Vadim Kurilev – Harakiri
Vadim Kurilev (or Вадим Курылёв) was born in 1964, and this video for his song Харакири (Harakiri) is from 2002. At the time, Kurilev was still part of DDT, but not for much longer (as noted under the video on YouTube). He clearly had no interest in continuing.
First line: Я привык превращать свою музыку в шум. I am used to turning my music into noise.
Second line: Прятать страшные сны под обломки хардрока. Hiding scary dreams under the wreckage of hard rock.
But Где-то я уже всё это видел. Somewhere, I’ve already seen it all.
And then Vadim Kurilev doesn’t want to go on anymore.
Харе харе харакири: hare hare harakiri.
A большое искусство, great art.
До встречи в лучшем мире: see you in a better world.
Вадим Курылёв on Wikipedia (RU)
Most of the music here is also in an
R1 playlist on YouTube (from recent to old).
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