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Architects (group). Strange questions about life "at the turn of the times"

Yuri Loza, Valery Syutkin, Yuri Davydov- The "golden composition" of the "Architects" group gathered for the sake of a single concert. The founder of the "Architects" and part-time president of the football club of pop stars "Starko" Yuri Davydov, who celebrated his 60th birthday, remembered how it all began.

The appearance of Yuri Loza in The Architects in 1983 greatly changed the group's music. Yura lit us up with fun, jokes, and he had a whole baggage of his songs. And when Valera Syutkin joined our team, the group took on a finished look. Each song had a theatrical setting. For example, the song “Give the people beer” (a parody of the song John Lenon Power To The People - “Give power to the people”) we sang in chorus with the audience. And at the end of the number, several people brought bottled beer into the hall. At that time, the foamy drink was a terrible shortage, and the public instantly grabbed these bottles.

In the 80s we worked in Tyumen Philharmonic. Probably, it was possible to catch on in Moscow, but we were quite comfortable in Tyumen. In those days, there were tough campaigns against rock music and VIA, and we lay at the bottom "in the tundra". And when the campaign subsided, they “surfaced” again. Tyumen region, which then included both Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamal-Nenets District, we all crawled on dogs, helicopters and even crawled on our belly. Through mud, snow, ice, water.

Once they flew by Mi-6 helicopter from Tyumen to Noyabrsk. It was already getting dark. And the pilots asked us: “Guys, if we drown out now, then in the dark we won’t be able to take off later - these are the rules. Therefore, a big request: we will sit down with working propellers, unload your equipment. You press it with your bodies so that it does not scatter. And we'll take off safely." We unloaded everything, covered everything with bodies, and missed Yuri Loza's guitar. And she flew across the tundra. Vine rushed after her. The guitar flew under the train. Yura had to dive under this train. And in the morning of that day, he bought himself a synthetic silver fur coat (at that time - the latest fashion). He dived under the train in a silver coat, and emerged in a black one. And part of the body of the guitar broke off from hitting the ground. At the same time, she continued to work and did not even lose her formation. And Loza played on it for a year and a half after that.

Yuri Loza, 1988. Photo: RIA Novosti / Alexander Polyakov

About "ideological" songs

We didn’t have to sing about the Komsomol, but we had one terrible song that we didn’t play on solo concerts, but for special events it was perfect. There were such words: "There are such evenings when, having sat down on a halt around, geologists will quiet down at a fire, embarrassed to meet each other's gaze." Depending on who we were speaking to, we simply changed the word “geologists” to “oil workers”, “polar explorers”, “taiga explorers”, etc. The song was suitable for all occasions.

In those years, we had a whole system to protect ourselves from troubles from the authorities. For example, for each song with a text that was questionable from the point of view of ideology, we had a different text in store. And besides, you could always come up with an excuse: "I forgot the words." Or “I couldn’t sing a song about the Komsomol, because my throat hurt, and there the notes were high, they sang Yury Loza’s “Raft” because it’s just in a comfortable tessitura.” "The raft", by the way, once "dragged us to the bottom." We showed the lyrics to the censors. And in the commission there was one woman who read it and said: “Where are you going to sail? What kind of "previous mistakes" is the load pulling you to the bottom? And we canceled 30 concerts for which tickets were already sold out - 16 in Novosibirsk and 14 in Omsk because I had the imprudence (I thought that there was certainly nowhere to expect trouble) to include "Raft" in the official program of the group.

About life "at the turn of the times"

In 1986, at the height of Prohibition in the USSR, we, as part of a large delegation, including the Time Machine, went to the Days of Soviet Youth in the GDR. As soon as we settled in the hotel, all 200 people ran to buy alcohol. A huge line of representatives of Soviet youth gathered at the nearest store selling alcohol. Everyone is standing and waiting for something. We see through the glass doors how the German salesmen look at each other, fuss. Finally, a man who spoke Russian came out of the store and asked: "The salespeople can't understand why you stand in line and don't enter the store?" We have, Soviet people, there was a stereotype, if there is no one in the store, then it is closed. No one even pulled the door handle, everyone thought it was closed.

