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Mon Jul 4th 14:00 2005 / #1 |
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I like some of it, particularly the folk rock like Czechomor. Problem is, sometimes I hear something I like, and I don't know who it is, because my Czech skills aren't good enough. Not a big fan of some of the more popular bands, like Kabat(tired eighties metal retreads) or that one group that sings the "you are you are you are" song, whatever it's called. But have heard some good stuff. |
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Pacman
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Mon Jul 4th 14:04 2005 / #2 |
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Kvetoslav Dolejsi is the king of czech music. Funny, technically very good, and creative. :)one of my favorite musicians, not just czech musicains, but one of my favorites I ve ever seen live. |
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czechdude
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Mon Jul 4th 17:24 2005 / #3 |
I wouldn't say KABAT is metal band,its more like funny songs which are good when you drink and dance if you can still stand up....lol.
I guess you really need to understand the texts speacially one song,its called "MODERNI DEVCE" and then you will understand why people like them so much |
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elc.synergy-vs.cz
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Mon Jul 4th 17:37 2005 / #4 |
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Fair point, I don't understand the words. Just don't like the music too much. |
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Mon Jul 4th 18:05 2005 / #5 |
At the nu-metal end of things, I very much like Gaia Mesiah. Best live performance I've seen by a local band, some great tunes, and I can follow the lyrics too...
I think art-folkers Gothart are damn good, especially their later stuff when they add in that mad Pixies-style bass on some of the tracks.
Psi Vojaci have done some great stuff, although i can't help suspecting I got here about a decade too late to catch them at their best.
In the ska camp, Fast Food and The Chancers both make for a fine evening of skanking.
Most recently, I've been really quite impressed by Certi Ve Stodoli. Saw them last week, they've got a really tight post-punk thing happening in a Bloc Party/Gang of Four vein.
All in all, thumbs up to the local scene, there's a lot of stuff happening that I like.
Any tips for us, Czechdude? |
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skin
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Mon Jul 4th 21:00 2005 / #6 |
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Sexy Dancers, I think? Aren't bad, despite the name. As far as funny songs go look no farther than TV's Popstars singing in English , Paul McCartney will be spinning in his grave. I should ehem, mention I only watched it once. |
pragueboy
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Tue Jul 5th 14:13 2005 / #7 |
long live dunaj,
but also, check these out :
http://directory.google.com/Top/World/%C4%8Cesky/Kultura/Hud ba/Skupiny_a_zp%C4%9Bv%C3%A1ci/ |
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Wed Jul 6th 16:37 2005 / #8 |
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Sorry to put it bluntly, but Czech music sucks. That is, contemporary Czech rock and pop bands. The big, fantastic exceptions: Cechomor (as others here have noted) and Jaromir Nohavica. The rest are a different story. Support Lesbians are so ridiculous. Mnaga a Zdorp - suck. Machacek should definitely stick to his day job and give up Mig 21. And on and on. Meanwhile, Czech folk music (real Czech folk music) is wonderful but completely ignored β especially by Czechs β and the few great local musicians like Roman Pokorny, for example, are also relatively unknown. There is tradition and at least some talent here, so Iβm not ruling out something great in the future. But at the moment, itβs slim pickins. |
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Wed Jul 6th 18:22 2005 / #9 |
check this out. one of my favorite musicians. I know I posted it already, but heres a link where you can download some mp3s
http://www.kvetoslav-dolejsi.wz.cz/index2.htm
in terms of sopport lesbiens, and the rest of the pop I would agree they do suck, but there is a small (very small) underground scene here where you can still be surprised at times. Czech and Slovak noise for example is great, and a treat for me (as a lover of noise, and hardcore industrial) to see in a normal sized venue. |
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Thu Jul 7th 10:04 2005 / #10 |
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Vasek Havelka (aka Selfbrush) is one of the best local live shows I've seen. Phantoms on Fire are fun, if you're into Misfits/Dwarves style rock and roll love. I also dig that Tabor thing - Waawe, Deverova chyba, Sunshine. Also some of the older stuff - Psi vojaci, Jim Cert. |
todd
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Sun Mar 26th 12:36 2006 / #11 |
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Gaia Mesiah check it out on Thursday night at Akropolis, should be cool |
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Mon Mar 27th 13:01 2006 / #12 |
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I don't think it's a great language for communicating through song... It's a nice language to listen to in conversation but but to a tune it doesn't catch me.. For ex...CZ hip hop just doesn't sound right for example.. The sounds don't flow with the beat.. |
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Fri Apr 7th 14:03 2006 / #13 |
I don't care for Czech bands, on the whole, but there have been a few memorable ones:
E!E (the very first band I saw in the Czech Republic)
Dunaj
Psi Vojaci
Sunshine
Anyways, if you want to hear great American bands check out The Thrones, Lightning Bolt or, my favorite, The Vaz:
http://thevaz.com/ |
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bacil
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Fri Apr 7th 14:05 2006 / #14 |
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The one and only ZAVIS! |
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The Grinning Lemur
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Fri Apr 7th 14:56 2006 / #15 |
I'm failing to draw a distinction between Czech bands and bands made in the Czech Republic..There is a difference..
