Bajaga i Instruktori
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Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbia
n and former Yugoslav rock
band. Founded in Belgrade
in 1984 by composer
, lyricist
and guitarist
Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga"
, the group possesses a rich discography and a plethora of hit songs that placed them at the top of the former Yugoslav rock scene, alongside other mega-selling bands such as Bijelo Dugme
and Riblja Čorba
.
was the guitarist for the hard rock
band Riblja Čorba
. During his work with Riblja Čorba, Bajagić wrote music and both music and lyrics for several Riblja Čorba hits, but also wrote a large number of humorous pop
-oriented songs that did not fit into Riblja Čorba's sound. He decided to release these songs on a solo album, and he started working on the album with a group of Belgrade
musicians: vocalist Dejan Cukić
(a former Dizel, Tilt, and Bulevar
member, and at the time a journalist working in the magazine Rock), bass guitarist Miroslav Cvetković "Cvele" (a former Tilt, Pop Mašina
, and Papatra member), guitarist Nenad Stamatović (a former Tilt, Zebra, Suncokret
, and Bulevar member), drummer Vladimir Golubović (a former Tilt and Suncokret member, and at the time temporarily replacing Vicko Milatović
in Riblja Čorba), and vocalist Žika Milenković (Bajagić's former bandmate from the band Ofi, and a former Mačori member and an actor in the amateur theatre
Teatar levo).
During the work on the album, Bajagaić wanted only to record a large number of songs he wrote on an album and to remain a member of Riblja Čorba. The songs for the album were recorded in a rented apartment and in Radio Television Belgrade Studio V and produced by Kornelije Kovač
. The album, beside mentioned musicians, featured Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" on bass guitar, a former Generacija 5
member Dragan "Krle" Jovanović on guitar, Kire Mitrev on trombone
, Ivan Švager on clarinet
, and Suzana Petričević
on vocals in the song "Papaline" ("Sprats"). The album, entitled Pozitivna geografija
(Positive Geography) was released at the end of January 1984 and was well received by the audience, bringing hits "Berlin", "Mali slonovi" ("Little Elephants"), "Poljubi me" ("Kiss Me"), "Limene trube" ("Brass Trumpets"), "Tekila gerila" ("Tequila Guerrilla"), "Marlena", and "Tamara". The album also featured the anti-drug song "Znam čoveka" ("I Know a Man"), dedicated to Dragan Đerić "Đera", Bajagić's former bandmate from the bands Ofi and Glogov Kolac. Initially, Bajagić had no intention of promoting Pozitivna geografija in concert, but eventually decided to listen to the advices of some and hold several concerts. Bajagić and musicians working on the album held their first concert in Zagreb
club Kulušić
on April 12, 1984. Kornelije Kovač and a former Bulevar keyboardist Dragan Mitrić also performed with the band. During their staying in Zagreb Bajagić and Cukić appeared as guests on the recording of Parni Valjak
album Uhvati ritam, singing backing vocals on the title track, which was the sign of gratitude to Parni Valjak for lending them a piece of drum kit for their first concert. The band held the official album promotion, organized by the Rock magazine, in Belgrade Dom Sindikata on April 21, and on this concert the band appeared under the name Bajaga i Instruktori, chosen after the idea of the journalist Peca Popović, for the first time. The concert featured Valentino and Bezobrazno Zeleno
as the opening bands. The concert was well visited (mostly by teenagers) and the band's performance was well received.
The success of Bajagić's solo album caused conflicts inside Riblja Čorba, and on July 19, 1984, he was excluded from the band. During that summer Bajaga i Instruktori went on a tour, with Rade Radivojević on keyboards, playing mostly at youth work actions
. At the end of the year, in the Rock magazine, Bajagić was proclaimed the Rock Musician of the Year, and Pozitivna geografija was voted the Album of the Year by musicians. At the beginning of 1985, the band recorded the album Sa druge strane jastuka
(On the Other Side of the Pillow), produced by Kornelije Kovač and Saša Habić. The album featured a large number of guests: Branko Mačić on jazz guitar
, Stjepko Gut
on trumpet
and flugelhorn
, Sava Medan on double bass
, Jovan Maljoković on saxophone, Mića Marković on saxophone, Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" on bass guitar, Dragan "Krle" Jovanović on guitar, and others. The album brought hits "220 u voltima" ("220 Volt"), "Vidi šta mi je uradio od pesme, mama" (a Serbian language
cover of the Melanie Safka
song "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma"), "Ti se ljubiš (Na tako dobar način)" ("You Kiss (In a great Manner)"), "Dvadeseti vek" ("Twentieth Century"), and ballads "Dobro jutro, džezeri" ("Good Morning, Jazzers"), "Sa druge strane jastuka" and "Zažmuri" ("Close Your Eyes"). For the first time Milenković was an author of a song, co-writing the song "Francuska ljubavna revolucija" ("French Love Revolution") with Bajagić. At this time the band's manager became a former U Škripcu
menager Saša Dragić.
