Miro Žbirka no longer had long-term plans. He missed this – Pluska.sk

When Miroslav Meky Žbirka († 69) hosted friends, he used to say that it would be in alphabetical order, “Ž” at the end. Unfortunately, among the artists of his generation, he left the earthly world among the first. When the shocking information appeared on the official account of the legendary singer, many thought it was an outrageous joke. The artist’s wife Katarína (55) announced his demise in style, as if he had managed it himself. “The news of my death is true, Mecca would say if he were alive.” wrote a fresh widow, paraphrasing Paul McCartney’s 1969 statement. The famous “beetle” “Considerably exaggerated”. However, in the case of Meky, who had a lot of plans, this is a harsh reality. Apparently he knew he was going to die, and he believed in a miracle.

RECENT BIRTHDAYS

Meky died after many years of problems with immunity to pneumonia, which scared him back in 2017. At that time, he could be transported by private plane from London to Prague and entrusted himself to Czech specialists. “You can die of pneumonia. It happened to my mom. “ he remembered 2002. And when he got to the hospital a few weeks ago, he greeted the fans for the last time with the words: “Friends, I was caught by some insidious bacillus and I ended up on an infusion. Send energy, I will need it. “ begged in October. After the antibiotics, the singer’s condition improved so much that he was released on a pass on his birthday, October 21. So far, only those closest to them know exactly what happened next day. “I was with Meky until the end. He had it several times, but this time he didn’t give it, “ Katka confided in the media and for PLUS 7 DAYS she added: “You’ll find out everything else after the funeral.”

YOU DIDN’T HAVE PLANS anymore

Not only the paraphrase of McCartney’s statement suggests that Meka Žbirka – like Karel Gott – planned the steps after his death. As his condition began to worsen and he expected the worst, he gave his wife Katka precise instructions on how to finish the things he had done. Probably what bothered him most was the new album he was preparing for his seventies. “We also planned a special song for its jubilee. I’m really sorry we can’t do this anymore, “ Meky’s court lyricist Kamil Peteraj mourns. Miro also praised the developed album in the magazine Slovenské touching. “I hope we will shoot it this year. I’m trying to get a job to survive this strange time, “ he expressed himself in an interview with his close friend, the chairman of the World Association of Slovaks Abroad, Vladimír Skalský. “In the summer, I asked him if he would come to the celebrations of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Slovak-Czech club. He has already refused for health reasons, “ we learn from Skalský, when Žbirk became ill with health.

THE CURSE OF GENIUS

For Mira, music was everything, he dedicated his whole life. “If there was to be a unit of passion for music, it could be one rib,” claims singer PR manager Rado Mešša. Mecca did not stop even at the time of the covid. He was the first to hold an online concert for his fans on March 17, 2020. She filmed an improvised performance with humorous comments on Katarína’s rehearsal room on her mobile phone, and despite the chopped image, more than half a million viewers saw it. “It’s an incredible number. Even the most famous influencers in the world do not have such an impact on the “likes”. evaluated for us by an expert on the Internet environment. For a huge success, he repeated the performances with the band, and when the arrangements relaxed, he stood on the stage in front of a real audience. During the covid period, he managed to publish a trio, a devotee from a concert at Prague’s O2 Arena, a book of lyrics with Songbook chords, and he introduced the documentary film Meky to cinemas. He also accepted an invitation to the television shows Golden Times, Late Evening, All Parties. “My ideal is not to do anything, but it’s hard to convince everyone when something still comes out. One has the ambition to do something. And that’s what I’m fighting with a guy who would like to sit down and order coffee, “ he reacted when the moderator Karel Šíp was surprised that even in his retirement age he has a program full of strength.

Back in the summer, Meky managed to record several episodes of his television talk show Doupě and, with his guests Juraj Jakubisek, Hana Zagorová, Štefan Margit and Karl Šíp, he was full of energy and good mood. In short, he needed to be in one round. In his case, it was said that vorcoholism could not be mentioned. “Geniuses like him carry a lot of creativity and ideas. This is a wonderful gift they have received from God. I have it at home with Juraj. When he doesn’t spin, he draws. When he doesn’t draw, he writes. When he doesn’t write, he paints. They are constantly thinking and creating something. These are people who do not eat, drink, hear when they work. They get a special adrenaline rush of creativity when their creativity overwhelms everything. That’s what Mecca had in him, too. “ thinks film producer Deana Jakubisková. Together with her husband Juraj and Mir, they have been in more intensive contact in recent months to work on the soundtrack to the film Perinbaba and Two Worlds. Due to Mir’s passion and plans for the future, the Jakubis family could not have guessed that he had only a few months left to live. “It was very fast. So Juraj and I are shocked by that, we can’t remember it completely. Katka is a very brave and strong woman. None of us know what has survived in the last month, maybe two. In these moments, we should mainly think about her, the children and loved ones. I send them a lot of strength and love to do it, “ Dean continued.

