#steczkowska

[seriously-mike]

Żenująca Propozycja na Eurowizję

Ludzie na YouTube zaczęli po porażce Luny proponować w komentarzach, żeby następnym razem wypchnąć coś z mojej nieustającej Gali Piosenki Żenującej. Little did they know...

OTURZ miałem rozgrzebany tekst kawałka toczącego bezlitosną bekę z neopogaństwa, kiedy w kontekście jakiejś rozmowy wyszedł temat tego, co na tegoroczną Eurowizję wyprodukowała Justyna Steczkowska. Przypomniało mi to, że w grudniu Steczkowska walnęła na FB posta z takim egzaltowanym pierdoleniem na temat tego kawałka, że mogłem go tylko skwitować naklejką z bardzo zdumionym króliczkiem. Te nieznośne bździny na temat refrenu, który ma być "słowiańskimi słowami mocy", jakoś tak spięły mi się z ciśnięciem po ludziach dla których neopoganizm to folk metal i tanie wino, i tak oto cztery linijki o waleniu jaboli i pogańskich bogach zostały rozwinięte o refren w oczywisty sposób parodiujący Steczkowską (i motyw "Matko Naturo", też wzięty z tekstu eurogniota).

Browar! Jabol! Wino! Z siarą! Łyskacz! Wóda! Wszystko to wychleję! Matko Naturo, Dzięki tobie jest gdzie chlać, W parku czy w lesie, Tam się zbiera nasza brać, (Ooo, japa-tapa-tam!) Zapalcie pochodnie na chwałę Odyna, (Japa-tapa-tam!) Wkrótce Valhalla, a dzisiaj - val vina! Browar! Jabol! Wino! Z siarą! Łyskacz! Wóda! Wszystko to wychleję! Matko Naturo, My będziemy ciebie czcić, W lesie po nocy, Będziem tanie wino pić, (Ooo, japa-tapa-tam!) Nie będziemy klękać przed fałszywym bogiem, (Japa-tapa-tam!) Bo mamy swojego Srygława z Twarogiem! Browar! Jabol! Wino! Z siarą! Łyskacz! Wóda! Wszystko to wychleję! Matko Naturo, Jak się nawalę trochę Tobie na chwałę Wszystkim pokażę psiochę, (Ooo, japa-tapa-tam!) Z okowów majtek jestem wyzwolona, (Japa-tapa-tam!) W świetle księżyca leżę rozkraczona! Browar! Jabol! Wino! Z siarą! Łyskacz! Wóda! Wszystko to wychleję!

Okładka, po raz kolejny, jest trochę mądrzejsza niż się na pierwszy rzut oka wydaje. Tak jak na okładce "Ballady o Bezgłowej Kurwie" sukienka musiała być żółta, bo przecież średniowieczne kurtyzany rozpoznawano po żółtych elementach stroju, tak tutaj mamy wiccański motyw Dziewicy, Matki i Staruchy (for a given value) plus alchemiczne albedo-rubedo-nigredo - jak parodiować ezograżynkowe pierdolenie Steczkowskiej, to tylko okładką która jest poważna niczym Leslie Nielsen. A żeby zachować podobieństwo wszystkich trzech twarzy i nie krzywdzić osób trzecich, to Fotobudka z Piekła Rodem znowu poszła w ruch, z moim ryjem jako bazą. Potem wystarczyło trochę wygłaskać wszystkie trzy w Fotoszopie (zwłaszcza ten czerwony kaukaski welon, żeby częściowo prześwitywał) i domalować nowe tło za pomocą Stable Diffusion (przy okazji uzupełniło to luźne kłaki Dziewicy Hehe po lewo).

