“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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12 обезьян
Ляпис Трубецкой Lyrics
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Принимаешь с Космоса эфир, радугой цветной, серебрянным дождем!
Ангелы играют на трубе, торжественно звучат мажорные лады!
Ты веришь в независимый Тибет, латинский коммунизм и Райские сады!
Молодость и радость!
Ты главный партизан!
Анархия и ярость!
Двенадцать обезьян!>
Ты веришь, что звезда в твоей руке способна разбудить горячие сердца!
Город Чевенгур на золотом песке - хрустальная мечта идейного борца!
Маленький Гаврош, наивный принц, для тебя борьба, как карнавал!
Ты искал свободу без границ, ты на баррикадах пел и танцевал!
Молодость и радость!
Ты главный партизан!
Анархия и ярость!
Двенадцать обезьян!
The song "12 обезьян" by Ляпис Трубецкой is a rebellious and optimistic anthem about the desire to change the world and the belief in oneself as a powerful force for good. The lyrics describe a person who dreams of changing the crazy world we live in and feels like a magical king who can do anything. This person imagines receiving a colorful rainbow and silver rain from the cosmos, and angels playing triumphant trumpet melodies in major keys. They believe in an independent Tibet, Latin communism, and heavenly gardens, showing their belief in various forms of idealistic utopias.
The chorus of the song emphasizes the themes of youthful passion and joy, anarchy and rage, and features the phrase "twelve monkeys." This phrase may refer to the idea of a group of rebels, fighting together for a common goal, or perhaps to the popular movie of the same name, which features a group of monkeys as central characters. The song talks about the power of belief in oneself, and how a person can change the world with their ideas and actions. The lyrics also reference other symbols of hope and resistance, such as a star in one's hand that can awaken warm hearts, and the city of Chevengur on golden sand, which represents a crystal dream of an idealistic fighter.
Overall, the song is an anthem of youthful idealism, hope, and rebellion, with a driving beat and catchy melody that encourage listeners to join in with the optimistic message.
Line by Line Meaning
Мечтаешь изменить безумный мир, чувствуешь себя волшебным королем!
Ты мечтаешь о том, чтобы изменить сумасшедший мир и чувствуешь себя великим правителем.
Принимаешь с Космоса эфир, радугой цветной, серебрянным дождем!
Ты принимаешь магическую силу из вселенной, обволакивающую тебя цветным светом и серебряным дождем.
Ангелы играют на трубе, торжественно звучат мажорные лады!
Ты слышишь звуки ангельской трубы и торжественные мажорные аккорды.
Ты веришь в независимый Тибет, латинский коммунизм и Райские сады!
Ты веришь в идею независимого Тибета, латинской коммунизма и Райских садов.
Молодость и радость!
Твоя молодость наполнена радостью!
Ты главный партизан!
Ты являешься главным партизаном!
Анархия и ярость!
Ты испытываешь анархию и ярость!
Двенадцать обезьян!
Ты представляешь мощь двенадцати обезьян!
Ты веришь, что звезда в твоей руке способна разбудить горячие сердца!
Ты веришь, что ты обладаешь силой надвигнуть на человечество оживление и возвышение сердец!
Город Чевенгур на золотом песке - хрустальная мечта идейного борца!
Город Чевенгур, раскинувшийся на золотом песке, является хрустальной мечтой идеологической борьбы!
Маленький Гаврош, наивный принц, для тебя борьба, как карнавал!
Борьба для тебя - это как карнавал, маленький Гаврош, благородный принц, наивный и чистый душой!
Ты искал свободу без границ, ты на баррикадах пел и танцевал!
Ты искал свободу без ограничений и на баррикадах ты пел и танцевал!
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