In March, Bajaga i Instruktori presented their new songs to the Zagreb audience in Kulušić, as a part of the BG-ZG: Bolje vas našli action. Several says later, in the night between March 9 and 10, they performed in Toulouse
on the Night of Mediterranean Rock. Although they performed around 4:00 AM, they were well received and performed three encores. After this concert Rade Radivojević left the band, and was replaced by a former Potop and Galija
member Saša Lokner. The band went on a successful Yugoslav tour, on which they held two concerts on Tašmajdan Stadium, on June 8 and 9. In the spring of 1985, Bajagić and Cukić took part in YU Rock Misija
, a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid
, and Bajaga i Instruktori later performed on the YU Rock Misija concert held on the Red Star Stadium. In the autumn of 1985, Bajaga i Instruktori and Bijelo Dugme
performed on the Moscow
Festival of Youth and Students, as a part of Yugoslav delegation. Bajaga i Instruktori performed in the Gorky Park
in front of about 100,000 people, and, as there was a serious risk of attendants getting hurt, the concert was interrupted. During the following days the band performed in the Moscow Dinamo Hall, Green Theatre (with the bands Misty in Roots
and Everything but the Girl
), Pioneers Home, and Vakhtangov Theatre. After they returned to Yugoslavia they continued their tour on which they held more than 120 concerts. The band also performed on the rock evening of the Intertalent Festival in Prague
. At the end of 1985, in the magazine Rock, Bajaga i Instruktori were voted by the critics the Rock Band of the Year, Bajagić the Rock Musician of the Year, "Zažmuri" the Song of the Year, and Sa druge strane jastuka the Album of the Year. The album was sold in more than 350,000 copies, and the band was awarded with the May 25 award by the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia. The band went on a break during which Lokner and Golubović performed in jazz
clubs with jazz musicians Stjepko Gut (trumpet), Miša Krstić (piano), and Nenad Petrović (saxophone).
In the summer of 1986, the band members reunited to record the album Jahači magle
(Fog Riders). The album, produced by Saša Habić featured numerous guests: Josipa Lisac
on vocals in "Ja mislim 300 na sat" ("I Think 300 kmph"), Kornelije Kovač, bass guitarist Bata Božanić, guitarists Duda Bezuha, Rajko Kojić
(Bajagić's former bandmate from Riblja Čorba), Vlada Negovanović, and Jane Parđovski, trumpeter Goran Grbić, and keyboardist Đorđe Petrović. The band recorded a cover of The Beatles
song "All You Need Is Love
", entitled "All You Need Is Love (verzija 1986)" ("All You Need Is Love (Version 1986)") which was released on a 7" single given as a gift with an issue of Rock magazine before the album release. The B-side featured clips
from the songs from Jahači magle. The single was printed in 99,999 copies. After the single release, the album was released, bringing hits "Ja mislim 300 na sat", "442 do Beograda" ("422 to Belgrade"), with a bass guitar riff
written by Božanić, "Bam, Bam, Bam", "Rimljani" ("Romans"), and Milenković's "Samo nam je ljubav potrebna" ("All We Need Is Love"). The band went on a successful tour, which ended with a concert held at Belgrade's Sajmište
on November 22, 1986, in front of about 20,000 visitors. After the end of a tour the band made a break once again. Bajagić travelled to Thailand
, and in June 1987 Cukić released his first solo album Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm). After that, Bajaga i Instruktori went on a two months Soviet Union
tour, during which they held 42 concerts. After they returned to Yugoslavia, Cukić left Bajaga i Instruktori conventionally and formed his Spori Ritam Band.
