I’m going through a wonderful stage of recalling my earlier years (that’s early 1980s), all thanks to a song “Let’s Think About It” (Надо подумать) by the Latvian group, Opus. Before 1978 the group was headed by Raimonds Pauls who was changed by Zigmars Liepiņš, and the group was renamed from Modo into Opus.
In 1984 the group produced their opus magnum (it’s hard to resist a pun here), Let’s Think About It. The singers Mirdza Zīvere and Imants Vanzovičs brilliantly acted out the first courtship. The girl is first being very modest and hesitant, explaining that she’s afraid of the ants and mosquitos, and that her parents wouldn’t approve of her seeing a young man. The young man is obviously ready to fight away the smallest mosquito… then there comes a change of heart, and now it’s the girl’s turn to promise to drive away the ants from her beloved. The song was awarded a top prize at the Song of the Year contest in 1984, and the catchy tune is likely to stay in your head for some time.
The group dissolved in 1988. Mirdza went on to become a producer and currently leads the advertising department at the Latvian radio SWH, headed by her husband Zigmars Liepiņš. She was awarded the Order of Three Stars.
Imants’s birthday was on April 19, so happy birthday! After an attempt of a comeback as a singer in 1990s, he’s moved to showbusiness and now directs a series of aqua-musical performances, being the head of Imishow International Ltd and an official representative of the French Aquatique show international.
Have you heard of Opus before now? Did you like the song/tune?