"Team of the Union" - chanson in its purest form

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Who doesn't love Russian chanson? Of course, there are such renegades from the common trunk of modern Russian culture who ask the taxi driver to turn off Shufutinsky and do not like Trofim. They even on Twitter sometimes write how these same taxi drivers dropped them out of the car in response to a request to change the record. But even these people frantically begin to look in their pocket for a handkerchief to wipe their tears of joy when they hear the songs of the “Union Team” group.

Russian chanson

Thieves' song and chanson is an organic part of the diverse Russian culture, close to almost everyone. In many families, someone either sat or planted. And somehow it turns out that the songs of the "Union Team" in the style of "And on the black bench, on the dock …" entered the mental space of the people as a characteristic of courage, prowess, luck. Robbers have been welcomed in Russia since the days of Stenka Razin and Emelka Pugachev.

Moreover, it should be taken into account that the chanson has as its ancestor not only prison or thieves' lyrics, but also urban romance, military and White Guard songs - almost the entire population of a vast country: from convicts to grand dukes - such music is close to everyone. This determines the genetic love for chanson in 99% of the Russian population.

Founder of the group

The leader of the "Union Team" Yevgeny Zhurin was sitting. How could it be without it. A native of the wonderful Russian city of Vologda, where the carved palisade and the Ferapontov Monastery, was born in 1961. Played football since childhood. Who doesn't remember the romantic Pretty Boy from the movie "Green Van"? At some point, Russian prowess and football mischief came into conflict with the realities of Soviet reality, and in 1981 Zhurin sat down. He went on the run in 1982. Of course, he did not go far. In the camps, he wrote poems and songs, creating something beautiful far away for the souls of the convicts around him.

When Zhurin left, he created several funds to support convicts and young talents. And the "Team of the Union" group. She, of course, received a football name. Evgeny Zhurin dreamed of playing football for the national team since childhood. It did not work out with sports, but the team almost instantly won the hearts of all the inhabitants of the North-West of Russia and, above all, his hometown - Vologda. That's how the group "Team of the Union" appeared. What happened to her next?

The Union Team rushes forward

The soloist of the group "Union Team" is Vitaly Sinitsyn. His pleasant baritone with a hoarse voice is now liked not only by girls, but also by men. The musical accompaniment of the group's songs is made in the style of the arrangement, popular in the early 90s. Vitaly Sinitsa (author's pseudonym of the performer) does not let the numerous fans of the band get bored and relaxed, as he performs music that resonates withhearts. Now the group's repertoire includes about 400 songs, not only in the style of chanson, but also ironic in the style of "Giraffe" or "Boxer" by Vladimir Vysotsky. There are also patriotic compositions. Some songs of the "Combined Union" group go beyond secularism and are in the nature of an Orthodox sermon. The team has released 10 albums and about 20 video clips.