Tomek Lipiński is a Polish rock legend. He played his first concert in 1978. He gained fame as the frontman of the bands Tilt and Brygada Głos. His song “Don’t ask me what’s good and what’s bad” was included in the soundtrack of the legendary film “Psy 2” by Władysław Pasikowski, and the music for the film “Słodko-gorzki” received an award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. This year Tomasz Lipiński celebrates the 45th anniversary of his creative work, and next year his book describing his life and how he sees the world will be published.
The loneliness of a rocker
Years ago, he confessed that he had been struggling with depression for 15 years. On the program “Cem Perguntas para”, the musician admitted that, even as a child, “there were few people who fit into what he was experiencing”.
He adds that even at his shows, where there are crowds, I feel alone. “On stage, you are really alone, or almost alone – with a few people you perform with,” he emphasized.
Tomasz Lipiński was raised by his mother. The musician’s father, Eryk Lipiński, was a caricaturist, satirist and author of cabaret texts. His parents were not married and the musician’s mother was left alone when she became pregnant.
“Dad’s marriage was in ruins. They were planning a life together, but when Mom got pregnant, it turned out that Dad’s plans didn’t include that. my mother got pregnant on the street. She survived thanks to people, camping in various places, sometimes in ruins, waking up with her hair frozen to the wall in the second or third month of pregnancy. These are things that need to be reflected upon,” she said.
Tomek Lipiński is a Polish rock legend. He played his first concert in 1978. He gained fame as the frontman of the bands Tilt and Brygada Głos/TVP
Tomek Lipiński on depression
Several years ago, the musician admitted that he struggled with depression. “People who have never had depressive episodes can’t imagine what it’s like. When you’re deeply depressed, you can’t imagine or remember what it’s like when you’re not in this terrible state. Because it hurts.” It hurts that the sun is shining and that you are alive. And in these deep episodes there is such intense pain that the person is actually ready to do anything to end that pain, including ending their own life at that moment. It seems rational then, he said.
He adds that he probably wouldn’t be alive today if he hadn’t “learned from the Buddha’s teachings that” death is not necessarily the end of existence and depriving oneself of life can create a cause for an even greater situation. Suffering“.
The musician recalls how he realized he was depressed. “Something started that I didn’t understand. Everything disappeared, I lost interest, direction. I remember walking into the woods with my dog and cryingand the dog looked at me and comforted me. One day I saw a program on TV about depression and it was a shocking discovery,” he said.
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