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First of all thank u for the honest reaction and these are my two songs i would like u to try: Rezerwat - Zaopiekuj się mną or Bajm - Małpa i Ja First has phenomenal guitar solo and the second phenomenal singer's voice
@@PiotrJaser Najpierw się dokształć a nie kompromituj. Piosenka wykonana w Czerwcu na festiwalu w Opolu w 1967 gdzie zdobyła nagrodę a w Lipcu tegoż roku ukazała się na longplayu wydanym przez wytwórnię Polskie Nagrania "Muza" Gdzie ty jaką Francję widzisz. Zachód miał gdzieś naszych artystów w tamtych czasach i długo długo dłużej. Porównaj wykonanie w TV na tym festiwalu i z płytą. Zero różnicy.
@@zorzyk6790 zwykle o dokształceniu w internecie piszą ludzie z wykształceniem podstawowym. Niemen i Akwarele niektóre utwory nagrywali we Francji, dla wytwórni A-Z, np. we Francji nagrano "Sen o Warszawie" w 1966 roku. Z wytwórnią A-Z Niemen zaczął współpracować w 1965 roku po festiwalu w Rennes. Nawet nagrał tam całą płytę "A Varsovie". Jeśli chodzi o "Dziwny jest ten świat" to może faktycznie płyta powstała w Polsce, bo jest słabsza technicznie od kawałków nagranych dla A-Z.
To feel this song you have to be Polish or know the history of Poland very well. It's a song about the overthrow of communism, about liberation from occupation, about the hope that remains when there is nothing else. It's sad how much it fits into the current situation in the world and that history repeats itself, but you have to believe "that there are more people of good will and this world will never perish thanks to them" 😉
@@leno_o17#1 I was replying to little sueWaterLily #2 I meant just bc someone is not Polish , doesn't mean that they don't understand the lyrics or Polish history #3 I live almost 40 years in the USA, I know plenty of knowledgeable people about any subject including Polish old and modern history #4 misunderstanding about what I was referring to 😁 #5 Polish people since I remember ( I was born in 1960 ) always were interested in the USA politics, I remember my parents listening to Free Europe radio so they could get the real news . I hope that clears the air 😁 🇺🇲❤️ Trump ❤️🇺🇲
Widzę to lekko inaczej. Tekst jest oczywiście ważny, ale istnieją na świecie utwory, które porywają podkładem muzycznym albo głosem wokalisty. Zależy wszystko od danego utworu. W przypadku piosenki "Dziwny jest ten świat" mamy tu mieszankę wszystkiego - wspaniałego głosu, wybitnego podkładu, jak również bardzo mądrego tekstu. Niezależnie od wszystkiego ten utwór warto poznać pod każdym względem.
The context of this old song, from the 1960s, is completely different than the songs in Western countries in these years. Because in Poland these were really hard times of communism, where people, like for instance in December 1970, were even murdered at the streets by communists sending army and tanks to shoot to the civilians. So without knowing the context, it cannot be really understood.
Byliśmy dopiero co po "światowej awanturze" nr.2 a z marszu wprowadzono nam coś równie uwłaczającego, czyli stalinizm z przydupadem Stalina, czyli z Bierutem za prowizorycznymi lejcami... Później Towarzysz Wiesław i dopiero Gierek stara się coś robić...
Where in a country that was in communist captivity until the 1990s can you record professionally in stereo, especially 22 years after the war, when the entire country was ruined in ruins after World War II??
Pamiętam dzień pogrzebu Niemena jak było wyładowanie i piorun rozbłysł na niebie i nic więcej jakby uleciał z naszej planety a może mi się to wszystko wydawało sam już nie wiem
First of all Czesław Niemen was one of a kind. The song was recorder in 1967 and the lyrics are timeless. Secondly, hats of.. , this recording is from vinyl. My parents had one
I am from Poland. I think, You should hear another songs from Czesław Niemen. It was the first big song from him. He is the BEST singer for every time in Poland. He is the good instrumentalist too. Greetings from Poland.
Before 1990 in Poland we had only one or two government own record companies . So the singers were on their mercy. Companies did not hurry. Their were not very professional. And the equipment they possesed was outdated. And the norm was that , the first record of the song was on the government own radio station , and after some time , 6mo , 1 , 2 or 3 years was the song done by a record company. Some songs a good hits were recorded only on the radio. For me the most important in every song is the unique melodic line which I count for 80-90% and the rest is only the addition. In the last 35 years in Poland they produced 5-6 good songs and the rest are a nonmelodic flops. While in years 1967-74 Poland was producing up to 45 unigue melodic line songs per year. I think that you as a professional musician are too concentrated on the technical side and you tend to ignore the thing that average people like , that is a catchy melody.
