{"id":4483,"date":"2013-02-14T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=4483"},"modified":"2014-07-17T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T19:19:08","slug":"russian-and-soviet-love-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-and-soviet-love-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldies, but Goodies &#8211; Love Songs Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yay, it&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day today! Love it or make fun of it, there&#8217;s no escape from dozens of red roses, pounds of chocolate candy, piles of cheesy postcards and other holiday hoopla. Either way, let&#8217;s make the most out of the\u00a0occasion\u00a0and listen to some love songs that you have probably not heard before and get some ideas on how to sign the V-day cards because sometimes the good old <strong>\u042f \u0442\u0435\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span> \u043b\u044e\u0431\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044e<\/span><\/strong> (I love you) is just not enough.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading this blog for a while, you might remember <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/million-scarlet-roses\/\" target=\"_blank\">our post<\/a> about the classic <strong>\u041c\u0438\u043b\u043b\u0438<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0445 \u0440\u043e\u0437<\/strong> (Million Scarlet Roses) song by the iconic<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> \u0410<\/span>\u043b\u043b\u0430 \u041f\u0443\u0433\u0430\u0447<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0451<\/span>\u0432\u0430<\/strong> (Alla Pugacheva). What other Russian songs with flowers in them do you know?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0410\u0440\u043d\u043e \u0411\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0434\u0436\u0430\u043d\u044f\u043d &quot;\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432\u0430 \u041a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0442\u044b&quot;.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ad4Vd245UDY?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>Speaking of nostalgia for the golden days of <strong>\u044d\u0441\u0442\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u044f<\/strong> (pop songs), how about listening to the classic <strong>\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044b<\/span><\/strong> (Beauty Queen). In it, a guy is looking at a girl looking at a model on the cover of a magazine. The moral of a story is bring flowers and assure your date that she is the only beauty queen for you. To reinforce the message, sign the Valentine day&#8217;s card with <strong>\u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span> \u0433\u043b\u044f\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span> &#8211; \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0436<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span><\/strong> (I am looking at you and can&#8217;t take my eyes away).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0424\u0438\u043b\u0438\u043f\u043f \u041a\u0438\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432 - \u0417\u0430\u0438\u0306\u043a\u0430 \u041c\u043e\u044f \/ \u041b\u0443\u0447\u0448\u0430\u044f \u041c\u0443\u0437\u044b\u043a\u0430 90\u0445, \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0425\u0438\u0442\u044b 90\u0445\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pW7Jgah_EGE?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>That&#8217;s all fine, but what if you are the type who doesn&#8217;t take V-day all too seriously? Fine, here&#8217;s a song for you &#8211; <strong>\u0417<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span><\/strong> (My honey-bunny). Just tell your Valentine: <strong>\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u043e<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>, \u044f \u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f\u044e \u0441\u043e\u043d \u0438 \u0430\u043f\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0442 \u043e\u0442 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u0432\u0438 \u043a \u0442\u0435\u0431\u0435\u00a0<\/strong>(My honey-bunny, I am loosing sleep and appetite because \u00a0I love you so much).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041d\u0430\u043d\u0438 \u0411\u0440\u0435\u0433\u0432\u0430\u0434\u0437\u0435 - \u041e\u0439, \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0451\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/spf8F5rxzNM?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>Of course, calling each other <strong>\u0437<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043a\u0430<\/strong> (bunny) and <strong>\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043d\u044b\u0448\u043a\u043e<\/strong> (little sun) is great if you are happily in love. But what if you haven&#8217;t worked up the courage yet to <strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0437\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u043b\u044e\u0431\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span><\/strong> (declare your love)? Then another classic, <strong>\u041e\u0439 \u0446\u0432\u0435\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0451<\/span>\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430<\/strong> (Arrow-wood is blooming) is just right for you. Here a girl who is desperately in love is waiting for a guy to get a hint (hmm, good luck to her, I guess). Send a secret Valentine signed only with <strong>\u0434\u043e\u0433\u0430\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u044f \u0441\u0430\u043c\/\u0441\u0430\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (figure it out yourself [m]\/[f]).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0410\u043b\u043b\u0430 \u041f\u0443\u0433\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0432\u0430 - \u0410\u0439\u0441\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0433\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iT9YsN21Tyg?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>But what if the object of your affection is, to borrow the line from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_UdXbMyo1rU\" target=\"_blank\">Foreigner<\/a>, &#8220;cold as ice&#8221;? Is there a Russian pop song about the same predicament? You betcha! Just listen to the 1984 hit <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0410<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u0431\u0435\u0440\u0433<\/strong> (Iceberg) by Alla Pugacheva (yeah, I know, her second appearance in the same post, but she&#8217;s like Alexander Pushkin of the Russian pop). Sign your card with <strong>\u043b\u044e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c \u0437\u043b\u0430, \u043f\u043e\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044e<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u0448\u044c \u0438 \u043a\u043e\u0437\u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span><\/strong> (love is blind; lit: love is cruel and will make you fall for a he-goat).