“I was still flying and those braids were blowing behind me. I was practically whipping the band with them,” says Jana “Uriel” Kratochvílová, a star singer of the 1970s and 1980s, about how the lyrics of the song Long White Blazing Comet came about. Her hits are remembered by a large part of the nation. Why is she not satisfied with the lyrics? And what would her career look like if she grew up in the West, and not in communist Czechoslovakia?
You can watch the entire interview in the introductory video or listen to it in your favorite podcast app. What were its main themes?
0:35-5:48 Does singer Jana Kratochvílova care what anyone thinks of her? Why did they refuse to sell her even a banana in the previous regime? And what is he planning for his fans at the concert in Lucerne?
5:48-8:34 About what identities Kratochvílová took on and how she perceives herself now. Does she feel like a “punk goddess”?
8:34-13:12 Why does he see the annual concert as a light in a dark time?
13:12-15:58 Has she ever felt like she had to take a break from music?
15:58-18:20 Does she think that if she had grown up in the West, she would have become a world-class star today?
18:20-25:10 Why did she take a different path and doesn’t it bother her that today she is not a music star like Madonna?
2023-11-08 07:04:03
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