Where's Wes, dziękuję za profesjonalny, wyborny komentarz piosenki Czesława Niemena Dziwny jest t ren świat, piękna sprawa! Polecam Ci piosenkę Zbigniewa Wodeckiego Lubię wracać tam gdzie byłem, to piękna, sentymentalna podróż w czasy młodości i miłości. Polecam i serdecznie pozdrawiam :D
Very nice of you to choose the song. It is practically impossible for you to understand the context of the song because it was written in a different era. The translation is not necessarily as impressive as the song really sounds to your fellow countrymen. Czeslaw was a musical genius and he knew very well back then that the music fits the text perfectly.
@@calicocat8213 do you want to argue with a person who’s whole heritage is Polish so my parents lived through communism, my Grandparents through the Second World War, and my Greatgrandparents were in World War I and before that our country didn’t exist for a 100 years? Because my Greatgrandmother told me about those times, my Grandparents told me, my parents told me how they used to live, want to argue with me and them?
You can see live version of Dziwny jest ten świat from Sopot Festiwal 1967 or live only audio from Opole Festiwal 1967. Try also these songs by Niemen: Sen o Warszawie, Wspomnienie, Pod Papugami, Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod. Other musicians you should try: Breakout - Na drugim brzegu tęczy, Kiedy byłem małym chłopcem. Ewa Demarczyk - Grande valse brillante, Karuzela z madonnami Maanam - Krakowski spleen, Sie ściemnia, Nocny patrol Republika - Kombinat, Biała flaga Perfect - Autobiografia Dżem - List do M, Dzień w którym pękło niebo, Kim jestem Jestem sobie Brygada Kryzys - To co czujesz to co wiesz Urszula Dudziak - Papaya.
Wes, watch Czesław Niemen's performance at the International Song Festival in Sopot in 1967. You can see how he looked and sang in the original. Few people mentioned that the lyrics, music and performance were by the same person - Czesław Niemen. In today's times, practically non-existent. Of course the music sounds a bit different than in the studio recording, especially at this time. th-cam.com/video/3aRz0IVMuW8/w-d-xo.html
It's not known "mainly because of its lyrics". Even today, I haven't heard anyone who could sing it as Niemen did. All who try do it much worse than him. He was a really gifted artist.
People suggesting very iconic Polish songs. How about some popular rock and electro pop from the 80's. Bands like Maanam, Kombi, Kapitan Nemo, Perfekt, Republika, Banda i Wanda, Lady Pank etc.
Niemen was eealy good and embraced the music style od 60s and 70s plus gavw a unique polish style with the lyrics. I love some of his songs and he is way before my time. Also Poloah rock and pop scene of the 70s , 80s and early 90s is really good.
Czesław Niemen -" Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod" it has "music visualisation"; music geaves a sound effect to the lirics. Józef Zachariasz Bem (born March 14, 1794 in Tarnów in the Habsburg Monarchy, died December 10, 1850 in Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire) - Polish general, strategist, writer, military engineer, artilleryman, creator of the first rocket troops in the Polish army, commander artillery active during the November Uprising, political activist of the Great Emigration, founder of two emigre organizations: the Historical and Literary Society and the Polish Polytechnic Society in Paris (the first Polish engineering society in the history), participant of the Spring of Nations, actual but informal commander of the Third Vienna Revolution (Wiener Oktoberrevolution ) 1848, commander-in-chief of the Hungarian uprising of 1848-1849 (from August 1849), general of the army of the Ottoman Empire. National hero of Poland, Hungary and Turkey.
It's hard to understand Poles because you have to know their history. We are specific but it's our history that has shaped us this way. watch the film IPNtv: The Unconquered
The lyrics are completely NOT the same as in "This is a man's world" ;) "TIAMW" is about the world being ruled by males, masculinity and how in the end it still would be nothing without a woman's touch. "Dziwny jest ten swiat" is about the world being ruled by the evil and the humans harming one another, but how the author still believes that there is more good people than bad and that thanks to them this world will not go to waste. :)
Listening to the song without knowing the words takes away 50% of the way you should feel it. Also you cannot expect super productions from behind the red iron curtain...
Hi Wes ! I recommend you listen to Boguslaw Mec song Jej portret. If it was an English song, it would have an international career. The melody is so lyrical, and the lyrics are just great, but hey, it's in Polish, which is a major obstacle! Thanks for loving my home country. Although I am living in another country now, my heart is still there. All the best to you!
Niemen wrote this piece while living in Wroclaw, Poland which was till WW2 Breslau, part of the German Empire. A stunning, beautiful City but in 1967 it still was mostly ruins as the priority was to reconstruct Warsaw and original Polish Cities. The conquered Cities of todays West Poland had to wait a long time to be restored to its full beauty. I think Czesław Niemen while walking the destroyed streets of Wroclaw/Breslau might have been influenced by its tragic history.
