American singer Joanna Stingray presented on December 25 a video for her English-language cover version of the song “Doctor Frankenstein” by the leader of the group “Alice” Konstantin Kinchev.
George Yitzhak was the director and editor of the clip, which was composed of archival footage made in 1985-1986 by the singer herself in the USSR.
“I wrote and wrote down English texts for Kinchev’s Doctor Frankenstein in 1987, when I was an enemy of the Russian state and could not return to Russia, marry Yuri [Каспаряна, гитариста группы «Кино»] and see your friends, ”Joanna Stingray told Izvestia. – I felt so isolated from my friends, and listening to all their songs, I felt better. Sometimes my own lyrics for some of their songs just crossed my mind. Dr. Frankenstein was one of them. “
The singer timed the release of the video to the birthday of Konstantin Kinchev, who turned 63 on December 25. The cover of “Doctor Frankenstein” will be included in the singer’s second archived album.
On January 15, 2022, a biopic exhibition “Viktor Tsoi. The path of a hero. ” The project is timed to coincide with the singer’s 60th birthday, which will be celebrated on June 21, 2022. An important part of the exposition is a look at Tsoi’s work through the eyes of people of a different culture. In particular, Joanna Stingray, popularizer of Soviet and post-Soviet rock culture in the West, donated her archives for the exposition.
Source: IZ
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