Here is Hronop‘s amazing music video “Nobody But You.” I had never heard such anti-war songs before. When Vadim, Hronop’s frontman, sent me the link, I didn’t even open it at first, to be honest, because I thought I already knew what it would be like. Vadim is an extraordinary musician and a complicated poet. I thought the song would be something tricky, in 13/7 time, with lyrics for fans of Borges.
It’s pointless, I thought. People are being killed, and we need something else.
But I opened the link. And there…
…was a sweet, flowing melody, intimate vocals, a flute playing, old family photos…. It’s a prayer to Mama is what it is.
“I’m glad you didn’t see it… Nobody but you can save the tattered world… Mom, shoot down the rocket… The enemy is innumerable, but you’re alone in the sky.”
Vadim has taken an angle which, in my opinion, no one had taken before. I didn’t ask him what the story behind the song was, but it was obviously a real story, since you don’t write songs like that just for the heck of it.
It doesn’t matter. What matters is that it’s touching and disturbing.
Source: Yan Shenkman (Facebook), 21 December 2024. Translated by the Russian Reader
Mama blue runs through the sky
Mama blue runs through the sky
Amid the Airbuses and flocks of ducks
As if she wants to catch the last tram
Mama blue is in tears of amber
And beneath her lie minefields
Kulikovo Field and Borodino
But her blood is like holy wine to me
Mama, your temple was burnt down by our rocket
I’m glad you didn’t see it
I’m now thirteen years older than you were
Nobody but you can save this tattered world
Mama blue, the sun between your legs
Mama blue, a stocking that’s slipped
Everything is runninbg through the sky, there’s no peace in my soul
Like Brienne of Tarth, like the Sugar Plum Fairy
Mama, shoot down the rocket that’s going round and round
Mama, shoot down the rocket with a wave of your hand
There’s a voice in the left heart and silence in the right.
The enemy is innumerable, but you’re alone in the sky
Vadim Demidov – voice, acoustic guitar, song
Andrei Malykh – flute
Alex Repyev – guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, backing vocals, recording, mixing, producing, video editing
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Instagram: / vadim_hronop
Source: Hronop (YouTube), 13 December 2024. Annotation translated by the Russian Reader