In 1986, at the peak of popularity, we bought a color and music set somewhere “from hand”. We were told that it was imported. And when we bought it, it turned out that it was made by the hands of our craftsmen from tourist bowlers, in which lamps from the landing lights of the Tu-134 aircraft were mounted. Nobody can defeat our people (laughs).

Already in the 90s, when they no longer shot or imprisoned for this, we had the song “Grandfather Lenin” with the text: “Grandfather died, but the work lives on. It would be better if it was the other way around! And she was born after we, returning from a tour on the bedstead, at the Orsha station in Belarus, waited for a train for an hour and walked along the platform with nothing to do. On the building of the station they saw a huge memorial plaque reporting that in 1897 and 1903 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin passing through Orsha station.

On the importance of football

In the 90s, everything changed dramatically - music, the system of concert work. When we are with Chris Kelmi we recorded the song "Closing the Circle", thought we were writing an anthem, but wrote a requiem. While we were recording it, licking every note, somewhere in the small cellars, the guys on "self-plays" created new genre- "plywood pop". And it has already become clear that we will not return to the top. Perhaps the agony of the "Architects" would have dragged on for several years if in 1991 the project of the football team of pop stars "Starco" had not appeared. Football caught up with me in a way. The first line-up looked like this: Volodya Presnyakov, Dima Malikov, Vladimir Kuzmin, Alexander Barykin, Yuri Antonov etc. - that is, people who are popular and know how to play football. As for guys like Mikhail Muromov, Here paradoxes arose. Misha, being a very healthy and athletic guy at that time, did not know how to play football so much that when playing defense, he did not react to the tricks of the attackers. And the attackers didn't even know what to do with him. Muromov stood and looked at the ball. The ball rolled, he ran after it. It was impossible to push him away and few people managed to escape from him either.

About today's youth

The most memorable match "Starko" held in 1992 against the Italians, for whom he played then Eros Ramazzotti, not very well known among us at that time. The journalists who met the Italian team at the airport did not even react to him. They were more interested Gianni Morandi, Pupo, Ricardo Foli. Therefore, Eros, not recognized by anyone, sideways went to the bus. For us, that match was very important - 25,000 spectators came to Luzhniki, and it was the first public game of Starko. Therefore, we went out on the field to die, and won 3-1.

In 2007, we came up with the Art Football World Cup among artists. This year it will be held for the 7th time. We dream of making an opening match on Red Square: the Russian team of politicians and pop stars against some foreign team. Today, when international relations are tense, the British, Germans, even Australians are torn to us for the World Cup like undermined, I'm already silent about the Estonians and Poles. And I believe that we managed to lay our “brick of friendship” between the peoples ... I hope that Denis Matsuev, Edgard Zapashny, Ilya Averbukh, Viktor Zinchuk, Sergey Minaev, Pierre Narcisse, Garik Bogomazov (“Inveterate scammers"). We are waiting for football veterans Ruslan Nigmatulin, Sergey Kiryakov, Viktor Bulatov.

We are trying to rejuvenate the team, but now it is difficult to find young people who are famous and have the skills to play football. Washed out a layer of people playing football. In our generation, almost everyone more or less knew how to play both football and some musical instrument.

The founder of the group, Yuri Davydov, started back in school groups, but took up music more seriously in the mid-70s, having assembled the Gusliary group, popular with students. The group often performed with local stars - "Time Machine" and "Danger Zone", played dances, participated in various student amateur competitions and traveled abroad a couple of times with the so-called "friendship trains".

The amateur stage in the history of the Guslyars ended in 1980, when, in the wake of the "Olympic thaw", they got the opportunity to legalize themselves and, having changed their name to "Architects", got a job at the Tyumen Philharmonic. The composition of the group changed regularly. Obvious progress began only after 1983, when the guitarist and singer who came from the Integral group appeared in the "Architects" Yuri Loza, whose songs (including the material from the sensational tape album "Journey to Rock and Roll") made up the lion's share of their new repertoire .

