History Music / NautilusPompilius

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: In the song "Penguin's Jealousy", the penguin is waiting for his girlfriend and is jealous of her for others.

Nautilus Pompilius (Наутилус Помпилиус) was a Soviet-Russian new-wave rock band founded by Music/VyacheslavButusov in 1983 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekateinburg). Over time, they became one of the most popular Russian rock bands of the time due to their philosophical lyrics and unique sound. Their songs appeared in some very popular Russian films, such as ''Film/{{Brother}}'' (in which the band members, particularly Butusov, make some cameos), ''Film/{{Brother 2}}'', and ''Film/{{Stilyagi}}''. After the band broke up, Vyacheslav Butusov launched a successful solo career, and later joined up with Yuri Kasparyan (the former guitarist of another hugely popular rock band, Kino, and good friend of the band frontman Music/ViktorTsoi) and launched the band U-Piter.

* CoverVersion: ''Paint It Black'' by ''Music/TheRollingStones'' (although it was rarely performed).

* LastOfHisKind: The main character of the song "The Last Human on Earth" is the one. He is surrounded by some foes, but that foes are, apparantly, not humans (either literally -- or they just so cruel they can't be called "humans" anymore).

* MagicRealism: Many songs clever combine realistic and fantastic elements.

* LastOfHisKind: The main character of the song "The Last Human on Earth" is the one. He is surrounded by some foes, but that foes are, apperantly, not humans (either literally -- or they just so cruel they can't be called "humans" anymore).

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHZpmh1dyhY "Air"]] ("Воздух")

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJhSbVTSPI "Diamond Roads"]]("Бриллиантовые дороги")

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHZpmh1dyhY Air]]" ("Воздух")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2uE0ITKlug Black Birds]]" ("Чёрные птицы")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoClhCA5OG8 Bound by One Chain]]" ("Скованные одной цепью")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRufublmm10 Casanova]]" ("Казанова")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJhSbVTSPI Diamond Roads]]" ("Бриллиантовые дороги")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpPftFwa2u0 The Doctor of Your Body]]" ("Доктор твоего тела")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2dTrwJbWF4 Fallen Angel]]" ("Падший ангел")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWBQrvqJxA The Glance from the Screen]]" ("Взгляд с экрана")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vhz-Q887_k Goodbye Letter]]" ("Последнее письмо" AKA "Goodbye, America")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w86witVZZeo Ivan Humanov]]" ("Иван Человеков")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcGJl9iF5Gs I Want to Be with You]]" ("Я хочу быть с тобой")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL7D2CQw4kY The Khaki Sphere]]" ("Шар цвета хаки")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5nG5IQ5dMY Khlop-Khlop]]" ("Хлоп-хлоп")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7aVvxXfYKw Living Water]]" ("Живая вода")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csOV6a2wwI Music on the Sand]]" ("Музыка на песке")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOPKSgDmgYs My Brother Cain]]" ("Мой брат Каин")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imltabO0S5c On the Shore of the Nameless River]]" ("На берегу безымянной реки")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee2SUz6GDUE People]]" ("Люди")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YausR4r8KOs The Person with no Name]]" ("Человек без имени")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT0VdNz9m7E Polina's Morning]]" ("Утро Полины")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW9V-uTXQ0 The Prince of Silence]]" ("Князь тишины")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAxnLDbLAMA Scoundrel and Angel]]" ("Негодяй и ангел")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZjCxpo7gDQ Striptease]]" ("Стриптиз")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIdErhYVA0k This Music will Last Forever]]" ("Эта музыка будет вечной")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCQmbmPDv-E Titanic]]" ("Титаник")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWC49hUwkN8 Transformation]]" ("Превращение")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3fyZj912e0 Tutankhamun]]" ("Тутанхамон")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F91v9djqoRc Walking on the Water]]" ("Прогулки по воде")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQ3smvmT9M Wheels of Love]]" ("Колёса любви")
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVqGkBCt6rI Wings]]" ("Крылья")

* DrunkenSong: "The 9th Scotch".

---> And if a mountain got in the way,

* MeaningfulName: In the song "Ivan Humanov", it's the titular character's name. "Ivan" is one of the most common male name in Russia. "Humanov" (or "Chelovekov", in Russian) is a non-existing surname -- that consist of a root "human" ("сhelovek", "человек") and a suffix "ov" ("ов"), usual for Russian surnames. So the words mean "an ordinary person" or "a simple person". The first verse of the song confirms that:

* MeaningfulName: In the song "Ivan Humanov", it's the titular character's name. "Ivan" is one of the most common male name in Russia. "Humanov" (or "Chelovekov", in Russian) is a non-existing surname -- that consist of a root "human" ("сhelovek", "человек") snd suffix "ov" ("ов"), usual for Russian surnames. So the words mean "an ordinary person" or "a simple person". The first verse of the song confirms that:

** "Pure demon" has a lot of references to [[Creator/NikolaiGogol Nikolai Gogol's]] novella ''Literature/{{Viy}}''. Just like in the novella, a drawn circle didn't save protagonist of "Pure demon" from evil spirits [[spoiler:(although the lyrical hero of the song could survive)]]. The motif of the terrifying eyes, which are usually closed but opened for the main character, is also present in the song.

--> The dragon dies, killed by a spear,

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: In the song "Juliet", Juliet curses the man who hurt her, saying, "Let no one ever love him. Let he never die."

* HealingSpring: Living water is mentioned in the song "Transformation", but there is no explanation for where this water came from. Healing spring is one of the versions.[[note]]Living water is extremely common in Russian fairy tales, so for the Russian listeners everything is not so strange.[[/note]]

** In the song "Living Water", true love is compared to healing water.

* TheBadGuyWins: "Black Birds", in which Black Birds terrorize a man (and his daughter) and refuse his pleas and bargains to leave him alone.

** In the song "This Music will Last Forever", the return of the moon to the sky and the resumption of music after changing the battery on the player is described in a similar way to the description of the resurrection of people.

----> But she was looking out the window.

----> Will they make us? You and I are immortal!

--> I know what's keeping me focused on this race,
--> Trying to worry about someone,
--> By running for both of them,
--> Not knowing who should win.

** In the song "Ivan Humanov", a man was so determined to follow his destiny, that the destiny run away from him.
** In the song "Air", a man, surrounded by enemies, walked straight through the air.