There are at least two artists with the name Gorky.
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There are at least two artists with the name Gorky.
1. A Belgian pop rock group (active from 1989-1993 as Gorky, 1993-present as Gorki)
2. An American indie rock group (active from 2007-present as Gorky)
1. Gorki is a poetic yet powerful Dutch-singing group from Ghent, Belgium. They originally operated under the name of Gorky (with a “y”) but slightly changed their name when frontman Luc De Vos reformed the band in 1992.
As many Belgian bands, Gorky rose to the attention of the crowd during Humo’s Rock Rally. They finished third in the edition of 1990, enough to gain record company interest. Together with producer Wouter Van Belle, they recorded their self-titled debut album, which was intimistic and powerful at the same time. Singer Luc De Vos managed to write very personal yet recognizable lyrics filled with imaginative imagery. Not less than five singles were taken from the album. Songs such as “Lieve kleine Piranha” and especially “Mia” remain very popular up till today.
In 1992 the band recorded a semi-acoustic album “Boterhammen” in a park in Brussels. This was a series of intimistic concerts held every Friday during summer, an initiative by the Ancienne Belgique called ‘Boterhammen in het park’. This album features guest performances of Rick De Leeuw, singer of the Dutch group Tröckener Kecks and guitarist Patrick Riguelle (see Riguelle & Hautekiet, Kadril). This album becomes the last act of the group Gorky.
Soon afterwards Luc De Vos reforms the band and the record company insists it would be called Gorki (with an “i”). Together with old-timer Sylvain Van Holme (a.o. Two Man Sound) the new band moves to Dakar in Senegal to go record the album “Hij leeft” in the Xippi studios of Youssou N’Dour. The album is much more subtle than the older products of Gorki “which makes the melodies and the superior lyrics of De Vos sound even better” (Oor). The album achieves a gold status in Belgium and 3 singles are released.
1994 and 1995 are a lot more quiet for the group. Luc De Vos goes literary and becomes a columnist for leading Flemish newspaper “De Standaard” and radio station “Studio Brussel”.
In 1995 the group bivouac in the ICP-studios in Brussels together with Jo Bogaert (the man behind Technotronic) to record their fourth album entitled “Monstertje” (Little monster). Record company Virgin initially refused the mix Bogaert had made in his home studio, so the album is remixed for a second time. Singles from the album are “Lang zullen ze leven” (Long will they live - For they are jolly good fellows), “Monstertje” (Little monster) and “Kom me toch halen” (Come and get me).
Band members (Gorky):
- Luc De Vos : vocals, guitar
- Geert Bonne : drums
- Wout De Schutter : bass
Band members (Gorki):
- Luc De Vos : vocals, guitar
- Erik Van Biesen : bass
- Luc Heyvaerts : keyboards
- Wim Rogge : guitar
- Steven Van Havere / Eric Bosteels : drums
See also Gorki. Main edit by DemonicTutor
2. Gorky is an independent garage rock band from Show Low, Arizona, USA. Lead singer/songwriter Jesse Valencia first began recording demos under the name 'Gorky' as far back as 2001 at the age of fifteen. He recruited drummer Ben Holladay in 2002 and bassist Gregg Aldridge in 2004. The group self-released their debut album 'High In The Low' in 2010. The record draws strong influence from 60's garage rock as well as rockabilly, protopunk, and new wave.
Gorky went on quasi-hiatus in 2011 as Valencia commenced work on a book about the Brian Jonestown Massacre, due out in 2016 on Verse Chorus Press. Gorky returned in 2014 with a new single, "#Datass", new guitarist Houston Ellsworth and new bassist Tevin Crabdree. Aldridge left the band in 2013. They are currently working on a number of projects.
Gorky can also refer to one of the most influential Russian writers.