The most stable and strong composition was formed by the beginning of 1986, when the "Architects" came under the wing of the Ryazan Philharmonic. The group included Yuri Davydov (bass, cello, vocals), Yuri Loza (guitar, vocals), Andrey Artyukhov (guitar, vocals), Valery Syutkin (bass, guitar, vocals), Alexander Belonosov (who started in the Moscow group "Forum" , and also recorded with the DK group; keyboards), Andrey Rodin (violin, vocals) and Gennady Gordeev (worked in the Six Young VIA; drums).

Their appearance in the TV program Morning Mail with parodies of musical phenomenon under the name "Italian stage" immediately made the group a name. The series of songs that followed him by Yuri Loza (“Mannequin”, “Autumn” and others) and Syutkin (“Time of Love”, “Sleep, Baby”, and shown on TV “Bus 86” (“Ballad of Public Transport”)) brought "Architect" all-Union fame. According to the results of 1986, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper named them among the five most popular bands countries. Davydov and Syutkin also participated in the filming of the sensational video "Closing the Circle"

In October 1987, after a tour of Ukraine, which ended with a concert in Kyiv, Yuri Loza left the band. The performance of the "Architects" at the "Rock-Panorama'87" festival in the same December was unsuccessful, and fermentation began in the group. In 1988, Belonosov left it, and Egor Irodov (keyboards) later took his place. Recorded in 1988 and released by Melodiya a year later, the album Garbage from the Hut did not save the situation.

In 1989, Valery Syutkin also left the group and assembled the unsuccessful Feng-O-Man project, after which he brilliantly fit into Bravo. His place was taken by Alexander Martynov, who had a good voice, but not so spectacular, but the lack of new ideas in the "Architects" and the arrival of the next generation of musicians on the stage ultimately summed up their existence.

A little later, on the fragments of the "Architects", a pop-rock group "Deja Vu" appeared, led by Alexander Shevchenko (was a session soloist on the album "Garbage from the hut"), which promoted the vocalist, but was never able to achieve special success in show business.

"Architects" - Soviet rock band, founded in 1980.

Story

The founder of the group, Yuri Davydov, started back in school groups, but took up music more seriously in the mid-70s, gathering the Gusliary group, popular with students of the Moscow Architectural Institute. The group often performed with local stars - "Time Machine" and "Danger Zone", played dances, participated in various student amateur competitions and traveled abroad a couple of times with the so-called "friendship trains".

The amateur stage in the history of the Guslyars ended in 1980, when, in the wake of the “Olympic thaw”, they got the opportunity to legalize themselves and, having changed their name to “Architects”, got a job at the Tyumen Philharmonic. The composition of the group changed regularly. Obvious progress began only after 1983, when the guitarist and singer who came from the Integral group appeared in the group Yuri Loza, whose songs (including the material from the sensational tape album Journey to Rock and Roll) made up the lion's share of their new repertoire.

In 1985, at the invitation of Yuri Loza, Valery Syutkin, who had previously played in the Moscow group Telefon, joined the group.

Their appearance in the TV program "Morning Mail" with parodies of Italian pop stars immediately made the group a name. The series of songs that followed him by Yuri Loza (“Mannequin”, “Autumn” and others) and Syutkin (“Time of Love”, “Sleep, Baby”, and shown on TV “Bus 86” (“Ballad of Public Transport”)) brought "Architect" all-Union fame. According to the results of 1986, the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper named them among the five most popular groups in the country.

In October 1987, after a tour of Ukraine, which ended with a concert in Kyiv, Yuri Loza left the group. The performance of the "Architects" at the "Rock-Panorama'87" festival in the same December was unsuccessful, and fermentation began in the group. In 1988, Belonosov left the band and was later replaced by Egor Irodov (keyboards). Recorded in 1988 and released by Melodiya a year later, the album Garbage from the Hut also did not add popularity to the group.

