Czerwone Gitary were founded by guitarist/vocalist Jerzy Kossela (July 15, 1942 – January 7, 2017) and bassist Henryk Zomerski on 3 January 1965 in Gdańsk. Initial members included Bernard Dornowski (guitar/vocals), Krzysztof Klenczon (lead guitar /vocals) and Jerzy Skrzypczyk (drums/vocals); four members (Dornowski, Klenczon, Kossela and Zomerski) had played previously in another notable Polish band, the Niebiesko-Czarni (The Blue-Blacks). Note: Radio disc jockey Neil Kempfer-Stocker was the first person to air the Blue-Blacks 45 rpms in America while at WRMC Radio Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1968. In Autumn 1965 Zomerski was replaced by Seweryn Krajewski (bass/vocals) ; around that time the band also launched their first tour in Poland under the slogan "We play and sing the loudest in Poland".
Their 1966 debut album "To właśnie my" ("It's us") sold 160,000 copies, and their May 1967 follow up, Czerwone Gitary 2, sold a then-record (for Poland) 240,000. In the same year Krajewski received a special award at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole (Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej w Opolu). In 1967 Kossela left the band. The band's 1968 third album sold 220,000 copies, and the group received an award in Opole for their song "Takie ładne oczy" ("Such Pretty Eyes"). In 1969 the band received a MIDEM award in Cannes for the largest number of discs sold in Poland up to that date; this was the same year that the Beatles received this award. Thereafter the Czerwone Gitary would be known as the Polish Beatles (see also Beatlesque). The same year the group received a special award from Billboard magazine, and in Poland, another award from Opole festival for "Biały krzyż" ("White cross").
Klenczon left in 1970, the year of the band's acclaimed LP "Na fujarce" ("On the flute"). Krajewski then took lead as the group turned to mainstream folk-tinged pop in the 1970s.
After a hiatus the Czerwone Gitary returned in the early 1990s with Kossela, Dornowski and Skrzypczyk resurrecting the group. Krajeski refused to participate and even released a solo album credited to Czerwone Gitary by Seweryn Krajewski called "Koniec" ("The End"). Initially the new lineup played the old hits; its first new album since the 1970s was "...jeszcze gra muzyka" ("...still the music plays") in 1998. In a 2000 poll for the Polish magazine Polityka, Czerwone Gitary were selected as "One of the Best Polish Bands of the 20th Century". In 2005 a new song "Senny szept" ("Sleepy whisper") took fourth place in the Sopot International Song Festival.
Members:
Jerzy Kossela (guitar, vocals, founder, leader, left in 1967, returned in 1991, left again in 1993 and returned again in 1999, stopped touring in 2015 due to health problems and died in 2017)
Henryk Zomerski (bass, keyabords ('90 & '00 only), founder, left the band soon after it was founded, in late 1965; in the band since 1999 till his death in 2011)
Bernard Dornowski (guitar, vocals, bass, one of the original members, left in 1999)
Jerzy Skrzypczyk (drums, vocals, percussion, one of the original members, still in the band as of 2016)
Krzysztof Klenczon (lead guitar, vocals, harmonica,one of the original members; left in 1970)
Seweryn Krajewski (bass, vocals, guitar, piano, violin, keyboards, replaced Zomerski in December 1965; left in 1997)
Dominik Kuta (guitar, flute, vocals, briefly in 1970)
Ryszard Kaczmarek (bass, 1971–1975)
Jan Pospieszalski (bass, 1976–1980)
Wojciech Hoffman (guitar, 1997–2000)
Arkadiusz Malinowski (guitar, bass, 1999–2002)
Dariusz Olszewski (guitar, vocals, 2000–2004, rejoined in 2010, still in the band as of 2016)
Mieczysław Wądołowski (guitar, vocals, joined 1997, still in the band as of 2016)
Marek Kisieliński (guitar, keyboards, joined 2003, left in 2013)
Arkadiusz Wiśniewski (bass, guitar, vocals, joined in 2003, still in the band as of 2016)
Artur Chyb (guitar, joined in 2013, left in 2014)
Marcin Niewęgłowski (guitar, vocals, 2014-2016)
Marek Jabłoński (guitar, joined in 2016)
Artur Żurek (percussion, additional drums, joined in 2016)
Jak mi sie podobasz
Czerwone Gitary Lyrics
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Gdy wracam z kina
Zawsze obok
Przechodzi dziewczyna
Nie wiem skąd wraca
I dokąd idzie
Wiem jednak że
Chciałbym powiedzieć jej
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak wiosenny kwiat
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak latem słońca blask
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak na jesieni wrzos
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak księżycowa noc
Gdy idę do szkoły
Gdy wracam z kina
Zawsze obok
Przechodzi dziewczyna
Gdy ją spytałem
Czy mnie polubi
Czy szansę mam
Ona odrzekła tak
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak na nosie pieg
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak zeszłoroczny śnieg
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak w zeszycie kleks
Podobasz mi się bardzo
Jak bardzo teraz wiesz
The song "Jak mi sie podobasz" by Czerwone Gitary describes the feelings of a boy who sees a girl walking by every day when he is going to school or coming back from the cinema. He doesn't know where she is going or coming from, but he knows that he wants to tell her that she is beautiful and he likes her. The boy compares her to different things in different seasons - like a spring flower, summer sunshine, autumn heather, and a moonlit night.
