Příběhy skryté za písněmi Karla Gotta – Remešová Michaela (2024)

Exactly on October 1st, it will be 5 years since the death of Karel Gott. The book 'Stories Hidden Behind KG's Songs' is being released for this anniversary and is surprisingly the first to focus on his songs. Who doesn't know Karel Gott's songs? He is referred to as the Divine Kája, the Nightingale, the Singer of the Century, the Master, the Sinatra of the East, the Legend... His dizzying popularity has surpassed all historical upheavals, connecting several generations, and it seems that his hits live on and will continue to live on. They have become part of our collective memory, just like he himself has. But do people know the colorful stories hidden behind Gott's hits? While they hum 'I'll Sweeten My Coffee,' they have no idea that the birth of this song was inspired by the coffee ritual of the Master himself, through which he was able to charmingly tyrannize his friends and every visitor. They hum Ringo, George, Paul, John..., but they don't know that Karel Svoboda started composing this Gott hit in the kitchen with the clattering of pots, pans, and lids, and that the music was actually a direct response to the tragic death of John Lennon, which paralyzed the whole world at that time. Moreover, the powerful figures of the communist regime had recently kicked Karel Gott out when he wanted to advocate for Lennon's visit to our country, which he had personally arranged with him in London. And one of...