Bajaga i Instruktori recorded their following album Prodavnica tajni
(The Secrets Shop) in 1988 in Novi Sad
. The album, named after Dino Buzzati
book La boutique del mistero, (the songs, however, had no connection with the book), was produced by Saša Habić. Milenković co-wrote the songs "Ruski voz" ("Russian Train"), "Život je nekad siv, nekad žut" ("Life Is Sometimes Grey and Sometimes Yellow"), and "Vesela pesma" ("Merry Song"). The album marked a slight stylistic change in the band's sound: the songs were simpler, without brass instruments, frequent on the band's previous releases, based on acoustic guitars and keyboards, and the songs "Plavi safir" ("Blue Sapphire
"), "Vesela pesma", "Život je nekad siv, nekad žut" and "Ruski voz" featured folk music
elements. However, virtually every song on the album became a hit. The band went on another successful tour, during which they recorded the double live/compilation album Neka svemir čuje nemir
(May the Universe Hear the Unrest). The album featured new songs "Na vrhovima prstiju" ("On the Tops of Your Toes"), "Idem (Kao da ne idem, a idem)" ("I'm Going (Like I'm not Going, but I'm Going"), which is the first Bajaga i Instruktori song sung entirely by Milenković, and "Neka svemir čuje nemir", which is a cover of a traditional
India
n song, and acoustic
studio versions of "Tamara" and "Tekila gerila". The live recordings were made during the band's concerts in Zagreb's Dom Sportova
, held on March 6, 1989, and from Novi Sad EBU Rock Festival, and also a recording of the journalist Dražen Vrdoljak announcing the band on their concert in Kulušić, held on December 8, 1984. The album also featured a live version of the song "Kad hodaš
", written by Bajagić and originally recorded by Riblja Čorba. During the tour that followed the album release the band held two sold out concerts in Belgrade's Pionir Hall
. Despite the growing nationalism
the band was well accepted in all parts of Yugoslavia. The only incident on the tour happened in Split, where the fans of the football club Hajduk Split threw various objects on the stage, but after the intervention of the security the concert was continued. At the beginning of 1990, Bajaga i Instruktori performed in Timişoara
, Romania
, on a rock festival organized two months after the fall of Nicolae Ceauşescu
. The festival also featured several less known British
acts and Yugoslav acts Riblja Čorba, Valentino and Viktorija
.
Četiri godišnja doba
(Four Seasons), which featured the songs "Uspavanka" ("Lullaby"), "Buđenje ranog proleća" ("Waking up of the Early Spring"), "Dobro jutro" ("Good Morning"), and "U koži krokodila" ("In Crocodile Skin"). The EP featured opera
singer Jadranka Jovanović
. During 1992, despite the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars
, Bajaga i Instruktori performed and held successful concerts in Macedonia
and Slovenia
. During the same year Milenković, with Električni Orgazam
member Goran Čavajda, Riblja Čorba member Zoran Ilić, and a former Bezobrazno Zeleno
member Bojan Vasić, formed the band Babe. In 1993 Bajaga i Instruktori released the album Muzika na struju
(Electric Music). The song "Marinina tema" ("Marina's Theme") was written for the theatre play Život Jovanov (Life of Jovan) directed by Darko Bajić, and the theme
"Nakostrešena mačka" ("Bristled Cat") was written by Milenković. The anti-war
ballad "Golubica" ("She-Piegon") featured Aleksandra
and Kristina Kovač
, Oktobar 1864
vocalist Tanja Jovićević and Marija Mihajlović on backing vocals. The song was based on the instrumental Bajagić played at Terazijska česma
during the March 9, 1991 protest
. Beside "Golubica", the album featured anti-war songs "Gde si" ("Where Are You") and "Ovo je Balkan" ("This Is the Balkans
"). The album was promoted on concerts in Montenegro
and Macedonia, and on a sold out concert in Belgrade's Hala sportova
. At this time Bajagić started performing alone in the clubs abroad.
At the beginning of 1994, Bajaga i Instruktori planned to perform in Slovenia, and there was a huge interest by the audience for these concerts. However, Slovenian authorities refused to issue visas
to the band, which caused a scandal in Slovenian media. After the intervention of the Slovenian president Milan Kučan
, visas were issued to the members of the band, and they performed several concerts including a sold out concert in the Tivoli Hall. In March 1994 the band held three concerts in Belgrade's Dom Sindikata, with which they celebrated ten years of existence. After these concerts Bajagić and Dragić ended their cooperation. For a certain time, manager duties were carried on by Bajagić, before Zoran Vulović, a former U Škripcu
keyboardist, became the band's new manager. In November 1994, after a concert in Priština
, came to conflicts inside the band, and Bajagić excluded Stamatović and Golubović from the band, which ended Bajaga i Instruktori activity. At the time Bajagić, with Lokner, wrote music for Miša Radivojević's film Ni na nebu ni na zemlji (Neither on the Sky nor on the Earth). The recordings featured members of the starogradska muzika
band Legende (in the hit song "Moji drugovi"), Dragan Jovanović on acoustic guitar, Sava Latinović on tarabuka, and Aleksandra and Kristina Kovač on backing vocals. The music was released on the album Ni na nebu ni na zemlji. During the same year Bajagić wrote music for the TV show Otvorena vrata
(Opened Door).
