Led by singer Ilya Lagutenko (Илья Лагутенко), who formed the first version of the band in 1981, as a garage band project in Vladivostok. The band Мумий Тролль was officially formed in 1983. As the Soviet Union collapsed, Lagutenko temporarily left music behind to work in the UK and China (he is fluent in both Mandarin and English). Upon their first proper release, Morskaya (Морская, Nautical) in 1997, the band became hugely popular in Russia. In 2001 they represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest. Since then, the band has gained popularity internationally. They toured in North America with The Agency in 2009.
To date they have released eight studio albums (one being a soundtrack for a movie), and a number of compilations.
More information in Russian and English is available on the band's website: http://www.mumiytroll.com.
RU.DA
Мумий Тролль Lyrics
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Остекленелые взгляды мира
Убийственно некрасивы.
Очерченные пунткиром дыры,
Дороги-сита.
Нас здесь и приложат,
Если добьют.
Вот уж точно никто тут не забыт,
Туда-сюда
Ру.да!
Руда одна.
Мне что ангел, что сатана,
Только бы вдувало сполна
В горло и до самого дна,
И от самого дна и до самого горла.
И, уткнувшись в окно,
Не обидно, не больно.
В куполах замигают как лазеры стразы.
Ты увидишь закат всех империй сразу.
Туда-сюда
Ру.да!
The lyrics of Мумий Тролль's song RU.DA depict a world that is crooked and damp, where the hardened looks of people are unattractive and deadly. The singer outlines the roads as snares, and the punctured holes as sights of the world. They suggest that if they are struck, they will be buried here. The singer asserts that nobody is forgotten, but everything is forgotten.
The refrain of the song is an exclamation, RU.DA! which is repeated multiple times and is open to interpretation. The singer suggests that one thing is important, and that is to breathe in, filling up to the throat, and then emptying out to the bottom. The song describes the act of looking through a window, while laser-like rhinestones shimmer in the domes, as if witnessing the sunset of all empires at once.
Overall, the lyrics of RU.DA convey an image of a world that is harsh and unforgiving, where one must take everything they can before they are buried. The refrain of RU.DA! highlights the physical act of breathing, perhaps suggesting that the only way to cope in such a world is to focus on one's own survival, one breath at a time.
Line by Line Meaning
Все криво и сыро.
Everything is crooked and damp.
Остекленелые взгляды мира
The glassy gazes of the world are lethally ugly.
Убийственно некрасивы.
Lethally unattractive.
Очерченные пунткиром дыры,
Dotted circles drawn around the holes.
Дороги-сита.
Roads are like sieves.
Нас здесь и приложат,
We are here and they will use us if they accomplish it.
Если добьют.
If they kill us.
Вот уж точно никто тут не забыт,
But nobody is forgotten here.
Но на все забито.
But everything is beaten.
Туда-сюда
Back and forth.
Ру.да!
Ro.ck!
Руда одна.
Only one ore.
Мне что ангел, что сатана,
It makes no difference to me whether it is an angel or Satan.
Только бы вдувало сполна
But as long as it blows fully.
В горло и до самого дна,
Into the throat and to the very bottom.
И от самого дна и до самого горла.
And from the very bottom to the very throat.
И, уткнувшись в окно,
And, pressing my face to the window,
Не обидно, не больно.
It is not offensive, it is not painful.
В куполах замигают как лазеры стразы.
Stones in the domes twinkle like lasers.
Ты увидишь закат всех империй сразу.
You will see the sunset of all empires at once.
Туда-сюда
Back and forth.
Ру.да!
Ro.ck!
Contributed by Jonathan H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@superkudrik9476
Шедевр, спасибо!!! Заслушано до нейронных кирпично-монолитов
@Corporation-1
музыка топ уровня, любая брит группа взяла бы в репертуар.
Браво!
Лучшие. Лучший!
@SonotRoblox
2020!!! Актуально здесь и сейчас!
@MaxScooterfan
Это просто невероятная песня, к своему сожалению (или счастью) я ее услышал только в 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@kienspeiher5142
Раньше было лучше.
@phenriquez80
I love u Mumiy Troll please come have a concert in Miami Florida 🥰
@ramms94
Офигительная вещь, особенно припев, давно такого не слышал от Мумика! Снято очень здорово, операторская работа на ПЯТЬ БАЛЛОВ. Трудно сказать что именно потрясло в клипе, наверное сочетание музыки - цветовая гамма
@user-od3iu7fy1r
+++
@user-eo9gy4ee6d
Где же моё детство😢❤
@especial0
очень изящно! и песня, и клип - прям заново их зауважала, как в 15 лет!