{"id":2156,"date":"2011-07-08T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:54:50","slug":"lets-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/lets-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Rock!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Psst, want to know a secret? The awesomeness of this blog is mostly due to its readers, especially the ones who respond through comments either here or on the Learn Russian Facebook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learn.russian\">fanpage<\/a>. But of course, that&#8217;s no secret. I&#8217;ve said so before. You also know that I love having guests over on this blog. So as soon as I see someone commenting often and adding interesting bits to the discussion, I get in touch with them and ask if they&#8217;d like to be my guest bloggers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Well, I&#8217;m very excited today because today&#8217;s post comes from one of the readers who is also one of the most prolific and helpful commentators. So without further ado, here&#8217;s the post from Natalie. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>First of all I\u2019d like to say hello to all of the readers. My name is Natalie and you may know me as Minority from the comments. Today I\u2019d like to tell you something about <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/strong><strong>\u0440\u043e\u043a<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Russian rock] (by the way, the word <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u0440\u043e\u043a<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> also has another meaning in Russian \u2013 \u201cfate\u201d, \u201cdoom\u201d, and usually it is used when we talk about bad luck).<\/p>\n<p>The 80s and early 90s were \u00ab<strong>\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044b\u0439<\/strong><strong>\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong><strong>\u043f\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043e\u0434<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [the most significant period] of Russian rock\u2019s evolution. It was the time when \u00ab<strong>\u0431\u0443\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong><strong>\u0431\u0435\u0437<\/strong><strong>\u043e\u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u0438<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [rebels could talk without fears]. Maybe their music wasn\u2019t ingenious at all, but <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u0432<\/strong><strong>\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c<\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0430\u0435<\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong><strong> \u2013 <\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044d<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u0442\u043e<\/strong><strong>\u0433\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435<\/strong><strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[lyrics are the most important thing in this case]. I bet most of their songs have already become classic. You can hear them <strong>\u00ab\u0443 \u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span> <\/strong><strong>\u0432<\/strong><strong>\u043b\u0435\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [by a campfire in the forest] or from a guy with a guitar <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u043d\u0430<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u043b\u0438\u0446\u0435<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [in the street].<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041a\u0438\u043d\u043e. &quot;\u041a\u0443\u043a\u0443\u0448\u043a\u0430&quot;.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yNp9SBW4xTA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019tbe an exaggeration to say that<strong> \u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u041a\u0438\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Kino] was the most popular rock band of the 80s in the USSR. Why? Who knows\u2026 Maybe because they weren\u2019t afraid to experiment with musical styles. May be they were just lucky. But I guess the main reason of their success was \u00ab<strong>\u0445\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0437\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/strong><strong> \u043b\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0440 <\/strong><strong>\u0433\u0440\u0443\u043f\u043f\u044b<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%A6%D0%BE%D0%B9,_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87\"><strong>\u0412\u0438\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440<\/strong><strong> \u0426\u043e\u0439<\/strong><\/a>\u00bb [the charismatic leader of the band, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Viktor_Tsoi\">Viktor Tsoi<\/a>]. To me he wasn\u2019t at all a good vocalist, but there was something in his voice which made you want to listen to him again and again. It was like \u00ab<strong>\u043f\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043d\u043e\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong><strong> \u0448<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u043f<\/strong><strong>\u043e\u0442<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>\u0437\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0439<\/strong><strong>\u043c\u0443\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0438<\/strong><strong>\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0433\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong><strong>\u0432\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0445<\/strong><strong>\u0438<\/strong><strong>\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0437<\/strong><strong>\u043f\u043e<\/strong><strong>\u0441\u043f\u0438\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [soulful whisper causing shivers to run up and down your spine]. I\u2019m not a big fan of Tsoi, but he has many fans in Russia. Though he died 20 years ago, lots of people continue to say: <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u0426\u043e\u0439<\/strong><strong> \u2013 <\/strong><strong>\u0436\u0438\u0432<\/strong><strong>!\u00bb<\/strong> [Tsoi lives!]. And I guess everyone will be glad to see <a href=\"http:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%BE%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5\">Tsoi\u2019s wall<\/a> on the Arbat in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0414\u0414\u0422-\u041e\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_O0m4PdQz8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u0414\u0414\u0422<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [DDT] is the second band I\u2019d like to tell about. First of all, thanks to this band every person in Russia knows <strong>\u00ab\u0447\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0435 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [what autumn is]. It\u2019s hard to find out what really to write about its works. DDT was founded in 1980. And moreover, it \u00ab<strong>\u0434\u043e \u0441\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0440 \u0441\u0443\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0435\u0442<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [still exists]! It is one of the most successful and prolific Russian musical groups of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. It\u2019s just worth to be listened to. <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u042e<\/span><\/strong><strong>\u0440\u0438\u0439<\/strong><strong>\u0428\u0435\u0432\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043a<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Yuriy Shevchuk], the leader of this band, is a really interesting person. And when he sings his songs you can\u2019t not trust him, he\u2019s so sincere.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u0412\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 - \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043a\u0438 (1992)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mexyLS8PLtQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u041c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0430<\/strong><strong>\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Mashina Vremeni] is a real time-travelling machine! It was founded in 1969 and still exists too. Its repertoire varies a lot. They played rock, rock-n-roll, blues and even country music. \u00ab<strong>\u0421\u043e\u0441\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432<\/strong><strong>\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u043f\u043f\u044b<\/strong><strong>\u043d\u0435\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u043a\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u043e<\/strong><strong>\u043c\u0435\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [the group has changed several times] but one of the founders, <strong>\u00ab\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0439 \u041c\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0447\u00bb<\/strong> [Andrey Makarevich] is still in the group. I remember a lot of their songs since childhood. I liked to sing <strong>\u00ab<\/strong><strong>\u043e<\/strong><strong> \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043e\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430\u0445 <\/strong><strong>\u0438<\/strong><strong>\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0435\u0439<\/strong><strong>\u043f\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u0435<\/strong><strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [about marionettes and a blue bird] though I didn\u2019t understand the real meaning of these songs. I guess that means these songs fit any age.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043b\u044c \u0438 \u0428\u0443\u0442 - \u041c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043a\u0438\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uZZE_DfxNcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nAnd as a bonus I will add one of my favorite songs (wow, second song about marionettes.. that\u2019s strange) without telling about the band. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/07\/40-grupp-russkogo-roka-350x309.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/07\/40-grupp-russkogo-roka-350x309.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2011\/07\/40-grupp-russkogo-roka.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Psst, want to know a secret? The awesomeness of this blog is mostly due to its readers, especially the ones who respond through comments either here or on the Learn Russian Facebook fanpage. But of course, that&#8217;s no secret. I&#8217;ve said so before. 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