Hi guys, sorry I haven't been posting for a long time, but I'm having a pretty rough time in my life right now. One might say that it's even the worst.
Anyway, I thought that sharing these beautiful, talented artists is a way as good as any to get my mind off of all the bad things that are happening.
Let's get to it:
OBYWATEL GC
Part II
Obywatel GC (Grzegorz Ciechowski) released a number of albums between Republika breaking up and Republika getting back together, but really I've always been a fan of only one of them, that being his second studio album titled "Tak! Tak!" (Yes! Yes!).
Considering it's hard to recommend something you don't really like, or you're not that familiar with, I'll post only examples from the aforementioned record.
In the previous post I've linked two songs from this album, that also happen to be the two hit singles from it, and also Ciechowski's two biggest hits overall.
But the record does not end there, haha:
The Hangman's Song
A Telegram To a Producer
I love how Ciechowski waits until the chorus to start singing. His voice has so much power when it comes in. And the girls voice is really soothing, nice and so flirting for some reason. Top notch acting and composition right here.
Please change me, producer
Oh, how I wish to be one of your stars
And to hear, when I'm walking down the street
"Hey, I've seen that face before"
I can change the colour of my eyes and my skin
I can be a nun, but also a femme fatale
Imagine new clothes and haircuts for me
I'll show you just what I'm worth
My father tells me I'm delusional
"Who'll ever respond to you child?
Don't you know, that the country we live in
Is a forgotten land?"
But I know that you're somewhere out there
Just like there's God up above
But I can meet God, when I'll go to heaven
And I can meet with you right here
Produce me!
Take my life in your hands!
Model my head, like you see fit
I'm sending you a picture of me
No! I'll send you two
I'm sure you'd like to know
Whether I can cry and laugh at your command
So I'm sending you these two photos of me
One with me laughing, on the second one I cry
Please hurry
After all my time will pass
But I'll send you in formalin
My beautiful smile
Produce me!
Take my life in your hands!
Model my head, like you see fit
I'm sending you a picture of me
No! I'll send you two
Oh, please hook me up with Greta Garbo
No! I want an appointment with Marilyn Monroe!
My suitcase is already packed and ready
I'm just waiting for the signal
We'll All End up in Heaven
Dead Words
And best for last:
A Trip To The Countries Where It's Warm
REPUBLIKA 1990-2001
As I've mentioned before, Republika got together again after being asked for a reunion concert at the Opole festival in 1990 (also, btw the first year after the first free election in Poland since 1939 or whenever the last elections before the war were).
Republika's original bass player wanted to record the new album with the band, but was not on board with touring afterwards, so he was kicked out of the band definitively. As a result, Republika's first new album, titled simply
1991 features no bass at all. Some time after this release they've found a new bassist.
The first 2-3 albums they recorded together were mostly re-recordings of their classic songs, hits, etc, or acoustic versions, symphonic or whatever. Nothing there to really look for. But in 1993 they finally recorded an album full of new material. The album's title is "The Seventh Seal", and it's fine. But in no way foreshadowed what was to come.
In 1998, after one more album of "doing something else", Republika released the record "
Masakra" (The Massacre). Its as hailed as the band going back to their art rock/new wave roots, and to be honest, it might be the best album they've ever recorded.
Sure, there are some better songs on previous albums, but this one is to my ears really the "something else" they tried to achieve on "The Seventh Seal" and "The Dream Republic".
Here's the cover art:
I guess they really came back to their roots (black & white
)
There's three songs that really stand out from this record:
When Leaving
I guess this is it – you're leaving
Here's all your books, all your records
Really you can take whatever you want
I'd rather you take me with you
I'm lighter than all these photos
That now you'll be cutting me out of
I won't say a word
I'm dead anyways
Please take me with you when leaving
Please take me with you when leaving
I'm sure you'd find me a place in your new life
Oh, just there on a shelf, or on that window sill
You'd only have to dust me off once in a month
Just please take me with you when you'll be leaving
Guardian of Sleep
Just notice how the guitar work in the chorus is literally singing the same line as Ciechowski's vocals. Just slower. funny thing is that when I was a kid I was quite sure that's actually another voice and not a guitar.
At ten past two
The moon had licked your ear
He was so fast
I couldn't catch his tongue
At five past four
It was the sun
That had made a haunt
In your hair
So it's rays can lay down
And I'm watching after you
I repel all these suspicious crooks
That come here at the break of day
To watch you sleep
I ain't surprised
It quite understandable, but
They might wake you up
And I can let them because
Right above your head
Right above your head
I can see all my dreams float gently
Just after midnight
A moth came by
She won't bother you anymore
Not ever again
You've got greetings
From all the nearby stars
It's the Milky Way
That is amazed by your breasts
Right above your head
Right above your head
I can see all my dreams float gently
Mammon
This might be the biggest hit from the album. When you'll hear the opening piano riff, the catchy melody, and the quite funny (when in polish) lyrics, I guess you'll know why.
I've already written a song today, it's all fine and well,
but I'm only in it for the money
Not a word about love, cruelty or politics
Not a word about anything else, no hidden meanings
Oh, first there's you, then nothing for a long time
Today I'm only in it for the money
How many times have I heard that someone's in love, I never believed them
Because how can you believe when someone is being paid to confess?
This song is the real deal because I'm singing knowing that
I'm not feeling anything, I'm only in it for the money
Oh, first there's you, then nothing for a long time
Today I'm only in it for the money
This song is written for the money
This song is sung for the money
This song is recorded only for the money
This song is released, so I can get some money
I'm not treating you like a fool, I. assume you're listening to the words
And that you know, that I'm. truly writing this for the money
Just like no prostitute kisses you in your lips
I'm letting go of all of my beautiful verses
This song is written for the money
This song is sung for the money
This song is recorded only for the money
This song is released, so I can get some money
That's it for today. And for the next couple of days at least. I need to get my **** together and try to make my life have meaning again.
Bye :*