Слот – Russian Soul
Where people elsewhere talk about the heart (in the heart, from the heart, etc.), in Russia, you would more likely speak of the soul (душа). Русская душа is the famous Russian soul. One of the characteristics presented by Слот (or Slot): Сначала сделаем, а думать будем потом: first, act, then think. Живём один раз, а после нас хоть потоп: we live once, and after us, let the flood come.
Defend
In addition to this неофициальный клип (unofficial clip), there is also a cartoon version, a live version (2016), and as the icing on the cake (literally), a Ролик о России ( clip about Russia) – with planes and tanks, bears and a tiger, soldiers, and much more. It would certainly have been included here if that were allowed.
Нам есть, чем гордиться. Нам есть, что защищать (from the description below that video): we have something to be proud of, and we have something to defend. And we have the means to do so, they could have added, but you’ll see that in the “rolik.”
More:
Википедия,
VK,
website.
Bonus:
Круги на воде (2016).
See Russian soul is too hard to explain (Russia Beyond, 2020, 54 m) and The great Russian soul (2008, 5 m). Check out 30 expressions that show the Russian soul.
Most of the music here is also in an
R1 YouTube playlist (in order of release).
Also see
Best Russian Music and
Russian Song Lyrics.
last update 03-12-2020
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Anyone who wants to present Russian music cannot ignore Zemfira. Popular and mainstream – millions of records sold – but also distinctly idiosyncratic. The music is usually accessible (we categorize it under Pop), but the attitude is rock.
Raw Anti-Putin punk from
Nizhny Novgorod /
Нижний Новгород. Loosely based on ‘Maggie’ by The Exploited.
From the green city of
Zelenograd /
Зеленоград. Dreamy indie-folk with a melancholic undertone. Created by
Mikhail Rodionov (1992).
The alarm blares (Ревёт тревога), the road awaits (ждёт дорога). They are many (Их немало), we are few (нас немного). We are in an unjust world (Мы в несправедливом мире) tin wolves in the shooting range (Жестяные волки в тире).
The word offret is Swedish and means ‘sacrifice’; the band Offret is Russian and makes heavy music. The link between the word and the band: a
1986 film in Swedish by the Russian Andrei Tarkovsky.
A band from Saint Petersburg that makes a kind of post-punk/indie-pop. Not for long yet, so not much material yet. However, they already have a few very successful tracks with original music videos. До свиданья, дорогая is the
Russian title for the film
The Goodbye Girl (1977), but it has nothing to do with it.
