What Pyotr Mamonov sang about: the meaning of the best songs by Sounds of Mu

Rock music in the 80s turned into a universal "contagion" in a good sense of the word. There was not a single person in the USSR who would not have at least once dared to listen to an artist playing in the genre of Russian rock. The Soviet man's acute need for self-identification necessitated a revision of cultural values, so Russian rock manifested exactly the "hunger" for freedomthat everyone's been waiting for since the fall of censorship.

One of the groups that performed what they called "songs with deep meaning" and enjoyed every possible advantage of a free society were the "Sounds of Moo."he unique project in the Soviet and post-Soviet rock space. As the maestro of Russian rock, the frontman of the band "Aquarium" said, the musicians who played Russian rock belonged to a generation of janitors and watchmen.

Pyotr Mamonovthe leader of Sounds of Moo, was one of them. He was a kid who liked to be naughty: "made a circus" at lessons, for which he was expelled, played in a backyard band and was characterised by a flighty character. What did all this turn out to be? In the article - about how Mamonov expressed "creative and domestic self." in his songs.

"Can opener."

In 1990. "Sounds of Moo." survived their first disintegration. Pyotr Mamonov was keen on another creative experiment, and this time his brother Alexei Bortnichuk became his companion. Together with him he founded the group "Mamonov and Alexei."who played art rock and post-punk.

This musical project marked transition period in Mamonov's work, and it most clearly reflected this musician's love for the search for innovation in music. Having released one album in 1992, they ceased to exist and returned to Sounds of Moo. However, it cannot be overlooked that in that year, Mamonov's most famous hit was a song with a strange title "Can opener.".

The can opener composition is in the spirit of the primitivismMamonov's work has a rather interesting hidden meaning. As fans of the band say, everyone notices in Mamonov's works something new and personal to myself.

In particular, the song "Can opener." They identify with the state of despondency and compare Kolya, about whom Mamonov sings, to a person who is in a state of in despair and can't get his mental state in order. Other fans have commented that "the song about Kolya" - A man's attempt to understand himself, to leave a mark in history, to make himself remembered, but in rather simple ways.

"The door's been kicked in
The lights are off
Take my tin opener and cut out the letter "I".
I'll take your can opener and cut out the letter Ya," sang Pyotr Mamonov.

It's also interesting that Peter's wife Olga considers "Can opener" to be one of the most loved ones songs for her. In an interview with Ogonyok magazine, she confessed that this song is about her and the common life with Mamonov.

"Grey dove."

Song "Grey dove." from the debut album "Sounds of Moo" will not leave indifferent any listener of Russian rock. At first glance it seems that this composition, which opens the record "Simple Things" tells about something meaningless.

But if we think and reflect, we can interpret "The Grey Dove" in the following way: this energetic song skilfully puts the image of a bird in the image of a bird a metaphor about a man. Mamonov sings about how all people are worthless and pathetic in some way, yet everyone has some special . superpower.

"I'm a grey pigeon.
I'm the worst, I'm worse than you,
I'm the most unnecessary, I'm gross, I'm rubbish,
But I can fly!!!," the lines of the song read.

"Lulaci-babe."

The next composition to be mentioned is ironically entitled "Lulaci-babe.". This song, according to the remarks of Sounds of Moo biographer Sergei Guriev, was dedicated to Mamonov's muse - . Olga Gorokhova nicknamed "Brains." She became the main inspiration for the poet Mamonov at some period of his life.

In the song. "Lulaci-babe." the band's frontman is probably singing feminine beauty. In principle, we can say that this composition is dedicated to a woman. And the description of it is quite funny: Mamonov compares a mouth-watering kebab with a woman's shape.

"Every broad has her lulacs.
And if you don't like the dark,
Look at women with the greed of a dog.
And I assure you you will,
These lulyaki babes...," Mamonov composed.

"Source of contagion."

The last song I'd like to mention is also about woman. There have been many compositions in Russian rock that were in one way or another written under the inspiration of some . muses. However, it was impossible to compete with Pyotr Mamonov. He encapsulated the incredible images of womencompared them to incomparable things, and it's all down to his unique extraterrestrial. thinking.

By. legendwhich spread among fans of the leader of the band "Sounds of Moo", this song refers to the same artist. Olga Gorokhovawith whom Mamonov had a brief relationship. The singer affectionately called her "Fly.". And in this song, he sings about how the muse is nothing to him. not a source of contagion. The contagion is spread by those who are dishonest and try to prove otherwise. Cynical and combative, all in the style of Pyotr Mamonov.

"My fly is like a gingerbread man -
Thick and shiny.
My fly is like a gingerbread man
Has a tidy appearance!" the song sings.