Gorky was born in Nizhny Novgorod and became an orphan at the age of ten. In 1880, at the age of twelve, he ran away from home in an effort to find his grandmother. Gorky was brought up by his grandmother, an excellent storyteller. Her death deeply affected him, and after an attempt at suicide in December 1887, he travelled on foot across the Russian Empire for five years, changing jobs and accumulating impressions used later in his writing.
As a journalist working in provincial newspapers, he wrote under the pseudonym Иегудиил Хламида (Jehudiel Khlamida— suggestive of “cloak-and-dagger” by the similarity to the Greek chlamys, “cloak”). He began using the pseudonym Gorky (literally “bitter”) in 1892, while working in Tiflis newspaper Кавказ (The Caucasus). The name reflected his simmering anger about life in Russia and a determination to speak the bitter truth. Gorky’s first book Очерки и рассказы (Essays and Stories) in 1898 enjoyed a sensational success and his career as a writer began. Gorky wrote incessantly, viewing literature less as an aesthetic practice (though he worked hard on style and form) than as a moral and political act that could change the world. He described the lives of people in the lowest strata and on the margins of society, revealing their hardships, humiliations, and brutalization, but also their inward spark of humanity.
Mía
Gorky Lyrics
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kwam ik naar je toe
Je zei
Eten kan
als je de afwas doet
Mensen als jij moeten niet moeilijk doen
Geef ze een kans voor ze stom gaan doen
Beter dan ooit tevoren
Mia heeft het licht gezien
Ze zegt
Niemand gaat verloren
Voorlopig gaan we nog even door
Op het lichtend pad
het verkeerde spoor
Mensen als ik vind je overal
Op de arbeidsmarkt
in dit tranendal
Sterren komen
sterren gaan
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Ze vraagt
Kun jij nog dromen
De middenstand regeert het land
Beter dan ooit tevoren
Mia heeft het licht gezien
Ze zegt
Niemand gaat verloren
Sterren komen
sterren gaan
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Ze vraagt
Kun jij nog dromen
Sterren komen
sterren gaan
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Ze vraagt
Kun jij nog dromen
In the song "Mia" by Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, the singer recalls a time when he was hungry and went to see Mia. Mia offers him food on the condition that he washes the dishes. The singer reflects on how people like him shouldn't make things difficult and should be given a chance before they do something stupid. The song refers to the fact that the middle class rules the country better than ever before.
The lyrics suggest that Mia is an optimistic and positive figure who has seen the light and is confident that nobody will be lost. The singer seems to find comfort in the fact that despite everything, there is still hope and that they must continue on the "wrong track" for now. Mia is someone who has never suffered and asks the singer if they can still dream, implying that she sees a bright future for herself, and for him.
The song can be interpreted as a commentary on the class divide in society and the idea that the middle class has more power and influence than the lower classes. It also touches on themes of hope and optimism, even in the face of adversity, and the idea that dreams and aspirations are still important despite difficulties.
Line by Line Meaning
Toen ik honger had
When I was hungry
kwam ik naar je toe
I came to you
Je zei
You said
Eten kan
You can eat
als je de afwas doet
if you do the dishes
Mensen als jij moeten niet moeilijk doen
People like you shouldn't make things difficult
Geef ze een kans voor ze stom gaan doen
Give them a chance before they do something stupid
De middenstand regeert het land
The middle class rules the country
Beter dan ooit tevoren
Better than ever before
Mia heeft het licht gezien
Mia has seen the light
Ze zegt
She says
Niemand gaat verloren
No one is lost
Voorlopig gaan we nog even door
For now we'll keep going
Op het lichtend pad
On the path of light
het verkeerde spoor
the wrong track
Mensen als ik vind je overal
People like me can be found everywhere
Op de arbeidsmarkt
On the job market
in dit tranendal
in this vale of tears
Sterren komen
Stars come
sterren gaan
stars go
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Only Elvis remains
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Mia has never suffered
Ze vraagt
She asks
Kun jij nog dromen
Can you still dream
Sterren komen
Stars come
sterren gaan
stars go
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Only Elvis remains
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Mia has never suffered
Ze vraagt
She asks
Kun jij nog dromen
Can you still dream
Contributed by Eliana A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@mienvo9593
Toen Ike honger had kwam ike naar Belgie van Vietname
Je zei, eten kan je als de afwast doet
Mensen als ike moet nie moilijk doen
Geef mij een kans voor ike stom ga doen...
you have give me the understand the life I was there when I need it.
