Evening musical mood from LenTV24. In 1980, Kate Bush, a British singer with a 4-octave voice, released a song with the mysterious title "Babushka". In fact, the story there is not about a Russian grandmother at all. Kate herself later admitted that the word emerged from her subconscious, and she only vaguely guessed its meaning. However, with the name began the spreading cranberry, which the video brought to an end. The plot of the song is basically about female paranoia. The wife, fearing that her husband no longer wants her, invents a young (Russian?) rival named Babushka and writes love letters to her husband in her name. He, of course, bites. And when his wife arranges a "chance" meeting, he goes on a date, fascinated by a stranger who reminds him of his wife in his youth. But the clip is a masterpiece separate from the meaning. Kate appears for the first time in a black jumpsuit and a scarf, like a widow, communicating with the double bass as clearly as with her husband, and in the choruses she becomes a "babushka": a hair mop, an extravagant "Russian" costume. There are many things there - a torn tank top, a saber, or an upside-down kokoshnik or tiara. Kate personally invented the pictures. Which turned out not to be Russia, but an Englishwoman's dream about Russia, seen after a hearty dinner with Russian folk tales about Baba Yaga, and probably a bottle of vodka. The funny thing is that the Guardian later pointed out that for Britain in 1980, "Babushka" was unusual precisely because of its lack of stereotypes and its humane portrayal of Russians. Well, yes. They just forgot about caviar, vodka, bear and balalaika. But maybe the cranberries here are just so concentrated that they stopped being cranberries and became post-ironic. Kate Bush - "Babushka".

Evening musical mood from LenTV24. In 1980, Kate Bush, a British singer with a 4-octave voice, released a song with the mysterious title "Babushka". In fact, the story there is not about a Russian grandmother at all. Kate herself later admitted that the word emerged from her subconscious, and she only vaguely guessed its meaning. However, with the name began the spreading cranberry, which the video brought to an end. The plot of the song is basically about female paranoia. The wife, fearing that her husband no longer wants her, invents a young (Russian?) rival named Babushka and writes love letters to her husband in her name. He, of course, bites. And when his wife arranges a "chance" meeting, he goes on a date, fascinated by a stranger who reminds him of his wife in his youth. But the clip is a masterpiece separate from the meaning. Kate appears for the first time in a black jumpsuit and a scarf, like a widow, communicating with the double bass as clearly as with her husband, and in the choruses she becomes a "babushka": a hair mop, an extravagant "Russian" costume. There are many things there - a torn tank top, a saber, or an upside-down kokoshnik or tiara. Kate personally invented the pictures. Which turned out not to be Russia, but an Englishwoman's dream about Russia, seen after a hearty dinner with Russian folk tales about Baba Yaga, and probably a bottle of vodka. The funny thing is that the Guardian later pointed out that for Britain in 1980, "Babushka" was unusual precisely because of its lack of stereotypes and its humane portrayal of Russians. Well, yes. They just forgot about caviar, vodka, bear and balalaika. But maybe the cranberries here are just so concentrated that they stopped being cranberries and became post-ironic. Kate Bush - "Babushka".