<\/p>\n<p>Ok, looks like we&#8217;ve reached the rock-bottom as far as the love stories go. So let&#8217;s climb back up with this beautiful song, <strong>\u0421\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u043b\u0451\u043d<\/strong> (The Old Maple). \u00a0The branches of an old maple tree knock on the window as if inviting two lovers for a walk. True love doesn&#8217;t need much &#8211; a loved one&#8217;s smile can bring all the happiness in the world. If that&#8217;s your case, you won&#8217;t even need a card. Just ask your Valentine out for a stroll in a park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TQbvQVPZfEw\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TQbvQVPZfEw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether you celebrate Valentine&#8217;s day or not, whether you believe in everlasting love or not, whether you are with someone special or not (yet), this song, <strong>\u041b\u0430\u0432<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0430<\/strong> (Lavender) won&#8217;t leave you <strong>\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> (indifferent):<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044e<\/span>\u0431\u0438\u043c \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0442 &#8211; \u043d\u0435 \u0437\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u043c,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041c\u044b \u043f\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0432 \u043b\u044e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c \u0438\u0433\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u043c.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0410 \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span> \u0435<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0451<\/span> \u0442\u0435\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044f<\/span>\u0435\u043c,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u041d\u0435 \u0441\u0443\u0434\u044c\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span> \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Whether we love or not, we don&#8217;t always know.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we pretend we do, just for show.<\/p>\n<p>But when we loose it, we say<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t meant to be anyway.)<\/p>\n<p>Wait, we are sliding down to the bottom again&#8230; Quick, something cheerful and affirming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ln-YP3HBjbg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ln-YP3HBjbg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The beautiful and tragic <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0410<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u0413<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d<\/strong> (Anna Herman) recorded many love songs, but it is hard to find one that does not bring tears to my eyes. This is the most light-hearted one I could think of, <strong>\u041e\u043d \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/strong> (I like him). If your friends or well-meaning relatives do not approve of your love, this song is for you. Sign the <strong>\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0442<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u043a\u0430<\/strong> with a simple <strong>\u0422\u044b \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u043d\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0448\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u043c, \u043a\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c\/\u0442\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0439, \u043a\u0430\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (I like you just the way you are).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8vbtbRK8m_M\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8vbtbRK8m_M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I had to choose just one love song, I&#8217;d choose a happy one (I&#8217;m a sucker for the whole happily-ever-after). And of all the happy love songs, this one, <strong>\u0421<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0435, \u0442\u0435\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u0445<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u043f\u043e\u043a<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u044f<\/strong> (Heart, you don&#8217;t want to rest) would be the one. The opening line is <strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e \u0434<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u0443\u0448\u0435\u043a \u0445\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u0438\u0445, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e \u043b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u0438\u043c\u0451\u043d<\/strong> (There are lots of nice girls out there, lots of tender names) and can be easily changed to <strong>\u043a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u043d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u044e<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u0439 \u0445\u043e\u0440<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u0438\u0445&#8230;<\/strong> (There are lots of nice guys out there). As long as you have a heart that <strong>\u0443\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0442 \u043b\u044e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> (knows how to love), you will find you love. Give yourself a heart-shaped valentine signed <strong>\u0441\u043f\u0430\u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0431\u043e, \u0441<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0435, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0442\u044b \u0443\u043c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0435<\/span>\u0435\u0448\u044c \u0442\u0430\u043a \u043b\u044e\u0431<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c!<\/strong> (thank you, my heart, for knowing how to love!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yay, it&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day today! Love it or make fun of it, there&#8217;s no escape from dozens of red roses, pounds of chocolate candy, piles of cheesy postcards and other holiday hoopla. Either way, let&#8217;s make the most out of the\u00a0occasion\u00a0and listen to some love songs that you have probably not heard before and get&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-and-soviet-love-songs\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[995],"tags":[1248,257568,12783,12959,163],"class_list":["post-4483","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-soviet-union","tag-russian-language","tag-russian-love-songs","tag-russian-songs","tag-soviet-songs","tag-valentines-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4483"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6558,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4483\/revisions\/6558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}