Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]


I think you are spot on here.
I am struggling to think of Polish Rock bands that have sung in English, which is the key to international success, I know Wilki have done some, but not many and a few of the Prog Rock bands.

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]

I promoted gigs in London in the early eighties and Punk Rock was nothing but trouble.
Them and Reggae gigs.
It is part of the reason that Hard Rock came back, because the punters did not cause trouble and drank beer.
Unlike the Punks and Rastas who caused trouble and took drugs....
Pubs banned the Punks and Rastas and started booking proper Rock bands.

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]


This also benefited the Welsh band Budgie.
They were fairly well known in the UK but not massive, whereas they were pretty big in Poland.

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [252]


You are nuts.........Leon Trotsky's real name was Lev Bronstein and he was Russian...... sheesh!!

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [252]


You f#ck##g hypocrite. .....
Most American men are circumcised... end of.......

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [252]


In Europe it is mainly just Jews and Muslims that are circumcised.
But I have read that in America it is widespread.
As you are in America perhaps you can confirm or deny this.

Real Estate / Residential real estate values go down in Poland [455]

@cms neuf

Well said.
Many people will be worse off by the end of this year.

Food / I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM - the best ice cream shop in Poland? [34]

I am not a huge fan of Ice Cream, but Polish Ice Cream is just amazing.......

youtu.be/gXTBzUkUDXk

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]

Talk of The Stranglers and I could not resist.....
The Stranglers - "No more Heroes".

youtu.be/2tfy8f9lDD0

This was a well done cover too, The Stranglers - "Walk on by".

youtu.be/uqqj9xpj130
I will end with this controversial one......
If you don't know this song, you might think that it is racist, when exactly the opposite is true.
For non Brits, W#g comes from Golliwog and is an insulting term for black people, a bit like N####r.
This is The Stranglers - "I feel like a W#g".

youtu.be/nfvLowM6Nkk

In the late seventies and early eighties I ran one of London's major Pirate radio stations.
Here are two songs we played a lot.
This one is apt, because London hit 38 degrees last week and we are expecting at least 37 degrees this weekend.
The Tom Robinson Band - "Long hot summer".

youtu.be/mJcRTNDcKG4

We also used to play this a lot.
This is obviously a left wing p#$$ take of right wing thinking.
But it failed miserably and so we played it anyway!
Another Punk era band that were not a Punk Rock band.

The Tom Robinson Band - "Power in the Darkness"

youtu.be/auN0ZLcuvXI

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]


No.
I was never a great fan of Punk.
The Stranglers were my favourite but like many bands at that time they were not really a Punk band, they just rode that wave.
I preferered Hard Rock, Metal and Electric Blues.

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]


You are not wrong there.
I have always been a rebel....., you don't know the half of it :-)

Anyway, we call ourselves Anglo Poles and are we prone to be rebels?
I think we are.

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]

Yeah, but what the hell.... ;-)

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]

OK guys.... enough already about two boring Canadian singers.......Leonard Cohen best song? "Suzanne".
Gordon Lightfoot best song? "Sundown"....both pretty boring....
Nah, forget all that old rubbish.
This is proper folk music... :-)

youtu.be/hp4endJMu1E

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]

@pawian

You made me smile because I know all those bands and songs.
Reminds me of my youth :-)

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]


This is true and if you missed a radio show the chances were that you could pick up a pirate tape at the local market at the weekend :-)

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]


I was very well aware of tbis at the time.
But whilst you had to record albums off the radio on cassettes, I could buy the albums on vinyl.... it felt disgusting at the time....

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]


Same with me, when I first put it on the turntable I had to check that I hadn't mistakenly put it on at 45rpm LOL!!

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [252]

@Poloniusz

So, from your posts we have established two things.

1.You hate Jews.
2. You think they were were the major cause of some, if not all of Polands problems.

For some reason, the last time I attacked you for those sort of opinions, the PF mods gave me a warning and a short ban.

Not sure that you got rhe same treatment though.....
All anti semites are either Fascists, Communists or Islamic extremists.....which of them are you?

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]

@pawian
Like you as I was growing up Electric Blues,Hard Rock and later Heavy Metal was the music that I loved.
TSA were a great Polish Hard Rock band and your posts were fascinating... you may be surprised by this, but I prefered the Polish version, simply because the Englush version made them sound the same as all the NWOBHM bands that were about at the time.

The Polish version, for me, gave them the edge.

History / BEATS OF FREEDOM - A HISTORY OF POLISH ROCK MUSIC [108]

@pawian

Yeah, you were a bit of a rocker in your youth then?
I liked the first song you posted, the second one was OK but I am a bit older than you and never really got into Punk.

But music apart, I like why you posted these videos.
It was an important time for Poland.

Genealogy / Popular non-Poles of Polish descent [17]


Janick Gers certainly does!
His dad,Boleslaw, was in the Polish navy when war broke out and his ship sailed to the UK to fight the Germans.
He later joined the Royal Navy and settled in England.
He has extended family in Bydgoszcz.

Genealogy / Polish Romani (gypsy) surnames [64]


These are Czech names.

Genealogy / Popular non-Poles of Polish descent [17]

One I forgot;

Janick Gers - Iron Maiden

Genealogy / Popular non-Poles of Polish descent [17]

@kaprys

Yeah, I was surprised with Richie Sambora, I assumed he was of Italian descent like John Bon Jovi.

Here are a few more Rock musicians with roots in Poland;

Cory Wells - Three Dog Night
Geddy Lee - Rush
Jack White - The White Stripes
Michael Anthony - Van Halen, Chickenfoot
Paul Stanley - Kiss
Pete Steele - Type O Negative
Peter Cetera - Chicago
Ric Ocasek - The Cars
Rik Fox - Steeler,Wasp

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [252]


That is a valid point of view.
But you cannot judge this in the terms of how we think today.
Just like BLM.....
Both had valid arguments.
I am not sure who I would have sided with if I had been alive at the time.

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [252]

Dmowkski and Pilsudski had different visions for a future Polish state but both were complete patriots.

News / POLAND to have its own automobile brand (back), the SYRENA! [36]


Because it ran on a mixture of petrol and two stroke oil.

Like some mopeds used to.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


That is true.
But it does not mean that most Poles would find LGBT freedoms being relaxed acceptable.
Most Poles are just not interested because it is not important.Full stop.
But if you try to make LGBT lifestyles acceptable or introduced into mainstream education, you will have a problem...

Life / Overhead lines in rural and suburban Poland? [17]

@Joker

Back when I was a kid, my dad and uncle rewired our whole house and fitted central heating.
They knew what they were doing and did a good job.
But if you tried that today it would be illegal.
You need qualified sparks, qualified gas engineers and qualified boiler engineers..... all costing serious dosh.

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


Oh, the west is really scared of those useless Russian misiles...... trembling in our boots...
Russia will never dare, because British, French and American missiles will kill Russia off for good.
You Serbs really need to stand up as men and stop licking Russian ar$es....pathetic really....