Members are: Balanyi Szilárd (piano, backing vocals), Gerdesits Ferenc (drums), Kárpáti József (trumpet), Kiss Tibor (guitar, vocals, lyrics), Mikuli Ferenc (bass), Varga Líviusz (percussion, rap, lyrics).
More important ex-members are: Kiss Endre (guitars), Medve Ákos (drums), Molnár Tamás (saxophone).
The first stable line-up released their first studio album in 1993 entitled "Sip of Story" on MC (private edition), which was inspired by artists like Tom Waits and Nick Cave. The band wrote their songs in English and had a unique approach to music, containing elements of blues, chansons and even moods familiar from Bertold Brecht songs.
After releasing another English language album, the chansonic and epic "Jerrycan dance" (in private edition), the band's two key figures, Tibor Kiss lead and Líviusz Varga took an inspiring 3 months long New York trip. However, their eclecticly rocking studio album "Majom-tangó" (Monkey tango) made right after was finally composed of songs predominantly in Hungarian. It earned a hungarian prize of best new group, revoked later, for Quimby having had an album in private edition.
Quimby reached both commercial and critical breakthrough in the year 1997 when they released their first fully Hungarian record "Diligramm". That album - tighter than its predecessors - spawned the music video "Hol volt hol nem volt..." (Once upon a time...) which had a relatively heavy air play on the Hungarian music channel and paved their way to wider success, earning the prize of Hungarian Album of the Year given away by the music industry.
With the leader Tibor Kiss' poetic lyrics, the band's jazzy tunes and blues- hiphop- and rock-influences they could have filled any concert hall by 1999, when the band released their critically most praised album "Ékszerelmére" (Forgodsake - rough translation), which brought a well-forged alloy of their chanson-inspired music and tight dance rhytms. This means unique tunes, in the mean time Quimby's materials are also accessible and danceable.
Their following studio effort "Káosz Amigos" (Chaos Amigos) was out in 2002, and is again looser in moods, but its predecessor's good proportions remain maintained. By this time Tibor Kiss had to deal with serious drug and alcohol problems. After a two-year hiatus again, having lead singer-guitarist Kiss returned from the rehab, the band released their last studio album to date at the end of 2005, entitled "Kilégzés" (Outbreath): a slower, cathartic oeuvre.
Since that time, they have been touring heavily and celebrated their 15th anniversary with a Best of CD+DVD collection entitled "Family Tugedör" (Family Together) which was released on 06 of December, 2006.
They are counting their the new album to be out in the spring of 2008.
Quimby's official website: http://quimby.mentha.hu
Just A Dream
Quimby Lyrics
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I was down in the Hell's Ditch
along with my fears where time fell asleep
and it's dreaming I saw a girl wrapped up in tears
It was you, once again you
I reached out my hand straight to you...
Just a dream...
The aimlessly roamed in the jungle
Begging was useless even to pray
but you could walk on the waves
under the skies and over the shades
Come Lady, come Come be real
Come Lady, come through the dreams to me
Down in the town where the damned people live
I heard soft moans and loud screaming
There was a sound that come to my ears
it was you, once again you
I reached out my hands straight to you...
Just a dream...
Now I'm just stuck to the counter without any dreams
Time is awake in the morning
I can see you down on the street and it's you,
oh the real you selling your charms deep in the blue
Come Lady, come come call in here
Come Lady, come
We'll blow away this dream...
The song "Just a Dream" by Quimby is a melancholic reflection on the separation between the longing for a loved one and the reality of their absence. The song opens with the singer situated in a dark and frightening state of mind, stuck in a place where "time fell asleep" and they are haunted by their own fears. In this dreamlike state, the singer sees "a girl wrapped up in tears" who turns out to be the person they have been yearning for: "It was you, once again you." Despite reaching out to this person, they realize it is "just a dream."
The middle section of the song describes the experiences of the singer as they interact with various people, including "ramblers and gamblers," in a jungle-like environment. These people are aimless, begging and praying with no avail. The singer sees their loved one as someone who can transcend the chaos and walk on water. The repeated plea for the loved one to "come through the dreams to me" signifies the impossibility of being physically reunited with them. The final verse reveals the singer's awakening from the dream-like state, leaving them feeling stuck and hopeless. The loved one is seen on the street, selling their charms in the blue, indicating that the singer's dream continues to be at odds with reality.
Line by Line Meaning
I was down in the Hell's Ditch
I was in a really bad place, feeling hopeless and stuck
along with my fears where time fell asleep
I was trapped in my own anxiety, feeling like everything had stopped moving forward
and it's dreaming I saw a girl wrapped up in tears
I had a dream where I saw someone I cared about crying
It was you, once again you
It was someone I had a strong emotional connection with
I reached out my hand straight to you...
I wanted to help and support them
Just a dream...
But it was just a dream and I couldn't do anything in reality
I met ramblers and gamblers hunters and prey
I interacted with different kinds of people on my journey
The aimlessly roamed in the jungle
They seemed lost and directionless
Begging was useless even to pray
No matter what they did or tried, nothing worked
but you could walk on the waves
But the person I cared about seemed to have a special ability to navigate difficult situations with ease
under the skies and over the shades
They were able to rise above the darkness and negativity
Come Lady, come Come be real
I longed for them to be present and tangible in my life
Come Lady, come through the dreams to me
I wished they could appear in my dreams again, as a way to connect with them
Down in the town where the damned people live
I observed the struggles of those who were really struggling and unable to find a way out
I heard soft moans and loud screaming
I was overwhelmed by the sounds of people in distress
There was a sound that come to my ears
But amidst all the chaos, I zeroed in on one particular sound
it was you, once again you
And once again, it was the person I had been dreaming about
I reached out my hands straight to you...
I wanted to rescue them from their pain
Now I'm just stuck to the counter without any dreams
But now I'm back in reality and not even dreaming anymore
Time is awake in the morning
Real life is continuing on and I have to face that each morning
I can see you down on the street and it's you,
But even in real life, I can still see the person in the world around me
oh the real you selling your charms deep in the blue
But they are not the same as they were in my dream - they are selling themselves out and maybe even hurting themselves
Come Lady, come come call in here
I still long for them to be present in my life
Come Lady, come We'll blow away this dream...
But the dream we shared is not the reality anymore, so we need to let it go and move on
Contributed by Caleb O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Ágnes Gyebnár
Abszúrd! Teljesen másak vagytok. Zene, hang....minden...szöveget nem tudom, köszi!
Ágnes Gyebnár
Ez már ízelitő nov. 26.-ból.