Thread: Music: Cutting Edge and What You Are Listening To?

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

I've stumbled upon this video on accident, and I think that I love this little girl.
or watch original Romanian version (voice is not digitaly improved here) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmyo3uXYTcI
Ps. Her name is Cleopatra Stratan.

She is absolutely adorable. Her English is near incomprehensible, lol - I don't quite see the point of making her sing in English, the song sounds nice enough in Romanian.... Funky language; I think it's supposed to be a mix of Slavic and Romance langauges characteristics.. Does anyone understand it? I wonder if Cleopatra is a common name in Romania? Very grand name!

Romanians are descendants of Dacians whose land was seized by the Roman empire. Later on the Dacians came into contact with Slavic people, which produced an ethnicity named Vlachs. Vlachs borrowed a few Slavic words into their lexicon, like "kolachi" (a type of bread), "nevinovat" (not guilty), "veveritsa" (squirrel), etc. But the main body of language remained Vulgar Latin. There was no such country as Romania however until the second half of the XIX century. Vlachs lived in Transylvania and Moldova (Moldavia) for a long time. They possibly like the fact that their ancestors were conquered by Latin people, because modern day Romanians seem to adore everything related to the Roman empire and name their babies Tiberiu, Octavian, Cleopatra, etc. Actually this is rather strange to me, but Romanians are a very interesting nation and there are many beautiful Romanian women

Interesting info about the people in this unknown (to me) corner of Europe... ! Thanks!
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In my attempt to expose myself to spoken Russian I have listened too much to Russian radio.... Now I have actually started liking some of the tunes on the Top 20 . I would like to find a written listing of the current top hits in Russia right now, to help me find out the name of the artists and the songs that I liked.... Does anyone know where I can find a Top 40 chart (or something like that)?

Here are some well recognized Russian Top-Lists.

TV Lists:
Russian MTV - "Russian Top-10"
Russian Muz-TV - "Hit-List"

Radio Lists:
Radio Record (Dance music) Record's SuperChart
Radio Maximum (Rock-Pop music) Two Capitals' Top Chart
Radio Uniton (Novosibirsk's local Pop music radio) Top-List

I'm not sure about the exact year this video was first broadcasted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDRH2ic3Mw but probably in the mid 90's.
Well, I must say that I realy like it and sometimes listen to the band "Ноль".

The song is.. well it is about smoking hashish (who could have thought? ).

Настоящему индейцу завсегда везде ништяк – супер! Моя любимая.

Speaking about "Ноль" band, one of my friends told me that this was their company's marshing song when he was in military. :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyO4GoiM_gQ

Originally Posted by Basil77

Speaking about "Ноль" band, one of my friends told me that this was their company's marshing song when he was in military. :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyO4GoiM_gQ

Hahahaha! "I love boogie-woogie, I love boogie-woogie, I dance every day." (c)
Their commander had a good sense of humour. lol

Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

Here are some well recognized Russian Top-Lists.

Perfect CoffeeCup! Thanks! That's exactly what I wanted.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by Basil77

Speaking about "Ноль" band, one of my friends told me that this was their company's marshing song when he was in military. :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyO4GoiM_gQ

Hahahaha! "I love boogie-woogie, I love boogie-woogie, I dance every day." (c)
Their commander had a good sense of humour. lol

100% I recognise bits of the melody from a song that is used in 1 May celebrations. Definitely a seriously "red" song! Lots of left wing / anarchist rock groups have done covers too... But I cannot remember the name at the minute.

Originally Posted by Johanna

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Originally Posted by Basil77

Speaking about "Ноль" band, one of my friends told me that this was their company's marshing song when he was in military. :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyO4GoiM_gQ

Hahahaha! "I love boogie-woogie, I love boogie-woogie, I dance every day." (c)
Their commander had a good sense of humour. lol

100% I recognise bits of the melody from a song that is used in 1 May celebrations. Definitely a seriously "red" song! Lots of left wing / anarchist rock groups have done covers too... But I cannot remember the name at the minute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVoVlGGJ ... re=related

I found a Russian Rock station named NASHE out of moscow, I can't understand what they are saying for the most part, but I like how it sounds.