The English translation allthough accurate doesn't do justice to the song beginning with the title, 'Strange is the World', it sounds awful in English as a title of a song, it just doesn't sound right to English or American ear, I've never heard an English song with such a weird title. 'Dziwny jest ten świat' is one of those songs you must understand Polish very well to fully appreciate.
Yes there are 2 ways to translate a song : 1? You try to do word for word 2. You try to find words that have the best context to what the author wanted to say So I would say : Dziwny jest ten świat Gdzie jeszcze wciąż Mieści się wiele zła I dziwne jest to Że od tylu lat Człowiekiem gardzi człowiek Dziwny ten świat Świat ludzkich spraw Czasem, aż wstyd przyznać się A jednak często jest Że ktoś słowem złym Zabija tak, jak nożem Lecz ludzi dobrej woli jest więcej I mocno wierzę w to Że ten świat Nie zginie nigdy dzięki nim Nie! Nie! Nie! Nie! Nadszedł już czas Najwyższy czas Nienawiść zniszczyć w sobie Odd is this world Still full of evil And odd is that People are still against people Ignoring, despising Odd is this world Our human world Sometimes I feel ashamed That one spoken word Can cut like a knife So deep But there still people of good will And I believe! I really believe! The world is not forsaken yet! It's not! It's not! The time is now To fight the hate! To kill it from within Something like that is more accurate I think to the poetical lyrics
@@bobeczek01 I'm sorry to say but 'Odd is this world' sounds even worse then 'Strange is the World'. Imagine Taylor Swift singing odd or strange is the world. It just doesn't sound right musically in English. The problem is that people try to find the best words, which is wrong, what you need to do is translate emotion and meaning. To make my point translate any ABBA song into Polish, you'll understand what the song is all about but if you imagine any Polish singer singing it, it won't sound right to the Polish ear.
This recording is from the live concert in Opole festival 1967 that's why it sounds like this. Like people said in comments, there was soviet occupation in Poland during that time so equipment was not the best considering even that period.
in fact, this song was a polish version of James Brown "Its a mans world". In fact, the american music was kinda banned in communist block, so Polish performers were trying to bring those songs somehow "under the radar" as their own compositions... Its one of many western songs that sneaked into Poland this way
You are right about sound in this version. I dont really have ear to that. But i think that version tittled "Czesław Niemen, Akwarele - Dziwny Jest Ten Świat (HQ)" sounds better.
th-cam.com/video/dsgcE1wsGP0/w-d-xo.html Hi, here is a HQ Stereo recording of "Dziwny Jest Ten Świat" made in 1979 in Opole, Poland. This is the song sung by Czesław Niemen.
I’m half Polish/half British. Born and raised up in Sweden, though so definitely I’m influenced by not so different cultures, yet still varying in so many ways. It’s my mum’s fave Polish song. I do love it, to put it straight. Since my mum has been telling me so many stories about people, atmosphere in Poland at that time. She also explained a lot about circumstances in which it was made and meaning of this masterpiece for Poles. For I’m trilingual so it’s pretty obvious I think Polish-like listening to it and it …kinda stroke me as you said it’d be perfect as a car or perfume advertising. No offence but thought like; what the heck. A lawdy mama, ‘Dziwny jest ten świat’ is an ‚anthem’ and linking it to any commercial would never cross my mind. But then I shifted to English, trying to loose this emotional connection with this track and even though it seems weird to myself I hear ‘ya. When you don’t think of its background nor consider the lyrics it has this positive hype or should I rather say vibe of an epic commercial ✌️😄🇵🇱🇸🇪🇬🇧
th-cam.com/video/dFpcbnP50CU/w-d-xo.html Hi, here is a recording of "Dziwny Jest Ten Świat" made in 1990 in Sopot. This is the song sung by Czesław Niemen
Hi. This is not Polish rock. It's the big beat era, 1967. In this song, the lyrics are important. Here is the translation of the song: Strange is this world, Where there's still so much evil. And strange it is, That for so many years, Man despises man. Strange is this world, The world of human affairs, Sometimes it's even shameful to admit. Yet often it happens, That someone with a cruel word, Kills just like with a knife. But there are more people of good will, And I strongly believe in this, That this world Will never perish thanks to them. No! No! No! No! The time has come, The highest time, To destroy hatred within ourselves. But there are more people of good will, And I strongly believe in this, That this world Will never perish thanks to them. No! No! No! No! The time has come, The highest time, To destroy hatred within ourselves. Nice day! Ux6six
Hello, I think that choosing only music in the case of this song is a mistake... because it is impossible to understand what you are listening to without understanding the words. In the case of this song, the performance is wonderful, but the message is the most important. Regards
I mean... No wonder you don't like the mixing, the song was recorded in the 60's with limited technology XD Even still, you'd be pleased to hear that there's an urban legend from the time that Niemen could walk into the studio and check the hardware calibration by hearing alone
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First of all thank u for the honest reaction and these are my two songs i would like u to try:
Rezerwat - Zaopiekuj się mną
or Bajm - Małpa i Ja
First has phenomenal guitar solo and the second phenomenal singer's voice
You must watch Budka Suflera ,, Jest taki samotny dom"
From classics old songs " Zbigniew Wodecki Z tobą chcę oglądać świat 1988 "
or new version of Wodecki song " Dawid Podsiadło "LUBIĘ WRACAĆ TAM GDZIE BYŁEM" but also without knowing the lyrics this song loses lot of magic
@@shooroombooroom6185 Jest też nowa zremiksowana wersja Jest taki samotny dom autorstwa Deep domek. Bardzo polecam.
