Dżem is a Polish blues-rock band.

Their history dates back to the m… Read Full Bio ↴Dżem is a Polish blues-rock band.

Their history dates back to the mid-1970s, although their first records were released in the mid-1980s. Their style varies between blues, southern rock, and hard rock. Their late vocalist - Ryszard Riedel [d. 1994 from heart failure caused by heavy drug addiction] - was an iconic figure in the history of Polish rock, followed by a nationwide cult similar to Jim Morrison's. His replacement - Jacek Dewódzki - sang on three albums in the second half of the 1990s, before being replaced by the more blues-orientated current singer, Maciej Balcar, in 2001. Their first album with Balcar, called 2004, was released in September 2004.

After the tragic death (in a car crash) of the pianist Pawel Berger in January 2005, the band took a break for four months, before returning to full activity with a new pianist, Janusz Borzucki, in May 2005. In 2005 a biographic movie titled "Skazany na bluesa" (Sentenced to Blues) was produced. Dżem's newest studio album and the first with the current line-up, Muza, was released in November 2010.

A prominent member of the band in 1980-1982 was in Apostolis Anthimos guitarist and drummer of the legendary trio SBB that split up in 1980 just one year before the martial law in Poland and just 10 days after the massacre in the secret polish concentration camp of Górna Grupa of Oct. 31, 1980, where just in one night more than 50 people were cremated alive - most of them members of the upcoming "Solidarność" movement. The soviet agent "Bolek" alias Lech Wałęsa was placed by the polishspeaking soviet junta as head of the movement.

The current line-up of the band features:

Maciej Balcar (since 2001)
Jerzy Styczyński (since 1979)
Adam Otręba (since 1973)
Beno Otręba (since 1973)
Zbigniew Szczerbiński (since 1992)
Janusz Borzucki (since 2005)

Alex
Dżem Lyrics

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Byłaś w moim śnie, ubrana w sukienkę z mgły,

Wszystko jak dawniej a jednak inaczej,

w oczach łzy i lęk.

Nie powiedziałem ani słowa,

kiedy tak blisko obok siebie

Widziałem miłość i rozpacz,

a moje serce dławił cień.

Wszystko to, czego chcesz, pozostawię tylko Tobie

Nie napisany, jedyny wiersz

- więcej zrobić nie mogę,

Chciałem zatrzymać czas na wieczność,

A mogłem dać tylko chwilę

To był najpiękniejszy sen

Płakaliśmy tuląc wspomnienie

Wszystko to, czego chcesz ...

Czy kiedyś znowu spotkam Ciebie,

Zobaczę to co się śni,

I chociaż pragnę - nie uwierzę

Że na jawie to będziesz Ty.

Wszystko to, czego chcesz ...

Overall Meaning

The song "Alex" by Dżem is a heartfelt ballad about a dream featuring a lost love. The singer describes seeing his former flame dressed in a dress made of fog in his dream. While everything seemed the same as before, it was different because the dream was filled with tears and fear. Although he was so close to this person, the singer doesn't say a word, and his heart was filled with sadness.

The song is a bittersweet tribute to a lost love, with the singer expressing sadness that he can't give more to his former flame. He wants to stop time and make the dream last forever but knows that he can only offer a brief moment. The final verse expresses the hope that he might see her again and experience the dream once more, but there's a sense of resignation that it's not a possibility.

Overall, "Alex" is a touching song that captures the emotions of lost love and longing. The lyrics are powerful and descriptive, creating a vivid image of the dream.

Line by Line Meaning

Byłaś w moim śnie, ubrana w sukienkę z mgły,
You appeared in my dream, dressed in a foggy dress,

Wszystko jak dawniej a jednak inaczej,
Everything was like before, yet different,

w oczach łzy i lęk.
Tears and fear in your eyes.

Nie powiedziałem ani słowa,
I didn't say a word,

kiedy tak blisko obok siebie
When we were so close together

Widziałem miłość i rozpacz,
I saw love and despair

a moje serce dławił cień.
And my heart was weighed down by a shadow.

Wszystko to, czego chcesz, pozostawię tylko Tobie
I'll leave everything you want, only to you

Nie napisany, jedyny wiersz
This unwritten, only poem

- więcej zrobić nie mogę,
I can't do more

Chciałem zatrzymać czas na wieczność,
I wanted to stop time forever