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Minus Zero

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Talking to @tinypliny about my Polish experience, made me in a fit of Polish madness think that I should do a "Polish Song of the Day" on E-strip even though Warsaw isn't exactly on the Elmwood Strip.

This song is by Lady Pank . The video is directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński

This video references many Polish and American stereotypes both in Poland and in the U.S.

The video was filmed on Battery Park City landfill in lower Manhattan in 1985.



(The English language lyrics have very little to do with the Polish language lyrics). Less Than Zero would be a better translation of the original song title.

Lyrics:

Ula models for top magazines
See her smile in her pink limousine
Queen of lipstick, shampoo and suncreams,
She's the fun of every man's dreams
She thinks she's ooh-la-la,
But she's just la-de-da

Minus zero

Flies to Rio when Rio is sunny
Never sweats,'cause she stands in the shade
She's a honey, and brings in the money
Works for pleasure, but always gets paid
She oozes sex appeal,
But she just isn't real

Minus zero

Ula models for top magazines
See her smile in her pink limousine
Queen of lipstick, shampoo and suncreams,
She's the fun of every man's dreams
She thinks she's ooh-la-la,
But she's just la-de-da

Minus zero
243 words · edited Nov 25, 2010

💬 4 comments

  1. tinypliny ·

    Hehehhehe... Loved it! I am on a Polish song-kick lately. It all started with Jan A. P. Kaczmarak , went on to Zbigniew Preisner and then led on to Piotr Rubik - which, led to Fiolka, Michał Bajor, soprano Małgorzata Walewska and pianist Leszek Możdżer. It's like the season of fine Polish music descended upon us from nowhere and took us unawares in all its magnificence.

  2. tinypliny ·

    How exactly do you pronounce "Zbigniew"? I have always wondered?

  3. uncutsaniflush ·

    Poland has a strong art/literary song tradition. I was planning posting some songs in that tradition. As to Classical music, I've often though that Polish musicians were underrated especially when there was an Iron Curtain.

    My taste in Polish music tends towards the punk/alternative side with a seasoning of traditional Polish folk music.

    @tinypliny - If you can read IPA - the Polish pronunciation for Zbigniew is ˈzbiɡɲɛf. "Zbig" is pronounced like the English "Big" with a "Z" sound before it and "niew" is "nef" with the "e" sound from the English "bed". That's about the best I can do.

  4. metalpeter ·

    Love The Pink Tank.......

    The Weird Part is the Lyrics you have down there make me think of Paris Hilton for some reason????

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