[identity profile] olydiagron.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] learn_russian
Could anyone explain the meaning of this:
Они пилили небо
http://energosc.ru/akkordi/zemfira/92203/v_metro/

and:
Приготовьте согласно условиям синего самого...
http://www.poemvmeste.ru/zemfira/nebomoreoblaka.html

Date: 2011-10-23 09:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scolar.livejournal.com
Russian rock (and pseudo-rock like Zемфира) texts are often incorrect from the language perspective. Some people say it's because of poor-man symbolism, others say it's because of psychodelic practices of rockers. I think, the main reason is that average Russian word is simply too long for rock music: too many syllables, especially in adjectives. Authors tend to use short words and omit some of them to fit the sentence into a rhythmic musical phrase. That explains why sometimes unusual adjectives are used with the nouns, excessive use of incomplete and/or impersonal sentences.

If your goal is to understand what author meant in a particular song, you often have to guess. If you are trying to extend your language by reading poetry instead of prose, rock is not your best choice.

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