there is no mixing in this song, this is a recording from 1967 and you know what technology was back then, especially behind the Iron Curtain 😉
Even tho. Still there was some mixing done. You dont want to know how raw sound would sound
Tę piosenkę nagrywano chyba we Francji.
@@PiotrJaser Najpierw się dokształć a nie kompromituj. Piosenka wykonana w Czerwcu na festiwalu w Opolu w 1967 gdzie zdobyła nagrodę a w Lipcu tegoż roku ukazała się na longplayu wydanym przez wytwórnię Polskie Nagrania "Muza" Gdzie ty jaką Francję widzisz. Zachód miał gdzieś naszych artystów w tamtych czasach i długo długo dłużej. Porównaj wykonanie w TV na tym festiwalu i z płytą. Zero różnicy.
@@zorzyk6790 zwykle o dokształceniu w internecie piszą ludzie z wykształceniem podstawowym. Niemen i Akwarele niektóre utwory nagrywali we Francji, dla wytwórni A-Z, np. we Francji nagrano "Sen o Warszawie" w 1966 roku. Z wytwórnią A-Z Niemen zaczął współpracować w 1965 roku po festiwalu w Rennes. Nawet nagrał tam całą płytę "A Varsovie". Jeśli chodzi o "Dziwny jest ten świat" to może faktycznie płyta powstała w Polsce, bo jest słabsza technicznie od kawałków nagranych dla A-Z.
@@PiotrJaser Na pewno nagrane w Polsce. Po prostu nagranie z festiwalu wrzucono na płytę.
To feel this song you have to be Polish or know the history of Poland very well. It's a song about the overthrow of communism, about liberation from occupation, about the hope that remains when there is nothing else. It's sad how much it fits into the current situation in the world and that history repeats itself, but you have to believe "that there are more people of good will and this world will never perish thanks to them" 😉
Don't underestimate people from other countries 🤪 , that is very ignorant on your part
@@annetakubiak3374 he literally said that it has a "Vietnam war Vibe". Vietnam was far from what people in Poland were worrying about in 1967.
the lyrics are subtle to avoid red censorship
@@leno_o17#1 I was replying to little sueWaterLily
#2 I meant just bc someone is not Polish , doesn't mean that they don't understand the lyrics or Polish history
#3 I live almost 40 years in the USA, I know plenty of knowledgeable people about any subject including Polish old and modern history
#4 misunderstanding about what I was referring to 😁
#5 Polish people since I remember ( I was born in 1960 ) always were interested in the USA politics, I remember my parents listening to Free Europe radio so they could get the real news .
I hope that clears the air 😁
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Exactly it was our battle but the vibes were similar around the world
Niemen was a genius, way ahead his times.
All times!
Yes but it is for us who grew up in Poland
nie wolno słuchać w ten sposób muzyki bez tłumaczenia tekstu, który w tym wypadku to 80% mądrości
Widzę to lekko inaczej. Tekst jest oczywiście ważny, ale istnieją na świecie utwory, które porywają podkładem muzycznym albo głosem wokalisty. Zależy wszystko od danego utworu. W przypadku piosenki "Dziwny jest ten świat" mamy tu mieszankę wszystkiego - wspaniałego głosu, wybitnego podkładu, jak również bardzo mądrego tekstu. Niezależnie od wszystkiego ten utwór warto poznać pod każdym względem.
Dokładnie, gdyby znal tłumaczenie tekstu.....🤪🤩
Przecież czyta tlumaczenie tekstu po piosence.
to taka jedna z ważniejszych polskich piosenek/ pieśni - zawsze mam dreszcze jak to słucham
Dreszcz, kleszcz i barszcz! Oraz deszcz.
