His releases, to date, include 7778 MrtnRvr/2 (2002) - Winter (2003) - Absorbent Kid, Pasture, Winner (2003/4) - είστε ζωή (2004/5) - Dawn of Dogs EP (2006) - Last Night I Saw A Ghost In A Hail Storm (2007) - Spring Snow EP (2008) - A Map Of Lost Causes (2009) - Cimmerian EP (2010)
Heroines influences are numerous, varied. They range from the obvious (William Basinski, Tim Hecker) to the absurd (Gorecki, Bartok)
Morning
Heroines of the U.S.S.R Lyrics
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Look up the sky
Blow on the fire
Keep your eyes wide shut
Keep your mouth wide shut
And just blame the noise
You're so sweet
But there will be no time, not for us
But there's no point of view clear enough
And it's gone
But I can't take you on anymore
And it's gone
Look what you've done
Look all of my intentions take cover into dust
Take a huge deep breath
Take what you get
And tear it down
Look at you
You slow motion
You got no notion
You, you long-shot frame
You're so sweet
But there will be no time, not for us
You're so cute
But there's no point of view clear enough
And it's gone
But I can't take you on anymore
And it's gone
Look what you've done
Look all of my intentions take cover into dust
And you're gone
Look what I've done
I'll take most of the pain
And knock it down
Knock it down
Knock it down
These lyrics from the song "Morning" by Heroines of the U.S.S.R depict a sense of longing, regret, and frustration in a relationship. The song begins with a call to make a new wish and look up at the sky, suggesting a desire for change or something better. The line "Blow on the fire" may symbolize trying to ignite or rekindle something in the relationship.
The following lines, "Keep your eyes wide shut, keep your mouth wide shut, and just blame the noise," imply a sense of denial or avoidance of the issues at hand. The singer acknowledges the sweetness and cuteness of the other person but indicates that there is no time or clear perspective for them. It's suggested that whatever connection they once had is gone and the singer can no longer continue with it.
The chorus emphasizes the consequences of their actions. The line "Look what you've done" implies that the actions or choices made by the other person have resulted in the singer's intentions being shattered and covered in dust. The lyrics continue with a plea to take a deep breath, accept what they're given, and tear it down. The phrase "slow motion" could suggest a feeling of being stuck or not progressing.
Overall, the lyrics portray a sense of disappointment and resignation in a relationship that has lost its spark. The singer acknowledges their own role in the situation and expresses a willingness to take responsibility for the pain, but also realizes that they need to let go and move on.
Line by Line Meaning
Make a brand new wish
Start fresh and hope for something new
Look up the sky
Gaze at the sky for inspiration or guidance
Blow on the fire
Fuel the passion and drive within oneself
Keep your eyes wide shut
Stay ignorant or oblivious to the truth
Keep your mouth wide shut
Silence your thoughts or opinions
And just blame the noise
Make excuses or shift blame to external factors
You're so sweet
You are kind and pleasant
But there will be no time, not for us
We won't have the opportunity to be together
You're so cute
You are adorable or charming
But there's no point of view clear enough
No perspective is distinct or significant
And it's gone
It has vanished or disappeared
But I can't take you on anymore
I cannot handle the burden or responsibility of being with you
Look what you've done
Observe the consequences or results of your actions
Look all of my intentions take cover into dust
Witness how my plans or motives have been completely ruined
Take a huge deep breath
Inhale deeply to calm down or relax
Take what you get
Accept whatever comes your way
And tear it down
Destroy or dismantle it
Look at you
Examine or consider your actions or appearance
You slow motion
You move or progress at a slow pace
You got no notion
You lack ideas or understanding
You, you long-shot frame
You, uncertain and unlikely to succeed
And you're gone
And you have departed or left
Look what I've done
Observe the consequences or results of my actions
I'll take most of the pain
I will endure the majority of the suffering
And knock it down
And overcome or defeat it
Knock it down
Defeat or crush it completely
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Filippo Ghiglione
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
sonichuizcool
To be honest. (Born 1979) I wasn't brought up to hate but that the USSR was dangerous. I remember asking my mom at like 7 or 8 "what is communism?" Her answer "everyone is the same" "you can be locked up or worse for speaking out". Remember this was the 80s.