In 1996, Bajagić reformed Bajaga i Instruktori. The new lineup featured, beside Bajagić, Milenković, Cvetković, and Lokner, the guitarist Vlada Negovanović (a former Butik, Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića
, Slađana Milošević's backing band, Tunel
, and Dejan Cukić's Spori Ritam Band member), and the drummer Čeda Macura (a former Neverne Bebe
, Viktorija
's backing band, Legija and Revolveri member). At the end of 1996 the band recorded the album Od bižuterije do ćilibara
(From Bijouterie to Amber
). Bajagić wrote all the songs, except "Ne volim zimu" ("I Don't Like Winter"), featuring music written by Milenković. The album was produced by the band members, and featured Saša Habić on cello
. The album featured hits "Silikon (2004)" ("Silicon
(2004)"), Tvoja je gajba sigurna" ("Your Place Is Safe"), "Još te volim" ("I Still Love You"), "Iza nas..." ("Behind Us..."), "Ne volim zimu", and "Što ne može niko možeš ti" ("You Can Do What Nobody Else Can"). The album was promoted on a free concert held on Belgrade's Republic Square on May 12, 1997. On 1997 the Slovenian record label Biveco released the compilation album Neizbrisano
(Unerased). The album featured recordings from the various periods of Bajagić's and Bajaga i Instruktori career. It featured remix
ed songs from the Četiri godišnja doba EP, the instrumental "Radovan III", written for the play of the same name, "Tribute to Buldožer", a cover of Buldožer
song "Yes My Baby, No", a new version of "Moji drugovi" featuring Vlada Divljan
, Sokoli cover of Bijelo Dugme
song "Ne spavaj, mala moja" featuring Bajagić on vocals, and songs "Montenegro" and "Januar" ("January").
(Dragon of Noćaj
) with the new guitarist, Ljubiša "Buba" Opačić. The album was produced by Saša Habić. The album featured a cover of The Clash
song "Should I Stay or Should I Go
", entitled "Da li da odem ili ne". Zmaj od Noćaja featured a bonus CD entitled I ja sam Zvezdaš (I'm a Red Star
Fan, Too), which featured three versions of the song "Zvezda", dedicated to the football club Red Star Belgrade. The album featured hits "Zmaj od Noćaja" and "Lepa Janja, ribareva kći" ("Pretty Janja, the Fisher's Daughter"), and minor hits "Da li da odem ili ne" and "Ala" ("Ala
").
In 2002, the band released the album Best of Live
, which featured recordings from their concerts in Belgrade, Ljubljana
, Zagreb, Timişoara, Skopje
, and Niš
. It features two previously unrecorded songs: a song in Slovenian
, "Slovenačka reč" ("A Word in Slovenian"), recorded live, featuring music from the band's old song "Idem (Kao da ne idem, a idem)" and lyrics written by Slovenian journalist Sonja Javorik, and a song in Macedonian
, "Pesna protiv maleri" ("A Song against Bad Luck"), recorded in studio for the theatre play Kutrite mali hrčki (Poor Little Hamsters) by Skopje Drama Theatre. In 2003, Bajagić, with the members of the band Apsolutno Romantično
, recorded the soundtrack
for Dušan Kovačević
's film The Professional
, released on the album Profesionalac: Muzika iz filma (The Professional: Music from the Film). During the same year, the band released the compilation album Ruža vetrova Beograda
(Belgrade Wind Rose
), which, after the idea of Peca Popović, featured the band's songs inspired by the city of Belgrade. The compilation included two new songs, "Novosti" ("The News") and "Ruža vetrova", as well as a remix of the latter. The album was promoted on a concert in the building of Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
on December 27, 2003.
In 2005, the band released their latest studio album entitled Šou počinje u ponoć
(The Show Begins at Midnight). The album was produced by Voja Aralica. It featured numerous guests: Negative vocalist Ivana Pavlović on vocals in the song "Funky Taxi", Bebi Dol on vocals in "Bademi i so" ("Almonds and Salt") and "Pesma slobode" ("The Song of Freedom"), Marko Đorđević on trumpet, Orthodox Celts
member Ana Đokić on violin
, the band Vrelo, and folk
singer Vida Pavlović, who died before the album release, in the song "Padaj kišo, keve ti" ("Fall, Rain, Please"). The song "Pesma slobode" is a Serbian language cover of Bob Marley & The Wailers
' "Redemption Song
". A tour and a release of a live DVD
recorded at a concert in the Belgrade Arena
followed the album.
In 2008, the band recorded two new songs: "Bežiš od mene ljubavi" ("You're Running Away from Me, My Love") and "A ti se nećeš vratiti" ("And You're not Coming Back"), the latter featuring a guest appearance by Plavi Orkestar
frontman Saša Lošić
and recorded for the TV show Vratiće se rode
.
On September 28, 2008, Opačić died in Maribor
, in a hotel room after a concert. He was replaced by the former VROOM
guitarist Marko Nježić.