IT STARTED AT LAIFERKA AND DUCHON

Of course, Žbirka’s cohesive family is the most sad. Mir’s daughter from his first marriage, Denisa (48), who turned him into his grandfather, Zara Christine, the middle daughter, Linda (32), and the youngest son, David (27), who was the only one to walk in his father’s footsteps. He studied film and television at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, but has been drumming since he was a child and now performs in various bands under the stage name Sunnbrella. He sent a heartfelt message to his father in the sky. “No one in my life has inspired me more than he has. A true legend in every sense of the word. I can’t describe in words how much I will miss him, so I created a playlist with some of my favorite father’s songs to remember. “ said a young man who settled in London after his studies. In addition to his musical talent, he inherited his father’s visage from his youth.

Examine the image between father and son in period photographs in which the young Mecca poses for Marcela Laiferová. “In February 1973, we toured Cuba. Karol Duchoň and I sang and Miro played our accompanying guitar. The boys became friends and spent a lot of time together. As for Meky singing, I didn’t believe him at first. He was timid, indistinct, and a total introvert. He then began collaborating with the Gustav Offermann Orchestra, where he gradually tapped, and he also showed his composing talent to Janek Lehotský. The chicken turned into a beautiful rooster, “ Laifer finally acknowledged the qualities of the future legend. In Modus, as is well known, Miro eventually outgrew the band’s boss, Janek Lehotský, so he had to order. At that time, another Modusák, Laco Lučenič, joined Žbirek and formed the band Limit.

FAST RIDE

The beginning of the eighties was marked by a new chapter in Slovak music history. Pavol Hammel was popular with the band Prúdy, the groups Modus and Elán, but Miroslav Žbirka caused a musical revolution in our country with his compositions. After winning the Bratislava Lyre and winning the Golden Nightingale, he sent all his older artists, led by Duchoň, into his retirement. He poured his heart out of the pages of the period magazine Populár. “I have a decent voice and we cook one of the best. I think that at the age of thirty-one I still have something to say in Slovak popular music. Actually, I don’t know what to do next. I am very glad that Modus managed to get so high, but the youth should also appreciate the music of Laifer, Kocianová or Grúň, “ Duchoň spoke abruptly at a time when people were mad at the song White Flower or Atlantis. “It was the fastest ride I have ever experienced. But it was not my ideal. I’ve never experienced a Grammy or Eurovision. When I was a little boy, I never dreamed of such goals. When I saw the Beatles, I was fascinated by how crazy girls went about those interesting songs. That was enough for me. “ evaluated Mecca this era for PLUS 7 DAYS.

MUSIC REVOLUTIONARY

Mir’s young ambition to become a musician rebel was never fulfilled. He became an idol of all generations for his catchy, solid songs. It can be said that he was a revolutionary in music alongside Lac Lučenič. They were the first to put computer sound effects into songs. So they created the album Nemoderný chalan in 1984. “What do you need it for?” Peter Nagy asked him, and Ján Baláž from Elán stated with contempt that they did not use artificial drums or straws. However, Mecca reflected on the world stage and tried to be contemporary. He also took off his glasses and, for the first time, started writing songs. “I thought there were enough metaphors. I needed to return to civilian life in Mekyma. “ he expressed in his book called Close Up.

Fans got used to Žbirka’s new sound more easily than to his face without glasses. “I wasn’t born with them after all,” responded to complaints. It was much worse that he had a relationship with Kamil Peteraj with a more modern album. When Miro told him not to text the whole album, they stopped having fun. They haven’t spoken in almost twenty years. Meky made a welcome gesture, one day he picked up the phone and said: “Kamil, I have a song that needs poetic lyrics.” This is how the song Co hurts, it hurts, which he sang with the singer Martha.

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LUČENIČ ALSO SOFT

Mir’s relationship with his long-time collaborator, guitarist, arranger and producer Lac Lučenič also went through turbulence. “When I was preparing the album Mecca, I told Laci that it was time to let other musicians into the studio. My enthusiasm for being produced by David Koller and Ivan Král will also not survive. Again, he planned to record everything himself. But I didn’t want programmed drums. Our ideas were completely different, so we haven’t done anything together since. “ evaluated Žbirka. It was only during the creation of the documentary Meka that the singer learned from Lučenič’s statement that he did not feel appreciated in their collaboration. However, Laco softened at the news of his friend’s death. “Now I know how Paul McCartney felt after the death of John Lennon,” he said sternly.