Tam, de nas nema
Encyclopedia
Tam, de nas nema is the debut studio album of the popular Ukrainian rock
group Okean Elzy
. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
is the lead vocalist and songwriter for most of the lyrics on this album. It was released in 1998 by the Kiev
-based record label
Lavina Music.
. Russian proverb: Там хорошо, где нас нет. In English, a similar proverb is, "The grass is always greener on the other side."
Ukrainian rock
Ukrainian rock is rock music from Ukraine. The most popular bands include Komu Vnyz, Plach Yeremiyi, Taras Petrynenko, Vika, Tea Fan Club , Viy, Vopli Vidoplyasova and others. Opalnyi Prynz was, perhaps, the most influential rock band in the late 1980s and early 1990s, followed by its predecessor...
group Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy is one of the most successful and popular Ukrainian rock bands. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Okean Elzy is the best-loved Ukrainian rock band not only in Ukraine but also in most CIS countries...
. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Svyatoslav Yvanovych Vakarchuk is the lead vocalist of Okean Elzy, the most successful post-Soviet rock band in Ukraine. He is the son of Ivan Vakarchuk, a professor of physics at Lviv University and the former Minister of Education and Science in Ukraine....
is the lead vocalist and songwriter for most of the lyrics on this album. It was released in 1998 by the Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
-based record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
Lavina Music.
Meaning
The term "Tam de nas nema" is a reference to a Ukrainian proverb: Translation – It's good where we aren't. This proverb is popular in other Slavic languagesSlavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
. Russian proverb: Там хорошо, где нас нет. In English, a similar proverb is, "The grass is always greener on the other side."
Track listing
- Novyi den (2:48) -
- Tam, de nas nema (3:29) - (Там, де нас нема; There, where we are not)
- Holos tviy (3:54) - (Голос твій; Your voice)
- Pozych meni sontse (4:06) - (Позич мені сонце; Lend me the sun)
- Taj-Mahal (3:22) - (Тадж-Махал)
- Sumna melodiya (4:17) - (Сумна мелодія; Sad melody)
- Poyizd «Chuzha Liubov» (3:59) - (Поїзд "Чужа любов"; Train «Others' love»)
- Ydu na dno (3:34) - (Йду на дно; Going to the bottom)
- Visim (3:30) - (Вісім, Eight)
- Lastivka z moho mista (3:04) - (Ластівка з мого міста; A Swallow from my city)
- Ty zabula davno (4:38) - (Ти забула давно; You forgot long ago)
- Long time ago (3:47)
- Kolyska vitru (3:05) - (Колиска вітру; Cradle of the wind)
- Hodi vzhe (4:29) - (Годі вже; Enough Already)
- Tam, de nas nema (remix) (4:07)