I do know life was hard back then. I do think this documentary rides a fine line of crossing into propaganda but I also know some people experienced this... just not everyone.
I've always loved Russians. Even as a kid we had one in school everyone picked on because he barely spoke English. His family left and ended up here. I fought stood up together against the punks and quickly thumped skulls but we didnt want violence only for it to stop. We immediately became best friends and were inseparable. We were and still are brothers to this day. My family took him in just like his family took me in.
As time moved on early 2k he moved back to Russia. Every year I go to see him and he comes here to see me. Well, pre ukraine we did.
Fact for me is I've experienced russian culture. I've spent a lot of time amongst them and as hard as it is can speak the language enough to not be a pain.
The one thing I ask is please don't think all Russians have hard hearts. They don't. They want exactly what we want. To prosper and be happy. My visits and his visits have been put on ice for now and maybe forever. I do miss my friend and his wife and family over there. They are my people.
DXR
Wonderful...this film verifies everything I speculated about Russia growing up in the US and in the period of the Cold War...I always doubted the western news about Russia by around of age 10 forward, by one simple fact, they never showed me how Russian people lived so that I can compare their lives with mine. Compare my family with their’s. What their fathers were like and mothers, sisters and brothers. This documentary brought it home for me when the youngest boy in the family complained the others have all the fun and he has to stay home.
That happened to me with my older brother. When I did stay home I was a thinker, always wondering, I had nothing else to do but to go through books left around in my apartment home in NYC. How did a 10 year old boy like myself in Russia despite the Cuban Missile Crisis enjoyed life without a worry of a nuclear war? I wondered and wrote.
Did kids struggle with math as much as me..did they struggle with writing, grammar, as little as me. Russia could not all be the rigidity seen of the Communist Party Officials on the evening news there had to be something about Russia that attracted people to agree with its as a country so opposite to mine. You could not find anything that revealed the interior of life in Russia in NYC. If you could not find it there you can forget about finding information on life in Russia in the rest of the US. I resigned to the notion that they could not find anything about American life as well. The next best thing to complete a empty page was Russia’s past. If I could not find anything on Russia in the present I will dive into her past.
But the past did not give me a picture of the present but it did give me a profound ability to link the past to the present and this film did much to do that. The economic life of Maria, living without advertising generates a sociality preventing isolation on finding the best deals, her life as a bus driver, her rent, the cost of foods, the honor system of mass transit so cheap cheating is a taboo. Opposite to transportation so high that cheating becomes the norm.
I understand now the real influence of socialism of Russia on America. In my time America had to excel prove to Americans Russia’s model for society was not a better model than America’s. I understand now the reasoning of Putin’s messages about restoring Russia’s greatness. I understand the protectiveness of the Russian state apprehensive about the west in the treatment of eastern European countries, I understand the tragedy that has become Ukraine as a huge concession given to the west, I understand how also had to prove to their citizens the Russian model was better than the American way of life.
Meeting Maria was transformative. Meeting Natasha, 9 year old girl, studied in the morning, played with her friends, then went to school in the afternoon shift of school was experiential. Russia’s agrarian and education problem was solved in the time of advanced socialism. Looking back at the Grapes of Wrath, America’s farm and land problems were partly solved the one piece that was not solved was the land itself. The State has title to the land the People would own the home dwellings on the land drew revenue to the State, opposite of taxes, revenue is a stream of income and apartment rents channeled into collective farming equipment for one thousand farmers changed circumstances dramatically funding Natasha’s education, better salaries and new equipment. A remarkable achievement to eradicate illiteracy and a large peasantry. How the Russian potato surplus created Russia’s taste for vodka could be a story in itself for some aspiring writer.
