The human perception of reality is one curious feature - many times to increase the value of what was lost. And it is nowhere this feature does not manifest itself so vividly and so bizarre forms than in matters of art and culture. That fame and creative relevance to many artists, writers and composers came only after their death, a fairly common phenomenon in human history. But in the XX century using modern means of dissemination of information in a short time among the huge number of people any more or less significant creative the person becomes known quickly. Here, the early death of plays a somewhat different role - a care in the world raises a person on a pedestal, virtually unattainable for him in life. In the early 1990s, This took the podium, having pressed on it Vladimir Vysotsky, Victor Tsoi.

Dry biographical information about the short life journey leader rock band "Cinema" (at the time of death August 15, 1990, Choi was a little more than 28 years), which can be found in abundance on the Internet for fans singer have absolutely no value. This is understandable - what value data like "was born there, and even then some, studied there something so much and here so successfully married so many times, a certain number of children fathered ... "may to be a symbol of an entire generation? Absolutely no. Any artist (in the broadest sense of the word) is always best to say it works about its value for the fans always eloquently demonstrates that Glory, which he enjoys or enjoyed.

The incredible surge in popularity, have turned Victor Tsoi legend, overshadowed most Tsoi not allowed (and to a large degree allow up to now) to see and understand what is and what was this man. In We do not really know Viktor Tsoi in life, we do not know him after his death. And the blame for this is his fame.

The first wave of "cinephiles", as called natural obsession with the then Soviet teenagers and youth protection on the group "Cinema" and Victor Tsoy, has covered the country in 1988. It was then at the same time went one of two (along with "Star Called Sun"), the most famous albums "Cinema" - "Blood", as well as the film director Rashid Nugmanova "Needle" with Tsoi in the title role. A second peak of the great popularity of all that was associated with this group, and it is now fashionable to express, frontman, fell the second half of 1990 and 1991 for the entire year. And tied the second peak, clear, the death of Tsoi and the release of his latest album, symbolically titled "Black album. " First, lifetime, given the wave of popularity of the younger generation a new hero, a second, posthumous, is automatically made from the last character Tsoi and a single. And all that does is the only and the last character, automatically appears immaculately perfect.

Nowadays, quite far removed from the early 90s the last century, there is another, no less interesting, but also in general, the trend is clear. Each new generation present ebullient destructive desire to overthrow their idols from their pedestals predecessors. And it is not so important that while certain of these erect pedestals, new heroes are not observed, the main thing here - the overthrow of heroes previous years. Go through our post-Soviet cultural space, and tell me who took the podium rock hero? With all due respect to the current in good health patriarchs like Kincheva, BG, Shevchuk, these people have not yet started in the public mind with legends (they are sure they will, but later). AND it turns out that a true hero, and his name is Viktor Tsoi. And now rolled up sleeves, sharpened feathers - and louder and more often heard young voices, saying that the music and lyrics of "Cinema" is not brilliant, but on the contrary, very primitive. What arrangements and compositions Tsoi rude imperfect. That, by and large, still work "Cinema" is not so too talented for domestic transfer of the soil of western rock music with its style and manner of delivery; a rabid popularity of mismanagement arrangements explained by the simple fact that in the 80 years the vast the majority of the population does not have a chance to listen to western originals.

Objective reality, as usual, between two these extreme, idealistic and also the negative, perception and creativity person of Viktor Tsoi. To say that Choi was a brilliant composer, can not - among the hundreds of rock musicians 70-80 there exists a considerable number of those whose melodies are heard with no less pleasure than the melody "Cinema". Calling Tsoi outstanding poet, too, in a few tongue will turn: if Vysotsky's poems which unlike the stronger, it is still a considerable number of people for serious the poet does not believe that really there to talk about Tsoe with his catchy, but certainly simplified for sensing lines. Judging strictly approaching creativity "Cinema" with the yardstick "if a poet - that it is comparable with Pushkin, if composer - as with Mozart, and if rock musician - as with The Beatles ", the verdict It is unsatisfactory both for the fans and for poritsateley Victor Tsoi. It turns out that it was an ordinary Soviet rock musician with many common to all the then domestic "rockers" features, not the a gifted poet and composer (for example, on the part of the text Choi inferior and inferior Shevchuk, on the part of tunes - Boris Grebenshchikov), but it takes a certain niche. This is - judging formally.

However, creativity - the area in which it is impossible to nothing a formal approach. The success of any product is made up of talent and Creator's plan only partly, in any case, by half, in some - on a third or a quarter. The rest, much of the success of that sum, that investing in the painting, film, song, book, viewers, listeners or readers. The expectations of those who perceive a work of art - is the main factor genius or mediocrity of the work. You can be three times brilliant, and life, and much longer, until there are people who your appreciate the genius, regarded as incompetent. And you can be just nebestalanny man, quietly doing their job, which in other times would not use wild popularity, but so exactly coincide with the mental and mood the expectation of the majority of the people around you that everything you have done, will found almost divine. That's what happened with Tsoi and his tragic early death only strengthened the youth of our country in confidence that there has been something extraordinary and mysterious, something that is not It will have a recurrence, and this has acquired enormous value. Expectation something new, the desire to break out of the narrow confines of reality "Developed socialism" was not only the prerogative of the songs Tsoi - remember, for example, the well-known song "Time Machine" "That's a new twist ...". Only Makarevich expressed the expectation of something new intelligent, too reasonable, deliberate, measured, and Choi shouted impatiently and emotionally "Change we We are waiting for change ... ". And this turned out to be impatient and emotional close adolescents and young people, even more than talent, but also more cautious songs from other rock artists. Voice Choi became the voice of the era, his words were words of the era. And if from the point of view of pure art, and these words This voice is not the standard, there is no fault Tsoi - is somewhat simplistic and overly emotional, was the epoch. What time is that his hero.

Alexander Babitsky

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