In 1989, Valery Syutkin also left the group and assembled his own trio "Feng-O-Man". His place was taken by Alexander Martynov, who had a good voice, but not so spectacular, but the lack of new ideas in the "Architects" and the arrival of the next generation of musicians on the stage ultimately summed up their existence.

Composition of the group

IN different time The group included:

Yuri Loza - vocals, guitar, songwriter (1983 - 87)
Valery Syutkin - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, songwriter (1985 - 89)
Andrey Artyukhov - guitar, vocals (1984 - 90)
Nikolai Koltsov - guitar, vocals (1980 - 84)
Alexander Belonosov - keyboards, vocals (1980 - 88)
Yuri Davydov - bass, vocals, cello
Andrey Rodin - violin, vocals
Gennady Gordeev - drums (1980 - 90)
Leonid Lipnitsky - keyboards (1988 - 1989)
Boris Nosachev - guitar (1990 - 91)
Egor Irodov - keyboards (1989 - 91)
Anatoly Belchikov - drums (1990 - 91)
Alexander Martynov - vocals (1989 - 90)
Alexander Shevchenko - vocals (1989 - 91)
Valery Anokhin - vocals (1990 - 91)
Pavel Shcherbakov - vocals (1990 - 91)

Discography

Stage Lights (with Yuri Loza) (1984)
"Ecology" (1987)
"Child of Urbanism" (1987)
"Fifth Series" (other name - "Nepruha") (1987)
"Concert in Tallinn" (1987)
"Garbage from the hut" (1989, 1990 - vinyl disc at the Melodiya company)
"Pour" (1991)
"Songs 1984-1993" (1996, collection)
"Mood for Love" (2004, collection)

According to the head of the group Yuri Davydov, in the composition "Demonstration", which opens the album "Garbage from the hut", there is a recording of Leonid Brezhnev's speech ( « Dear comrades, we don't have time for the buildup. We have to work, we have to do things. Very precise, capacious, ageless words. That's the way it should be").
The songs "Child of Urbanism" and "Metalist Petrov" were heard in the episodes of the "Vzglyad" program. Both were soloed by Valery Syutkin, but the latter was included in the album "Garbage from the Hut" without his vocals.

June 1 is celebrated annually as International Children's Day. The decision to hold it was made back in 1925 at a conference in Geneva. Since then, various charitable events and children's holidays have been held on this day in many countries of the world. Basically holidays business also is limited. I watched the news about how this day went in Russia in 2010. In Tver, they staged a concert in the city garden. In Krasnoyarsk, orphans were shown one movie free of charge. In Arkhangelsk, mothers picketed the mayor's office in connection with the lack of places in kindergartens. The picture practically does not change from year to year.

But there are events of a completely different plan. Interesting for children and adults. Sports holiday, concert, distribution of personalized certificates for treatment. Attraction of solid sponsors and real help to sick children.

I want to talk about one such action. On June 1, 2008, politicians and artists played football at the Lokomotiv stadium in Moscow. Take a look at this photo. I am sure that you know many of the participants in the match by sight, or have heard their names. Famous people invested their personal time and energy to help children.

What is the essence of the action? Football with the participation of pop stars and politics is a popular event. Stadium tickets are on sale. All proceeds, plus the help of sponsors, go to sick children. Not in the form of abstract injections into the funds of medical institutions, but targeted. Surname. The Ministry of Health has lists of children in need of complex and expensive treatment. The proceeds from the "Flag of Kindness" campaign, as this event is called, are used to purchase certificates. Each certificate is personal, covering the cost of treating a particular child. Some of the recipients are in the front row on cover photo.

