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In their own country, the Polish opposition is going through a difficult period, but can not complain about the lack of popularity of international rock stars. The American group Fleet Foxes or David Byrne, founder of Talking Heads, showed solidarity with regard to appearances; Only last year, Bono took U2's stance for the literally "brothers and sisters in Poland who are deprived of their freedom."
The performance was under the "New Year" – the song of the 80s was then Solidarnosc- Dedicated to the movement around Lech Walesa. Meanwhile, he has been treated by Polish public television as a kind of public enemy and he is hated by the Polish right because of his criticism of the conservative national government.
Lech Walesa asked Jagger for support
Vor dem Stones Concert in Warsaw, he asked rock commentators commented on the Internet; For many people in Poland who have defended freedom, that would mean something. And indeed, at the beginning of the concert, the boss of the band, Mick Jagger, evokes obviously the controversial retirement of the judges in Poland, initially in Polish
"I am too old to be judge, but young enough to be
In English, Jagger continues:
"We were in Poland a long time ago, 1967, it was great, I hope you stick to what you learned then."
1967: A year of rebellion in Poland
The Stones in Poland – it was a sensation in 1967. The legends surround the first appearance of this kind behind the Iron Curtain Apparently, the direction of the State caused a lack of foreign currency Polish vodka in order to "satisfy" the natural stones.This was a time of turmoil and rebellion in Poland in 1967.
One year later later, the communist leadership launched an anti-Semitic hate campaign, channeling the Many years of stagnation and resignation followed, especially after the suppression of the Prague Spring in the middle of the summer by Warsaw Pact forces.
Different reactions to Jagger's statement
But what follows the appearance of the Stones in 2018? Michal Rachon, a member of Polish public television, describes Jagger's commentary on Polish radio:
"Artists have the right to say such things, what they have always done in concerts, even those They do not know exactly what they are talking about, I think we should focus more on Keith Richard's guitar or how Mick Jagger sings "Can not get any satisfaction" instead of thinking to what he says about things he does not know. "
The opposition Internet filter bubbles are now pbaded around the appearance of Jagger as a revelation; in the circles on the right, on the other hand, laughs at best. The right leaf "w sieci" even found that Jagger had released the language of the Stones to Walesa: he was too old to be a judge, which one had to translate as: it does not bother me politics.
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