Saturday, May 10, 2008

Mpnmep Ctpaha

One main version:

* (1981) - Chemical Playschool 1 (2:38)

The song fades into the drum sequence and melody, and fades out with an odd sped-up vocals repeating a Russian phrase.

Unavailable elsewhere.

Instruments: Drum machine with single pattern; barely-audible synth bassline; synth piano keys; high-pitched synth melody with Russian tinge; single vocal track; windy synth noises.

What It's About:

This one is short and ambiguous, but it might be about somebody looking at a painting by a Russian artist. The painting depicts a happy family, but the viewer detects an ominous possessiveness in the smile of the mother.

Lyrics (adapted from the Cloud-Zero archive):

The artist was good. He caught the mood, he caught the colours.
Caught the warm, embracing smile, a kindly aunt, a loving brother.
But the smile belongs to mother.
Says "I'll clothe you when you're cold, I'll feed you when you're hungry.
You'll never want to leave me.
Never. Never. Never ever ever ever nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet! Nyet!"

(Russian lyrics?)

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