The ideological inspirer and founder of the action is Yuri Davydov. Remember the show group "Architects", who collected full halls in perestroika times? In addition to the sharply political orientation of the songs (“Grandfather died, but the case lives on, it would be better if it was the other way around” - this is about Lenin), the group also produced a very interesting musical material. At different times, Yuri Loza, Valery Syutkin, Nikolai Koltsov, and Alexander Shevchenko left the group of Yuri Davydov "The Architects".

Later, when the "Architects" ceased to exist, Yuri Davydov assembled a football team of pop stars under the peculiar and ambiguous name "Starco". It was he, and not Yuri Loza, as Wikipedia says. Those who are younger will read this name as "team of stars". Older generation, will certainly catch the association with the popular in Soviet time brand of vodka - "Starka". However, irony and self-irony - business card Jura.

Here he is at the gate in a yellow jersey - a permanent goalkeeper and captain of the Starko team. With the ball is his longtime buddy Chris Kelmi. Chris' real name is Anatoly Arievich Kalinkin. Wikipedia is wrong again.

Politicians have their own team - Rosich, which is headed by Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich. Often "Rosich" and "Starko" play against each other, or with regional teams of officials in regional centers. But this time, in 2008, they teamed up to oppose the team of Italian pop stars "Nazionale Italiana Cantanti". Translated from Italian - "national singing". Riccardo Fogli, Pupo and other celebrities flew to Moscow specifically to take part in the match. The Italians also received political support - the Italian ambassador to Russia Vittorio Claudio Surdo entered the field. He is in the center of the title shot, wearing glasses, to the right of the flag.

The match was played with frequent substitutions. There were a lot of people who wanted to take the field. "Reserves" on the edge of the field were attacked by journalists. While the State Secretary of the Union State, Pal Palych Borodin, is jogging towards the center of the field, Valery Syutkin, who has left the game, is already giving an interview.

But the Italians had almost no spares. I was surprised by the age Riccardo Foli (at the front line), who spent the entire match on the field, and then also jumped on the stage like a young man. Excellent physical form for 60+ years! The Italians could not put up their goalkeeper either. Their gates were protected by "rented" Sergei Ovchinnikov . He stood honestly, to death, more than once saved the gates of the guests. In another way, the two-time champion of Russia, repeatedly named the best goalkeeper of the year, the goalkeeper of the Russian national team, the Benfica and Porto clubs, Sergei “Boss” Ovchinnikov cannot play. Here he is in the picture - puts the ball into play.

Ours could not score for a long time, although they attacked more often. With the ball - Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov. Vyacheslav Fetisov runs into the penalty area. What, someone else doesn't know this person? I'm at a loss as to how to accurately represent it. The legend of Soviet and world hockey. Multiple World, European and Olympic Games. Canada Cup and Stanley Cup winner. Member of the symbolic "team of the century", compiled by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Included in the NHL Hall of Fame. Currently engaged in politics. Member of the Federation Council, Chairman of the Sports Commission. Here is the biography!

The match was judged by the well - known Russian referee of the international category Valentin Ivanov . It was he who in 2006 at the World Championships showed in the Netherlands-Portugal match 16 yellow cards, 4 of which turned red. FIFA President Sepp Blatter first criticized Ivanov's work, and then apologized - the players deserved the punishments they received. But this is only one episode of his career. But, in general, Valentin Ivanov is a highly respected international referee with extensive refereeing experience, a record holder of the Russian Championship among referees - he has 180 games on his account.

One woman also played for ours - Olga Kremleva. A multiple champion of the country in women's football, she actively acted in the attack of our team (in the center of the next picture), creating constant problems for Sergei Ovchinnikov.

But the Italians scored first. The captain of the "national singing" Pupo took advantage of the oversight of our defenders and shot into the far corner. Yuri Davydov was powerless to do something.

A little later, Yura suffered another trouble. He suddenly limped, jumped on one leg and left the field. Physicians, transport, diagnosis - rupture of "Achilles". Then there was a difficult operation, six months on crutches, and now, thank God, Yura is completely healthy and is again taking part in charity matches for the Starko team.

