Prostye dvischenija
| Prostye dvischenija | |
|---|---|
| tATu | |
| publication | 2002 |
| length | 3:56 min. |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Producer (s) | Ivan Shapovalov , Mars Lasar |
| album | tATu remixes |
Prostyje dwischenija ( Russian Простые движения ; German "Simple Movements") is a song of the Russian pop - duo t.ATu from 2002. The song was released one and a half years later as part of the remix album tATu Remixes first time on CD . It got a lot of attention mainly through the music video.
Song structure
The song begins with two calm text passages, sung by Jelena Katina . Then begins the refrain carried by both singers, consisting of the words “Prostyje dvischenja; Ja prodolschaiu ”(German“ Simple movements; I continue ”) exists. This is followed by two more calmly sung text passages by Katina, followed by the refrain again, which then reads: “Prostyje dwischenja; Schit, prodolschaja "(German" Simple movements; live, continued "), and finally only" Prostyje dvischenja "until the song ends. The lyrics are kept simple compared to other pieces by the duo. The chorus is accompanied by a pounding, fast beat .
Music video
The music video for Prostyje dvischenija shows Julija Wolkowa masturbating in a bathtub. Volkova is only visible from the shoulders up, and a low moan can be heard. The scene is constantly interrupted by the recording of old black-and-white photos from the Soviet era , for example showing people dancing and children playing. The music is briefly interrupted in the middle of the video, after which the recordings of Volkova and Katina take a back seat. Various video snippets that are not closely related, for example from Soviet newsreel and propaganda films (athletes on a coastal strip, workers with shovels) or American cartoons are shown with the addition of color images .
The video was made in Moscow in April 2002 . The masturbation scenes were recorded with Volkova in a Moscow hotel and, according to the video director Ivan Shapovalov, are mainly intended to capture the facial expressions of a masturbating person, which he described as very meaningful and significant. The main intention of the video is to show that masturbation and sexuality are just as common an everyday occurrence as, for example, opening a beer bottle, a "simple movement".
publication
The music video was presented to the public for the first time on May 30, 2002 in the Moscow club "Marika". In addition to the parents of the two singers, there were also members of the Duma and journalists among the audience . Viktor Ivanovich Cherepkov, a member of the State Duma Security Committee, had previously suggested showing the video to all members of parliament.
The votes for the video were mostly positive from the audience. Yelena Grigoryevna Drapeko, deputy chairwoman of the Communist KPRF's Culture Committee , called the video a "ray of light of happy love" and expressed her desire for more such videos. Alexei Valentinovich Mitrofanov of the liberal LDPR , who later also wrote a book about tATu, turned against his party's draft law, which aims to ban lesbian love , under the impression of the video . Viktor Tscherepkow interpreted the video as a message against exclusion, he praised the "good representation of the state of mind of young people" and described it as "beautiful".
Moscow State Duma MPs later called for an examination of the "most difficult scenes" in which Volkova "simulates sexual acts". At the end of this test, the clip could have been censored or indexed and banned from broadcasting. However, the investigations were ended without any result.
The most widely read Russian weekly, Argumenty i Fakty, headlined an article about the video: “Who puts this filth on TV?” And asked: “Today the 17-year-old tATu singer masturbates on TV. What's next?"
success
Prostyje dvischenija was tATu's first new release since September 2001, since in January 2002 the recording of the English-language album 200 km / h in the Wrong Lane had started. Although Katina and Wolkowa were hardly present in public or on television for six months due to the work on the album, they managed to build on their previous successes. The song reached number two on the Russian MTV video charts. With Prostyje dvischenija , the duo achieved their fourth top 10 hit in a row in Russia, and the controversial music video also caused a new scandal. Later, the song and music video were also picked up by foreign media, such as the German television format Spiegel TV Magazin in May 2003. However, Prostyje dvischenija was never released as an independent single on the western music market and therefore received significantly less attention outside of Eastern Europe and Russia. The song was part of the show Me Love Tour held in Japan . It was performed by the duo during the concert and then played again in a remix version at the end. At the same time, excerpts from the music video were shown on video screens. It was also sung during the second part of the 200 Po Vstrechnoi Tour .
Russian music channels such as MTV Russia and MUS-TW played the music video frequently. In June 2003 Prostyje dvischenija was finally honored as "Best Music Video of 2002" at the MUS-TW Awards.
Critical reception
The music critic Yuri Jarozki said of the song in his weekly review for the Kommersant newspaper :
"The producer of tATu, Ivan Shapovalov, and his team arranged another provocative thriller for the girls."
The Russian music critic Rita Skiter from InterMedia called the song in 2003 together with Ne wer, ne boisja “the duo's last big hit”. This statement was made against the background that the duo had separated from manager Schapowalow at the time the criticism was published and Skiter no longer expected tATus to continue successfully.
"A Simple Motion"
An English-language version of the song was recorded in the spring of 2002 in the course of the production of 200 km / h in the Wrong Lane under the title A Simple Motion in the Village Studios in Los Angeles . Unlike the fast dance-pop track Prostyje dvischenija , however, this is a ballad, and the lyrics are also different from the Russian equivalent. Producer Trevor Horn persuaded the other two producers Iwan Schapowalow and Martin Kierszenbaum to do the tATu cover version of How Soon Is Now? Instead of A Simple Motion . to be added to the tracklist. The song is finally included on the new release of 200 km / h in the Wrong Lane on November 12, 2012 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the album . Previously, tATu singer Julija Wolkowa had already performed the song in various live performances during her solo career.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Summary of opinions on the video on rol.ru (May 31, 2002) ( Memento of December 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Tscherepkov to the video
- ↑ Duma negotiates examination of the music video
- ↑ AiF interview about the video
- ↑ Chart placement in Russia ( Memento from August 5, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Prostyje dvischenija as part of the show Me Love Tour
- ↑ MUS-TW Prize Winner 2002
- ↑ Juri Jarozki on the song
- ↑ Rita Skiters song criticism for Intermedia
- ↑ Martin Kierszenbaum on the creation of "A Simple Motion"
- ↑ Kommersant on album production
- ↑ Press release on the new edition of the debut album on cherrytreerecords.com ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Volkova sings "Simple Motions"
