Remembering the best songs of the popular Soviet group "Samotsvety"

A magnificent brainchild Yuri Malikov, VIA "Samotsvety". confidently burst onto the Soviet music scene at the beginning of the 70-х years! The band quickly won the love and recognition of the public by performing timeless to this day hitsThe ensemble's song repertoire includes the following songs around 200 works, many of which have become national classics. Composition "Gems." The band has seen a lot of transformations and changes, and at some point the band disappeared from the listeners' sight... However - the creativity of this vocal-instrumental ensemble cannot be overlooked. Today we decided to remember main hits of VIA "Samotsvety"that will surely take you back to your carefree youth! Enjoy listening, we are starting...

"To that bloke."

A popular song by a Soviet ensemble that is still a favourite among listeners! The music is a credit to Mark Grigorievich Fradkinthe words of an irreplaceable and truly gifted poet. Robert Christmas:

"And the prairie grass smells bitter,
The young winds are green.
We wake up, and it's rumbling over midnight,
Either a thunderstorm or an echo of a past war..."

Charming, very touching and heartfelt lyrics.....

"Verba."

One more magnificent composition, which successfully completed the song repertoire of the ensemble...

"The crew is one family."

A thunderous patriotic anthem!

"We need anchors and cables for the service,
We need a charter that all sailors remember,
We need a flag that flies over the blue wave,
And what is needed most of all is the Motherland - Russia!"

https://youtu.be/PFpTQtOFvRI

"Snowflake."

And this heartfelt composition showcases the composer's collaboration Yuri Saulsky and a poet Pavel Leonidov…

"If your heart sinks,
So the song is not finished..."

"Love lives on Earth."

A terrific track from the album "We have young ones."!

"By the Village of Krukovo"

This song is surely remembered by every Soviet listener... In its time "By the Village of Krukovo" was a fairly widespread hit number that is still enjoyable to listen to today, a great many years later....

It is noteworthy that this composition was written by the poet Sergei Ostrov and composer Mark Fradkinand it's dedicated the battle for the village of Krukovo! By the way: it was Fradkin who insisted that the song went to "Samotsveti". After the breakup of the group, the song was recorded by a splinter from them VIA "Flame".

"Out there, beyond the clouds."

Lovely hitwhich is definitely worthy of a place in our list! "There, Beyond the Clouds" is an inspiring and heartfelt song that won the hearts of millions of Soviet listeners... It conveys the spirit of those years - faith in the best, decency in relationships, harmony with yourself and the world around you....

"If trouble comes to me.
Don't measure the sad earth with your steps,
Know that you will always find my heart,
There, beyond the clouds, there, beyond the clouds..."

"If you're young at heart."

"If one's heart is young, then a new city is certain!" - The infectious beginning of the song immediately hints to the listener that this tune is unlikely to let him go now... The music was written by Yevgeny Martynovwhile words are the brainchild Andrey Dementiev and David Usmanov!

https://youtu.be/X5oQw1epbxc

"It will never happen again."

An amazing love song....

"First love. Snow on the wires.
In the sky, a star flashed..."

This marvellous creation was written Serafim Tulikov and Mikhail Pleatskovsky..

"All I have in life."

This song hardly needs an introduction, as it is still often played on the radio to this day! Although it was released in the distant 1977 year...

The composer of this hit song Vyacheslav Dobrynin and poet Leonid Derbenev. The tune came to Dobrynin on the way from the metro station to home, when he "stamped" his step. As a result, the song became not only a huge hit, but also a calling card of the VIA "Gems."! Remarkably, none of the performers was able to surpass the unison singing and arrangement of this masterpiece... And there were really a lot of people who wanted to!

"A whole life ahead of you."

Another smash hit that is remembered and loved to this day!

"There's no need to be sad
A whole life ahead of you
A whole life ahead of you
Hope and wait..."

This timeless motto continues to echo in the minds of listeners for decades now.....

"I'll take you to the tundra."

"I'll take you to the tundra." - a timeless hit written by two great geniuses, professionals in their field - Mark Fradkin and Mikhail Pleatskovsky.!

"My address is the Soviet Union."

The most famous, most favourite and, most likely, the longest playing song of the ensemble, which has got a vivid name, completes our list "My address is the Soviet Union."!

It's a song David Tukhmanovwritten in the words Vladimir Kharitonov в 1972 year. When the Soviet Union disappeared, the song sharply lost its demand... For a while, the Samotsveti even stopped performing it at concerts! However, it didn't last long... The Word Yuri Malikov:

"Once we were performing in Saratov, at a Starco football match. Yura Davydov, the head of our company, came up to me and said: "Sing 'My Address is the Soviet Union'!" In the end, we were put in a car and driven round the whole stadium. The whole hall sang this song with us... Then I realised that this song is about people...".