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Intrebare random, dar va plac Fara Zahar?

Nu am mai ascultat Fara Zahar de mai mult de 10 ani, dar la vremea respectiva, era in voga trupa si tuturor le placea.

Andrei a avut partea cu trompetica pe post de ringtone

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Rockoteca Buzău, ca. 1993-1994.

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I love stories like this.

In anii ‘80 in Romania comunista sub Ceausescu ies o serie de carti cu titlul “Povestiri istorice” adresate copiilor. Sunt scrise de Dumitru Almas si ilustrate de Valentin Tanase. Acest Tanase, putin glumet dar si nitel subversiv, ii introducea pe flacaii de la Beatles in desenele lui. Aici ii aveti (cica)pe haiducii lui Pintea Viteazul. Aia de la cenzura, educati in perioada stalinista si fiind rupti de lume, nici nu isi dadeau seama de siretlic.

Singurul care nu e desenat convingator e Lennon dar ceilati e clar ca sunt haiducii protocronisti George, Ringo si Paul.

Hai ca te-am pupat nea Valentine!

Cum spunea si balada populara:

“When I find myself in times of trouble

Haiducul Pintea comes to me

Speaking words of wisdom

Let it be”

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Setting the goal of one post per week.

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Merry Christmas - 🎅

Merry Christmas to you too! (with a little delay). Have a happy New Year! (with a little anticipation). Glad to have you as a Secret Santa!

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I love this song sm.

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PRO MUSICA - TIMISOARA - (Band-slideshow) Revolution 1989

On December 16th, 1989, The Romanian Revolution broke out in the city of Timisoara, in the west of the country. People fought against the communist regime, which had deprived them of their freedom for over 40 years. The revolution expanded to the Romanian capital Bucharest and many civilians died or were injured during the fights. The revolution ended with the victory of the protesters and with the execution of president Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena Ceaușescu, thus Romania becam a democracy. In the honor of the events in Timisoara, the first city that claimed freedom from the communists on this day December 21st, Romanian rock band Pro Musica wrote the song Timisoara.

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Sorry I haven't asked much I've been busy but I'm back now! What's your favorite holiday? - 🎅

Hi!!! I really don't know. I like most holidays. There are some I don't care about, like Halloween, but I don't have a favorite holiday.

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What's your favorite movies? - 🎅

One of my all time favourites is Almost Famous. I love the way it presents the music industry and the people in it. Another movie I love is Life is Beautiful, a touching Italian film about the Holocaust. It left me with a bittersweet taste and when it ended I started crying of both joy and sadness. I really recommend them, if you haven't seen them.

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Do you have any pets? If you dont what animal would you want? - 🎅

I don't think a pet (or I) would survive a long time if I'd have to take care of it, but if I had to choose... a fish.

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What's your favorite kind of cereal - 🎅

Um, I mostly eat cornflakes.

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Do you enjoy metal music? - 🎅

It depends. I don't listen to a lot of metal, but there are bands and songs that I like. I love Black Sabbath, especially their early stuff and and I enjoy listening to Metallica, too, but I don't know a lot about other metal bands. If you can give me some recommandations it would be great! (assuming you like metal music).

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I'm starting another blog, but I'll be active on this one as much as I can.

About

Hi! This is Mo (she/her), the owner of Romanian Rock Music Blog. Classic rock enthusiat obsessed with everything vintage, I won't post as much here as I do on my other account, but what I will post about will be:

everything related to classic rock (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Yes, Led Zeppelin etc.)

60s/70s fashion (everything from hippie to punk)

maybe some art or movies I like

That's about it. I would really appreciate if you'd check out my other blog.

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IRIS - live "Rock '92"

Live footage of Iris, one of the most famous hard rock band from Romania, at the Rock Festival in 1992.

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"Golden Brown" was the biggest hit of the punk rock band The Stranglers, released in 1981, while "Într-Un Cer Violet" ("In a Violet Sky") first appeared on Sfinx's self-titled album from 1984.

I first heard these two songs when I was about eleven and I immediatly noticed the resemblance. I started researching about it and came across "Gold and Silver" by Quicksilver Messenger Service, a song from 1968, which starts a little bit like the other two, but I don't know if it can count as plagiarism, although I'm pretty sure Sfinx's version could be called like that. I also found a list of stolen Romanian rock songs that were actually composed by western artists on Reddit. Some of these songs have the same lyrics as the originals, only translated.

Phoenix - Mugur de fluier (Jethro Tull - Christmas song)- Well, I didn't expect that.

Sfinx - Intr-un cer violet (The Stranglers - Golden brown)

Pasarea Colibri - Alcool (The Kinks - Alcohol)

Iris - Sa nu crezi nimic (Thin Lizzy - Don't believe a word)

Iris - De vei pleca (Whitesnake - We wish you well)

Iris - Trenul fara nas (Judas Priest - Running wild)

Cargo - Doi pasi (Scorpions - Can't live without you)

Cargo - Destin (Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral)

Cargo - Apocalipsa (Led Zeppelin - Kashmir)

Compact - Cine esti tu oare (Cinderella - Somebody save me)

I could also add "Love Me & Hate Me" by Survolaj, which is quite similar to Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused".

I was surprised to see some of the greatest hits from both Romanian and western rock on this list, but I'm not that shocked. In Romania, covers with lyrics translated from English to Romanian were a common practice between rock bands since the 1960s

Most of these songs were released in the 80s or later, when ethno rock started to lose following and hard rock became the next sensation, with bands trying to imitate their idols. I think these songs were some kind of tributes or even signs of rebellion, in case of the songs released in the communist period. Maybe it was the bands' way to show to the regime that they will play western music, like it or not. The only problem is the lack of credits, but I don't know what could be done about it. I don't think Jethro Tull or Scorpions would sue some band they never heard of, which is only famous on the other side of Europe, in Romania.

Anyway here's a playlist with some of these songs (i couldn't find all of them on Spotify).

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Cliff Richard ~ The Young Ones (Film Clip) (1962)

"The Young Ones" is a movie from 1961, starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows, considered to be one of the great reasons why rock music became popular in Romania. It tells the story of Nicky and his friends, a group of aspiring musicians who are trying to save their youth club from the hands of an unscrupulous property developer, who wants to tear it down and make a room for an office block instead.

The movie premiered in Romania on December 17th 1962 and many young people were truly impressed by it, so they decided to make their own music groups. "If you talk to anyone who started playing music in the 60s, you'll find that, even now, they still remember whole scenes from that movie, which they've seen for dozens of times, despite of the the endless queues at the ticket offices," says Nelu Stratone, author of "Rock Under Sickle and Hammer", a book about Romanian rock music under the communist regime.

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Transsylvania Phoenix (or just Phoenix, as they are better known in Romania) ca. 1972-1973 (from left to right): Nicolae Covaci (rhytm/lead guitar, vocals), Valeriu Sepi (percussion), Mircea Baniciu (rhytm guitar, vocals), Josef Kappl (bass guitar, backing vocals, violin, blockflöte) and Costin Petrescu (drums)