Author Katy Carr
Wojtek
2012
Paszport
L'intero album Paszport è un concept album sulla seconda guerra mondiale
The album ‘Paszport’ explores themes of Polish WW2 experience and pays homage to the Polish soldiers and pilots who fought so hard for Poland’s independence only to have their country taken over by the Soviet Union at the end of World War Two – resulting in the mass displacement of Polish refugees across the world. In the song ‘Wojtek’ we catch a glimpse of the mascot of 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps during WW2: Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear who was made an honorary ‘private’ by the Polish Army, due to their affection for him; later he helped soldiers lift ammunition boxes at The Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944.
Paszport
L'intero album Paszport è un concept album sulla seconda guerra mondiale
The album ‘Paszport’ explores themes of Polish WW2 experience and pays homage to the Polish soldiers and pilots who fought so hard for Poland’s independence only to have their country taken over by the Soviet Union at the end of World War Two – resulting in the mass displacement of Polish refugees across the world. In the song ‘Wojtek’ we catch a glimpse of the mascot of 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the Polish II Corps during WW2: Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear who was made an honorary ‘private’ by the Polish Army, due to their affection for him; later he helped soldiers lift ammunition boxes at The Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944.
Wojtek, have you come to save my day?
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Contributed by Donquijote82 2015/11/24 - 09:41
Chodźmy, Partyzanci! (Let's Go Partisans!)
2012
Paszport
Paszport
Chodźmy, Partyzanci!
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Contributed by dq82 2015/11/23 - 15:48
Army
[2009]
Testo di Katy Carr
Musica di Katy Carr and The Aviators
Dall'album "Coquette"
Testo di Katy Carr
Musica di Katy Carr and The Aviators
Dall'album "Coquette"
My army’s a mess and I don’t have the best
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Contributed by Krzysiek 2015/11/23 - 22:11
Red Red Rose
2012
Paszport
‘Red Red Rose’ is a song inspired by the mass transport of 1.8 million Poles to Siberia throughout World War Two : it centres on the theme of a ‘black black train taking my baby away…’ Note the red star on the train in the artwork.
Paszport
‘Red Red Rose’ is a song inspired by the mass transport of 1.8 million Poles to Siberia throughout World War Two : it centres on the theme of a ‘black black train taking my baby away…’ Note the red star on the train in the artwork.
I dreamt of your red red rose
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Contributed by dq82 2015/11/23 - 15:44
Kommander's Car
2012
Paszport
E' un canzone che manca nella sezione dedicata alla memoria delle vittime dei campi di sterminio.
‘Paszport’ begins with a short extract in Polish from Kazik Piechowski, Carr’s main source of inspiration to whom she dedicates her record. Listening to Kazik’s voice, we not only hear a 92-year-old man who made a remarkable escape from Auschwitz in June 1942 – in Commandant Rudolf Hoess’s car dressed in SS uniforms – but also realise that the intergenerational link between Carr and Piechowski is key for the creating of this sensitive liaison. For it is the first time in Kazik’s life that someone has been inspired by his life to create something meaningful for him.
The first song is ‘Kommander’s Car,’ a fierce, pulsating, folk ballad describing Piechowski’s emotions in the last eighty metres of his escape. This song, initially released on Katy Carr’s previous album Coquette,... (Continues)
Paszport
E' un canzone che manca nella sezione dedicata alla memoria delle vittime dei campi di sterminio.
‘Paszport’ begins with a short extract in Polish from Kazik Piechowski, Carr’s main source of inspiration to whom she dedicates her record. Listening to Kazik’s voice, we not only hear a 92-year-old man who made a remarkable escape from Auschwitz in June 1942 – in Commandant Rudolf Hoess’s car dressed in SS uniforms – but also realise that the intergenerational link between Carr and Piechowski is key for the creating of this sensitive liaison. For it is the first time in Kazik’s life that someone has been inspired by his life to create something meaningful for him.
The first song is ‘Kommander’s Car,’ a fierce, pulsating, folk ballad describing Piechowski’s emotions in the last eighty metres of his escape. This song, initially released on Katy Carr’s previous album Coquette,... (Continues)
Drive! Drive! We’ve got to drive – We’ve got to drive away – hey hey!
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Contributed by Krzysztof Wrona 2013/1/21 - 12:44
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Paszport
L'intero album Paszport è un concept album sulla seconda guerra mondiale