VulgarGrad - King of Crooks (folk-funk-polka-punk)

Sometimes good man do bad things!...

direto do site:

"Since at least the 19th century there has been a parallel world in Russia - a place where they haven't heard of Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky, Communism or Ballet. They only heard of Stalin when he tried to arrest them all. Vodka, tattoos, money, guitars, drugs, jail, and girls (including dear old mama) are the mainstays of this world - the world of the Russian criminal.

For the first time ever in Australia, VulgarGrad bring you the old songs of the Russian thieves (called blatnie pesny or blatnyak), along with punk classics of the Perestroika era and a strong dose of contemporary St. Petersburg swearing ska. The band delivers this music with style, raucous menace, stripy shirts and a smattering of grim smiles (very important). Legend of stage and screen, Jacek Koman (Children of Men, Moulin Rouge) is the genial but vengeful frontman who roars with the voice of a man betrayed, and he is backed by a gang of Australia's most illustrious ex-cons drawn from bands such as The Ennio Morricone Experience, Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen, Zulya and the Children of the Underground, Croque Monsieur, Blue Drag, and the Five Angry Men. Line-up is guitar, drums, trombone, trumpet, accordion, and watch out for the largest, most triangular instrument of them all, the mighty contrabass balalaika".

Genialllllllll.

No começo desse mês, esses marginais lançaram o "King of Crooks" na Austrália. Achei um "cover" bem legal de "The Giraffe" do Vysotsky no You tube. Esse é do álbum de 2005, "Popular Street Songs of the Russian Underclass".

Capa do último álbum: ícone ortodoxo tatuado. Hummmmmm...

http://www.myspace.com/vulgargrad

Владимир Высоцкий

"I'd like to say a few words about these songs of mine. Many years ago, I was with my closest friends. From my various travels I have brought back for them... well, impressions, impressions in verse set to a sort of rhythm. So I took my guitar in hand and began to strum away. And what emerged was something like a song. But it was not a song. It was, the way I see it, poetry recited with musical accompaniment. In short, poetry set to rhythm. I remember the atmosphere then. It was the atmosphere of trust and unconstrained freedom, and, what's more important, friendship."

V. Vysotsky

Sobre:

"Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (January 25, 1938 – July 25, 1980) was an iconic Russian singer, songwriter, poet, and actor of mixed Jewish and Russian descent whose career had an immense and enduring effect on Russian culture. The multifaceted talent of Vladimir Vysotsky is often described by the word "bard" (бард), which acquired a special meaning in the Soviet Union. Vysotsky was never enthusiastic about this term, however. He thought of himself mainly as an actor and writer, and once remarked, "I do not belong to what people call bards or minstrels or whatever." Though his work was largely ignored by the official Soviet cultural establishment, he achieved remarkable fame during his lifetime, and to this day exerts significant influence on many of Russia's popular musicians and actors who wish to emulate his iconic status". Continue lendo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Vysotsky

За меня невеста отрыдает честно,

За меня ребята отдадут долги,

За меня другие отпоют все песни,

И, быть может, выпьют за меня враги.

Не дают мне больше интересных книжек,

И моя гитара - без струны,

И нельзя мне выше,

и нельзя мне ниже,

И нельзя мне солнца,

и нельзя луны.

Мне нельзя на волю - не имею права,

Можно лишь от двери - до стены,

Мне нельзя налево, мне нельзя направо,

Можно только неба кусок, можно только сны.

Сны про то, как выйду,

как замок мой снимут,

Как мою гитару отдадут.

Кто меня там встретит, как меня обнимут

И какие песни мне споют?

1963

Em breve a tradução. Bom, a idéia é essa. (Sim, acompanhe os meus progressos!!! :-)

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