Chechomor is good and wholly Czech.
Squall was excellent back in the day and wholly unCzech.
The Nihilists are a bit of everything but also good. If you like electric German marching music
Lucie Bila should have an anvil dropped on her the next time she goes into one of those hyena-like warbling howls. She's wholly czech. |
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pragueboy
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Fri Apr 7th 15:31 2006 / #16 |
it should be manditory for all school children to tattoo the words blaq mummy across their wrists...
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Wed Apr 19th 14:41 2006 / #17 |
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Still? |
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Tribe
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Fri Apr 7th 20:12 2006 / #18 |
What's with Czech 'bands' taking American songs and just singing them in Czech?
Remember Rebelove with "Downtown" and "Sugartown" ? |
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Sat Apr 8th 00:59 2006 / #19 |
Next Blaq mummy concert, May 13
http://belfries.tripod.com/blaqmummyconcerts.htm |
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todd
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Sat Apr 8th 15:36 2006 / #20 |
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Yeah Tribe I am with you, that fucking sucks and is a pitiful element of the society here, just recently I went to the Czech Footballer of the year which was live on TV. Not only were all the bands lip sinking their own songs, understanable I suppose as there is no way they could set up 10 bands of differing style in the limited amount of time, BUT worst was Lucie Vondrackova prancing around on stage with a couple of hybrid metrosexual dancers and singing......"I need a vitr..blah blah in czech to the song of , I need a hero, which by the way is a shitty song anyway, you would figure that its illegal to copy someones song and sing different lyrics to it..OR you would figure that these performers would have enough self-esteem to write their own songs, obviously they don't so let the anvils fall. |
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Sun Apr 9th 10:37 2006 / #21 |
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Does Slovak music count? Cuz if so, then I just got two words: Richard Muller. Great stuff going for years now. And what ever happened to Lucie? Wait a minute...have I been here so long that I'm reminiscing about the good ol' days of Czech music already? |
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Mon Apr 24th 13:28 2006 / #22 |
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I like the Miami Vice theme. |
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Mon Apr 24th 13:34 2006 / #23 |
Tribe - [profile] Fri Apr 7th 20:12 / #18
What's with Czech 'bands' taking American songs and just singing them in Czech?
Remember Rebelove with "Downtown" and "Sugartown" ?
The worst part is they don't just change it to czeck, then change the lyrics into something completely different. That sucks big time.
Ever heard any of that new grass? It's like pscadelic Bluegrass. It's pretty good. |
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Laura2
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Mon Apr 24th 22:53 2006 / #24 |
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Hey Skin, Paul McCartney is still alive and well last time I heard. Perhaps you meant John Lennon or George Harrison. |
The Grinning Lemur
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Tue Apr 25th 09:47 2006 / #25 |
McCartney is still alive? Are you sure? Last I heard he and his wife were brutally clubbed on an ice flow in Canada for their pelts...
That being said there are actually quite a few good underground bands that pop up in odd places like Tabor and Uhurske Hradiste.
The theft of music is a travesty definitely. I heard the "doot-do-doots" from Lou Reed's 'take a walk on the wild side' changed to "pa-pa-paaaas" in the Czech version.
Why? |
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The Grinning Lemur
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Tue Apr 25th 09:50 2006 / #26 |
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"...and the Gypsy girls sing...Pa-pa-paaaa..." |
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butthead
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Tue Apr 25th 09:51 2006 / #27 |
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That's nothing compared to what they did to that living next door to Alice song. There should be criminal prosecution over that. |
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The Grinning Lemur
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Tue Apr 25th 11:00 2006 / #28 |
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Creeping Jesus, that song was audio sodomy BEFORE it made it to this side of the pond |
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Fri May 5th 16:54 2006 / #29 |
Pragueboy,
Whatever happened to Zero King? |
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JC
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Wed May 31st 11:48 2006 / #30 |
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Check this: paratko.zzzz.cz/ |
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TED
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Wed May 31st 20:24 2006 / #31 |
Czech music sucks?? All music sucks these days, guys, come on!
