2007-06-08 19:04:00
Thank you to both Ben and Sam for posting about this respectively on Ars Technica and the Ars Lounge. My apologies to teh Lounge for re-posting about it.
This video has three things that pique my interest:
* Beautifully crafted visuals, with loads of hidden meanings and messages.
* Foreign rock music, in a language that I don't understand.
* A critique of modern, so-called communism.
The song itself is kinda stuck in my head by now, after listening a few times. For some reason it makes me think of another song by the Finnish band Eppu Normaali, something about the simple yet fascinating guitar play and the russian words and tones.
Anywho... If you have a few minutes to spare for some new music that you probably haven't heard before, here's some linkage.
* This site has the .MP3 and .MOV as downloads.
* A critical dissection of the imagery and message in the video clip.
* The Ars Technica thread.
kilala.nl tags: music,
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Posted by Cailin Coilleach
Hmm, I've been digging around YouTube for some more videos of these guys and I like their music. What I've found so far is less rock and more ballad with less brass and more harmonica. It sounds quite a lot like what I'd expect of "russian" sad music.
I like "Zolotom Ogni" in particular -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFN5FkK0_8.
Thanks to that clip I've also found out about some movies and books that I'm going to look into! The movie used in the clip is called "Dnevnoi Dozor", or "Day Watch" in english. It seems to be part of a trilogy of super natural stories revolving around Moscow, called "The night watch", by Sergey Lukyanenko's.
/me puts it on his wishlist
The movie "Nochnoi Dozor" that comes before it also looks rather interesting.
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2007-06-08 20:39:00
Posted by Cailin Coilleach
Just for my own reference, here's the english translation taken from the Ars thread...
For dinner I devour gold bars
Diamond desert, oil cream
My name is Baalzebul
Owner of the stratosphere
I am unrealistically cool
My respect is beyond measure
In my left hand is Snickers
In my right hand is Mars
My PR Manager is Karl Marx
In my left hand is Snickers
In my right hand is Mars
My PR Manager is Karl Marx
Capital! Capital! Capital! Capital!
I devour the cities and wash them down with the seas.
My beard covers the sky.
Thunder and lightning, rain and fog
My boots are licked by ministers and leaders.
In my left hand is Snickers
In my right hand is Mars
My PR Manager is Karl Marx
In my left hand is Snickers
In my right hand is Mars
My PR Manager is Karl Marx
Capital! Capital! Capital! Capital!
In my left hand is Snickers
In my right hand is Mars
My PR Manager is Karl Marx
I am the face of Madonna
Within me are rotten apples
Everyone on your knees!
Orchestra! The flourish!
Capital! Capital! Capital! Capital!