[sztansescheadache]

well poland has chosen and i can say i was pretty surprised, i was convinced it was justyna or nothing really. personally i’m not a huge fan of “the tower”, i think it’s a little bit too generic for my taste. the composition is very static and it lack a punch of sorts. maybe it should get a little revamp like “luktelk”. i still think that objectively it’s a safe option and in the semi where all the polish diaspora counters vote it may qualify. especially if they put effor into the staging, it could make or brake the song

over all i’m a little bit disappointed knowing that we had so many interesting and fresh songs submitted to tvp (and in polish!!! please i want to hear my language, not english!!!). but i wish the best of luck to luna, im happy we don’t have to be ashamed of our representative

[eurovision-revisited]

1995 Dublin - Number 5 - Justyna - "Sama"

In contrast with the previous entry, here is a career about to launch. Justyna Steczkowska was on a familiar path for more modern Eurovision contestants. She won the premier season of the Polish musical talent show Szansa na Sukces, the same competition that Alicja Szemplińska won before becoming Poland's entry for the cancelled 2020 Eurovision final.

After that win in 1993, TVP picked Justyna as their representative for 1995 after Poland's highly successful Eurovision debut in 1994. Sama reached number two in the Polish national chart and is a showcase for Justyna's vocal abilities. Here singing conventionally, using white voice as well as some astonishing operatic notes, trills and techniques to conclude.

Her voice isn't the only remarkable things about the song. Lyrically its darkly melancholy. She pictures herself as a flea that the world doesn't care about, standing ignored at the bottom of the staircase to a tower block in an uncaring town. Whether her cry of anguish at the end of the song is about loneliness or the fact she's going to have to climb the stairs is not revealed.

It's a changing and challenging song that showcases Polish tradition and culture. I'm not sure white voice had been used at Eurovision up to this point, especially as the countries where it is part of folkloric singing hadn't been in Eurovision for very long at all.

Of course it only managed to finish 18th. Being first on stage can't have helped. I can imagine it took the audience by surprise as I expect they were more ready for safer ballad or something poppy instead of a melodrama about insignificance. I can imagine that odious word 'shrill' being bandied around off-mic in commentary boxes.

It's a tremendously brave move, and Justyna sings it incredibly well. Even though the song didn't perform well, Poland loved her. She went on to have two Polish number ones as well as numerous other singles and albums. She's a star in Poland and is a familiar face on TV. Her most recent releases came out last year, including D.N.A. below.

[under-the-ladder]

Ahh this slaps hard, I could be for once truly behind my country's entry

[adamostrogoth]

[bestofjustyna]

Justyna Steczkowska & Marek Piekarczyk w The Voice of Poland 14. "Justynko wiesz, że ja zawsze pomogę Ci" 🫶🏻

[trzpiotka]

Justyna Steczkowska i Boban Marković

[justgivemethephd]

21.10.2024

Happy Monday everyone!

It's been quite a rough start of the week for me. All trains on my usual line were blocked so I had to take a different route and it took me absolutely ages to get in, which was very infuriating. I admittedly got a little too irritated, but I'm really not a big fan of disruptions to my routine...

Anyways, I'm salvaging this foul mood by having an adequately productive day. I'm now doing a summary of all the clinical trials relevant to my research project so that I can quote them properly in my upgrade report and later memorise them. I started working on it yesterday and, although I have a lot to get through, I'm trying to make as much of a dent in it as possible this week so I can start writing up my report soon. I'm pretty happy with the progress so far, I just wish I wasn't such a slow reader.

The weekend completely flew by, so it feels like I haven't properly rested either. I played D&D all day with my friends yesterday. It had been a while so it felt good to get back into the campaign. I think I'm going to start attending one-shot sessions again soon because otherwise I play too little and I miss it. Then when I got home my boyfriend made me this delicious orzo with pumpkin and asparagus. I feel so lucky to have him in my life.

This week is pretty packed socially too! Final concert of the month tonight, dinner with friends from my previous job on Thursday, meeting a friend for coffee on Saturday and then going to a museum with my boyfriend and seeing my best friend for dinner on Sunday. It doesn't seem like a lot, but on top of all the work I have to do it's definitely going to be another exhausting week. At least I've managed to make a GP appointment to get my headaches checked out.

I'm so lucky to live such a busy and fulfilling life! I hope I can make the best of the time I have.

Be kind to yourselves and take care everyone! It's starting to get cold so make sure you wrap up well.

