David Bowie and his Silesia [VIDEO] The artist was impressed by the Silesian folk music – Dziennik Zachodni

David Bowie in Silesian? Yes! Listen. Proceeds Silesian folk music can be heard very clearly

Silesia – Helokanie:

Bowie – Warsaw:

Bowie and Silesia? It sounds implausible, but the biography of Mr. “Ziggy Stardust” aka “The Thin White Duke” has many incredible episodes. Let’s go back to the seventies. More specifically, by the year 1973. May 11 to come from an economy Polish visit from the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev (no connection, only coincidence of dates, besides proof that it was a really long time ago). Probably a week earlier at the Warsaw station came to Bowie, returning from a long journey halfway around the world. With Japan, he landed a few days in Moscow, from where the train crossing going to Paris. It just so happens that the Ost-West Express stopped in Warsaw, was still at the station Warsaw Gdansk.

Using a longer stop long-distance espresso, Sir David, went for a walk. He went to the bookstore and bought several CDs of local, as it seemed to him music. Well, where the Silesia? One of vinyl, after which he reached the ledge was … an album, a Song and Dance Ensemble. Team Silesia. As it turned out, it was the most important purchase music during that afternoon.

In 1977, Bowie released the album “Low”, considered one of the greatest of his achievements. Track No. 1 on page B (if anyone forgot, vinyl records were bilateral)? “Warszawa” – that title. The song dark, almost entirely instrumental. Around four minutes, the artist begins to sing in a strange language. Sounds familiar? A fragment of the song “Helokanie” by Stanislaw Hadyna! A Bowie trying to imitate the Silesian dialect, actually elements of its sound. Interesting, is not it?

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David Bowie is dead

artist died Jan. 10 after 18 months of struggle with cancer. Two days before his death (08.01) musician celebrated his 69 birthday.

– David Bowie left in peace, surrounded by family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer. Please respect the privacy of his loved ones, in such a difficult period of mourning – written in an official statement, reproduced, among others, on Instagramie artist.

David Bowie was a legendary British singer, producer, composer and lyricist. He became one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. The sudden news of the death of music spread around the world just a few days after the release of his new album Fri. “Blackstar”.

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