Revolution in my head!
No sooner had I felt the sudden desire to listen to Kino that the skies opened and the songs started falling on me, original, remixes, a friend from France turned out a big Kino fan, a friend from Sweden was listening to the band... and Kino's songs are: 1) famous for their groundbreaking lyrics 2) contain a lot of metaphors referring to the Sun, the stars and fire.
Here is one of the best songs by Kino, Star Called Sun. We won't go deep into the text analysis and concentrate on the lighting setting. What we like is that the video doesn't seem too old and doesn't really belong to 2 decades ago. The guys's manner of performing is the same as they were playing their live concerts. So they are sometimes literally "in the limelight" and you can't tell if it's a video or a concert. The choice of colour and light setting somehow accentuate the dark and tragic lyrics. Again, light makes the difference.
To contrast, placing the remix video of Star Called Sun by Brazzaville, the visual tone is completely different, more sad and romantic, as well as the lyrics.
*Kino is the legendary Russian rock band of the 90s, the darkest time of economic and political turmoil, the leader Viktor Tsoj was the cult underground figure with almost unprecedented popularity... He died in a road accident in the 90s.
I liked Brazzaville.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the tone.
How about the lyrics.
Do they differ from the original?
The lyrics is completely different. The Kino song is about a person who is burning strong and lives according to different rules, who doesn't know the words "Yes/No", who doesn't give a damn about titles and big names and who dreams of reaching the stars. But in the end he is destined to die young beaten down by the Star Called Sun. Tragic song. It was driving young people to feel revolutionary at that time.
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