In December 2009, the band celebrated 25 years of existence with three concerts held in Belgrade's Sava Centar. During the same year, a documentary
about the band, directed by Miloš Jovanović and entitled Muzika na struju, was released. The film tells the story of 25 years of Bajaga i Instruktori career.
released a box set entitled Antologija (Anthology) featuring remastered editions of the first four Bajaga i Instruktori studio albums. On October 31, 2011, the band released the single "Ako treba da je kraj" ("If It Should Be the End"), announcing the upcoming studio album. In November, the band released the video for the song. During November and December the band will, together with Croatian pop singer Jelena Rozga
, hold nine concerts in Croatia, as a part of Karlovačko Live 2011.
. The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features four Bajaga i Instruktori albums: Sa druge strane jastuka
(ranked #13), Pozitivna geografija
(ranked #37), Jahači magle
(ranked #58), and Prodavnica tajni
(ranked #79).
In 2006, the song "Zažmuri" was ranked #40 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list.
Serbia
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n and former Yugoslav rock
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band. Founded in Belgrade
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in 1984 by composer
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, lyricist
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and guitarist
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Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga"
Momcilo Bajagic
Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
, the group possesses a rich discography and a plethora of hit songs that placed them at the top of the former Yugoslav rock scene, alongside other mega-selling bands such as Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
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and Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
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.
1980s
The band's history begins in 1983. At the time Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga"Momcilo Bajagic
Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
was the guitarist for the hard rock
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band Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
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. During his work with Riblja Čorba, Bajagić wrote music and both music and lyrics for several Riblja Čorba hits, but also wrote a large number of humorous pop
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-oriented songs that did not fit into Riblja Čorba's sound. He decided to release these songs on a solo album, and he started working on the album with a group of Belgrade
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musicians: vocalist Dejan Cukić
Dejan Cukic
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(a former Dizel, Tilt, and Bulevar
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member, and at the time a journalist working in the magazine Rock), bass guitarist Miroslav Cvetković "Cvele" (a former Tilt, Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina
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, and Papatra member), guitarist Nenad Stamatović (a former Tilt, Zebra, Suncokret
Suncokret
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, and Bulevar member), drummer Vladimir Golubović (a former Tilt and Suncokret member, and at the time temporarily replacing Vicko Milatović
Vicko Milatovic
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in Riblja Čorba), and vocalist Žika Milenković (Bajagić's former bandmate from the band Ofi, and a former Mačori member and an actor in the amateur theatre
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Teatar levo).
During the work on the album, Bajagaić wanted only to record a large number of songs he wrote on an album and to remain a member of Riblja Čorba. The songs for the album were recorded in a rented apartment and in Radio Television Belgrade Studio V and produced by Kornelije Kovač
Kornelije Kovac
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. The album, beside mentioned musicians, featured Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" on bass guitar, a former Generacija 5
Generacija 5
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member Dragan "Krle" Jovanović on guitar, Kire Mitrev on trombone
Trombone
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, Ivan Švager on clarinet
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, and Suzana Petričević
Suzana Petričević
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on vocals in the song "Papaline" ("Sprats"). The album, entitled Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija is the 1984 debut album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1984...
(Positive Geography) was released at the end of January 1984 and was well received by the audience, bringing hits "Berlin", "Mali slonovi" ("Little Elephants"), "Poljubi me" ("Kiss Me"), "Limene trube" ("Brass Trumpets"), "Tekila gerila" ("Tequila Guerrilla"), "Marlena", and "Tamara". The album also featured the anti-drug song "Znam čoveka" ("I Know a Man"), dedicated to Dragan Đerić "Đera", Bajagić's former bandmate from the bands Ofi and Glogov Kolac. Initially, Bajagić had no intention of promoting Pozitivna geografija in concert, but eventually decided to listen to the advices of some and hold several concerts. Bajagić and musicians working on the album held their first concert in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
club Kulušić
Kulušić
Kulušić was a Yugoslav Concert Club in Zagreb, Croatia, which hosted many famous international acts and all the important acts from the region. It is particularly associated with the Yugoslav New Wave acts of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many Live albums which today are part of the Ex-Yugoslav...
on April 12, 1984. Kornelije Kovač and a former Bulevar keyboardist Dragan Mitrić also performed with the band. During their staying in Zagreb Bajagić and Cukić appeared as guests on the recording of Parni Valjak
Parni Valjak
Parni valjak 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.-Biography:Parni valjak was founded in 1975...
album Uhvati ritam, singing backing vocals on the title track, which was the sign of gratitude to Parni Valjak for lending them a piece of drum kit for their first concert. The band held the official album promotion, organized by the Rock magazine, in Belgrade Dom Sindikata on April 21, and on this concert the band appeared under the name Bajaga i Instruktori, chosen after the idea of the journalist Peca Popović, for the first time. The concert featured Valentino and Bezobrazno Zeleno
Bezobrazno Zeleno
Bezobrazno Zeleno were a former Yugoslav New Wave/pop rock band from Belgrade. The band was notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works....
as the opening bands. The concert was well visited (mostly by teenagers) and the band's performance was well received.