Despite his shyness, the boy finally gathers the courage to ask the girl if she likes him too and if he has a chance with her. The girl responds positively, saying that she likes him as well and compares him to things that she finds beautiful - like a freckle on the nose, last year's snow, a blotch in the notebook, and as the boy himself now knows, very much.
The lyrics are a sweet and simple love confession with some poetic descriptions of nature, which makes this song universal and timeless. The boy's feelings of attraction, admiration, and uncertainty are universally relatable and the song captures the innocence and charm of young love.
Line by Line Meaning
Gdy idę do szkoły
Whenever I go to school
Gdy wracam z kina
Whenever I come back from the cinema
Zawsze obok
Always next to me
Przechodzi dziewczyna
A girl walks by
Nie wiem skąd wraca
I don't know where she's coming from
I dokąd idzie
And where she's going
Wiem jednak że
But I do know that
Chciałbym powiedzieć jej
I'd like to tell her
Podobasz mi się bardzo
I like you very much
Jak wiosenny kwiat
Like a spring flower
Jak latem słońca blask
Like the glare of the sun in summer
Jak na jesieni wrzos
Like heather in the autumn
Jak księżycowa noc
Like a moonlit night
Gdy ją spytałem
When I asked her
Czy mnie polubi
If she would like me
Czy szansę mam
If I stand a chance
Ona odrzekła tak
She answered 'yes'
Jak na nosie pieg
Like a freckle on the nose
Jak zeszłoroczny śnieg
Like last year's snow
Jak w zeszycie kleks
Like a blotch in a notebook
Jak bardzo teraz wiesz
Like you know very well
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: KRZYSZTOF KLENCZON, KRZYSZTOF WOJCIECH DZIKOWSKI, SEWERYN KRAJEWSKI
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Zbigniew Kowalczyk
TO JEST POPROSTU PIĘKNE I WCIĄŻ AKTUALNE. A DZIŚ TAKICH PIOSENEK NIE MA.
elpe16
Swietny utwór, świetne wykonanie. Tak tylko mogły zagrać Czerwone Gitary. Super wspomnienia
Pan
the opening riff is a MONSTER ! these guys really rocked. A class act on par with the Who and the Kinks. HUGE RESPECT
Piotr Kostka
Gdyby ten numer powstał na Zachodzie, riff byłby w pierwszej trójce wszech czasów.
Ludwik Mruk
Ten riff i fuzz to ewenement w tamtych czasach. Porywal do obledu. Pierwsza piosenka z mocnym beatem u Czergita. Co z tego ze przypomina Pretty Woman - Roya Orbisona. Utwor byl i jest nasz.
Zbigniew Kowalczyk
TAK BYŁO Z MOJĄ DZIEWCZYNĄ!!!
SUPER UTWÓR!!!
marian klenczon
EWa, to byl utwor ktory napisa Klenczon wraz z Krajewskim.......Kapitalny numer i jak na tamte czasy bardzo mocny!! A co do Ludwika mruka.....ja nie widze tu podobienstwa do utworu Pretty Woman
Piotr Kostka
O niebo lepszy niż "Pretty woman".
Ludwik Mruk
mlody - riff Orbisona miesci sie w 10-ce w swiatowym rocku. Wiec to nie obciach tylko klasyka i wzorzec. Zamiast widziec wystarczy dobrze sluchac.
Jola Kaźmorkowska
Ach to były czasy wszystkie piosenki były i są śliczne pozdrawiam Jolanta 🌹