{"id":2143,"date":"2011-07-05T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:52:19","slug":"russian-pop-music-80s-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-pop-music-80s-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazing Russian Pop – 80s Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been very busy \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u043b\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [last week]. What was I so busy with you might ask. Well, I was wasting time<\/span> doing research on YouTube. All those hours of watching and yes, singing, Russian hits from late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u00a0am no \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [audiophile]. Instead, \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0434\u043b\u044f <\/strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> <\/strong>\u0446\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [what matters to me] when I listen to these old songs is not so much their \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u043c\u0443<\/span>\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [lyrics and music], but \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f\u00bb <\/strong>[recollections] they stir up. \u00ab<\/strong>\u041d\u0443 <\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0442, <\/strong>\u043e\u043f\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [Here goes nostalgia again].<\/p>\n

This post is not about the short history of late-Soviet and early post-Soviet music. Instead, \u00ab<\/strong>\u044d\u0442\u043e <\/strong>\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0435 <\/strong>\u043e <\/strong>\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> [it\u2019s more about something personal].<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PhbNyasaoJw<\/a><\/p>\n

Ok, so I was too young to remember this song by \u00ab<\/strong>\u0412\u0418\u0410 <\/strong>\u0412\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0441\u044b<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [pop-group Verasi] when it first came out. But it remained hugely popular for a long time. So I’d say that’s probably my earliest musical memory, hearing the song about \u00ab<\/strong>\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [robin] on \u00ab<\/strong>\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0438\u043e <\/strong>\u041c\u0430\u044f<\/span>\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [the Mayak radio station].\u00a0 \u00ab<\/strong>\u041c\u0430\u044f<\/span>\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [Lighthouse] was the official \u201cvoice of socialism\u201d radio station, broadcasting over the entire Soviet Union. Even if you\u2019ve never heard of this radio station before, you mostly likely have heard its official \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0437\u044b\u0432\u043d\u044b<\/span>\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [call sign<\/a>]. By the way, you can still listen to this radio station online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1sBFLcpmVpE<\/a><\/p>\n

This one reminds me of that hazy period when old-style \u00ab<\/strong>\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0446\u043f\u043b\u043e\u0449\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [dance floor] were getting renamed \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0438\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [discos], but not everywhere at the same time. So when I was at \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u043e\u043c <\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u0442\u0434\u044b\u0445\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [sanatorium] with parents, we went \u00ab<\/strong>\u043d\u0430 <\/strong>\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0446\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [to dance]. But at \u00ab<\/strong>\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0433\u0435\u0440\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [summer camp] there were already \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0438\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [discotheques] even thought the songs were the same.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n3W8jc3Ikhw<\/a><\/p>\n

As a child, I could not for the life of mine understand why it is such an unattainable goal to find a man \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431 <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u043f\u0438\u043b, <\/strong>\u043d\u0435 <\/strong>\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043b <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044b<\/span> <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> [who wouldn\u2019t smoke, drink and would always bring flowers]. Turns out, this is one of the \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0435 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043c\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [eternal problems] that has yet to be solved<\/a> by many (since there\u2019s only one Putin<\/a>, but that\u2019s from a different era).<\/p>\n

The words to these songs are both remarkably ridiculous and heart-warming in their lack of sophistication. How can you not feel \u00ab\u042f \u0438\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0435. \u042d<\/span>\u0442\u043e – \u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044b\u0439 \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0438\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0442. \u042f \u043c\u0435\u0447\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u0436\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u042f\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0435. \u041d\u0430 \u042f\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0435 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u043a \u043d\u0435\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [I play balalaika. It\u2019s the most Russian instrument. I dream of living on Jamaica. There are no balalaikas on Jamaica]. Or how about the profound truth of \u00ab<\/strong>\u0411\u0443\u0445\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0442\u0435\u0440, <\/strong>\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u043c\u043e\u0439 <\/strong>\u0431\u0443\u0445\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0442\u0435\u0440. <\/strong>\u0412\u043e\u0442 \u043e\u043d \u043a\u0430\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439, \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0439. \u0410 \u0441\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0435 \u0431\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u0435\u0442, \u0435<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/span> \u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [Accountant, my darling accountant. He is just like this, simple like this. Happiness will come if the soul is at peace.]<\/p>\n

BTW, the word \u00ab<\/strong>\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0431\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> means both \u201ccombination\u201d as in alpha-numeric combination for a password and \u201ca slip\u201d as in a type of undergarment. And that was probably the first all-girls band too.<\/p>\n

Next, logically, would be the first boy band (ok, the first with a major \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043f\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> [sex appeal]). Wanna take a guess at who that was?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been very busy \u00ab\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0448\u043b\u043e\u0439 \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435\u00bb [last week]. What was I so busy with you might ask. Well, I was wasting time doing research on YouTube. All those hours of watching and yes, singing, Russian hits from late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s\u2026 I\u00a0am no \u00ab\u043c\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u00bb [audiophile]. Instead, \u00ab\u0447\u0442\u043e \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f \u0446\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u00bb [what matters to…<\/p>\n

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