Ten facet patrzy na sprawy od strony technicznej
BRO this song is from 1967 that way is masterpice :)
That's why he doesn't hear "stereo" 😂
The context of this old song, from the 1960s, is completely different than the songs in Western countries in these years. Because in Poland these were really hard times of communism, where people, like for instance in December 1970, were even murdered at the streets by communists sending army and tanks to shoot to the civilians. So without knowing the context, it cannot be really understood.
Masz świetą rację.
Byliśmy dopiero co po "światowej awanturze" nr.2 a z marszu wprowadzono nam coś równie uwłaczającego, czyli stalinizm z przydupadem Stalina, czyli z Bierutem za prowizorycznymi lejcami... Później Towarzysz Wiesław i dopiero Gierek stara się coś robić...
nie narzekaj Polacy sami z wlasnych srodkow odbudowali Warszawe.. Zamek krolewski zostal odrestaurowany za gierka..@@loverofemptiness2672
nie wszystko bylo czarne
@@loverofemptiness2672 Stalin umarł 15 lat przed powstaniem tej piosenki. Nie wymyślaj historii na nowo.
Czesław Niemen King. King of Poland. This song is amazing. We love Niemen ❤❤❤ 🇵🇱
A to szarpane słuchanie to profanacja
This was the song my aunt wanted to be played at her funeral. I feel like she really got the words into her heart.
Where in a country that was in communist captivity until the 1990s can you record professionally in stereo, especially 22 years after the war, when the entire country was ruined in ruins after World War II??
It is the 60s thus the lack of better technology.
Pamiętam dzień pogrzebu Niemena jak było wyładowanie i piorun rozbłysł na niebie i nic więcej jakby uleciał z naszej planety a może mi się to wszystko wydawało sam już nie wiem
Czesław Niemen, super talent ❤❤️❤ pozdrawiam z Polski ❤
First of all Czesław Niemen was one of a kind. The song was recorder in 1967 and the lyrics are timeless.
Secondly, hats of.. , this recording is from vinyl. My parents had one
I am from Poland. I think, You should hear another songs from Czesław Niemen. It was the first big song from him. He is the BEST singer for every time in Poland. He is the good instrumentalist too. Greetings from Poland.
Before 1990 in Poland we had only one or two government own record companies . So the singers were on their mercy. Companies did not hurry. Their were not very professional. And the equipment they possesed was outdated. And the norm was that , the first record of the song was on the government own radio station , and after some time , 6mo , 1 , 2 or 3 years was the song done by a record company. Some songs a good hits were recorded only on the radio.
For me the most important in every song is the unique melodic line which I count for 80-90% and the rest is only the addition.
In the last 35 years in Poland they produced 5-6 good songs and the rest are a nonmelodic flops. While in years 1967-74 Poland was producing up to 45 unigue melodic line songs per year.
I think that you as a professional musician are too concentrated on the technical side and you tend to ignore the thing that average people like , that is a catchy melody.
Where's Wes, dziękuję za profesjonalny, wyborny komentarz piosenki Czesława Niemena Dziwny jest t ren świat, piękna sprawa! Polecam Ci piosenkę Zbigniewa Wodeckiego Lubię wracać tam gdzie byłem, to piękna, sentymentalna podróż w czasy młodości i miłości. Polecam i serdecznie pozdrawiam :D
Very nice of you to choose the song. It is practically impossible for you to understand the context of the song because it was written in a different era. The translation is not necessarily as impressive as the song really sounds to your fellow countrymen. Czeslaw was a musical genius and he knew very well back then that the music fits the text perfectly.
It was made in communism (actually Russian occupation), he was lucky as a Polish person he could record this song
Soviet occupation , if you want to be more accurate
Don't be funny, Niemen lived and worked in Italy off and on.
Kora Jackowska (Maanam) regularly performed in Germany.
There was no "occupation".
@@calicocat8213 do you want to argue with a person who’s whole heritage is Polish so my parents lived through communism, my Grandparents through the Second World War, and my Greatgrandparents were in World War I and before that our country didn’t exist for a 100 years?
Because my Greatgrandmother told me about those times, my Grandparents told me, my parents told me how they used to live, want to argue with me and them?
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You can see live version of Dziwny jest ten świat from Sopot Festiwal 1967 or live only audio from Opole Festiwal 1967.
Try also these songs by Niemen: Sen o Warszawie, Wspomnienie, Pod Papugami, Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod.
Other musicians you should try: Breakout - Na drugim brzegu tęczy, Kiedy byłem małym chłopcem.
