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12/03/10 10:27 - 30.ºF - ID#53202

Prohibition

Kazik Staszewski

(the English wikipedia page isn't that good since I stopped maintaining it, sorry) is my favorite Polish musical artist and he may be my favorite musical artist period. Stylistically he is all over the map - everything from Polish folk to metal with stops at rap and hip hop and Kurt Weill and Tom Waits. His music is both political and funny.

He is very prolific so it is very hard for me to decide where to start with Kazik. I reckon that an accessible English language song would be a good place to start.

"El Dupa" is a side project that includes members of Kult and other bands that Kazik has recorded with.

The song "Prohibition" was written as a protest against the banning of liquor sales in the towns that the Pope was visiting in Poland in 1999.

Kazik loves John Bonham and John Bonham samples show up in his songs when you least expect them.

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12/02/10 10:26 - 27.ºF - ID#53197

F Bomb Grammy Nomination

This is such a fucking cool song that I've been grooving to for a couple of months. I'm amazed that it is up for two Grammys - Song of the Year and Record of Year

Ain't that some shit.

I remember when records were banned because the word "fuck" was included.

To quote the MC5 "Kick out the Jams, Mother Fuckers!!!"

Cee Lo rocks.

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12/02/10 09:58 - 27.ºF - ID#53196

Karuzela cz 2

I really like Karuzela Z Madonnami (Carousel With Madonnas) (e:uncutsaniflush,53190) Over the years, many Polish singers have covered the song.

Today's Polish song is a cover of song by one of my favie Polish new wave bands Maanam

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This version was performed that Opole Festival in 2005. It is ok. All it does is make me want to listen to the original. The sound is not typical of what I think Maanam sounds like.

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12/01/10 08:35 - 32.ºF - ID#53190

Karuzela z Madonnami (Carousel With Madonnas)

Ewa Demarczyk

is my favorite female vocalist. She sings poetry. I love her intensity.

I think I first heard this song when I was 10 or 11 and I fell in love with it. The song was first released in 1966. This version is from 1970.

The music is by Zygmunt Konieczny. The lyrics are fragments of a poem by Miron BiaÅ‚oszewski

Wsiadajcie, madonny madonny
Do bryk szeÅ›ciokonnych ...Å›ciokonnych!
Konie wiszÄ… kopytami nad ziemiÄ….
One w brykach na postoju juÅ¼ drzemiÄ….
KaÅ¼da bryka malowana w trzy ogniste farbki
I trzy sÄ… koÅ„skie maÅ›ci: od sufitu od dÄ™bu od marchwi.
DrgnÄ™Å‚y madonny
I orszak konny
RuszyÅ‚ z kopyta.(...)

MigajÄ… w krÄ…g anglezy grzyw
I lambrekiny siodeÅ‚,
I gorejÄ…ce wzory bryk
Kwiecisto-laurkowe.
A w kaÅ¼dej bryce vis Ã vis
Madonna i madonna
W nieodmienionej pozie tkwi
Od dziecka odchylona
â€” biaÅ‚e konie
â€” bryka
â€” czarne konie
â€” bryka
â€” rude konie
â€” bryka
Magnifikat!

A one w Leonardach min,
W obrotach Rafaela,
W okrÄ…gÅ‚ych ogniach, w klatkach z lin,
W przedmieÅ›ciach i niedzielach.
I w kaÅ¼dej bryce vis Ã vis
Madonna i madonna.
I nie wiadomo, ktÃ³ra Å›pi,
A ktÃ³ra jest natchniona
â€” szÃ³stka koni
â€” one
â€” szÃ³stka koni
â€” one
â€” szÃ³stka koni
â€” one
ZakrÄ™cone!

English translation (Faun Fables):

Just step in madonna, madonnas.
And get in madonna, madonnas.
All the patient horses are waiting,
with their hoofs above ground they are hanging.
And the carriages are restless,
everyone is painted matching all the horses,
looking like the colors of the ceiling,
of the oak tree, of a carrot.
A stir from madonnas,
a stampede of hundreds
bolting off their hoofs.
Circling in fire in their roped-in cages,
once they were of games
and throughout every dancehall
with a will of vigor, burning flowers.
And in each carriage arm and arm,
madonna and madonna.
From childhood bent up,
she is stuck inside an unchanging time.
White horses carriage,
black horses carriage,
red horses carriage,
magnificent!
Just as a gift for the
complicated eras that are too sad,
everyday on Sundays
working for the midnight holy masses.
And in each carriage arm and arm,
madonna and madonna.
And no one knows which is asleep
and which one is inspired.
White horses carriage, black horses carriage,
red horses carriage, magnif

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11/30/10 11:17 - 55.ºF - ID#53185

Karolinka

State-sponsored stylized Communist-era folk music. Yes, they are in a mine.

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11/29/10 08:14 - 40.ºF - ID#53176

Rock & Rolling Love

Today's Polish Song of the Day is from the Viva Polish content charts

as well.

I don't know much about this group except that I think they have a sense of humor and I'm not fond of the name. This is a long form video that actually has 2 songs in it. The first one is by the "Reds." It is supposed to be an example of bad communist-era Polish pop. And, of course, the second song (at 3:30) is by Afromental and supposed to be wonderful. Personally, I think the second song isn't all that much better than the first one. I think they are making fun of themselves in the first song. Despite winning awards, I don't think critics have been kind to Afromental.

That being said, I think this is a funny and enjoyable video. It's what passes for Pop music in Poland this month.

The MC tells a really bad joke in between the bands.

"Q: What is red and bad for the teeth?
A: A brick!!"

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11/27/10 10:37 - 35.ºF - ID#53173

Body And Soul

I decided to look at the Polish content charts at Viva

for today's Polish Song of the Day.

