of youth, freedom, and carefree attitude, which many listeners could identify with. The language used is straightforward and expressive, making the song accessible to a wider audience. The chorus, "Все, ребята, харэ," is catchy and memorable, while also summing up the song's message of a fun-filled but overdone party coming to an end.
Line by Line Meaning
Мальчики давайте поживее:
Hey guys, let's keep it lively:
Девочки устали, им хочется спать.
Girls are tired and want to sleep.
Яркие фонарики перегорели.
Bright flashlights have burned out.
Светомузыка, хватит мигать.
Light music, enough of flashing.
Шнурочек к шнурочку, к колоночке колонка.
String to string, column to column.
Выключь микрофончик, звукорежиссер.
Turn off the microphone, sound engineer.
Мы так хохотали, весело и громко.
We laughed so loudly and cheerfully.
Холидэй закончен вызывай мотор.
The holiday is over, call the engine.
Все, ребята, харэ,
That's it guys, stop,
Отработали лавэ.
We've done our job.
"Сёдня" было пати - мордами в салате,
Today was a party - faces in the salad,
На столе уснула рыжая герла.
A red-haired girl fell asleep on the table.
На полу окурки, следы от штукатурки.
Cigarette butts on the floor, plaster traces.
Охранники помяли какого-то козла.
Security guards beat up some guy.
Мы так старались, пели и кривлялись.
We tried so hard, singing and dancing.
Вы нас простите если что не так.
Forgive us if something went wrong.
Мы так старались, очень волновались.
We tried so hard and were very nervous.
Мы верим было четко, было все ништяк!
We believe it was clear and everything was great!
Contributed by Connor B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Василика
Текст - описание конца всех вечеринок с алкоголем и корпоративов. Были же времена!
полиночка
Любимая песня моего детства
Sasha Fizik
Потрясающе!
1:35
Andrey Ghost
Классный клип, надеюсь у "свидетеля" свадьбы все хорошо сейчас в жизни.
𝙳𝙸𝙼𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙽71
Всё збсь,это я 😉🔥🤟
Сергей Фролов
@𝙳𝙸𝙼𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙽71 да хорош! Это я! И в жизни у меня всё хорошо! Чего и всем желаю!))
𝙳𝙸𝙼𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙽71
@Сергей Фролов 😂 лаааднооо, будь им, раз уж так хочется 😂🤟😂
Татьяна Бегунова
Это одина из любимых песе моего папы😭😭😭😭 но его уже 2 года нет😭😭😭😭😭воспомиания
Ванечка Безхлебняк
Моего папы тоже любимая песня
Darth Vader
Съёмка полнометражного фильма была лишь вопросом времени. В итоге получилось Горько!