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Balāde Par Gulbi
Balāde par gulbi ''()'' is a song by Latvian Rock band Pērkons, written by Māris Melgalvis (lyrics) and Juris Kulakovs (music) in 1979 and recorded in 1983.Pērkons, Dziesmu izlase #1 1981–1982 (CD booklet) Written while Latvia was still part of USSR, it is noted for its anti-soviet subtext. The opening part of the song deals with a crow with no sense of humor sitting on a fresh grave and forcing her opinion on everyone. However, after some time, the crow begins to sense something odd about the grave and relives her own tragedy. It is not until the end, when the crow has had enough of the bitter silence, that she realizes what has happened to her and that the crow is "the woman she loves". Most of the song dwells on the stupidity of killing a swan, but in the end resolves that the swan is so red that one cannot help killing it (consider that in the early 1980s soviet leaders were dying one after another and were usually mourned by broadcasting Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Rock
Latvian rock and roll, rock has been an important part of Latvia's music scene since the 1980s, when it was a part of the discontent with Soviet Union, Soviet rule. The city of Liepāja has an especially active rock scene. Līvi (band), Līvi, Credo (band), Credo and Remix are from Liepāja, as are rock composers Imants Kalniņš and Zigmars Liepiņš. In the 1980s, Pērkons (band), Pērkons played a pompous sort of hard rock that was popular with audiences. Underground studio-based groups NSRD and Dzeltenie Pastnieki introduced extensive use of electronic instrumentation, while Zig Zag (Latvian band), Zig Zag and Aurora (Latvian band), Aurora brought guitar-based post-punk tendencies (though about ten years after the fact). In 1988, rock opera Lāčplēsis (rock opera), Lāčplēsis by Zigmars Liepiņš and Māra Zālīte, based on the Lāčplēsis, national epic, became a hit, with Igo (singer), Igo (Rodrigo Fomins) in the title role of Lāčplēsis. Inokentijs Mārpls, Balo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |