“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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02 Ранетое Сердце
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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Завтра утречком улечу на юг"
Мол, я девочка, сера-уточка,
А любовь у нас была шуточка.
Мол, гуляли мы, чувства тратили,
А теперь, малыш, беги к приятелям,
Погоняй сачком красавиц-бабочек,
Иль насобирай альбомчик марочек.
А чо чо чо чо чо чо чо чо,
Ранетое сердце бьется так горячо...
А чо чо чо чо чо чо чо чо,
У меня не жизнь, у меня не жизнь, у меня не жизнь,
А Абы Чо - уан, ту, фри,
Абы Чо - фор, файв, сикс,
Абы Чо - эйт, найн, тэн,
Абы Чо - илэвэн, твэлв!
.
Говоришь, что плохо я целуюся,
Это ничего - потренируемся,
Говоришь, немодно одеваюсь я,
Милая, ведь я исправляюся!
Говоришь, что очень несерьезный я,
А неровен час - приключится дитя,
Не на что ему будет куфаек купить,
Мол, с таким, как я, негативно жить!
А чо чо чо чо чо чо чо чо,
Ранетое сердце бьется так горячо...
А чо чо чо чо чо чо чо чо,
У меня не жизнь, у меня не жизнь, у меня не жизнь,
А Абы Чо - уан, ту, фри,
Абы Чо - фор, файв, сикс,
Абы Чо - эйт, найн, тэн,
Абы Чо - илэвэн, твэлв!
.
Улетаешь - что ж, дорога скатертью!
Я тебе во след ругнусь матерно!
С кем хотишь цалуйся, с кем хотишь гуляй,
С кем хотишь дитю фуфайки покупай.
Вспомнишь ты не раз мою фамилию,
Мой подарочек - желту лилию,
Молодость один раз случается,
Кто плюет в любовь - тому взыскается.
А Абы Чо - уан, ту, фри,
Абы Чо - фор, файв, сикс,
Абы Чо - эйт, найн, тэн,
Абы Чо - илэвэн, твэлв!
А Абы Чо - уан, ту, фри,
Абы Чо - фор, файв, сикс,
Абы Чо - эйт, найн, тэн,
Абы Чо - илэвэн, твэлв!
The Ляпис Трубецкой's song Ранетое Сердце is about a man being dumped by his girlfriend who tells him that their love was just a joke, that she's leaving, and that he should go hang out with his friends and catch butterflies to soothe his pain. The first verse sets up the situation with the girlfriend leaving and the second verse responds to her criticisms of the singer's behavior by promising to change and pointing out that life is short and love should be cherished. The chorus repeats the phrase "ранетое сердце бьется так горячо" (the wounded heart beats so hotly) and is accompanied by a wildly upbeat and frenetic melody that reinforces the conflicting emotions of the singer.
The overall tone of the song is one of defiance mixed with heartache, as the singer tries to cover up his pain by making sarcastic comments ("с таким, как я, негативно жить!" - "It's negative to live with someone like me!") and refusing to let his ex-girlfriend get the best of him. The use of the phrase "Абы Чо" in the chorus (which means "whatever" or "anything goes") adds to this feeling of rebellion against the norm.
Line by Line Meaning
Ты шепнула мне: "Извини, мой друг,
You whispered to me, "Sorry, my friend,
Завтра утречком улечу на юг"
I'll leave for the South tomorrow morning."
Мол, я девочка, сера-уточка,
Like, I'm just a little girl,
А любовь у нас была шуточка.
And our love was just a joke.
Мол, гуляли мы, чувства тратили,
Like, we were just hanging out, wasting feelings,
А теперь, малыш, беги к приятелям,
So now, baby, go to your friends,
Погоняй сачком красавиц-бабочек,
Catch some beautiful butterflies with your net,
Иль насобирай альбомчик марочек.
Or collect stamps in your album.
А чо чо чо чо чо чо чо чо,
And whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever whatever,
Ранетое сердце бьется так горячо...
My wounded heart beats so hotly...
Говоришь, что плохо я целуюся,
You say I'm bad at kissing,
Это ничего - потренируемся,
But that's okay, we'll practice.
Говоришь, немодно одеваюсь я,
You say I'm not fashionable enough,
Милая, ведь я исправляюся!
But darling, I'm getting better!
Говоришь, что очень несерьезный я,
You say I'm very frivolous,
А неровен час - приключится дитя,
But any moment, adventure can strike,
Не на что ему будет куфаек купить,
He won't have the money to buy cookies,
Мол, с таким, как я, негативно жить!
Like, living with someone like me is negative!
Улетаешь - что ж, дорога скатертью!
You're flying away - well, good riddance!
Я тебе во след ругнусь матерно!
I'll curse at you loudly from behind!
С кем хотишь цалуйся, с кем хотишь гуляй,
Kiss whoever you want, hang out with whoever you want,
С кем хотишь дитю фуфайки покупай.
Buy baby clothes with whoever you want.
Вспомнишь ты не раз мою фамилию,
You'll remember my last name more than once,
Мой подарочек - желту лилию,
My present to you was a yellow lily,
Молодость один раз случается,
Youth only happens once,
Кто плюет в любовь - тому взыскается.
Whoever spits on love will be punished.
А Абы Чо - уан, ту, фри,
And whatever - one, two, three,
Абы Чо - фор, файв, сикс,
Whatever - four, five, six,
Абы Чо - эйт, найн, тэн,
Whatever - eight, nine, ten,
Абы Чо - илэвэн, твэлв!
Whatever - eleven, twelve!
А Абы Чо - уан, ту, фри,
And whatever - one, two, three,
Абы Чо - фор, файв, сикс,
Whatever - four, five, six,
Абы Чо - эйт, найн, тэн,
Whatever - eight, nine, ten,
Абы Чо - илэвэн, твэлв!
Whatever - eleven, twelve!
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