Czerwone Gitary (The Red Guitars) is one of the most popular rock bands in … Read Full Bio ↴Czerwone Gitary (The Red Guitars) is one of the most popular rock bands in the history of Polish popular music. The band formed in 1965 and achieved its greatest success from 1965 to 1970. Often considered the Polish equivalent of the Beatles, many of their hits are now classics in Poland. The group toured extensively outside Poland (in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, USA, Germany and Soviet Union) but had mostly disappeared from the Polish scene by the 1980s. The band reformed in the 1990s.
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)
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)
To właśnie my
Czerwone Gitary Lyrics
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To znowu my, to właśnie my!
Tak - to właśnie my!
Cała piątka znów przed Wami.
Tak - to właśnie my!
Już zabawę zacząć czas.
Kto chce posłuchać nas,
Kto chce się bawić tak jak my,
Jak właśnie my -
Niech odrzuci troski na bok.
Czas nie liczy się
Kiedy zaczynamy grać.
Choć na kilka chwil
Zapomnijcie o zmartwieniach,
Bo możecie dziś
Razem z nami bawić się.
Kto chce posłuchać nas,
Kto chce się bawić tak jak my,
Jak właśnie my -
Niech odrzuci troski na bok.
Nic nie liczy się
Kiedy zaczynamy grać.
Nie zawsze była radość,
Nierzadko smutne dni;
Czas jednak zatarł wszystko
I dziś przed Wami znowu my.
Tak - to właśnie my!
Cała piątka znów przed Wami.
Tak - to właśnie my!
Już zabawę zacząć czas.
Kto chce posłuchać nas,
Kto chce się bawić tak jak my,
Jak właśnie my -
Niech odrzuci troski na bok.
Czas nie liczy się
Kiedy zaczynamy grać.
To właśnie my!
Tak - to właśnie my!
Cała piątka znów przed Wami.
Tak - to właśnie my!
Już zabawę zacząć czas.
Kto chce posłuchać nas,
Kto chce się bawić tak jak my,
Niech odrzuci troski na bok.
Czas nie liczy się
Kiedy zaczynamy grać.
Choć na kilka chwil
Zapomnijcie o zmartwieniach,
Bo możecie dziś
Razem z nami bawić się.
Kto chce posłuchać nas,
Kto chce się bawić tak jak my,
Jak właśnie my -
Niech odrzuci troski na bok.
Nic nie liczy się
Kiedy zaczynamy grać.
Nie zawsze była radość,
Nierzadko smutne dni;
Czas jednak zatarł wszystko
I dziś przed Wami znowu my.
Tak - to właśnie my!
Cała piątka znów przed Wami.
Tak - to właśnie my!
Już zabawę zacząć czas.
Kto chce posłuchać nas,
Kto chce się bawić tak jak my,
Jak właśnie my -
Niech odrzuci troski na bok.
Czas nie liczy się
Kiedy zaczynamy grać.
To właśnie my!
The song "To właśnie my" by Czerwone Gitary is an upbeat tune about the joy of music and the power it has to bring people together. The lyrics express the band's excitement to perform and invite others to join in the fun. They encourage listeners to let go of their worries and enjoy the moment. The lines "Nie zawsze była radość, Nierzadko smutne dni; Czas jednak zatarł wszystko" suggest that life can be difficult at times, but music has the power to overcome those challenges and bring happiness.
Line by Line Meaning
To znowu my, to właśnie my!
We are back again, it's us!
Tak - to właśnie my!
Yes - it's us!
Cała piątka znów przed Wami.
The whole group is in front of you again.
Już zabawę zacząć czas.
It's time to start having fun.
Kto chce posłuchać nas,
Anyone who wants to listen to us,
Kto chce się bawić tak jak my,
Anyone who wants to have fun like us,
Jak właśnie my -
As we do -
Niech odrzuci troski na bok.
Let them put their worries aside.
Czas nie liczy się
The time doesn't matter
Kiedy zaczynamy grać.
When we start playing.
Choć na kilka chwil
Even for a few moments,
Zapomnijcie o zmartwieniach,
Let go of your worries,
Bo możecie dziś
Because today you can
Razem z nami bawić się.
Have fun with us.
Nie zawsze była radość,
It wasn't always happy,
Nierzadko smutne dni;
Often there were sad days;
Czas jednak zatarł wszystko
But time has erased everything
I dziś przed Wami znowu my.
And today we are in front of you again.
To właśnie my!
It's us!
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