Budka Suflera !!!

OK, this is 100% serious thing. Till about a month I knew Budka Suflera to be pretty boring rock band active in 80's 90's. To my surprise I discovered their two first albums are totally progressive. I'm speaking about "Cień wielkiej góry" (1975) and "Przechodniem byłem między wami" (1976).

I know that someone would say that these are only two albums out of fifteen, but it's nothing new in progarchives to add only progressive album/s of some band (check Jose Cid and After The Fire for example) so I don't see a problem here.

The music of these albums reminds me mostly bout Collosseum, a little Gentle Giant and King Crimson, it's maybe not THAT progressive but still. They use string section in some pieces, moog, saxophone, and standard guitar/bass/percussion, but the most important instrument is their vocalist Cugowski, really outstanding.

here are some of my favourite songs from these albums:

from album "Cień wielkiej góry" ("The shadow of a big mountain") (1975):

- "Szalony Koń" ("Crazy Horse") (intro on moog played by Niemen)
(whole thing) http://polset.wrzuta.pl/audio/72YvXll03kL/budka_suflera-jest_szalony_kon
(or small fragment) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvK5WnAGbQY

- "Lubię ten stary obraz" ("I like this old painting") (stick till the end, great rythmic part)
http://bjcs8730.wrzuta.pl/audio/0cwQr9ODVDO/lubie_ten_stary_obraz


from album "Przechodniem byłem między wami" ("I've been a passerby among you") (1976):

- "Najdłuższa droga" ("The longest road") (my personal favourite)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG2frH7Ungg

- "Pożegnanie z cyganerią" ("Farewell to bohemia")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuGOShl1Jbc


it will be a real loss for Progarchives not to have these albums listed.

P.S. I read somewhere that in the mid 70's, SBB and Budka Suflera were considered the most important polish progressive bands, so...


Edited by Wiktor Hatif - July 14 2010 at 07:00

Wiktor Hatif wrote: "Cień wielkiej góry" ("The shadow of a big mountain") (1975): "Przechodniem byłem między wami" ("I've been a passerby among you") (1976):

No samples show up for those two pieces.


Anyway, The other samples are relevant enough, I think; the band reminds me of SBB a lot, so I'll ask the Eclectic team to evaluate the suggestion.

Oh yes, I wasn't paying enough attention, my fault.

Yes,  "Cień wielkiej góry" (1975) is surely progressive rock album.  I still didn't listen to "Przechodniem byłem między wami" (1976) though....

Edited by ozzy_tom - July 16 2010 at 20:43

I think I could do this, but a native speaker would have to correct it later...

OK then, I'll do it in the next few hours