_____

🎧 - WITCH Tarohoro by Justyna Steczkowska

🎮 - Assassin's Creed Black Flag

📖 - The River Of Silver by Shannon Chakraborty

[marius-was-unhinged]

IF THEY DON'T SEND JUSTYNA STECZKOWSKA TO EUROVISION I'M GONNA COMMIT CRIMES

[interstitialvacancy]

Inspired by this "stop consuming stuff, engage with it!" A shirt list what I've managed to do in 2 first days of 2023:

Music: after learning that _apparenty_ Justyna Steczkowska (a Polish pop star) wants to give Eurovision another try (she had represented Poland in 1995) I've checked out her competition song that's... Kind of Witcher inspired (firing that she always has been my headcanon Yennefer) but doing its best to be as vague as possible in the references, including spelling it as a witch-er. Also it's a decent pop with witchy edge. HOWEVER that lead me to relisten her Dziewczyna Szamana album and. Groundbreaking. Spectacular. Haunting. Dark and lyrical. One of the best polish music of the 90s. I don't know shit about her music after 2001 (when Grzegorz Ciechowski, her main collaborator and legend of polish music, died) but that one album is iconic.

Books: I'm slowly reading through Empatajzer, a polish dystopia/cyberpunk novel from 2022 that very little of my SF&F friends knew of. There is a case and an intrigue, a titular mcguffin gadget, but it reads more like atmospheric... Idk, contemporary or literary fiction. The reader sinks in daily life and problems of multiple pov characters, the certain doom of the city lurks, nobody really cares about the case (detective included), and I'm not sure why should I. But I do want to see the aforementioned doom.

Videos and movies: a couple of movie reviews and new Princess Weeks video while I was darning clothes

Playing: still BG3. After starting at the end of September I just got to the lower city. I play really slowly even despite staying at home for most of the last month. I never was a gamer, but it seems like spending last 3 years without a gaming computer really did a trick and now I'm just not used to choosing to spend my time this way.

[stella-rose91]

5)Poland-Luna-Tower.

Very weak perfomance. Luna tried to sing properly, but it failed. If Poland counld send Justyna Steczkowska instead Luna, i m sure, Poland could be in final. The song have no catching tunes, so i give 4 points from 12.

The perfomance from first semifinal.

[sztansescheadache]

OK NOW THIS IS HUGE

so this year poland opted for an internal selection for eurovision. now with the applications closed (since 02.02) we’re getting more and more artist confirming their participation and some of them are quite big/recognisable names on polish music scene - justyna steczkowska, natasza urbańska, luna, edyta górniak etc etc.

but now it’s been confirmed (via various polish esc media) that a viral and iconic song “jesień-tańcuj” form the movie “chłopi”(the peasants) was sent for the selections. the movie based on a nobel price winning novel was a massive success in poland, being the biggest premier of 2023. and the song became a viral instantly. like i tell you i haven’t been to a single party since september 2023 where we didn’t dance and yell our lungs out to this song. AND NOW IT IS A CONTENDER FOR ESC. I CANT TELL YOU HOW EXITED I AM

of course the song, if it would be selected, would have to undergo a lot of changes - with its lyrics and the length. and it isn’t confirmed if one of the singers on the original track - kayah - is a part of this application. but still this is something i want to see form my country, this new wave of our folk culture so beloved by the people, showcased on the eurovision stage

[womensmusiccanon]

Art, Dance and Eurovision redemption - Women of Central/Eastern Europe

At it again, this time in Central/Eastern Europe! Real Europe? You get the point :)

In which I've spent most of this week caught in the rabbithole that is Romanian music (seriously, the amount I had to cut to make room for everything else is brutal) and I've ended up quite fond of 1997 albums, by the looks of it. Unintentionally!

As usual, the list is not in any way ranked - this is just the order it happened to end up in. My top picks from each album have been gathered in a playlist here (ca. an hour and 20 minutes), if you want more (which, why wouldn't you?), here's an extended version with additional tracks from albums and artists not mentioned on the list (just under three hours), and finally there's a playlist of the full albums.

Justyna Steczkowska - Naga (1997) Spotify Youtube - Kicking off the list with some jazzy polish art pop! The track's on this are so incredibly layered (just take Kryminalna miłość for an example) and Steczkowska is such a skilled vocalist.