The success of Bajagić's solo album caused conflicts inside Riblja Čorba, and on July 19, 1984, he was excluded from the band. During that summer Bajaga i Instruktori went on a tour, with Rade Radivojević on keyboards, playing mostly at youth work actions
Youth work actions
Youth work actions were organized voluntary labor activities of young people in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The actions were used to build public infrastructure such as roads, railways, and public buildings, as well as industrial infrastructure...
. At the end of the year, in the Rock magazine, Bajagić was proclaimed the Rock Musician of the Year, and Pozitivna geografija was voted the Album of the Year by musicians. At the beginning of 1985, the band recorded the album Sa druge strane jastuka
Sa druge strane jastuka
Sa druge strane jastuka is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1985...
(On the Other Side of the Pillow), produced by Kornelije Kovač and Saša Habić. The album featured a large number of guests: Branko Mačić on jazz guitar
Jazz guitar
The term jazz guitar may refer to either a type of guitar or to the variety of guitar playing styles used in the various genres which are commonly termed "jazz"...
, Stjepko Gut
Stjepko Gut
Stjepko Gut is a Belgrade-based jazz musician. Studied jazz trumpet at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern,Switzerland and at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. As a conductor, he won first place in the first Austrian Big Band Competition...
on trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
and flugelhorn
Flugelhorn
The flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
, Sava Medan on double bass
Double bass
The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
, Jovan Maljoković on saxophone, Mića Marković on saxophone, Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" on bass guitar, Dragan "Krle" Jovanović on guitar, and others. The album brought hits "220 u voltima" ("220 Volt"), "Vidi šta mi je uradio od pesme, mama" (a Serbian language
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
cover of the Melanie Safka
Melanie Safka
Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk is an American singer-songwriter. Known professionally as simply Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Ruby Tuesday" and "Lay Down ".-Early career:...
song "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma"), "Ti se ljubiš (Na tako dobar način)" ("You Kiss (In a great Manner)"), "Dvadeseti vek" ("Twentieth Century"), and ballads "Dobro jutro, džezeri" ("Good Morning, Jazzers"), "Sa druge strane jastuka" and "Zažmuri" ("Close Your Eyes"). For the first time Milenković was an author of a song, co-writing the song "Francuska ljubavna revolucija" ("French Love Revolution") with Bajagić. At this time the band's manager became a former U Škripcu
U Škripcu
U Škripcu was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, notable as participant in the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works.- Formation and breakup :...
menager Saša Dragić.
In March, Bajaga i Instruktori presented their new songs to the Zagreb audience in Kulušić, as a part of the BG-ZG: Bolje vas našli action. Several says later, in the night between March 9 and 10, they performed in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
on the Night of Mediterranean Rock. Although they performed around 4:00 AM, they were well received and performed three encores. After this concert Rade Radivojević left the band, and was replaced by a former Potop and Galija
Galija
Galija is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Niš. The central figures of the band are brothers Nenad Milosavljević and Predrag Milosavljević...
member Saša Lokner. The band went on a successful Yugoslav tour, on which they held two concerts on Tašmajdan Stadium, on June 8 and 9. In the spring of 1985, Bajagić and Cukić took part in YU Rock Misija
YU Rock Misija
YU Rock Misija was the contribution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the famous Bob Geldof's Band Aid famine relief campaign which culminated with the historical Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985.Beside the British "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the corresponding USA...
, a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid
Live Aid
Live Aid was a dual-venue concert that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom ...
, and Bajaga i Instruktori later performed on the YU Rock Misija concert held on the Red Star Stadium. In the autumn of 1985, Bajaga i Instruktori and Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
performed on the Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
Festival of Youth and Students, as a part of Yugoslav delegation. Bajaga i Instruktori performed in the Gorky Park
Gorky Park (Moscow)
Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure is an amusement park in Moscow, named after Maxim Gorky.-History:...
in front of about 100,000 people, and, as there was a serious risk of attendants getting hurt, the concert was interrupted. During the following days the band performed in the Moscow Dinamo Hall, Green Theatre (with the bands Misty in Roots
Misty in Roots
Misty in Roots began life as a Southall-based British roots reggae band in the early 1970s. Their first album was 1979's Live at the Counter Eurovision, a record full of Biblical Rastafarian songs. It was championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, helping to bring roots reggae to a white audience...
and Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...
), Pioneers Home, and Vakhtangov Theatre. After they returned to Yugoslavia they continued their tour on which they held more than 120 concerts. The band also performed on the rock evening of the Intertalent Festival in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. At the end of 1985, in the magazine Rock, Bajaga i Instruktori were voted by the critics the Rock Band of the Year, Bajagić the Rock Musician of the Year, "Zažmuri" the Song of the Year, and Sa druge strane jastuka the Album of the Year. The album was sold in more than 350,000 copies, and the band was awarded with the May 25 award by the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia. The band went on a break during which Lokner and Golubović performed in jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
clubs with jazz musicians Stjepko Gut (trumpet), Miša Krstić (piano), and Nenad Petrović (saxophone).
