Maanam Biography

BIOGRAPHY
The group Maanam was founded in 1975. In the beginning the band was made up of Marek Jackowski - guitars and Kora (Olga Jackowska) - vocals, as well as: the Greek Milo Kurtis and Welsh John Porter. Marek Jackowski and Kora continue today to be responsible for the music and lyrics of the band's almost entire repertoire. Up until 1979 the band played acoustic rock: from orientalising suits and ballads to acoustic (!) punk rock and new wave. In 1979 the band became electrified. Its composition was: Kora, Marek Jackowski, Ryszard Olesiński - guitars, Krzysztof Olesiński - bass guitar (meanwhile Bogdan Kowalewski played the bass guitar) and Paweł Markowski - percussion. In the 1980s Maanam was the first Polish rock band to achieve great fame in the country (for almost five years the band performed several hundred concerts per year in Poland's largest concerts halls). Maanam was the ice-breaker in paving the way for a new wave of Polish rock. In 1980, at the Polish Song Festival in Opole, Kora and Maanam shocked the Polish audience. The punk hits "Boskie Buenos" and "Żądza pieniądza" caused a mini revolution.
The big revolution of Solidarity and Polish rock were the most characteristic events of the '80s in Poland. The state record company stopped producing the band's first two albums "Maanam" and "O!" due to the lack of ... vinyl. The band also appeared in a very popular film "Wielka majówka" (1981, dir. K. Rogulski). Maanam produced a large number of superhits the most important of which include "Stoję stoję", "Oddech szczura", "Szare miraże", "Hamlet", "Żądza pieniądza", "Boskie Buenos", "Szał niebieskich ciał", "Karuzela marzeń", "O!", "Paranoja jest goła", "Nie poganiaj mnie", "To tylko tango", "Krakowski spleen", "Jestem kobietą", "Eksplozja", "Zdrada", "Raz-dwa, raz-dwa", "Lucciola", "Simple Story", "Lipstick on the Glass".
Since 1984 Maanam performs successfully in West Germany and Holland. The band's albums titled "Night Patrol", "Totalski No Problemski - Maanam In Concert" and "Wet Cat" reach those markets. Maanam also performs at festivals in Roskilde and Turku. They play at London's Marquee, and the video clip to the song "Sie ściemnia" is the first Polish clip to be released on the then international MTV channel.
From 1986 to 1991, the band breaks from performing to rest from work.

I crave For You - Of The Wand and the Moon Lyrics + track

I crave for you
And the incense of night
To bathe
In the flame of your light


Cold Pale in sorrow
In the tears that followed
The years that swallowed
The innocence of my love
I crave for you

Killing For Company - Swans Lyrics + Video

I couldn't stop myself
I knew I'd do it again
But I could heal myself,
If I could feel your skin
And if I comprehend this moment
I know we'll live again
And if I heal your wound
We will make love again
And now we're slipping through this millenium
We should feel sorry for the people
Can I kiss your skin?
And there's hunger in the desert.
And missiles in the sky
And every soul is interwoven
Before the wrong or right
I know we'll live again
Though it's just a feeling
I know we'll never end
I'll keep you company

Gal anda vldr gangla
Vldr rithanda vldr rinnanda
Vldr sitianda vldr signanda
Vldr faranda vldr fliughanda

Skal alt fyrna ok um doia

And so the dreams lies shattered once again
And I can hear the ravens call at night
And the path...abandoned...leading nowhere
An omen fulfilled
And I loathe the dark
And I curse the gods

You Make it Easy - Air Lyrics

" Never been here - How about you ? "
You smile at my answer,
You've given me the chance,
To be held and understood.

You leave me laughing without crying,
There's no use denying,
For many times I've tried,
Love has never felt as good.

Be it downtown or way up in the air,
When your heart's pounding,
You know that I'm aware.

You make it easy to watch the world with love,
You make it easy to let the past be done,
You make it easy.

How'd you do it ? How'd you find me ?
How did I find you ?
How can this be true ?
To be held and understood.

Keep it coming - no one's running
The lesson I'm learning
'Cause blessings are deserved
By the trust that always could

Be it downtown or way up in the air,
When your heart's pounding,
You know that I'm aware.

You make it easy to watch the world with love,
You make it easy to let the past be done,
You make it easy.

You make it easy to watch the world with love,
You make it easy to let the past be done,
You make it easy.

New star in the sky

My baby blue is a new star,
In the sky,
The world the world the world the world,
Just for you for nobody else.

Swords To Rust, Hearts To Dust - Rome Lyrics

we shall let our songs drown

the rattle of the train

and the roaring of the crowd

we shall wet our throat with sticky dark wine

and toast this blood wedding so fine

to new horizons! to a new dawn!

to a new and reckless generosity!

for this our land of the free

we shall win, die or betray and turn

swords to rust - hearts to dust

in vain to write our name

in blood and in flowers of flame

swords to rust - hearts to dust

all blind and gone astray

our envy green as may

all smothered in wild flowers

we break the windows to breathe

that golden dawn is ours

for tonight hesitation is on leave

to wear god down

to flatten him out

to pray to no other

parley with death

to bury the crown

to silence all lovers

we shall turn

swords to rust - hearts to dust

in vain to write our name

in blood and in flowers of flame

swords to rust - hearts to dust

all blind and gone astray

our envy green as may

schwerter zu rost ? herzen zu staub!

dennoch die schwerter halten

dennoch die herzen spalten

swords to rust - hearts to dust

in vain to write our name

in blood and in flowers of flame

swords to rust - hearts to dust

all blind and gone astray

our envy green as may