C-Bool

an old school Polish DJ (If my memory serves correctly, his style was house) with a good international rep. I don't know much about this song but I do know that that I like it.

metalpeter writes at 05:55:54 11/30/10 - Comment #59475: Thanks....

I try to expand my music when I can. For example there was this band named T.a.T.u who had about 2 hits here... They where Russian I think not sure, and over there they huge. Now they didn't say they where lesbians but they loved each other. Over here they where like a fad to hot girls in the rain, oh yeah. But where they where from they where huge. I never did find the great Japanese metal band I was looking for.......

uncutsaniflush writes at 07:42:08 11/29/10 - Comment #59465: as usual, (e:metalpeter) , you make excellent points.

Like you, i like watching foreign language tv shows even I don't understand the language. When I was living in NYC in the 1980s, I used to watch programming from Italy and Japan for the music (I think I saw the beginnings of J-pop or the end of kayokyoku then)

I applaud your interest in stuff from outside the U.S.

metalpeter writes at 05:59:04 11/29/10 - Comment #59462: The Beat sounds like it was borrowed By Lady GaGa..... In terms of Wanting media from other countries yes I would agree that most people want things from America. There are some exceptions though....
Japanese Anime
Kung Fu and Karate Movies (all the best one are Asian or remakes of Asian Movies) This is also true of Horror movies I don't mean the slasher ones I mean weird ones link the ring....
Americans also like Japanese and some Euro Porn

What I find interesting is that there is a certain sound to some pop music , go find Korean Pop music or pop music in other countries (spanish) and since it is pop you don't know what they are saying but it sounds the same....

You Might ask How I have Heard Korean Pop Music. When I got cable they had this international Channel. They would kinda put things on in blocks by region. Well then the channel changed and became an Asian Station. Yes they had a news. Now some of the programs where in English and then the music wasn't... I didn't watch it all the time but it was an interesting channel wish Time Warner still had it......

uncutsaniflush writes at 02:48:23 11/28/10 - Comment #59461: Based on what I have seen, I think that the rest of the world is more interested in U.S. media than the other way around. I think a big problem for Americans, in general, is the lack of multi-lingualism. Additionally, Americans are not routinely exposed to foreign language media in the same way that Europeans and Pacific rim Asians are. Thus, they are more less to limit themselves to English language only media content.

paul writes at 11:46:48 11/28/10 - Comment #59458: I remember when I first got back from Germany in 97, I wanted German TV, music, movies so bad but it was so hard to get anything. The internet makes that all so easy now. I wonder if in the long run it will expose more Americans to foreign media or just Notre foreigners to American media.

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11/26/10 09:37 - 31.ºF - ID#53170

Love Shack

And now something accessible and current. A cover of the B-52s "Love Shack" by the Polish thrash metal band Acid Drinkers

. They have been around since the late 1980s. This year they released Acid "Fishdick Zwei - The Dick Is Rising Again" which is full of covers of well-known rock songs including "Love Shack". This album is a follow-up to the 90s effort "Fishdick" hence Fishdick Zwei.

Ania Brachaczek is not a member of the Acid Drinkers.

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11/25/10 10:48 - 41.ºF - ID#53165

Zurawie (Cranes)

Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (Warsaw Village Band)

- exponents of alternative Polish Folk Music

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11/24/10 11:25 - 32.ºF - ID#53163

Generacja nic (Generation Nothing)

Cool Kids of Death

- Generacja nic.

English Translation (quick and dirty):

The light is not in you
Went off like bad dreams
Modern man
It's definitely not you
The light is not in me
Went dark sometime
Modern man
It's definitely not me
I know that together we can achieve a lot
Who has more is right?
And we can create a new generation

Generation Nothing
Generation No
Generation No One
Generation Bad
It can not succeed
It ends
Generation Nothing
Generation No

The light is already not in us
Went dark sometime
The movement is no longer in the eye
This is urban guerrilla warfare
Take everything out of the house
Burn the Bed
break down the door
Build a barricade
Defend yourself to the last drop of blood
The light already is not in us
Burned out

Polish Lyrics:

ÅšwiatÅ‚a nie ma w tobie
ZgasÅ‚o jak zÅ‚e sny
Nowoczesny czÅ‚owiek
To na pewno nie Ty
SwiatÅ‚a nie ma we mnie
ZgasÅ‚o kiedyÅ› tam
Nowoczesny czÅ‚owiek
To na pewno nie ja
Wiem Å¼e razem moÅ¼na wiele
Kto ma wiÄ™cej ten ma racjÄ™
A my stwÃ³rzmy caÅ‚kiem nowÄ… generacjÄ™

Generacja nic
Generacja nie
Generacja nikt
Generacja Åºle
To nie moÅ¼e siÄ™ udaÄ‡
To siÄ™ koÅ„czy Å›le
Generacja nic
Generacja nie

ÅšwiatÅ‚a juÅ¼ w nas nie ma
ZgasÅ‚o kiedyÅ› tam
Nie rzucamy siÄ™ juÅ¼ w oczy
To jest miejska partyzantka
WynieÅ› z domu wszystko
Podpal Å‚Ã³Å¼ko
wywaÅ¼ drzwi
Zbuduj sobie barykadÄ™
BroÅ„ siÄ™ do ostatniej krwi
ÅšwiatÅ‚a juÅ¼ w nas nie ma
WypaliÅ‚o siÄ™

Generacja nic
Generacja nie

Generacja nic
Generacja nie
Generacja nikt
Generacja Åºle
To nie moÅ¼e siÄ™ udaÄ‡
To siÄ™ koÅ„czy Å›le
Generacja nic
Generacja nie

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