Top 6 best songs by the band "Auctioneer."

The most avant-garde and multi-genre band of Russian rock is rightly considered to be "Auctioneer.". Their appearance on the rock scene in the 1980s with Oleg Garkusha's shamanic dances and Leonid Fedorov's atypical vocals became a . extravaganzaand to this day remains one of the unusual for domestic music.

My own fame The band received in the middle of the 80s, but the peak of their creativity came in the beginning and middle of the next decade. In the 90s, according to listeners and critics, AuktsYon created their most hits songs. A bit about the lyrics and success of the band's selected compositions further down in the article.

The Road (1993)

The album Bird was released in 1993 and 1994: first a version of the record was recorded in Hamburg during the band's overseas tour, and the second - in Moscow. The most hit song of the album is rightly considered to be "The Road."which became popular after the release of the film "Brat-2", where it was one of the soundtracks.

Fyodorov and Ozersky, speaking of the meaning of their compositions, always remark that he secondaryThe main thing for them is the combination of words and melody, which are perceived only in the aggregate. But listeners always find the meaning in the band's songs, and "Road" was no exception. Because of the mention of "zone" in the lyrics, the song was loved by the fans "prison romance."and the lyrics "A long road, and it's not mine" were perceived by the audience as the life of a man who has been released and doesn't know how to adapt to it. The text is "looped" with the lines "I am my own sky and moon", and it is similar to the way a person deprived of freedom imagines himself or herself other the world from which he is cut off. For him, the whole world has been formed in himself, because behind bars he can only realise other sides of the world themselves and discover a new world within yourself.

Today at the "Road" concerts, Fedorov is practically fails to performIn the past few years, his voice has become a little lower and he can no longer sing the high notes. However, on rare occasions fans manage to hear the legendary song live.

Bird (1993)

The first composition of the album of the same name "Bird" was created in the most harsh the days of 1991, when Russia began coup. At the time, the musicians were at a dacha near St. Petersburg and were working on songs for the upcoming record.

Having learnt about what was happening in the country, the band members did not hesitate to reflect precisely his vision of this situation. As keyboardist and lyricist Dmitry Ozersky later recalled, these and other lyrics can be called poetry. can'tIn the song's lyrics "Nothing to fight for, nothing to share" and in the melody of the song itself, one can hear light motifs, but this light is interrupted by the aggravation of the musicians. Both in the lines "There is nothing to fight for, nothing to share" and in the melody of the song itself one can hear light motifs, but this light is interrupted by the aggravated reality with words. The song is in many ways on freedomwhich at that difficult time was centred for musicians only in their sanctuary. Such a contrast between freedom on the inside and fear on the outside is a red line running through the entire skeleton of the song.

Winter (1991)

In the case of the song "Winter," the lyrics were not inspired by harsh reality, but by the way the words of the organically approached the already invented melody of Leonid Fedorov. In one of the interviews the vocalist said that this composition was built using one word, and it was the union "that or else.".

By the musician's admission, no one thought about the meaning of the song when creating it; it's just fine crashed into the music words about winter, a little about love and the rest of the seasons. Despite the combination of lengthy words, the meaning is quite distinctive possibly: in the refrain the hero of the composition shares his life with winter as if more cheerfully, and, if other seasons are not attractive to him, with winter comes to him a kind of secret "fun".. It is only in winter that the hero feels alive; all the rest of the time he is uncomfortably: summer is maddening, and autumn lives only in its longing. Sincere feelings awaken only when "Blizzards are nesting" on the window of the hero of the song, and only at that moment he finds himself.

My Love (1993)

Leonid Fyodorov called this composition the most best AuktsYon's work. In many interviews, the musician claimed that "My Love" is such a organically of its own nature, as if it had come into existence without the efforts and agonies of composers.

Fedorov has repeatedly mentioned that almost all of the band's material is gloomy and depressive, and that the musicians just don't manage to write something light and joyful. Exception was the song "My Love", the lyrics and motif of which radiate light in itself. If you compare this track with all the others from the legendary album "Bird", you really can't find it in it dark moments or meanings. Words like "white", "tender", "grey" scattered throughout the text bring sadness, but in a different way, atypical for Auktsyon compositions.

A music video made for the band Fyodor BondarchukThe musicians didn't like it. Then the band members re-shot the video sequence the way they wanted, and in such a corrected form the music video for "My Love" became known.

Happy Birthday (1993)

This composition has become last in the track list of the album "Bird". Interestingly, the title song of the record was written during the "August putsch", and "Happy Birthday" - in October 1993 during the dispersal of the Congress of People's Deputies. In fact, these compositions related to the political unrest in the country, restricted album from both sides, emphasising his appearances in the difficult moment for Russia. The work on the record started with some shocks and ended with others.

"Happy Birthday" came up spontaneouslyIn the studio, the daughter of the poet Alexey Khvostenko, with whom the band collaborated and recorded several albums, was involved in the creation of the song. During the studio work the daughter of the poet Alexey Khvostenko, with whom the band collaborated and recorded several albums, was involved in the creation of the song. The song sounds like an upbeat alternative rockand this feeling is created not only by the rhythmic guitar and drums, but also by the very unlikeable lyrics.

Eyes (1993)

This song, in a way, turned out to be propheticAs Fedorov mentioned in an interview, after writing this composition, he and his band did buy the "house on wheels" mentioned in the chorus. The bus purchased by the musicians for touring became a real home for them house. According to Ozersky's recollections, an unforgettable impression of such trips was looking at the road on a dark night, when the wheels of the car continuously is winding up the roadway.

The same feeling is directly mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Eyes". From the very beginning, the atmosphere of the composition places the listener in the night and a long journey. It should be noted that the lyrics of "AuktsYon" often mention obstacles; here dust in the eyes and tears become such an obstacle. There is also a clear sense of anxieties and cold, and this is done masterfully with the line "White silk swirled the darkness". It's as if the character becomes hostage of this dark night and endless road, and then the images of the "doubtful moon" and the "white wolf" only pressurise anxiety. Adding to the gloom tunesounding as if hard, but at the same time assertive and even ingratiating, largely thanks to Fedorov's vocals.