As I became more interested in economies as I got older the division of labor in societies was suddenly not as clear to me in America that it was hard to dissect a product and its parts and see in it the various trades and skills that went into the formation of that product. This division of labor that is not a division of labor was suddenly made clear in the Coal Miners of Russia. They had eradicated a significance curse on humanity. To be condemned to one function as in some societies for a lifetime and associated with that function a social label that held you back from a better life was a curse for those born into it. No say from the start what they would be in life. Trained in all aspects of the mining operation a miner could serve in any capacity and earnings depended on out put. This simple change made the difference between a persons’ attitude toward work and freedom from the misery of detailed work. Miner’s Day in Russia. We can learn from the USSR, we should learn from the USSR. The USSR overcame two historical hurdles for mankind that from the days of the ancient to the modern world prohibits a man and a woman from a true emancipation; the division of labor itself.
In old age, wisdom is so much stronger, easily attainable, the next hurdle for which 20 million perished was its defeat of Nazism and the witnessing of atrocities made it impossible to not support anti-fascist forces in the west where fascism had not entrenched itself and taken over a country. Spain was that country and the International All -Volunteer Army that fought Franco, who was armed by Hitler, in turn, armed by American companies, were gallant and brave, respected as they fought alongside other more war battled scarred regiments with experience against the Nazis War Machine. The Spanish Republicans got Russian support, the American Lincoln Brigade, the youngest of all detachments, no more than 20 years old on average were defeated but left Spain with a parade that treated them as if they were coming in to fight. I was too young and I was to old to fight in any of America’s wars thereafter, resigned to books about war, economics, politics, I live the same time life cycle as my father; too young for WWI and to old for WWII. It seems history and me are joined at the hip. Russian society was a society like no other; she proves there is another way to exist and really live.
Well, time to move on...thanks to the producers and directors and the crew for making this a great journey for me and to the Russian people in this film, for letting me see their lives, they have been immortalized.
Rodion Telyatnik
@Marta Vibo By surveys, in the most of East Europe and Soviet republics people say life was better in the socialist times ("Workers in eastern Europe and former Soviet states prefer socialism", The Communists, 26 July 2019), for example:
"72% of Hungarians say that most people in their country are actually worse off today economically than they were under communism" (Pew survey, 2010).
"Majority of Eastern Germans Feel Life Better under Communism" (Spiegel, 2009)
~60% Ukrainians say life was better in the USSR by Gallup, SCORE/USAID, Sputnik surveys.
43% of Slovaks say life was better under communism, and only 32% say the opposite (Focus poll, 2018).
28% of Czechs say they were better off under communism, and only 23% say they have a better life now (SC&C poll, 2011). 38% of over 40 year-olds believe that their lives were actually better under communism (NMS Market Research survey, 2019).
Sputnik-reported surveys in 2016-2017 among the people who were aged 10 or over in 1991, percentage of those who say that life was better in the Soviet times:
Armenia: 71%
Azerbaijan: 69%
Kazakhstan: 61%
Kyrgyzstan: 60%
Moldova: 60%
Belarus: 53%
Georgia: 51%
Pew survey in 2017 adds responses for Baltic states whether break-up of the USSR harmed their countries (considering that Pew gave 40% for Ukraine instead of 60%, it is biased):
Latvia: 33%
Lithuania: 27%
Estonia: 15%
Estonia was a recipient of Soviet funds. National Income Produced minus National Income Used for the period 1970–1988, in billion rubles:
Russia +155
Ukraine +85
Belarus +52
Azerbaijan +27
Armenia +8
Lithuania +6
Moldavia +4
Latvia +4
Georgia +3
Turkmenia +1
Estonia -2
Tadzhikistan -7
Kirghizia -8
Uzbekistan -18
Kazakhstan -71
(M.V. Belkindas, M.J. Sagers. A preliminary analysis of economic relations among union republics of the USSR: 1970-1988, Soviet Geography, V.31(9), P. 629 (1990))
The Baltic republics also had way higher salaries (M.V. Alexeev, C.G. Gaddy. Income distribution in the U.S.S.R. in the 1980s, Review of Income and Wealth, V. 39(1), P. 23 (1993)).
