“Raft” is a song of the Soviet and Russian rock chanson Yuri Loza , his most popular work [2] . Lines from the song: “But my raft is twisted from songs and words. All my troubles out of spite, not so bad. "
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| Executor | Yuri Loza |
| Album | What is said, then said [1] |
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| Record date | 1988 |
| Song language | Russian |
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Creation History
The song "Raft" Yuri Loza wrote in 1982, when he worked in the group of Bari Alibasov " Integral " [3] . Loza offered Alibasov to include the song in the group's repertoire, but she was not impressed.
The song gained fame only in 1988, during the solo career of Yuri, who included it in the album “ What is said, what is said, ” recorded at the studio of Alexander Kalyanov . "Plot" instantly gained a resounding success with the public, becoming a "calling card" of the musician, despite the fact that the melody and intonation was out of the rest of Loza's work.
The composition was performed twice by the author at the festival “ Song of the Year ”: in 1990, arranged from the album “ What is said, then said ”, and in 1999, in a later processing performed in the first half of the 1990s for a collection of songs by Yuri “ For the soul . " Today, the "Plot" goes on radio stations mainly in the latter version.
Current Popularity
The song "Raft" does not lose popularity. In 2007, Alexey Balabanov, in agreement with the author, included it in the soundtrack of his film “ Cargo 200 ” [4] . The song is the leitmotif of the film, shading, in contrast, the darkest of his episodes [5] .
As a result of a sociological study conducted in 2015 by the Russian Reporter magazine, the text of Plot ranked 44th in the charts of the most popular poetic lines in Russia, including, among other things, Russian and world classics. “Plot” only slightly conceded the Soviet National Anthem , the text of which took the 39th place in this rating [6] .
Options in other languages
The song was translated into ten languages (although most translations contain a free lyric text in which the raft is not mentioned), the first one was sung by Ivica Sherfezi , his version was called (in reverse translation) “The Country of Beautiful Roses”. In 2015, an American folk-rock band from Los Angeles “ The Wicked Saints ” quail [7] [8] . This time, the band members tentatively contacted Yuri Loza, and he suggested that they bring the version they composed into line with the author’s clerks. Together with Yuri, his son Oleg participated in writing the English text [9] . The correspondence between Yuri Loza and The Wicked Saints about the song lasted about a year [10] . The idea to sing this song to The Wicked Saints singer Paul McCarthy was submitted by singer, poet and science fiction writer Marina Gutman, who was born in Moldova , whom this song has known since childhood. After recording Free with Wicked Saints, Paul left the band. She and Marina formed the group Non-Duo [11] (from English - “Not a duet”), the repertoire of which also included the song Vines [12] .
Notes
- ↑ What is said, then said on the site Discogs
- ↑ Denis Boyarinov. Yuri Loza: "Everything new that I write, no one needs" . colta.ru The appeal date is April 10, 2016.
- ↑ The history of the song "Raft". The program on the "Radio"
- ↑ Yuri Loza entrusted “The Raft” to Alexey Balabanov . News show business and music NEWSmuz.com (06/26/2007). The appeal date is April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Lydia Maslova. Old cargo mistakes // Journal "Kommersant Weekend". - 2007-08-06. - Vol. 41 - P. 14 .
- ↑ Vitaly Leibin, Natalya Kuznetsova. Words can not throw out. What songs we sing in the soul and what verses we say (Inaccessible link) . rusrep.ru (June 26, 2015). The appeal date is April 10, 2016. Archived April 19, 2016.
- ↑ The American group quail hit Yuri Loza "Raft": video . ru.hellomagazine.com. The appeal date is April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Wicked Saints | The Oxymorons of Rock | Acoustic Americana . www.wickedsaints.net. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
- ↑ Peter Simonov. Yuri Loza Americans quail . Komsomolskaya Pravda (April 2, 2016). The appeal date is April 15, 2016.
- ↑ Evgenia Korobkova. Yuri Loza: “Why can Gradsky say anything, but I don’t?” . News (April 4, 2016). The appeal date is April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Home . non-duo.com. The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
- ↑ Mikhail Ryabikov. American musicians who rehearsed "The Raft" of the Vine: We are fans of The Beatles, but everyone is entitled to their opinion . Komsomolskaya Pravda (May 4, 2016). The appeal date is May 10, 2016.
Sources
- The history of the song: "Raft"
- The history of the song "Raft". The program on the "Radio"
- Documentary film "Song of the story." Issue 1. "Raft" by Yuri Loza . Presenter Ilya Legostaev (2016)
- Sergey Kuriy. Yuri Loza - “The Girl in the Bar” (1983), “The Raft” (1988) The History of Songs // Time Z. - 2014. - No. 1 .
Links
- Yuri Loza "Raft", the words of the song . lozayury.ru. The appeal date is April 14, 2016.
- Yuri Loza - My raft. The best songs of the 1980s - 1990s on YouTube
- Wicked Saints. Free (official English remake of the song) on YouTube