Jana Vébrová - Kykyrý (2007) Spotify Youtube - I mean, Vébrová's just cool, right? An accordion heavy folk-ish record, but with plenty of edge. Like I said, it's just really cool.

Ruslana - Дикі танці (2003) Spotify Youtube - Ruslana is so obviously an icon that I had a hard time not including her here, and I don't think there's much to argue against this being her best record. Aptly named, too, because this one will make you want to dance.

Sarolta Zalatnay - Álmodj velem (1972) Spotify Youtube - Of its time for sure, but damn great at it! An energetic pop rock record with heavy funk influence helped by Zalatny's strong vocals - she's really got a voice for the genre and is clearly feeling it.

Diana Arbenina - Мальчик на шаре (2014) Spotify Youtube - Slowing down a bit and moving alt. The album flows incredibly well and you really get pulled in over the course of it.

Margareta Pâslaru - În grădina bucuriilor (1975) Youtube - Not on spotify, to my great displeasure, but Youtube link provided if you can excuse the audio quality (please do <3). As the tracks won't be included on the playlist, I'll point out Ce Nu Știm and Nu, N-a Fost Glumă (La Mélancolie), which also happen to showcase the versatility of this album really well, imo. May or may also feature a surprise cover that utterly delighted me.

Ada Milea - Aberații sonore (1997) Spotify Youtube - I'm not gonna lie, I absolutely fell in love with this record. Like, this being Milea's debut is mindblowing to me. It's incredible. I will also blindly admit that it's not for everyone - it does not shy away from being artsy or avant in any way, but, in my opinion, it manages to do it without being annoying. This was one of those were I had a hard time picking out tracks because it just kept giving. It's just so incredibly fun is the truth of it, and I adored every second of it.

Anastasia Lazariuc - Cine poate ști (1997) Spotify Youtube - Europop at its most energetic and interesting. Look, if this album doesn't boost your energy, I don't know what will. Absolutely one to dance to.

Jana Kirschner - Krajina rovina (2010) Spotify Youtube - Arguably another obvious inclusion, but Kirschner really is a skilled songwriter. The production on this is top-notch, too - the tracks are multilayered and playful, not to mention well-structured and composed. You can - and should - really dig into this one, there's so much to take from.

... And there we have it! The end. For now.

I hope you have even just a fraction as much fun with listening to this as I did. If you have any further recommendations please feel free to share! Mwah <3

[adamostrogoth]

[persistent-wallflower]

I was tagged by @makemyvoice-brandnew to post 5 songs from a shuffle, here they areee

Thanks again! I'm tagging @demonrunningwild @forxstboyfriend @into-the-groove if you feel like doing it xx ✌️

[mfm-mielec]

STANISŁAW SOYKA & GROTT ORKIESTRA W projekcie „Dusza”

22 września 2024 r., godz.19.00, sala widowiskowa Domu Kultury SCK w Mielcu koncert biletowany - bilet 60 i 80 zł

„DUSZA" - to projekt koncertowy Stanisława Soyki i Grott Orkiestry. W repertuarze wieczoru znajdą się wybrane kompozycje tego wyjątkowego Artysty, zarówno takie hity jak „Tolerancja" czy „Kiedy jesteś taka bliska", jak i mniej popularne, acz przecudnej urody, utwory Mistrza. A wszystko to w kameralnych aranżacjach, przygotowanych specjalnie na ten wieczór. Artyście towarzyszyć będzie Grott Orkiestra - rodzinny zespół założony przez rodzeństwo: oboistkę Kamę Grott-Tomaszek oraz basistę i kompozytora Michała Grotta.

Projekt „DUSZA" powstał z fascynacji Grott Orkiestry twórczością Stanisława Soyki - jednego z najwybitniejszych współczesnych śpiewaków i kompozytorów. Tu utwory Soyki znane publiczności w wersjach autorskich Michał Grott opracował na Grott Orkiestrę. To nowe, świeże ujęcie stanowiące samo w sobie wartość dodaną.

