Vopli Vidopliassova’s Tantsi
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2023
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-6311-5 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-6311-5 (ISBN)
Rock ‘n’ roll may not have toppled the USSR, but it definitely rumbled through its foundations. Unlike the often-saccharine pop music sanctioned by the Soviet state, Ukrainian punk musicians of the 1980s Kyiv underground adapted ideologies of rock to roast the absurdities of late Soviet life, to articulate new ways of being Ukrainian, and to celebrate the cathartic pleasures of collective gatherings organized around musical performances.
This book tells the story of Tantsi (Dances) a 1989 semi-official cassette release by the now-legendary Ukrainian punk band Vopli Vidopliassova, known to fans simply as VV (pronounced “Ve-Ve”). Their disruptive musical sounds, ironic lyrics, use of language, and propulsive performances toyed with the distinctions between official and unofficial Soviet culture. VV's Tantsi exemplifies how Soviet musical cultures existed within an ecosystem of contradictions as entrenched state infrastructures collided with emergent youth subcultures on the quicksand of late Soviet life. Today, Tantsi continues to invite us to dance while we laugh (or cry) at the absurdities of everyday life.
This book tells the story of Tantsi (Dances) a 1989 semi-official cassette release by the now-legendary Ukrainian punk band Vopli Vidopliassova, known to fans simply as VV (pronounced “Ve-Ve”). Their disruptive musical sounds, ironic lyrics, use of language, and propulsive performances toyed with the distinctions between official and unofficial Soviet culture. VV's Tantsi exemplifies how Soviet musical cultures existed within an ecosystem of contradictions as entrenched state infrastructures collided with emergent youth subcultures on the quicksand of late Soviet life. Today, Tantsi continues to invite us to dance while we laugh (or cry) at the absurdities of everyday life.
Maria Sonevytsky is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Music at Bard College, USA. She is the author of Wild Music: Sound and Sovereignty in Ukraine (2019), winner of the 2020 Lewis Lockwood Award from the American Musicological Society, and is currently writing a book about Soviet Ukrainian children’s music.
Acknowledgements
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Timeline: 1985-1989
1. Intro: There Will Be Dances
2. Tusovka: Ad Hoc Infrastructures and the Kyiv Rock Scene
3. Total Stiob: Irony vs. Hypocrisy
4. Sex, Drugs, and Komsomol
5. Conclusion: Tantsi Forever
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 17.07.2023 |
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Reihe/Serie | 33 1/3 Europe |
Zusatzinfo | 8 bw illus |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 197 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock |
ISBN-10 | 1-5013-6311-5 / 1501363115 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-6311-5 / 9781501363115 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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