Bródy János - Az első 80 év (2025)

One of the most determinative figures in the Hungarian pop music. He began in the band Illés as vocalist and songwriter and after their disbanding he became a member of Fonograf for a brief period, then went on a solo carreer. János Bródy's solo career began in the late seventies. After years spent in the Illés and Fonográf bands, he increasingly wrote songs whose personal atmosphere, emotional commitment or ironic intellectualism almost required the composer to stand before an audience with them.

There were times when many deeply repressed feelings and thoughts surfaced in songs. János Bródy authentically and in a way that was understandable to everyone, and due to the popularity of his first recordings, he soon became a figure watched with suspicion by the authorities and, to the chagrin of official cultural politicians, a popular figure, and he remains a living legend on the constantly changing stage of Hungarian music life to this day.

The title song of his new album was first released in 1981. Now that the composer is in his 80th year, this old song has taken on a new meaning.