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)
Dzień w którym pękło niebo
Dżem Lyrics
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Daję Wam ogień
Podajcie sobie ręce i żyjcie w zgodzie
Żyjcie w zgodzie z ptakami
Niech płoną serca
I oczy Wasze niech nigdy nie znają łez
Nie znają łez
I wiecznym cierpieniem
I była miłość
I była zgoda
Każdy był wolny
Wolny był każdy ptak | x2
Pewnego dnia, pewnego dnia pękło niebo
I lunął straszny deszcz
Wtedy krzyknął ktoś
I chłód ogarnął wszystkie serca
A w oczach pojawił się strach
Ludzie podali sobie noże zamiast rąk
I upiekli ptaki
The lyrics to Dzem's song "Dzień w którym pękło niebo" (The Day When the Sky Burst) express a call for people to come together in harmony and unity. The song begins with the words of an authority figure, who encourages people to give each other fire and to live in harmony with the birds. The song then describes the story of someone who passes away and reconciles with a bird and eternal suffering. The person is described as having had love and harmony in their life, and everyone was free as the birds. The song then takes a darker turn, describing a day when the sky burst and a terrible rain fell. People began to panic and fear overtook them, prompting them to turn on each other by taking up knives instead of hands and baking the birds.
The lyrics of this song have both a positive and negative message. At its core, the song encourages people to live in harmony with each other and with nature. The imagery of being free as the birds is a powerful one, suggesting that people must let go of their desire to control others and to live in harmony with them. However, the song also highlights the dangers of fear and discord, describing how people can be driven to violence and cruelty when they are frightened. Ultimately, the lyrics suggest that people have a choice: they can either live in harmony and freedom or they can turn on one another in fear.
Line by Line Meaning
Powiedział Pan, Powiedział Pan
God said, God said
Daję Wam ogień
I give you fire
Podajcie sobie ręce i żyjcie w zgodzie
Hold hands and live in harmony
Żyjcie w zgodzie z ptakami
Live in harmony with the birds
Niech płoną serca
May your hearts burn
I oczy Wasze niech nigdy nie znają łez
May your eyes never know tears
Nie znają łez
They don't know tears
Odszedł a ciało swe pogodził z ptakiem
He left and his body made peace with the birds
I wiecznym cierpieniem
And with eternal suffering
I była miłość
And there was love
I była zgoda
And there was agreement
Każdy był wolny
Everyone was free
Wolny był każdy ptak | x2
Every bird was free | x2
Pewnego dnia, pewnego dnia pękło niebo
One day, one day the sky broke
I lunął straszny deszcz
And a terrible rain fell
Wtedy krzyknął ktoś
Then someone screamed
I chłód ogarnął wszystkie serca
And coldness took over all hearts
A w oczach pojawił się strach
And fear appeared in their eyes
Ludzie podali sobie noże zamiast rąk
People handed each other knives instead of hands
I upiekli ptaki
And they baked the birds
Contributed by Penelope Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@reklamodawcym.o9042
Mój ojciec za życia słuchał Ryśka i ja po nim zacząłem słuchać jego i jego muzyka ma mądry przekaz,daje dużo siły i uświadamia w wielu sprawach i to jest właśnie muzyka nie to co teraz.
@latawiec3220
Maiełs szczęscie! Pozdrów Ojca!
@janpierzchala2004
co teraz i ktora?
@paweltylman4482
Zacząłem słuchać dżemu, od tego kawałka.. super nr 👌♥️
@maciekbar3191
Brakuje nam tej wolności coraz bardziej... Dżem jest ponadczasowy...
@abdelkaderelbrazi
Nieważne gdzie jestem, nieważne co robię ale zawsze jak za oknem trochę ciemnieje, wiatr zaczyna bujać drzewami i jonizuje się powietrze to w głowie słyszę pierwsze gitarowe takty tego utworu, czekając aż pęknie niebo.
@sylwestergodek8731
Numer nie do wyjęcia.jeden z najlepszych
@janpierzchala2004
wyjęcia z albumu single
@DRsewage
"A ludzie... podali sobie nożem..zamiast rąk"... Taka prawda o dzisiejszym świecie...
@janpierzchala2004
ale Rysiek śpiewał o wczorajszym..........nie przeinaczaj