How many songs the king and the jester have. Five main songs of Mikhail Gorshenev
The group "King and Jester" ("KiSh") can rightfully be called the most famous punk band in Russia. Organized by Mikhail Gorshenev ("Pot") and Andrey Knyazev ("Prince") at the very beginning of the nineties, this team achieved wide popularity only by the start of the two thousandth. Amazing world sorcerers, evil spirits and scary stories intertwined with beautiful musical arrangements of steel business card"The King and the Jester". Any even the most eerie plot of their songs is absolutely not perceived gloomily, the talent of the musicians was that they created a whole with their music and manner of performance piece of art, filling it with the mood they need, from lyrical to cheerful and perky.
Despite the fact that, unfortunately, at present the group has ceased to exist, its musical heritage is not forgotten and is appreciated not only by old fans, but also by new listeners. We chose best songs"The King and the Jester", compiling a list of the ten most, in our opinion, iconic compositions of this beautiful group. In our article, you can not only see the list of songs, but you can also listen to them online on this page. So let's get started.
10. Two Monks in one night
Opens our top 10 best songs"The King and the Jester" - "Two Monks in One Night". This composition was released in 2001 on the album "As in old tale". Very unusual story with really great, masterfully performed music.
9. Gardener
In the next place is the composition "Gardener", released on the first studio album "A Rock on the Head" in 1996. One of the first semi-professional videos of the group was filmed for this song, but despite the amateur quality, it looks very interesting.
8. Northern Fleet
The eighth place is taken by the song "Northern Fleet" from the album "Riot on a Ship", released in 2004. For a long time, the frontman of the group, Mikhail Gorshenev, wanted to record material in a harder rock sound. This is exactly how the seventh turned out studio album teams. It is noteworthy that after the death of "Pot", the remaining musicians decided not to continue playing under the name "King and Jester", but took the name "Northern Fleet", with which they record albums and tour to this day.
7. Bear
On the next step of our list is "Bear" from the 2002 album "Sorry, there is no gun". Gorshenev was inspired to write the lyrics for this song after reading the play by Evgeny Schwartz “ An ordinary miracle". This composition once again shows how "Pot" was a talented and versatile musician.
6. Magician
In sixth place is the song "Magician" from the tenth studio album of the "Demon Theater" group, released in 2010. The style of this album was new for the band, it can be described as art punk. The "pot" has long attracted theater stage and in 2011, he will take part in the musical composition of the horror opera Sweeney Todd. Here he is still trying on this genre. It is noteworthy that the famous Russian actor Gosha Kutsenko.
5. Fool and lightning
The fifth place is taken by the composition "The Fool and the Lightning" from the 1996 album "A Stone on the Head". The signature punk sound of this album, conveyed by this song, is beautiful in its simplicity and enthusiasm, and the eccentric text perfectly complements the musical range.
4. Rum
Next on our list of the best songs of the "King and the Jester" group is the composition "Rum", released on the eighth studio album "Seller of Nightmares". The song is very fond of lovers of noisy feasts and merry partying.
3. Forester
The composition "Forester", released on the album entitled "The King and the Fool", opens the top three. This is one of the band's most famous and iconic songs. Its text was invented by Andrey Knyazev back in 1991. The composition changed its name several times before being released on the album. In 2013, she took 1st place in the hit parade "OUR 500 Best Songs" on "Our Radio".
2. Damn old house
Second place goes to "Damned an old house". This composition was released on the album "As in an old tale". For almost half a year, The Damned Old House took first place in the Chartova Dozen in 2001. Brother Mikhail Gorshenev, Alexey performs it at every concert together with his group "Kukryniksy" in memory of "Gorshka".
Cult Russian group"The King and the Jester" began its ascent to the musical Olympus in the late 80s, but acquired its name only in 1990. The creative backbone of the team is the author's tandem of two distinctive soloists - Mikhail "Gorshka" Gorshenyov and Andrey "Knyaz" Knyazev. In their unique style, they managed to unite punk, hard Rock, folk motives and texts based mainly on fairy-tale and fantasy plots.
The first serious work of the group is considered the album "A Stone on the Head", released in the fall of 1996. This disc, like the disc “The King and the Fool”, released a year later, almost entirely consisted of two-minute horror-story songs, crossing the rhythms of punk with Russian melodies.
The 1999 "Acoustic Album" marked the original sound, which became the beginning of the band's real popularity and tough rotation on Nashe Radio. In a number of songs, the vocals of the guest vocalist Marina Kapuro sound, the violin sounds, the music has become quieter, the arrangements are more skillful, the tracks are devoted to lyrical experiences in a tragicomic way. While touring the country with "Acoustic Album", the less successful "Heroes and Villains" were recorded, where "The King and the Jester" again began to sound like a real guitar band.
The most favorite among the fans of the group are the discs "As in an old tale" and "It's a pity, there is no gun", released in early XXI century. Scary and melodic stories got even heavier arrangements here, but this did not prevent the songs from these albums from leading the Russian charts. The subsequent "Riot on the Ship", presented after a short break in 2004, sounded almost like hardcore, some of the songs were devoted to the sea.
In 2006, The King and the Fool recorded the longplay The Seller of Nightmares, which was remembered for its new melodic compositions. The disc "Shadow of the Clown", which was released in 2008, was called adolescent by critics, some numbers on it were dedicated to loved ones fantastic works authors. The last album of the classic line-up - "Demon's Theater" surprised with an acoustic sound, lyrics in the spirit of Silver Age and movie references.
In 2011, the Prince left the group and founded own project"KnyaZz". Pot, with the new line-up of The King and the Jester, has recorded a two-album punk opera TODD based on London's Sweeney Todd legends. After tragic death Mikhail Gorshenev in 2013, the group actually ceased to exist. The remaining musicians of The King and the Jester, led by guitarist Alexander Leontyev, began performing under the name of the Northern Fleet.
So, we present to you the best songs "The King and the Jester" according to the website version:
Forester
Album: The King and the Jester (1997)
A stone on the head
Album: Rock on the Head (1996)
Dance of the evil genius
Album: Demon's Theater (2010)
Damn old house
Album: As in an old tale (2001)
Hunter
Album: The King and the Jester (1997)
Executioner's Bride
Album: Heroes and Villains (2000)