Bodaybo (1962/63 Recording - Special 80th Birthday Anniversary Video)
In honor of what would have been Vladimir Vysotsky's 80th birthday (he was born Jan 25, 1938), I've decided to upload another version of Bodaybo, one of his earliest songs. Unlike almost all of my other videos, this version does not come from the New Sound remixes - instead, it comes from v-vissotsky.ru and is from a collection entitled Vladimir Vysotsky For His Father Semyon Vladimirovich. These early recordings give us a glimpse into Vysotsky as a more gentle, higher-pitched singer: where he started before developing into a more dramatic and hoarse-voiced style.
For the video, I've put together a montage of composed of a picture of Vysotsky when he was a student at the Moscow Art Theatre, and pictures of the town of Bodaybo from the town's website. Each picture is placed to fit the theme of that stanza:
The 1st stanza mentions the town name of Bodaybo - in the picture, a town sign saying I Love Bodaybo is shown.
The 2nd stanza mentions mining gold (золото) for the country - in the picture, a government building titled Лензолото is shown.
The 3rd stanza mentions tears running out on earth - in the picture, a statue of a vaguely gloomy looking man is shown, as well as a lot of earth (ground)... yes, yes, it's a reach, I know...
The 4th stanza has two references to God (бог с тобой and не дай бог тебе со мнои) - in the picture, what looks like a church or chapel is shown.
The 5th stanza talks about being released, being in the zone and trying to forget - in the picture, a war monument (in Russian памятник - memory-nik) is shown, the idea of war relating to the military relating to order relating to prison (another reach, I know...)
The 6th stanza is centered around синева, the Russian word for blue - the first image is reprised for this stanza, but the whole image, originally being predominantly cyan/teal, is now tinted a gloomy dark blue. The trees can also be symbolic - the woods are literally around Bodaybo.
All in all, while this video does pivot off of the town of Bodaybo, I have tried to make the overarching theme to be one of the origin of Vysotsky: one of his oldest songs, a recording of his young voice, him singing to his father, the picture of him as a student, an insight into some early days of Vysotsky... in short: to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Vysotsky's birth, I found it fitting to orient this video around his origin.
Happy 80th birthday.
=================
The description from the original Bodaybo video is provided here:
=================
Бодайбо (Bodaybo) - Vladimir Vysotsky, 1961
Bodaybo is a criminal song that evokes some sad imagery. The title and topic of the song is a gold-mining town where the narrator is sent. The song is sung from the perspective of a criminal to a woman, probably his lover. There is a fair amount of bitterness - he states that she won't cry or wait for him, and that she shouldn't. Furthermore, there's a vaguely bitter/threatening reaction to the idea of them meeting again. The song features a lot of interesting lyrical elements, a lot of sad imagery over imprisonment and a lot of echoing of former elements.
День города Пермь. Day of the city of Perm. Часть 2 (Part 2)
In this video - celebration of the holiday City Day Perm.
It on June 12, 2016. It is only small part of a huge holiday which I managed to film. I share with you the interesting moments also I tell about what most of all was remembered and pleasant to me. The Ural Russian city of Perm celebrated the 293 anniversary in 2016. Also, it is necessary to mark the fact that Residents of Perm celebrate two holidays in one day - the Russia Day is celebrated on June 12! :)
Different bands appeared:
- a successful Perm band Mars needs lovers (works in style of the indi-electronic engineer).
- The Perm group Sing Sing gaining popularity.
- The Perm vocalists Ksenia Vislados and Maria Galavura (together with So fix group),
- The winner of the international and All-Russian competitions Revival ensemble.
- From Yekaterinburg to congratulate residents of Perm there arrived the Russian group Sansara playing indi-fate in style.
- young group from Yekaterinburg N.E.V.A.
- From Moscow to Perm arrived to a concert the soloist Arseny Borodin and Disco Accident group.
Final chord of the City Day on the principal scene the Drama theater had a fire show of theater of Tandava fire.
В этом видео - празднование праздника день города Пермь. Это 12 июня 2016 года.
Это лишь небольшая часть огромного праздника, которую мне удалось снять на видео.
Я делюсь с вами интересными моментами и рассказываю о том, что мне больше всего запомнилось и понравилось. Уральский русский город Пермь отпраздновал в 2016 году своё 293-летие.
Также, нужно отметить тот факт, что Пермяки празднуют два праздника в один день - 12 июня празднуется День России!
Выступали разные музыкальные группы:
- успешный Пермский бэнд «Марсу нужны любовники» (работает в стиле инди-электроника).
- набирающая популярность Пермская группа «Sing Sing».
- Пермские вокалистки Ксения Висладос и Мария Галавура (совместно с группой «So fix»),
- лауреат международных и всероссийских конкурсов ансамбль «Воскресение».
- Из Екатеринбурга поздравить пермяков приехала российская группа «Сансара», играющая в стиле инди-рок.
- молодая группа из Екатеринбурга «N.E.V.A».
- Из Москвы на концерт в Пермь приехали солист Арсений Бородин и группа «Дискотека Авария».
Финальным аккордом Дня города на главной сцене у Драматического театра было фаер-шоу театра огня «Тандава».
В видео используется музыка:
Славянская Боевая Музыка – Славься Сварог
Dj-Vag - work-and-travel-013-eto-nachalo (Dj Vag aka Vagskee)
In video music is used:
Slavic Fighting Music – Be famous for Svarog
Dj-Vag - Work-and-travel-013 - eto-nachalo (Dj Vag aka Vagskee)
P.S. I thank my friend Vernon Godfrey from Ireland for the help with subtitlings!
#EVGENIYABRIGHT #Day of the city of Perm #ЕвгенияБрайт #ДеньгородаПермь2016 #Russia #Perm