Friday with Jagger. The history of Polish concerts The Rolling Stones

The Polish fans certainly remember many attempts to confront Jagger with the Polish language. The artist, taking a shot in his hand, addressed the audience saying, "Czudownie, again here, priests with me?", "What aI am eager to present the group "," Dziekuja! ".

The task is not really feasible

In addition to the band's songs and form, fantastic visuals, fireworks and artificial decorations were also impressive. During the "Honky Tonk Woman", large inflatable lips grew up on the stage with a familiar tongue, but the greatest impression was made by a mobile miniscene on which the Stones floated on the sea hands and hands, interpreting some songs. Cloud "," Honky Tonk Women "and" Miss You. "

His five … second was also a gentleman who jumped the gate before the concert and came on the scene – he was captured by bodyguards with a drums.Well, if it happened during the concert it could even lead to its interruption

"Two hours of rock at the highest level and a show like no other" wrote Jarosław Szubrycht on account of Onet – To make sense of the atmosphere of the Stones concert, this task is practically impossible, it was to be seen. "

A little bit of eternity

The Rolling Stones can be a kind of time machine, transferring several generations of fans to their youth, and Polish concerts can play a similar role. Who would have thought that from the group's second visit to Poland on August 14, 1998, 20 years will pass soon? After all, it was so recent …

This exceptionally anticipated concert, which watched about 55,000 live. people, took place at the Silesian stadium as part of "Bridges to Babylon Tour". The famous riff Keith Richards of "I Can not Get No Satisfaction" was the first to be heard. Fans have also heard, in addition to mandatory hits, including enhanced "Jumpin 'Jack Flash" and "Sympathy For The Devil", an amazing version of "Miss You"

Gypsy Romance Richards

The Concert's Setting , in which the Jeem group acted like a toboggan, was so gigantic that it was probably the most she saw Poland. The meteor itself, which originally "collided" with the telebim, announced a cosmic show. A gigantic scene, with two side wings, thanks to which Mick Jagger could run freely, also made a colossal impression – just like the incredible condition of the musician who, of course, showed his knowledge of the Polish language – or rather, phonetic reading. "Mijo beat dawnowu in Pojlague, come with me!" – He cried. Presenting the group, he told, among other things: "Keigh Richards playboys game".

In Chorzów, as nine years later in Służewiec, a small folded scene was used for several tens of meters, where the musicians played. among others, Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stones" and Chuck Berry's "Little Queenie", just as in his teenage years spent in small smoky boxes.

All the concert, after which the group returned to the hotel in Warsaw. recorded professionally and a month later almost entirely broadcast by Polsat.

Nothing Happened Twice

1998 concert was divided over the previous two, Congress Hall, 31. Three decades with a package. It was so that in 1995, the Polish organizers were one step away from signing a contract with the team, but the move was too long. In Prague, as five years ago, the Stones wanted to play in Gdansk in 1990, during the "Urban Jungle" tour, to meet Lech Wałęsa, but there was a government guarantee of one million dollars. . Finally, they played in Prague, probably influenced by the fact that Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel was a big fan of the group

. It is more than likely that they tried to download The Rolling Stones in Poland in 1973, but without success. Maybe someone wrongly decided that nothing happens twice

How lucky are you?

This first concert of the Rolling Stones, as part of the "Between the Buttons" album promotion tour, took place on April 13, 1967 in Warsaw Kongresowa Hall – in fact two concerts, because the group played in the afternoons and evenings. The mere fact of his appearance in the communist country was a shock for many people. A few weeks earlier, the group's visit to Moscow was canceled – the Soviet dignitaries had to say that they did not want to make themselves decadent hooligans, representing the imperialist enemy. The group jumped in the form of Warsaw

The stones were already one of the two most fashionable groups in the world, more outrageous than the Beatles, if only because of the excesses drug and alcohol. in the back of the myths and caused such riots. Those who claim and claim to have participated, would calmly fill the big stadium – although the Palais des Congrès could accommodate about 2,500 spectators on each of them, the object was so overpopulated that maybe even two times more. Even if we multiply this number by two concerts, we will have a maximum of 10,000 lucky people. Where does the rest come from? That's the imagination

Family with a strong ticket

Legend has it that the granddaughters of the first secretary Władysław Gomułka convinced him that it was worth to the Stones of to play. Sitko's mother in his book "The Rolling Stones Behind the Iron Curtain" however suggests that the musicians and singing in the Partita team, the girls of the Minister of Culture and the art of the At that time, Lucjan Motyka had a greater influence on consent. Artistic agency Pagart, a monopolyist on the Polish concert market. Nevertheless, almost all the tickets went to the families of the dignitaries and members of the Communist Party, so the ticket was lined with a miracle

Rock 'n roll on all fours

The group s & nbsp; Flies to Warsaw the day before the concerts, on April 12th. The airport of Okęcie and Warsaw itself made a dark impression on the musicians, and in a hotel surrounded by a cordon of militia and full of drums, they felt extremely uncertain. They collided with the next pictures typical of the People's Republic of Poland – rooms without televisions, mediocre hotel kitchen, discreet presence of secret police.

One of the legends, confirmed by many witnesses, is the story of a visit to the club Kamieniołomy. The musicians, together with Marek Karewicz,

delegate in the name of Pagart, had to learn the taste of Polish vodka. It suited them so much that they had to go back to their room on all fours …

The question of bad habits

The concerts were accompanied by riots caused by about 10,000 ruffled people trying to cross the street. Entrance to the Palais des Congrès. During and between the concerts there was a fight between the fans, with no chance to see their idols, and the ZOMO and ORMO officers. Police used horse troops, tear gas and water cannons. Many people have been detained. All this for less than a year before the breakthrough of March 68, although the motivation is completely different

"Of course, no defenders of hooligans, the organizers are not there for nothing, because the tickets

The group, moved by a sad look, had to take a few cartons of plates and cars from the hotel to throw them at the young people they met on the street.

Jagger asks, Rysiu brings [1965-9045] The honor of warming the public at the two concerts was achieved by the Polish group Czerwono-Czarni, breaking records of popularity.And it is thanks to his keyboardist, Ryszard Poznakowski, that the performance took place The musician rented his new keys, brought from the United States, to Brian Jones Two years later, the Rolling Stones guitarist, who died two years later, also used other instruments, including VOX keys, unfortunately at the neck After the trial, he burned the cable, without which they were not good for nothing.