Listen to Karl Kryl. I saw a Nohavice concert on czech TV a few years ago and he was playing nothing but Kryl songs to a packed audience who knew every single word. It was absolutely beautiful. Then I listened to Karl Kryl play these songs himself and I read some things about him only to find out just what kind of a national teasure he really is. It explained the thousands of people singing with Nohavice at that concert.
I remember being floored by the song "Ukolebavka" (with the refrain "a budes jako tata") and I had a crazy dream that I met him in a garden and I was raving about this guy Karl Kryl not knowing that I was actually talking to THE Karl Kryl. I told him how much the music moved me and how it was the first time I really enjoyed hearing a czech person sing. He nodded sympathetically and said, "yeah, I know what you mean."
But Czechs can sing and play music just as well as any other nationality....and just as badly. It's a pop music world, get used to it. |
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Wed May 31st 20:51 2006 / #32 |
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Dude, the only czech bands I like you would have never heard of, as havent most of the czechs. The problem is, rock and pop generally does NOT sound good with the czech language. Its an english-speaking phenomenon. Its not just czechs, but french, italian, etc. The germans can get away with it occasionally, but for the most part, rock/pop needs to have english. |
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marcela
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Fri Jul 7th 03:00 2006 / #33 |
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Hey guys, I`ve been in United States for almost six years now and I can tell you that some music sucks here too. Especially the punk wannabes. I do not like hip hop and I do not like hard rock. I like pop music because I can sing along. I like nice melodies and good lyrics. Nobody mentioned Chinaski or Divokej Bill. These bands are fun. Chinaski is getting better with every record and also Divokej Bill. I`m just little curious about what you, guys, think. |
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Marcela
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Fri Jul 7th 03:21 2006 / #34 |
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Just to be fair...I write something about music of United States I like...... It`s Michael Jackson. He`s been my favourite for long time just because he is such an entertainer and he`s got beautifull and unique voice. He`s got some great songs and he`s got some bad and cheesy ones but it`s OK. I also like R.E.M, Madonna, Tom Petty and lot of old Motown stuff. There is lot of great bands. It`s a huge country and the selection is bigger here. But one thing I can`t really stand is a country music. Maybe because I live in Nashville and it`s just too much or I don`t know....Most of the songs are pretty cheesy and cookie cutter style. Everything sound the same. |
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Tue Oct 10th 17:19 2006 / #35 |
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Well there'll be 3 rockin' bands in one night at the Blaq Mummy Halloween Party Sat. Oct.28. The only Halloween Party guaranteed to have no disco! Mp3's and more at www.OCT28.got.to |
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Thu Oct 12th 15:31 2006 / #36 |
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You're right Ted, Karel Kryl is great. (I have to confess I know all the words to 'Andel'.) Buty is great too. 'Nad Stadem Koni' is just hauntingly beautiful. |
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Mon Mar 5th 22:43 2007 / #37 |
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i've listened to southpaw and they rock |
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Wed Aug 15th 21:50 2007 / #38 |
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todd
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Thu Aug 16th 17:04 2007 / #39 |
Actually at this party at the Obcanska Plovarna a month or so ago was quite a good rockin' band. Original lyrics, tight musically, young Czech guys, a nice change from the old revival world.
Name was Simple Muffin, very cool, funky and rockin' would be a great small venue show. |
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Sat Aug 18th 17:00 2007 / #40 |
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For years we've enjoyed Dejvicke hudebni leto (DeHuLe) in Prague 6. It used to happen each year in June - last year it was in September, at Kulatak for a change. It's always a wonderful experience, with great music and great vibes, lots of Czech bands and mellow people in attendance - right up there with Chicken Day as a Prague event not to be missed, in my opinion. I recommend it highly, but don't know when it's slated for this year (they seem to keep it quiet, to ensure a friendly, intimate crowd). Also, Jan Burian is a treat - Randy Newman was enchanted by him one night many years ago, and that's good enough for me... |
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Tue Aug 21st 21:03 2007 / #41 |
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Most of it is crap ... imho. |
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Thu Aug 23rd 11:04 2007 / #42 |
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Ohm Square and Southpaw are great at small venues like the Roxy, Support Lesbiens and Ready Kirken are great live at larger, outdoor festivals. Bought their albums but have been disappointed. Perhaps that's a question of low production values. |
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Thu Dec 11th 18:20 2008 / #43 |
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hey i am part czech but i dont understand it lol, but theres this band that sings in english that i like i forget there name any ideas of who it might be? |
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