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Z gitarą wśród zwierząt
Studio album by
Released1996
Recorded1996
Genre Punk rock
Big Cyc chronology
Golonka, flaki i inne przysmaki
(1995)
Z gitarą wśród zwierząt
(1996)
Pierwsza komunia, drugie śniadanie, trzecia Rzeczpospolita
(1997)

Z gitarą wśród zwierząt - ( Polish Among the animals with a guitar) is a studio album of the punk rock band Big Cyc, released in 1996.

The title refers to a popular Polish TV educational show, Z kamerą wśród zwierząt ( Polish Among the animals with a camera), led by Antoni and Hanna Gucwiński, the managers of the Wrocław zoo.

Track listing

  1. " Józef Oleksy o Shazzie" (Józef Oleksy about Shazza)
  2. "Shazza, moja miłość" (Shazza, my love)
  3. "Makumba"
  4. "Wspaniałe miasto Amsterdam" (The wonderful city of Amsterdam)
  5. " Gierek for ever"
  6. "Będę śpiewał tylko ja (czyli zeznania Krzysztofa Krawczyka przed Trybunałem Stanu)" (Only I will sing, or Krzysztof Krawczyk's testimonies at the Tribunal of the State]
  7. "Alkoholu pełne nieba" (Skies full of alcohol)
  8. "Kręcimy pornola" (Let's make a porn)
  9. "Na zadupiu" (In the jerktown)
  10. "Tu nie będzie rewolucji" (There'll be no revolution)
  11. "Pochwała higieny" (Praise of hygiene)
  12. "Red Hot Chili Big Cyc"
  13. "Pasażer" → The Passenger cover
  14. "Kije baseballowe" (Baseball bats)
  15. "Wykład profesora Jana Miodka" (Lecture of professor Jan Miodek)

Credits

Guest starring: Jarek Janiszewski – vocals on Pasażer

Song issues

As always, Big Cyc dealt with current problems, like forced prostitution (Wspaniałe miasto Amsterdam), drunk drivers (Alkoholu pełne nieba), post-Communist leanings (Gierek for ever), or "Polish baseball without using balls" - baseball bats used as "problem-solvers". Hit single Makumba, one of the group's greatest hits, was a story of an African student in Poland, who, despite being beaten by skinheads, makes a success and stays in Poland. The second single Kręcimy pornola is about home-made pornography thought as an easy way to make money by anybody who has a camera. Lyrics of Pasażer have little in common with the Iggy Pop original. The hero of the new version is a vandal passenger who demolishes the seats in a bus. The group is also making a laugh of the recent stars - Shazza and then-returning Krzysztof Krawczyk, who, as the song says, still sings and records albums, as opposed to Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and other deceased stars. The chorus, sung in a characteristic Krawczyk manner, says: "They all bite the dust, only I will sing". There are also some nonsense lyrics in Red Hot Chili Big Cyc.

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