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Hrabe, hrabej
Rake It In |
This is a
satire about the former communist regime, when everyone had to steal to keep
his standard of living. |
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Mrazik
Jack Frost |
A funny parody of then famous Russian
fairy-tale film of Jack Frost, who is the Russian version of Santa Claus. |
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Fáro
A Drag |
At the
beginning it was just a fun. Mikes came with the only sentence for the
lyrics and I added the melody. The great success surprised us. |
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Velkomesto
The Metropolis |
While traveling to Prague by train, I
was always feeling a strange depression of the cold, impersonal and soulless
metropolis welcoming me. |
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Hrabe Dr. MOZSE
Earl Doctor MOZSE |
A song about a pal, who hated village
rock & heavy-metal balls. Also the people taking part. |
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Chuligan
A Hooligan |
I tried to write a punk song. When I
rushed to the railway station in 1984, I was singing this song and almost
missed the train. |
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Kamaradi
Buddies |
A great binge begins when the best
buddies arrive. |
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Dal te znam
I Still Know You |
A song about a virtual girl who dies
under the car wheels. |
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Dobra Voda
Good Water |
A tribute to
an old television series on breeding the racehorses. Mostly about a
promising mare Jasna. |
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Kultura za 500
Culture for 500 |
The song sports the seventeen-time
rhythm (17/8, seventeen eighths in the bar), having been inspired by the
Changes by
YES
(track #4 of
90125, ©1983), which begins in this rhythm.
The lyrics say we don’t like simple worn-out songs, which is no case of YES.
The ironic innuendo of “Culture for 500” comes from the television game show
“Jeopardy!” narrated by Jan Rosak. The contestants had to choose questions
from varied disciplines in various values, which they risked losing or
winning. As “Culture” was among the selectable disciplines and 500 points
was the highest value for a question, the phrase of “Culture for 500”
symbolized the highest culture level. Although the 17/8 rhythm is not easy,
the band practiced hard at rehearsals to perform easily at gigs. Despite the
odd-time rhythm the gig visitors danced on it smoothly. |
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Mysi reggae
Mice Reggae |
When I dated Ms Mysikova, some guy of
Teplice cuckolded me. As my girlfriend’s name resembled the Czech word of "mouse",
I composed this angry song about the mice vermin. Those two really pissed me
off. |
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Tata s mamou
Dad & Mom |
Once I borrowed my parents’ car without
asking and crashed. My dad & mom were not angry with me and had the car
repaired. I realized they were the greatest people of my entire life. |
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Platit
The bill, please! |
The Start Hotel of Jicin used to have
the worst service on Earth. The lazy and arrogant staff were neither coming
to bring us drinks nor even take cash from us. |
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Prachy
Cash |
“What have I wasted my bucks for? Why
did I buy all that fucking damned rubbish? Are those new poor records ever
worth it?” I composed this song during the temporary two-week school hops
job in April 1983. My school classmates and I, we traveled to a hop planting
area in order to wire and prepare the hop-fields for the hops planting. |
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Tak si trhni
nohou
You really got my back up! |
Once I asked
Petra Machova if she would date me. She said she wouldn't and I replied: You
really got my back up! |
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Tvoje holka - moje holka
Your Hooker - My Hooker |
A song by Boris, the band's bass player.
It's about a girl who sleeps with everybody who asks her. If your girlfriend
is my girlfriend, then she's a bitch and hooker. |
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Чёрты идут
The Devils Are Coming |
At times before the Velvet Revolution,
the Russian Army occupied the former Czechoslovakia (1968-1991). On December
5 the kids of the Russian soldiers were running along the streets and
shouting: "Чёрты идут" (i.e. “The devils are coming”). According to the
Czech and Slovak tradition, Saint Nicholas, Devil and Angel are visiting
households and ask children if they are good and obey their parents. Then
they receive gifts from Saint Nicholas. The Russian soldiers and their
families were not welcomed because they were intruders in my land. Therefore
we were singing a song against their presence: “The devils are coming and we'll
drive them out of my country.” A pretty courageous song then. |
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Zpevaci toulavi
Itinerant Singers |
The lyrics is by Jiri Suchy and the
music is ours. At least we believe it's ours. |
