Here’s a song by OndÅ™ej Soukup, a Czech pop star famous in the 1980s, called “SluÅ¡ný ÄlovÄ›k,” which I think means something like “decent guy.” This song came out in 1987.
At the time we translated the lyrics as “I’m a polite guy.” Hey, close enough!
I believe it’s meant to be a commentary about hypocritical “decent” public figures — you can see him taking bribes in the middle of the song.
This song came out right around the time of the split of Czechoslovakia, and I originally saw it on the local version of MTV in Prague in I think the summer of 1991. 1990? I don’t know exactly.
For the last decade or so I tried to figure out what the heck it was or where I could see it again… thank you, Gods of the Internet!!
Jáá,já jsem sluÅ¡ný ÄlovÄ›k, ÄlovÄ›k sluÅ¡ný jsem já, jááá,já jsem ÄlovÄ›k velmi Å¡luÅ¡ný, takový jsem já. Ref: Je to sluÅ¡ný ÄlovÄ›k, ten ÄlovÄ›k je sluÅ¡ný. áááá, velmi sluÅ¡ný ÄlovÄ›k, ten ÄlovÄ›k je sluÅ¡ný, áááá. PÅ™iÅ¡tà kus napÃÅ¡u pÅ™ÃÅ¡tÄ›