In the summer of 1986, the band members reunited to record the album Jahači magle
Jahači magle
Jahači magle is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1986....
(Fog Riders). The album, produced by Saša Habić featured numerous guests: Josipa Lisac
Josipa Lisac
Josipa Lisac is an eminent female singer.-Biography:During the 1960s she was a vocalist of the group named Zlatni Akordi...
on vocals in "Ja mislim 300 na sat" ("I Think 300 kmph"), Kornelije Kovač, bass guitarist Bata Božanić, guitarists Duda Bezuha, Rajko Kojić
Rajko Kojic
Radislav "Rajko" Kojić was a Serbian and former Yugoslav guitarist best known for his work with band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...
(Bajagić's former bandmate from Riblja Čorba), Vlada Negovanović, and Jane Parđovski, trumpeter Goran Grbić, and keyboardist Đorđe Petrović. The band recorded a cover of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
song "All You Need Is Love
All You Need Is Love
"All You Need Is Love" is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first performed by The Beatles on Our World, the first live global television link. Watched by 400 million in 26 countries, the programme was broadcast via satellite on 25 June 1967...
", entitled "All You Need Is Love (verzija 1986)" ("All You Need Is Love (Version 1986)") which was released on a 7" single given as a gift with an issue of Rock magazine before the album release. The B-side featured clips
Media clip
A media clip is a short segment of media, either an audio clip or a video clip.Media clips may be promotional in nature, as with movie clips. For example, to promote upcoming movies, many actors are accompanied by movie clips on their circuits. Additionally, media clips may be raw materials of...
from the songs from Jahači magle. The single was printed in 99,999 copies. After the single release, the album was released, bringing hits "Ja mislim 300 na sat", "442 do Beograda" ("422 to Belgrade"), with a bass guitar riff
RIFF
The Resource Interchange File Format is a generic file container format for storing data in tagged chunks. It is primarily used to store multimedia such as sound and video, though it may also be used to store any arbitrary data....
written by Božanić, "Bam, Bam, Bam", "Rimljani" ("Romans"), and Milenković's "Samo nam je ljubav potrebna" ("All We Need Is Love"). The band went on a successful tour, which ended with a concert held at Belgrade's Sajmište
Staro Sajmište
Staro Sajmište is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd and it was the site of the World War II Sajmište concentration camp ....
on November 22, 1986, in front of about 20,000 visitors. After the end of a tour the band made a break once again. Bajagić travelled to Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, and in June 1987 Cukić released his first solo album Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm). After that, Bajaga i Instruktori went on a two months Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
tour, during which they held 42 concerts. After they returned to Yugoslavia, Cukić left Bajaga i Instruktori conventionally and formed his Spori Ritam Band.
Bajaga i Instruktori recorded their following album Prodavnica tajni
Prodavnica tajni
Prodavnica tajni is the fourth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1988....
(The Secrets Shop) in 1988 in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
. The album, named after Dino Buzzati
Dino Buzzati
Dino Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel Il deserto dei Tartari, translated into English as The Tartar Steppe.-Life:Buzzati was born at San Pellegrino,...
book La boutique del mistero, (the songs, however, had no connection with the book), was produced by Saša Habić. Milenković co-wrote the songs "Ruski voz" ("Russian Train"), "Život je nekad siv, nekad žut" ("Life Is Sometimes Grey and Sometimes Yellow"), and "Vesela pesma" ("Merry Song"). The album marked a slight stylistic change in the band's sound: the songs were simpler, without brass instruments, frequent on the band's previous releases, based on acoustic guitars and keyboards, and the songs "Plavi safir" ("Blue Sapphire
Sapphire
Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide , when it is a color other than red or dark pink; in which case the gem would instead be called a ruby, considered to be a different gemstone. Trace amounts of other elements such as iron, titanium, or chromium can give...
"), "Vesela pesma", "Život je nekad siv, nekad žut" and "Ruski voz" featured folk music
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
elements. However, virtually every song on the album became a hit. The band went on another successful tour, during which they recorded the double live/compilation album Neka svemir čuje nemir
Neka svemir čuje nemir
Neka svemir čuje nemir is a double and the first live album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1989.The first five tracks on the album are studio tracks...