STANISŁAW SOYKA

Urodzony w 1959 r. w Żorach polski wokalista jazzowy i popowy, pianista, gitarzysta, skrzypek, kompozytor. Swoją muzyczną drogę rozpoczyna jako sopran w chórze katedralnym w Gliwicach. Kończy Liceum Muzyczne w Katowicach oraz wydział aranżacji i kompozycji w Katowickiej Akademii Muzycznej. Debiutuje w listopadzie 1978 roku recitalem w Filharmonii Narodowej w Warszawie w ramach cyklu  „Jazz w Filharmonii". Od połowy lat 80. ujawnia się coraz bardziej indywidualny styl artysty. Odchodzi od klasyki amerykańskiej w stronę polskiej tradycji muzycznej.

W jego dorobku znajdziemy ponad 40 albumów, z których kilka osiągnęło multiplatynowe nakłady m.in. „BLUBLULA”,  „Matko, która nas znasz”, „RCA Stanisław Sojka”, „Radioaktywny”, „Acoustic”, „Sonety Shakespeare”, „Tryptyk Rzymski”, „Tylko brać… Osiecka znana i nieznana” oraz „Muzyka i Słowa Stanisław Soyka” nominowany do Fryderyka 2020 Album Roku Pop Alternatywny.

Nagrody:

1994 - Fryderyk – najlepszy wokalista 2003 - Fryderyk  –album Roku Piosenka Poetycka płyta „Tryptyk Rzymski” 2011 - Grand Prix Krajowego Festiwalu Piosenki w Opolu za całokształt twórczości. 2014 - Bursztynowy Słowik podczas Sopot Festiwal

Odznaczenia:

2005 - Medal „Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis” (srebrny) 2009 - Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski

GROTT ORKIESTRA

Grott Orkiestra to rodzinny, wielopokoleniowy zespół stworzony przez rodzeństwo: oboistkę i managera kultury Kamę Grott-Tomaszek oraz basistę, kompozytora i aranżera Michała Grotta.

Grott Orkiestra odpowiadała za oprawę muzyczną „Wielkiego Kolędowania z Polsatem” w latach 2019-21 roku, koncertu „Fundacja Polsat 25 lat. Jesteśmy dla dzieci”, Gali BohaterON w latach 2021-23, koncertów na Earth Festival Uniejów 2022-23, Polsat SuperHit Festiwal, Gali 30-lecia Telewizji POLSAT, koncertu „100 lat Disneya” i wielu innych, podczas których zespół towarzyszył takim gwiazdom polskiej estrady jak: Irena Santor, Eleni, Edyta Bartosiewicz, Cleo, Justyna Steczkowska, Sanah, Dawid Kwiatkowski, Paweł Domagała, Igor Herbut, Roksana Węgiel, Zakopower, Golec uOrkiestra, Bednarek czy Krzysztof Cugowski i wielu innych.

Na zaproszenie Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego stworzyli cykl koncertów online pt. „Muzyczna Pocztówka”, a także oprawę muzyczną projektów #JednymGłosem, upamiętniających 76. i 77. rocznicę wybuchu Powstania Warszawskiego.

Orkiestra współpracuje ze Stowarzyszeniem Program Czysta Polska, dla którego stworzyła oprawę muzyczną programu telewizyjnego „Czysta Polska”, najnowszej kampanii spotów oraz hymn stowarzyszenia pt. „Psalm dla Ziemi” (sł.Jacek Cygan muz. Michał Grott), który wykonują Kasia Mosek, chór Sound’n’Grace z towarzyszeniem Grott Orkiestry.

Od 2022 roku zespół jest gospodarzem autorskiego, kameralnego festiwalu „Rokola – festiwal na trawie”, cyklu widowisk muzycznych promujących kulturę Urzecza – „Śpiewanki nad Świdrem” oraz koncertów dla najmłodszej widowni m.in. „Kram z literami – opowieść muzyczna”.

GROTT ORKIESTRA

Michał Grott - kierownictwo muzyczne, gitara basowa, ukulele basowe Kama Grott-Tomaszek - manager, obój Marta Grott - skrzypce Jakub Grott - skrzypce Mikołaj Grott - waltornia Miłosz Grott - instrumenty perkusyjne Agnieszka Dobrzyńska - altówka Wojciech Bafeltowski - wiolonczela Michał Szlempo - instrumenty klawiszowe Mateusz Krawczyk - perkusja