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 .
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.
Karuzela z Madonnami (Carousel With Madonnas) Category: polish songs
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 Białoszewski
Wsiadajcie, madonny madonny
Do bryk sześciokonnych ...ściokonnych!
Konie wiszÄ… kopytami nad ziemiÄ….
One w brykach na postoju już drzemią.
Każda bryka malowana w trzy ogniste farbki
I trzy są końskie maści: od sufitu od dębu od marchwi.
Drgnęły madonny
I orszak konny
Ruszył z kopyta.(...)
MigajÄ… w krÄ…g anglezy grzyw
I lambrekiny siodeł,
I gorejÄ…ce wzory bryk
Kwiecisto-laurkowe.
A w każdej bryce vis à vis
Madonna i madonna
W nieodmienionej pozie tkwi
Od dziecka odchylona
— białe konie
— bryka
— czarne konie
— bryka
— rude konie
— bryka
Magnifikat!
A one w Leonardach min,
W obrotach Rafaela,
W okrągłych ogniach, w klatkach z lin,
W przedmieściach i niedzielach.
I w każdej bryce vis à vis
Madonna i madonna.
I nie wiadomo, która śpi,
A która jest natchniona
— szóstka koni
— one
— szóstka koni
— one
— szóstka koni
— one
Zakręcone!
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
11/30/2010 23:17 #53185
Karolinka Category: polish songs
State-sponsored stylized Communist-era folk music. Yes, they are in a mine.
uncutsaniflush - 12/03/10 11:25 (e:tinypliny) - I've seen Slask live when I visited Poland in 1978. That's what' they look like. They all have the same clothes and the same hair. It is almost important to remember that make-up can be used to make faces look even more alike.
It's part of the Slask "look".
tinypliny - 12/02/10 23:08 Maybe its a clever video(photo)shop cut and replicate trick.
tinypliny - 12/02/10 23:06 I will ask her mum tomorrow and report back. :-D
uncutsaniflush - 12/02/10 21:46 From what I've heard, the performers for Slask are chosen for "looks" as well as talent to give the ensemble a consistent look.
My assumption is that the performers are supposed to look like they are from the Silesian region of Poland.
metalpeter - 12/02/10 19:32 yeah they could lets say her not as pretty as her family, is it me or does it look like they took one person and made a lot of that one person.....
tinypliny - 12/01/10 00:58 You are spot on. I almost did a double-take! They could easily be (e:imk2)'s sisters or cousins! I can't believe how familiar that bone structure, those eyes and those lips look!! I wonder how (e:imk2) is doing... I ran into her mum the other day and she told me that (e:imk2) was doing well in London but still, I miss her.
paul - 12/01/10 00:28 This made me realise just how Polish (e:imk2) is.
11/29/2010 20:14 #53176
Rock & Rolling Love Category: polish songs
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!!"
metalpeter - 11/30/10 17:58 About the 4 min Mark they remind me kinda of the White Stripes but also have that throw back sound and a bit of Rock A billy the back ground singing where the vol goes way off throw me through a loop though.....
11/27/2010 22:37 #53173
Body And Soul Category: polish songs
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.
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.......
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 - 11/29/10 17:59 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 - 11/28/10 14:48 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 - 11/28/10 11:46 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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Happy birthday!