Band of Georges: Песня За (Piestnia Za) Part 1

Песня За (Piestnia Za) Part 1 by George. From Volume V Side A of the Band of Georges. Music by G. Davies. Composed 16th April 1985. Recorded August 1986. Mixed November 1986. Lifted from cassette May 2025. Copyright © 1985 Explicit Music. Copyright ℗ 2025 Wud Records. Fun Facts: Песня За in Russian is pronounced Piestnia Za in English. It means something like "Song for..." This was the longest composition George created. It is in four separate parts and these have been separated in the EP version. Each part is shorter than its predecessor. The very first chord of Part 1 is a magical chord that suddenly came to George's fingers as he was composing the music for Indian Summer. The EDP Wasp makes an approximation of the synth sound desired, but is not very close. . Here is what George had to say regarding listening again to Песня За in May 2025: Ah, the epic. I still like parts one and four, but parts two and three… no. Part two is so intense, it’s a tough listen and one I can’t manage again without having to hide in a small cupboard. Too much soul. The lyrics and vocal performance are both way too close to the bone. I remember trying to play this with Ken at Matridge Festival and I just couldn’t do it and stopped. Not like me at all, but there we are. Later somebody said, “You must have felt like that for a long time,” and it was true. Part three is just… padding? There are a couple of nice riffs in there but it’s mostly just a lot of notes and noise. This whole thing would be far better if there were no vocals and the third part were to be edited drastically. That very first chord is the one that suddenly came to me in Indian Summer. I quite like the version of Песня За played by just Marc and me when we were in Wud. There are no vocals! The EDP Wasp is not really the right sound, perhaps the same city as the ballpark is in, but no closer. At least the thing plays the right part. Mostly! See also: https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd%d1%8f-%d0%b7%d0%b0-piestnia-za/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/band-of-georges/volume-v-side-a/ https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/band-of-georges-release-permission-granted/ https://linktr.ee/wudrecords