“Fog over the Yangtze” - the song of the group “ Aquarium ” from the album “ Songs of the Fisherman ”. The author of music and words is Boris Grebenshchikov (BG) .
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| Executor | Aquarium group | |||
| Album | Fisherman songs | |||
| Date of issue | 2003 | |||
| Record date | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Art rock , ethno rock | |||
| Duration | 4:08 | |||
| Author | Boris Grebenshchikov | |||
| Producer | "Aquarium" | |||
| The track list of the album " Fisherman 's Songs " | ||||
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Content
Text
The lyrics consist of six 8-line verses . The first verse:
- Fog over the Yangtze .
- Fog over the Yangtze.
- Fragrant like wool
- Heavenly fox.
- I threw away the compass
- Trampled into dust clock
- And went out to dance
- Into the fog over the Yangtze.
Contents
The song in a lyrical and at the same time in a grotesquely humorous manner depicts the influence of Taoism and, more broadly, Chinese culture on the cultures of other countries, as well as on the fate of the lyrical hero.
Intertext
The lyrics contain an allusion to M. A. Svetlov ’s poem “ Grenada ”:
- Answer, Nizhnevartovsk ,
- And Kharkov , answer -
- Long time in Chinese
- Did you start singing?
- cf. at Svetlov:
- Answer, Aleksandrovsk,
- And, Kharkov, answer:
- It has long been in Spanish
- Did you start singing?
Religion
The following religious systems and spiritual practices are mentioned directly or indirectly in the song: Taoism , Yoga , Catholicism , Sufism , Shamanism .
Links
- The lyrics on the official site of "Aquarium" .
- The soundtrack is available for listening and shareware download on the website Kroogi.com .
- The album "Fisherman's Songs", available for free listening on Yandex. To music .
- The page about the song in the Reference manual for “BG-Oologists” and “Aquarium Aphophiles” by Pavel Severov .