Ewa Demarczyk - Grande valse brillante, Karuzela z madonnami
Maanam - Krakowski spleen, Sie ściemnia, Nocny patrol
Republika - Kombinat, Biała flaga
Perfect - Autobiografia
Dżem - List do M, Dzień w którym pękło niebo, Kim jestem Jestem sobie
Brygada Kryzys - To co czujesz to co wiesz
Urszula Dudziak - Papaya.
I can confirm, Sen o Warszawie is fantastic. And Ewa Demarczyk, such a powerful voice, strongly recomended.
Prawdziwym arcydziełem muzycznym Niemena jest jednak,, Bema pamięci rapsod żałobny,,.
Wes, watch Czesław Niemen's performance at the International Song Festival in Sopot in 1967. You can see how he looked and sang in the original. Few people mentioned that the lyrics, music and performance were by the same person - Czesław Niemen. In today's times, practically non-existent. Of course the music sounds a bit different than in the studio recording, especially at this time.
th-cam.com/video/3aRz0IVMuW8/w-d-xo.html
Zegarmistrz światła purpurowy.
This is an old song that is known mainly for its lyrics which have a strong message.
It's not known "mainly because of its lyrics". Even today, I haven't heard anyone who could sing it as Niemen did. All who try do it much worse than him. He was a really gifted artist.
Next plz Zbigniew Wodecki-Zacznij od Bacha
Those organs at the begging is Hammond Organ. As a professional musician you should know that famous instrument. Look it up.
1. Męskie granie- płoną góry, płoną lasy
2. Męskie granie- i Ciebie też, bardzo
3 Kayah i Bregovic- śpij kochanie śpij
TYLKO TA PIERWSZA PIOSENKA.
It's so nice that people from all over the world are interested in such things like oldies in a foreign countries to them 👏👌👍
It is not a vintage vibe , it is vintage and try to listem the whole thing first
This man is Icon in Poland and never criticise him 😂😂😂 even I am to young to remember him he is still Icon for me !
To jest drugi hymn Polski !!!!!!! Zaraz po tym oficjalnym !!! A Ty go przegadałes !!!🫶
you need to react to "Aleja Gwiazd" by Zdzisława Sośnicka and "Rzuć to wszystko co złe" by Wodecki and Mitch & Mitch
Asian, Niemen to Geniusz muzyki, poznaj tekst, inaczej tego nie ogarniesz, dasz radę
People suggesting very iconic Polish songs. How about some popular rock and electro pop from the 80's. Bands like Maanam, Kombi, Kapitan Nemo, Perfekt, Republika, Banda i Wanda, Lady Pank etc.
when he came out at polish song competition with this song, people were left speechless
Był taki co szokował i treścią i wokalem.Temat wciąż aktualny.
you can also try “Niepewność” by Marek Grechuta. I think the lyrics are the poem of Adam Mickiewicz🏄♀️
The feme voices in the choire are the iconic "Allibabki" Group. At that time they input their shade in almost every top songs of the Polish artists.
Niemen was eealy good and embraced the music style od 60s and 70s plus gavw a unique polish style with the lyrics. I love some of his songs and he is way before my time. Also Poloah rock and pop scene of the 70s , 80s and early 90s is really good.
Czesław Niemen -" Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod" it has "music visualisation"; music geaves a sound effect to the lirics.
Józef Zachariasz Bem (born March 14, 1794 in Tarnów in the Habsburg Monarchy, died December 10, 1850 in Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire) - Polish general, strategist, writer, military engineer, artilleryman, creator of the first rocket troops in the Polish army, commander artillery active during the November Uprising, political activist of the Great Emigration, founder of two emigre organizations: the Historical and Literary Society and the Polish Polytechnic Society in Paris (the first Polish engineering society in the history), participant of the Spring of Nations, actual but informal commander of the Third Vienna Revolution (Wiener Oktoberrevolution ) 1848, commander-in-chief of the Hungarian uprising of 1848-1849 (from August 1849), general of the army of the Ottoman Empire.
National hero of Poland, Hungary and Turkey.
" Bema pamieci rapsod zalobny" to majstersztyk.
Czeslaw Niemen have voice atomique and filing haw Max Planck dimention ! Thank's Asian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤
Pozdrawiam z Polski ❤️🇵🇱
Meraviglioso Czesław Niemen Dziwny jest ten świat unico bel testo versione io senza lei .
ohh those old times when we had limited technical abilities to record properly pure music - so much lost in time
Cieszę się że nasz Azjatycki przyjaciel też kocha nasze talenty Polskie naszą dumę pozdrawiam naszego Azjatyckiego przyjaciela ❤
It's hard to understand Poles because you have to know their history. We are specific but it's our history that has shaped us this way. watch the film IPNtv: The Unconquered
Podsiadlo "Nieznajomy" live ze Stadionu Narodowego ❤
It has vintage vibe because it an actual, genuine vintage song recorded almost 60 years ago 😁
Poland vois genius 💯‼️🇵🇱💪
this song was released in1967
You should check ,,Budka Suflera - Jest taki samotny dom" or if you'd like a little "lighter" song try ,,Lady Punk - Zamki na piasku".
