Songs of past years are often cited as an example of contemporary art. This is due to their melodic and pleasant sound, as well as soulful and informative texts. For the hit of Yuri Antonov “White Ship”, poetry was written by the famous poet Viktor Dyunin. To this day, he collaborates with many musicians who write pop hits.
Creative union of Antonov and Dunein
Yuri Mikhailovich Antonov himself often writes texts, in the sixties and seventies many VIA performed with compositions under his authorship. However, the hit of Yuri Antonov “White ship” has double authorship. Poems for her were written by Victor Dunin, who was a famous poet and worked with the same ensembles. With Yuri Antonov, the collaboration of the songwriter Dyunin began through the head of the ensemble "Flowers" Vladimir Semenov. It was he who brought the head of the Blue Bird to a talented songwriter. Over the years of working together, Antonov wrote melodies to many of Dunin’s songs, on the day of his seventieth birthday he thanked Victor for the long years of collaboration. In turn, the poet dedicated several poems to him.
Song story
Yuri Antonov’s song “The White Ship” was born at Dunin impromptu. Victor always gravitated to the marine theme, he wrote texts on travel and the sea for Nikolaev, Antonov and many other performers. But prompted the poet to write a hit different.
On one of the sea cruises, Victor met a girl. He fell in love with her at first sight, especially he liked her beautiful eyes. The charming stranger did not come to the appointed date, but simply got off the ship at one of the stops. The text of the song was born on its own, in the wake of feelings overwhelming the poet. Only ten minutes - and in the repertoire appeared a new hit by Yuri Antonov “White ship”.
What is this composition about?
This song conveys very well the condition of the author, who has just met a charming girl with shining blue eyes. She seemed to carry the listener on board the cruise ship, where this meeting took place. The text conveys the feelings of a lyrical hero who is hopelessly in love.
The performer personifying the lyrical hero understands in advance that his fleeting love is doomed and she will have no future. The music of Yuri Antonov’s hit “The White Ship” perfectly complements the lyric poems. In this case, the composer and the author seemed to have become one, they perfectly understood each other, which allowed them to create an unusual composition, memorable to the audience.