Dankje well Luc R.I.P.
Cheers mate
@gerrynelissen2123
Lyrics:
"Toen ik honger had kwam ik naar je toe
Je zei, eten kan je als je de afwas doet
Mensen als jij moeten niet moeilijk doen
Geef ze een kans voor ze stom gaan doen
De middenstand regeert het land
Beter dan ooit tevoren
Mia heeft het licht gezien
Ze zegt, niemand gaat verloren
Voorlopig gaan we nog even door
Op het lichtend pad, het verkeerde spoor
Mensen als ik vind je overal
Op de arbeidsmarkt, in dit tranendal
En sterren komen, sterren gaan
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Ze vraagt, kun jij nog dromen?
De middenstand regeert het land
Beter dan ooit tevoren
Mia heeft het licht gezien
Ze zegt, niemand gaat verloren
Sterren komen en sterren gaan
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Ze vraagt, kun jij nog dromen?
Sterren komen, sterren gaan
Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan
Mia heeft nooit afgezien
Ze vraagt, kun jij nog dromen?"
Love is the Only Engine of Survival...
@rikottevaere3371
Dit jaar 8 jaar geleden dat vossieboy ons verliet! We missen hem nog elke dag! 😥 Luc,voor eeuwig in ons hart! Wie dit vandaag of morgen leest,liken aub! Zo blijven we aan onze stoere Vos denken!!! 😪❤👍🦊🦊🦊 Vosje dit jaar 2022,60 jaar geworden ... missen jou Vos. 🦊😪
@daviddebrouwer5685
We missen je
@felixcoenen4655
Tja
@rikottevaere3371
@@felixcoenen4655 Is toch spijtig Felix,niet? Hij zit nog in vele harten! Geweldige man was hij! Top
@xlgamer2472
😢😢😢😭😭😭
@deanbauer5385
R. I. P
@samuelesierra
I am visiting Belgic for the first time, and I decide to go to a beer festival at midnight with an old lady who is a good friend with my mom. They played this song in live and I... Man, it is one of that moment in your life that u will remember for ever.
@jimmywuyts6697
Hey try ooit was ik een soldaat from him once i was a soldier is the translation these are the two best songs in dutch ever written for me
@stephanslegers5987
Ik woonde als Nederlander zijnde 10 jaar aan de westkust en wist nix van.Luc Devos.
Tot de dag dat hij overleed ik mensen op straat zag wenen en ik bijGod niet wist wat er aan de hand was ben ik meteen beginnen Googlen en begon t te snappen.
Deze reactie op het overlijden van een publiekelijk mens had ik alleen nog maar.gezien in Nederland na de dood van André Hazes.
Door omstandigheden ben ik weer in Eindhoven gaan wonen en gitaar beginnen spelen op straat ,, als.ik aan t accent van de mensen hier dat t Belgen zijn zet ik direct Mia in en weet dan zeker dat ik 5 minuten plezier heb ,, niet hoef te zingen (kom er toch niet bovenuit ) en mijn gitaarhoes vol geld ligt en daar gaat het mij niet eens om.
Ik vind t een geweldig nr om op mijn accoustische gitaar te spelen ...
Bedank Luc ,, JIJ bent Belgisch Beste !!! R.I.P. Performer met gouden hart 💛
@xoradin6658
het beste belgisch liedje OOIT !!! mensen sterven... goede muziek trotseert de tijd... dankje voor dit mooie liedje!