Упр.5 Юнит 2 Урок 2 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 9 класс
5. In your culture. The world of rock and pop music in Russia is large.1) Tell your foreign friends about the most famous pop or rock group/singer or performance.
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5. In your culture. The world of rock and pop music in Russia is large.
1) Tell your foreign friends about the most famous pop or rock group/singer or performance. Use the Fact File or use your knowledge.
Alla Pugacheva (1949-), concerts and songs for films (1965-1975) ; the most famous musical performer in Russia since 1975; winner of the International Singers’ Contest “The Golden Orpheus” in Bulgaria (1975) ; more than 40 albums in Russia and abroad; her first and only English-speaking album (1980s) ; millions of recordings and albums sold; concerts in most regions of Russia, in Europe and America; several awards.
Boris Grebenshchikov (1953-), one of the “founding fathers” of Russian rock music; known as BG; the leader of the group Aquarium; influenced by the Beatles during his school years; first performance (1973) ; the breakthrough at the Tbilisi Rock festival (1980) ; widely known in Russia since that time; concerts in Europe and America (after 1985) ; more than 500 songs, more than 20 albums; music for films.
Victor Tsoi (1962-1990), one of the most successful rock musicians, the leader of the rock group Kino (started in 1981) ; the hero of Russian rock; the first concert on the stage of Leningrad’s Rock Club (1982) ; the first album (1982) ; the album Blood Type (Gruppa Krovi) — a breakthrough for the group Kino (1987) ; the music and the lyrics made Tsoi a hero: his songs spoke about political problems of the time, no difference between his image and his life; 16 albums; still the idol of many young people.
Zemfira (1976-), а popular rock songwriter, composer and singer, performs alternative rock, the leader of the Russian rock group Zemfira («земфира») since 1998; 7 albums, successful concerts in Russia and abroad.
Juno and Avos, a rock opera by Alexei Rybnikov
(lyrics by Andrei Voznesensky), at the Lenkom
Theatre since 1981; first recordings (1983) ; millions of albums sold; performances in Paris (1983), then in Germany and the USA; always a great success; the TV version of the performance by British TV in 50 countries; the new recording of the rock opera using modern technologies 2002.
2) Look at the picturies of some popular Russian singers and groups and say:
a) who you like listening to and why;
b) who you like most; put their names in order from the most favourite downwards;
c) who you would send to the Eurovision Contest and why.