Listen to “Zegarmistrz Światła Purpurowy” by Tadeusz Woźniak.
Woźniak died recently, RIP
The lyrics are completely NOT the same as in "This is a man's world" ;) "TIAMW" is about the world being ruled by males, masculinity and how in the end it still would be nothing without a woman's touch. "Dziwny jest ten swiat" is about the world being ruled by the evil and the humans harming one another, but how the author still believes that there is more good people than bad and that thanks to them this world will not go to waste. :)
This is the purpose to move the audience, the lyrics are so important! This is big beat music that`s why it`s so messy. I love it.
Następna, "Sen o Warszawie"
Która wersja? Są co najmniej 2, różnych zespołów ;)
You know what? Czesław Niemen has perfect hearing. Perfect hearing. This song IS perfect.
Absolutny klasyk. Thank you ❤
Niemen, song words....
Strange is this World, if it still has lots of Evil
And strange it is since many years ...
😋👍
Prosze posłuchać- Lubię wracać tam gdzie byłem i zacznij od Bacha Wodecki Zbigniew
1967 ❤ Great song, I love Czesław Niemen ❤
I think it’s time for „Granda” by Brodka 😊
Droga do gwiazd, i W kolorze krwi - Zdzislawy Sosnickiej
You should react to the performance of his daughter "Opole 2013 - Natalia Niemen. She sings the same song.
I suggest listening to some Lady Pank songs! Its an old rock polish band
Maybe Grzegorz Turnau - Cichosza
Kwiat Jabłoni - "Dziś późno pójdę spać"
Niemen to klasa w sama w sobie❤
Zbigniew Wodecki - Zacznij od Bacha
Listening to the song without knowing the words takes away 50% of the way you should feel it. Also you cannot expect super productions from behind the red iron curtain...
Hi Wes ! I recommend you listen to Boguslaw Mec song Jej portret. If it was an English song, it would have an international career. The melody is so lyrical, and the lyrics are just great, but hey, it's in Polish, which is a major obstacle! Thanks for loving my home country. Although I am living in another country now, my heart is still there. All the best to you!
Niemen wrote this piece while living in Wroclaw, Poland which was till WW2 Breslau, part of the German Empire. A stunning, beautiful City but in 1967 it still was mostly ruins as the priority was to reconstruct Warsaw and original Polish Cities. The conquered Cities of todays West Poland had to wait a long time to be restored to its full beauty. I think Czesław Niemen while walking the destroyed streets of Wroclaw/Breslau might have been influenced by its tragic history.
The English translation allthough accurate doesn't do justice to the song beginning with the title, 'Strange is the World', it sounds awful in English as a title of a song, it just doesn't sound right to English or American ear, I've never heard an English song with such a weird title. 'Dziwny jest ten świat' is one of those songs you must understand Polish very well to fully appreciate.
Yes there are 2 ways to translate a song : 1? You try to do word for word 2. You try to find words that have the best context to what the author wanted to say
So I would say :
Dziwny jest ten świat
Gdzie jeszcze wciąż
Mieści się wiele zła
I dziwne jest to
Że od tylu lat
Człowiekiem gardzi człowiek
Dziwny ten świat
Świat ludzkich spraw
Czasem, aż wstyd przyznać się
A jednak często jest
Że ktoś słowem złym
Zabija tak, jak nożem
Lecz ludzi dobrej woli jest więcej
I mocno wierzę w to
Że ten świat
Nie zginie nigdy dzięki nim
Nie! Nie! Nie! Nie!
Nadszedł już czas
Najwyższy czas
Nienawiść zniszczyć w sobie
Odd is this world
Still full of evil
And odd is that
People are still against people
Ignoring, despising
Odd is this world
Our human world
Sometimes I feel ashamed
That one spoken word
Can cut like a knife
So deep
But there still people of good will
And I believe! I really believe!
The world is not forsaken yet!
It's not! It's not!
The time is now
To fight the hate!
To kill it from within
Something like that is more accurate I think to the poetical lyrics
@@bobeczek01 I'm sorry to say but 'Odd is this world' sounds even worse then 'Strange is the World'. Imagine Taylor Swift singing odd or strange is the world. It just doesn't sound right musically in English.
The problem is that people try to find the best words, which is wrong, what you need to do is translate emotion and meaning.
To make my point translate any ABBA song into Polish, you'll understand what the song is all about but if you imagine any Polish singer singing it, it won't sound right to the Polish ear.
