I was extremely suprised and happy when I read the topic #3 of Tim. So, that means that I want to write about the last concert where I have been. Honestly to say, I was only on one "real" concert of a band. And that band was my lovely Russian LENINGRAD.
I think some readers might be really confused and refuse to read these post due to it is about such a strange band. I understand them. When I said to my parents that I was going to go to such concert, my father said, "Are they those garbage mouths? Yes? I would comment this". So, about the concert. The decision to go was made in several days before the concert. My friend from Voronezh asked publicly in Russian Facebook whether somebody wants to go, and I said 'yes' and on the next day we bought ones of the last tickets. We gathered a company of 6 people who previously lived in Voronezh and arrived to Stadium Live (the place of the concert) one our before the concert and one guy said, 'Hey, we are going to the concert of one of the most crazy and drunk band in Russia, we shouldn't be sober!". So, we bought a bottle of vodka and drank it in 10 minutes. I felt myself being one of lowlifes who just drink beer everyday on the streets, but it was funny, and only once, so I didn't care. So, we entered the hall and found there were really small number of people there. We stood to one of the best places, near the stage and waited. Waited for 2 hours. The most funny thing was the way people were calling for the most well-known member of the band, the permanent leader of it, Sergei Shnurov (Shnur). They were shouting something like,"hey, drunk moron! stop drinking and move your ass to the stage!". So, after 2 hours we whole band came out, the hall was overcrowded in that moment, and the concert began. The first two songs were "normal", people were warming up, but I remember how I was shocked during the third song when the whole crowd started moving to the right and when I a really big man fell almost on me. The madness began, but it was rather funny. After 10 minutes I found that in the middle of the crowd there was a place were different man were just running and pushing each other. After another several minutes I turned around once more and found them simply fighting. The whole situation was rather dangerous, but really cool. After some kind of pause which was made after an hour of the concert I lost the impression of the concert. I was fed up with this feeling of being Russian. So the second part of concert I preffered to stay out of the crowd. It was really great concert.
Some people, especially my neighbors when I am listening to the songs of Leningrad loudly, ask me why I do it. All this songs are about alcohol, being nobody, and fullfilled with bad words. Their songs can completely create the image of 'simple Russian' who drink, do nothing and blame other people for his problems. But in the same time there is big amount of songs in which the author is laughing at our society. He doesn't appeal to changes, not the only thing he appeal to is freedom, freedom of social norms, and doing what you want. And I like it. Yes they are full bad words, but they are full of some kind of meaning. It is not stupid songs about parties or distorted kinds of "love" and not about such garbage as beautiful life of movie stars and other celebrities. It is songs about our common life. Dirty, frustrating life of simple russians, not of the students of cool economics program. So, may be my love to this songs is a way to be closer to simple people, some kinf of patriotism. Or just a desire to be simple free man and do not depend on society. Something like that.
Thank you for attention.
I think some readers might be really confused and refuse to read these post due to it is about such a strange band. I understand them. When I said to my parents that I was going to go to such concert, my father said, "Are they those garbage mouths? Yes? I would comment this". So, about the concert. The decision to go was made in several days before the concert. My friend from Voronezh asked publicly in Russian Facebook whether somebody wants to go, and I said 'yes' and on the next day we bought ones of the last tickets. We gathered a company of 6 people who previously lived in Voronezh and arrived to Stadium Live (the place of the concert) one our before the concert and one guy said, 'Hey, we are going to the concert of one of the most crazy and drunk band in Russia, we shouldn't be sober!". So, we bought a bottle of vodka and drank it in 10 minutes. I felt myself being one of lowlifes who just drink beer everyday on the streets, but it was funny, and only once, so I didn't care. So, we entered the hall and found there were really small number of people there. We stood to one of the best places, near the stage and waited. Waited for 2 hours. The most funny thing was the way people were calling for the most well-known member of the band, the permanent leader of it, Sergei Shnurov (Shnur). They were shouting something like,"hey, drunk moron! stop drinking and move your ass to the stage!". So, after 2 hours we whole band came out, the hall was overcrowded in that moment, and the concert began. The first two songs were "normal", people were warming up, but I remember how I was shocked during the third song when the whole crowd started moving to the right and when I a really big man fell almost on me. The madness began, but it was rather funny. After 10 minutes I found that in the middle of the crowd there was a place were different man were just running and pushing each other. After another several minutes I turned around once more and found them simply fighting. The whole situation was rather dangerous, but really cool. After some kind of pause which was made after an hour of the concert I lost the impression of the concert. I was fed up with this feeling of being Russian. So the second part of concert I preffered to stay out of the crowd. It was really great concert.
Some people, especially my neighbors when I am listening to the songs of Leningrad loudly, ask me why I do it. All this songs are about alcohol, being nobody, and fullfilled with bad words. Their songs can completely create the image of 'simple Russian' who drink, do nothing and blame other people for his problems. But in the same time there is big amount of songs in which the author is laughing at our society. He doesn't appeal to changes, not the only thing he appeal to is freedom, freedom of social norms, and doing what you want. And I like it. Yes they are full bad words, but they are full of some kind of meaning. It is not stupid songs about parties or distorted kinds of "love" and not about such garbage as beautiful life of movie stars and other celebrities. It is songs about our common life. Dirty, frustrating life of simple russians, not of the students of cool economics program. So, may be my love to this songs is a way to be closer to simple people, some kinf of patriotism. Or just a desire to be simple free man and do not depend on society. Something like that.
Thank you for attention.
