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| Piotr1981 Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 5224 days ago 26 posts - 27 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2 Studies: Spanish, Italian | Message 17 of 34 01 August 2010 at 10:27am | IP Logged |
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I wrote this post with an eye to posting it in the general topic about music, because I didn't know there was also one specifically for Polish songs. Some of the artists mentioned below have already been listed, but since I'm also giving you links to specfic songs I hope you will like it.
Perfect- Niepokonani ("Invincible") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNqpkigpLgk This song has been released over 10 years ago but it's achieved a cult status and it's still widely recognisable today Closterkeller-Władza ("Power") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-IK2DZzO0U There are quite a lot of goth rock bands in Poland, but it seems that the majority of them drew inspiration from Closterkeller. This is their biggest hit released in '96 Lady Pank- Zawsze tam gdzie Ty ("To Be Always Where You Are") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyoCXePXQF0 Another group that has risen to a cult status in Poland and another instantly recognisable song. Unfortunately, I don't know many contemporary songs sung in Polish so it's difficult for me to recommend you a wide selection of Polish-language music. Too many bands in my country have decided to discard their native language and switch to English as a means of expression... Herjalf-Wilczy Król ("The king of Wolves") http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXRkl2Y-rJY Little known band but really something to be recommended, especially to fans of Nightwish and the such. Many of their songs are in English but there are some exeptions. T.Love- Ajrisz ("Irish" written according to the rules of the Polish phonetics :D ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufFXUd_72Tw Well-known band and a song for the people who like folksy stuff Kazik- 12 groszy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWg0XoZnmWw Kazik is well-known Polish rapper. The song, While rather easy to understand on the literal level, includes tens of rather cryptic references to Polish public life, politics, etc. Elektryczne Gitary- Killer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGchN068dQQ&feature=related This song is a part of the soundtrack for a hugely successful Polsh comedy titled "Kiler" Unfortunately, way too many bands decided to Edited by Piotr1981 on 01 August 2010 at 10:43am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Derian Triglot Senior Member PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5299 days ago 227 posts - 464 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Spanish, Russian, Czech, French, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 18 of 34 01 August 2010 at 1:04pm | IP Logged |
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Come on, guys!!! What's the point of recommending bands that sing in English? Get outta here!
--------------------- You have to check Varius Manx, argubly the best and the most successful Polish pop/rock band. Their female singers have always sung very clearly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOuId16P9E&feature=related Varius Manx - Maj http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTG_3DCDM4&feature=related Varius Manx - Tokyo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMiEUoeWWWE&feature=related Varius Manx - Orła cień Ha-Dwa-O: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKWaK3FMlo8&feature=related Sixteen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKW_BwUggCQ&feature=related Oh, and Mezo is a hip-hop artist with very nice and well pronounced lyrics and often nice singers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOGh7kTDU2o Mezo - Sacrum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EXUNEsQ1Rk Kaczy feat Mezo - Kocham http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Twa2lBFv80&feature=related Mezo feat Liber - Aniele Edited by Derian on 01 August 2010 at 1:11pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LazyLinguist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5594 days ago 105 posts - 125 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 19 of 34 04 August 2010 at 8:38pm | IP Logged |
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A band called Coma have a nice melodic Rock Style. The words seem reasonably clear to me.
They're also quite catchy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8yz5la6PG4 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ogor70 Newbie PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5054 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes | Message 20 of 34 14 January 2011 at 5:08pm | IP Logged |
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A few songs that are worth to recommend and they are both nice and not to hard to make out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkOuBC78qV8 - Jolka, Jolka (Budka Suflera) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJQ4OVcEiDQ&feature=related&n bsp; - Autobiografia (Perfekt) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m54WNWCUAE8&feature=related&n bsp; - Nie Płacz Ewka (Perfekt) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1fEXnonEwA&feature=related&n bsp; - Znowu pada deszcz (Lady Pank) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEA600ocvHY&feature=related&n bsp; - Na co komu dziś (Lady Pank) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_zfLepNkwI&feature=related&n bsp; - Stacja Warszawa (Lady Pank) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPmnf0ICBTM - Sen o dolinie (Budka Suflera) If I recall some more titles, I will post it here later :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5121 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 21 of 34 14 January 2011 at 10:22pm | IP Logged |
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It doesn't look like anyone's mentioned this, so I will.
There is a set of CDs called RMF FM Najlepsza Muzyka po Polsku that's a pretty good sampler of popular Polish music. There's more info and can be purchased here: http://merlin.pl/RMF-FM-Najlepsza-muzyka-po-polsku_Universal -Music-Group/browse/product/4,511268.html I should probably note, that it's easily findable through torrent sites, though. R. == Edited by hrhenry on 14 January 2011 at 10:22pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6096 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 22 of 34 14 January 2011 at 10:46pm | IP Logged |
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Kaja Paschalska "Przyjaciel od Zaraz" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgkvai50r7g&feature=related Cheesy karaoke style pop, but at least you can make out the words as she pronounces them well. Annoyingly catchy. By the way, the lyrics (with background beat) can be read here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDdqaY6Ctlo&feature=related Go on kids, sing along! You know you want to!! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| michau Tetraglot Groupie Norway lang-8.com/member/49 Joined 6217 days ago 86 posts - 135 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, NorwegianC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish, Sign Language Studies: Burmese, Toki Pona, Greenlandic | Message 23 of 34 16 January 2011 at 6:33am | IP Logged |
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I made English subtitles for a few of my favourite Polish songs of different styles. The translations are quite literal, so they should be useful for language learning, but it may be hard to get the meaning in some cases. Sometimes it's because of problems with translation, and sometimes it's because the lyrics are weird. Polish lyrics are in any case easily googlable.
Niejasności (Uncertainities) by Gaba Kulka Marznę bez Ciebie (I'm freezing without you) by Maria Awaria (Maria Peszek) Ballada o Janku Wiśniewskim by Kazik - a new rock interpretation of a classic anti-communist song from the '80s - here is a bit of historical context Czarne Słońca (Black Suns) - song by Kult, a band led by Kazik Staszewski, the one who also sings the previous one List do Che (A letter to Che) by Strachy na Lachy There are many other interesting songs by the above artists, these are just examples. I can subtitle more such songs if anyone's interested, I can also help with interpretation of the lyrics. Just send me a PM if you need help. Edited by michau on 16 January 2011 at 7:49am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5557 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 24 of 34 08 March 2011 at 2:18pm | IP Logged |
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Fisz!!! - Nie Bo Nie - This guy is great.
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