And I also listen to dark ambient =)
Here is a nice example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRn4EfRiueY

Are there any really good Russian Rock/Metal bands?

Are there any really good Russian Rock/Metal bands?

hm.. depends on what exactly you are interested in.

There is СатанаКозел http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATKDaa5WIU. It realy reminds me of Finntroll.

Haha, of course there are! I don't know who's really great right now, but a singer called Zemfira did an awesome cover of an old song that I like. Look for her on Youtube. The classic bands of Russian rock as far as I know are Kino, Nautilus, DDT, Akvarium. Some people outside Russia like the music too, because it's got a unique character/sound that's hard to define.. Russian rock had a serious coolness factor in some parts of Europe during the perestroika era but i think it went off the horizon after that. Also, the lyrics are a bit inaccessible unless you speak Russian. This is a pretty cool old anti-war song (against war in Afghanistan I think!) So highly relevant today, lol... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk1OTOcmnbo

Originally Posted by Waterlaz

Are there any really good Russian Rock/Metal bands?

hm.. depends on what exactly you are interested in.

There is СатанаКозел http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tATKDaa5WIU. It realy reminds me of Finntroll.

Huh? Wasn't there a Russian group called Mumin troll? Is that different? Are they still active? Didn't like them myself but I remember the name.

Originally Posted by Youtube

Russian Folk / Viking Metal! Hail!

LOL!!! Didn't know this could be combined. Hehe.


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Edit: Just checked this in Wiki -- Finntroll is a Finnish group that sings in Swedish (although I cannot hear a single word of what they are saying).

Huh? Wasn't there a Russian group called Mumin troll? Is that different? Are they still active? Didn't like them myself but I remember the name.

"Мумий Тролль". And they.. ehm... suck =). Their singer has an awfull voice . The texts are realy vulgar in the worst way possible. It's not that they are revealing, no. I don't know how to say this. In Russian I would say "похабные". To sum it all up. They make the worst music ever . Oh the sound has nothing in common with SatanaKozel.

LOL!!! Didn't know this could be combined. Hehe.

Heh... There is nothin viking about SatanaKozel =). As I've mentioned they remind me of Finnish band Finntroll. And well Finntroll has nothing to do with vikings either.

КУБА - Маленькое счастье
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PabPL1fX4Yo

funny words =))))))))))))))))))
Купила мама Лёшеньке отличную рубашку,
Купила мама Сашеньке отличные штанишки,
А девочке, а Машеньке купила мама платье,
Кристиан-Диоровский Шанель, такое вот несчастье…
Оказалось мало…

Мама очень любит деток, детки очень любят деньги,
Деньги очень любят папу, папа очень любит домработницу из Украины Нину…
Нине нравится Серёга, крепкий парень из Тюмени,
На оранжевый передник крупные, как капли
Кап-кап-капают, капают слёзы,
(Счастье) Капают, капают слёзы,
Счастье…

Жизнь нормальная такая, жизнь прикольная такая,
Жизнь прекрасная такая, жизнь красивая такая,
Жизнь нормальная такая, жизнь хорошая такая,
Жизнь прекрасная такая, всё как у людей!

Купила мама Лёшеньке Феррари золотистую,
А папа купил Сашеньке диплом экономический,
Но девочке, но Машеньке на совершеннолетие
Купили домик в Лондоне любимые родители.

Папик очень любит деток, детки очень любят деньги,
Деньги очень любят маму, мамик тоже любит своего телохранителя Серёгу…
А Серёга любит Нину, гарну девку с Украины,
На оранжевый передник крупные, как капли
Кап-кап-капают, капают слёзы,

Originally Posted by Zombie Acorn

Are there any really good Russian Rock/Metal bands?

Some Russian bands that I have listened to are Звери, 7 Раса, Слот and my favorite so far is Tracktor Bowling. Check them out. I actually first heard about them by searching "Russian rock" on Youtube.