The place of Yuri Davydov at our gates was taken by Major General Sergey Goncharov. The attack was strengthened by the “chocolate hare of all Rus'” Pierre Narcisse (can you find it in the picture or show it with your finger?) and Anvar Sattarov (“Capture Group”). On the right flank of the attack, actor Ilya Glinnikov throws up his hands: “Well, where are you, hare?”

Pierre Narcisse failed to score and picturesquely expresses his misfortune. Riccardo Fogli looks at him in surprise.

But our perseverance was rewarded. First, Anvar Sattarov scored with an accurate shot to the "nine", and then Ilya Glinnikov threw the ball over the "Boss".

As usual, after the game the players exchanged jerseys. Due to this not very hygienic custom, it is difficult to make out who played for whom in the final formation. But we'll still try. From left to right: Nikolai Trubach (“Blue Moon” together with Boris Moiseev), Pierre Narcisse, Valery Yarushin (wearing glasses, leader and founder of the mega-popular Ariel group in Soviet times), Sergey Ovchinnikov in a pink T-shirt. Dmitry Kharatyan (what else should be said about People's Artist?) and Natalia Davydova are permanent leading stocks. Natalia performs a huge amount of work as the head of the charitable program. To her right is Valery Syutkin (“What You Need”) in a blue shirt and jacket, blond Chris Kelmi in an Italian T-shirt. With a crutch - Yuri Davydov, president of the Starko football club. Behind him - Sergei Goncharov, who replaced him at the gate. To the right, in blue jerseys, our players Alexander Shevchenko and Alexander Ivanov (“God, what a trifle!”). Between them is Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. A relative of a sick child is presented with a certificate by Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation Alexander Zhukov.

While cooking concert venue, the artists discussed the completed match. Or just talking about life, I didn't listen. Sergei Krylov inspires Yura Davydov and Alexander Ivanov with something. Behind them stands Irakli ("London-Paris").

Yuri Davydov and Alexander Ivanov.

The concert was attended by Riccardo Foli (in the picture below he sings his mega hit "Malinconia"), Valery Syutkin, Rishat Shafi, Viktor Zinchuk, Alexander Ivanov, Neri Marcore, Leandro Barsotti, Pupo.

Alexander Ivanov sang his hit "God, what a trifle!".

Dmitry Kharatyan went everywhere with a flag of action.

Reluctant friends. A crutch is not a reason for sadness. From left to right: Dmitry Kharatyan, Chris Kelmi, Alexander Ivanov, Yuri Davydov.

The same with Natalia Davydova (left) and Olga Kremleva.

Davydov with Riccardo Foli. The superstar of the Italian stage of the 80s was photographed willingly. See how correctly he hugs a woman. Even though Riccardo is well acquainted with the Davydov family.

Pupo also willingly took pictures with friends, acquaintances and friends of friends.

And even sang with Sergei Krylov.

The famous virtuoso drummer took part in the concert Richat Shafi. World famous drummer, leader of the first Turkmen pop group"Gunesh", Rishat was wonderful person and a great friend. Unfortunately, in November last year, at the age of 57, he suddenly died of a heart attack right at the training session of the Starko team. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov personally addressed the wife of the deceased with a request to bury the musician in his homeland, as national hero.

At the end of the concert, the musicians jointly performed Chris Kelmi's song "Closing the Circle".

Hundreds of balloons flew over the stadium as a symbol of childhood dreams, joy and happiness.

Let's hope that the fates of the children who were assisted during the "Flag of Kindness" campaign will also take off, towards accomplishments and happiness.

And on June 12, 2010, at the same Moscow Lokomotiv stadium, a festive festivities will be held on the Day of Russia. The extensive program includes performances by children's groups, a Russian rap festival, clown performances and circus numbers E. Zapashny. Well, of course, it will take place Soccer game"Politics and pop stars" against "Business and football stars". And in conclusion, as usual, a gala concert.

Come! Your money spent on tickets will go to help sick children.

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