This recording is from the live concert in Opole festival 1967 that's why it sounds like this. Like people said in comments, there was soviet occupation in Poland during that time so equipment was not the best considering even that period.
this is very very good Polish song old time
Bro complains about the sound quality while this recording was recorded on outdated equipment even in those times.
❤❤❤
Stan Borys "Jaskółka uwięziona" - naprawdę utwór z przeslaniem
You should listen Ewa Demaryczk - Groszki i róże. Its very beautiful polish song. To this day, no one can sing it like Ewa.
He was a genius
I don’t think I can forgive him the talk about this classic best Polish song ever being suitable for some commercial shit. No way 😢
It is blended very well , the problem is you don't understand Polish language , it is very clear for us Polish speaking listeners .
Just FYI, the version you're reacting to is converted from the original first edition vinyl record.
Doceniam, że od razu połączyłeś kropki do It's a Man's Man's Man's World.
The US band Blood, Sweat and Tears wanted him to sing in the band
I like some asian songs as well, good work
You could also listen to “Winda do Nieba” by 2+1, or any piece by 2+1.
there was no stereo recordings in 1967 ;)
in fact, this song was a polish version of James Brown "Its a mans world". In fact, the american music was kinda banned in communist block, so Polish performers were trying to bring those songs somehow "under the radar" as their own compositions... Its one of many western songs that sneaked into Poland this way
My propositions:
Coma - Leszek Żukowski
Czesław Niemien - Wspomnienie
Sanah - Siebie zapytaj DSCVR at home
Sanah - Invisible dress DSCVR at home
If you are a pianist, listen to Niemen's "Bem's Funeral Rhapsody of Memory"
You are right about sound in this version. I dont really have ear to that. But i think that version tittled "Czesław Niemen, Akwarele - Dziwny Jest Ten Świat (HQ)" sounds better.
This is live from 1967. Pls, check the meaning of this song too
Karakowski spleen by Mannam is what I recommend
th-cam.com/video/dsgcE1wsGP0/w-d-xo.html Hi, here is a HQ Stereo recording of "Dziwny Jest Ten Świat" made in 1979 in Opole, Poland. This is the song sung by Czesław Niemen.
I’m half Polish/half British. Born and raised up in Sweden, though so definitely I’m influenced by not so different cultures, yet still varying in so many ways. It’s my mum’s fave Polish song. I do love it, to put it straight. Since my mum has been telling me so many stories about people, atmosphere in Poland at that time. She also explained a lot about circumstances in which it was made and meaning of this masterpiece for Poles. For I’m trilingual so it’s pretty obvious I think Polish-like listening to it and it …kinda stroke me as you said it’d be perfect as a car or perfume advertising. No offence but thought like; what the heck. A lawdy mama, ‘Dziwny jest ten świat’ is an ‚anthem’ and linking it to any commercial would never cross my mind.
But then I shifted to English, trying to loose this emotional connection with this track and even though it seems weird to myself I hear ‘ya. When you don’t think of its background nor consider the lyrics it has this positive hype or should I rather say vibe of an epic commercial ✌️😄🇵🇱🇸🇪🇬🇧
th-cam.com/video/dFpcbnP50CU/w-d-xo.html Hi, here is a recording of "Dziwny Jest Ten Świat" made in 1990 in Sopot. This is the song sung by Czesław Niemen
Hi. This is not Polish rock. It's the big beat era, 1967. In this song, the lyrics are important.
Here is the translation of the song:
Strange is this world,
Where there's still so much evil.
And strange it is,
That for so many years,
Man despises man.
Strange is this world,
The world of human affairs,
Sometimes it's even shameful to admit.
Yet often it happens,
That someone with a cruel word,
Kills just like with a knife.
But there are more people of good will,
And I strongly believe in this,
That this world
Will never perish thanks to them.
No! No! No! No!
The time has come,
The highest time,
To destroy hatred within ourselves.
But there are more people of good will,
And I strongly believe in this,
That this world
Will never perish thanks to them.
No! No! No! No!
The time has come,
The highest time,
To destroy hatred within ourselves.
Nice day!
Ux6six
Daria Zawiałów - Freddie, Szarówka, Winter is comming oraz Kaonashi i w ogóle ona ma super te utwory, sporo
Hello, I think that choosing only music in the case of this song is a mistake... because it is impossible to understand what you are listening to without understanding the words. In the case of this song, the performance is wonderful, but the message is the most important. Regards
I mean... No wonder you don't like the mixing, the song was recorded in the 60's with limited technology XD
Even still, you'd be pleased to hear that there's an urban legend from the time that Niemen could walk into the studio and check the hardware calibration by hearing alone