Rodion Telyatnik
@Marta Vibo 1) There was Russian Empire before the USSR, but if you talk about the myth that independent Baltic states were more prosperous in the times of the Great Depression, let's judge by available info for the modern times: economic growth of Estonia in 2000-2020 is 1.9 times by Worldbank constant $ GDP data (at the cost of external debt over half of the GDP), while ESSR had industrial growth 11.5 times in 1940-1960 and 4.2 times in 1960-1980 (Soviet data used by modern Estonian book "Eesti ajaloo pöördepunktid: dokumente ja materjale vene õppekeelega gümnaasiumile", 2008, page 270), and Soviet external debt was taken by Russia alone.
2) There are only 5% Russians in Lithuania (which granted citizenship to them all, unlike Latvia and Estonia) having 2 times higher Soviet nostalgia than Estonia having 24% Russians, so your argument fails.
3) Income from all-Union enterprises in republics was shared to central budget nearly at the same ratio (about 50/50) as spendings there divided between central and republican budgets, e.g.,
central/republican ratios in bln rubles in the years 1975 and 1985 by official data:
1975: incomes 110.1/108.7, expenses 108.6/105.9;
1985: incomes 205.3/179.5, expenses 202.9/185.3.
Republican incomes in both cases include about 8 bln from the central budget as mutual settlement of accounts (due to change of taxes, etc.)
Russian/Estonian ratios:
1975: incomes 55.0/0.924, expenses 56.7/0.893;
1985: incomes 103.3/1.738, expenses 101.5/1.691;
Equal 1.9 times growth for Russian and Estonian income for the decade.
Парамот Парамотов
У карты мёртвого Союза,
С обвальным грохотом в груди,
Стою. Не плачу, не молюсь я,
А просто нету сил уйти.
Я глажу горы, глажу реки,
Касаюсь пальцами морей.
Как-будто закрываю веки,
Несчастной Родине моей...
Topaz
“Grandma always makes him eat something, whether he’s hungry or not.”
Grandma will be Grandma, Soviet or not.
Brad A
Haha, yep.
E.N. Strowd
The same faces pop up in every society.
M!ke_y M
In Soviet Russia, food eats you :))
addicted to yt
❤️
Evan Parks
I think I would have been quite happy in 1984 USSR. So many good and compassionate ideas, people seemed to really believe in one another, and in the success of everyone for the greater good of all. It may have been far from perfect, but it is inspiring that they got as far as they did prioritizing science, technology, and social progress. I hope someday that the spirit of these times can once again inspire so many people to believe in humanity not as superstitious, greedy, subjects,to be bought and sold, but as educated, equal participants of a system where all can be afforded respect and evidence based social cooperation that lifts everyone up.
Nicholas Charles
Nikolai says his son sergei was a bit of a surprise as he wasn't in the families 5 year plan.
I'm not even mad. That is the best dad joke I've ever heard.
Денис Михалев
Я из России. Я родился в 1953 году в колхозной семье. Мой отец был трактористом, а мать работала учительницей в сельской школе. Все что вам рассказывают на западе о России и СССР это ложь. Да был гулаг и репрессии, но в больших масштабах. У нас в России много талантливых историков, которые опровергают антисоветские мифы. Но к сожалению западная пропаганда не даёт правде быть услышаной. Неверете приезжайте к нам и вы во всем убедитесь сами.
Nicholas Charles
@Денис Михалев googlel isnt translating for me so unless you speak english i have no idea what youre saying im sorry
Korvas
@Nicholas Charles something-something USSR apologism) nothing interesting)