(May the Universe Hear the Unrest). The album featured new songs "Na vrhovima prstiju" ("On the Tops of Your Toes"), "Idem (Kao da ne idem, a idem)" ("I'm Going (Like I'm not Going, but I'm Going"), which is the first Bajaga i Instruktori song sung entirely by Milenković, and "Neka svemir čuje nemir", which is a cover of a traditional
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n song, and acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
studio versions of "Tamara" and "Tekila gerila". The live recordings were made during the band's concerts in Zagreb's Dom Sportova
Dom Sportova
Dom Sportova is an indoor sporting arena, located in Zagreb, Croatia. The venue was built in 1972, on Trešnjevka, in the western part of the city. It has 32,000 m² of floorspace, and it features six halls...
, held on March 6, 1989, and from Novi Sad EBU Rock Festival, and also a recording of the journalist Dražen Vrdoljak announcing the band on their concert in Kulušić, held on December 8, 1984. The album also featured a live version of the song "Kad hodaš
Kad hodaš
"Kad hodaš" is a single from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.The song was written by the band's guitarist Momčilo Bajagić for the band's 1984 album Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju...
", written by Bajagić and originally recorded by Riblja Čorba. During the tour that followed the album release the band held two sold out concerts in Belgrade's Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall, or Pionir Arena is a sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula...
. Despite the growing nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
the band was well accepted in all parts of Yugoslavia. The only incident on the tour happened in Split, where the fans of the football club Hajduk Split threw various objects on the stage, but after the intervention of the security the concert was continued. At the beginning of 1990, Bajaga i Instruktori performed in Timişoara
Timisoara
Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, on a rock festival organized two months after the fall of Nicolae Ceauşescu
Nicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
. The festival also featured several less known British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
acts and Yugoslav acts Riblja Čorba, Valentino and Viktorija
Viktorija
Snežana Mišković , better known by her stage name Viktorija , is a Serbian female rock singer known for her husky voice.-Biography:Snežana Mišković was born in Vučitrn. She came to Belgrade as a student in 1976, where she started performing with Society of Culture and Arts Branko Krsmanović and the...
.
1990s
In 1991, the band released the EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Četiri godišnja doba
Četiri godišnja doba
Četiri godišnja doba is the an EP from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1991.The album features four songs, each one representing a different season....
(Four Seasons), which featured the songs "Uspavanka" ("Lullaby"), "Buđenje ranog proleća" ("Waking up of the Early Spring"), "Dobro jutro" ("Good Morning"), and "U koži krokodila" ("In Crocodile Skin"). The EP featured opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
singer Jadranka Jovanović
Jadranka Jovanović
Jadranka Jovanović is a primadonna of Opera in the National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia. She was born in Belgrade, and she is one of the most popular artists in the classic music in her country with a respected international career.- Biography :...
. During 1992, despite the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
, Bajaga i Instruktori performed and held successful concerts in Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
and Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. During the same year Milenković, with Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...
member Goran Čavajda, Riblja Čorba member Zoran Ilić, and a former Bezobrazno Zeleno
Bezobrazno Zeleno
Bezobrazno Zeleno were a former Yugoslav New Wave/pop rock band from Belgrade. The band was notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works....
member Bojan Vasić, formed the band Babe. In 1993 Bajaga i Instruktori released the album Muzika na struju
Muzika na struju
Muzika na struju is the fifth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1993.The song "Marinina tema" was previously written for the theatre play Život Jovanov...
(Electric Music). The song "Marinina tema" ("Marina's Theme") was written for the theatre play Život Jovanov (Life of Jovan) directed by Darko Bajić, and the theme
Theme (music)
In music, a theme is the material, usually a recognizable melody, upon which part or all of a composition is based.-Characteristics:A theme may be perceivable as a complete musical expression in itself, separate from the work in which it is found . In contrast to an idea or motif, a theme is...
"Nakostrešena mačka" ("Bristled Cat") was written by Milenković. The anti-war
Anti-war
An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. Many...
ballad "Golubica" ("She-Piegon") featured Aleksandra
Aleksandra Kovac
Aleksandra Kovač is a Serbian singer-songwriter. She is the eldest daughter of eminent composer Kornelije Kovač and the elder sister of singer Kristina Kovač. Alongside her sister Kristina, Kovač came to media prominence as a part of girl group K2, and then launched a successful solo career in 2001...
and Kristina Kovač
Kristina Kovac
Kristina Kovač is a Serbian singer and composer. She is a major pop star in Serbia. She became famous during the 1990s when she and her sister Aleksandra Kovač were the big attraction in Serbia and surrounding countries - R&B band K2...
, Oktobar 1864
Oktobar 1864
Oktobar 1864 was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band.-1984 – 1992:Oktobar 1864 was formed in 1984 in Zemun by Goran Tomanović and have changed several line-ups before they won the Best demo Band Award at the MESAM festival in 1986. Goran Tomanović the first band members over the...
vocalist Tanja Jovićević and Marija Mihajlović on backing vocals. The song was based on the instrumental Bajagić played at Terazijska česma
Terazije
Terazije is the central square and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad.- Location :...
during the March 9, 1991 protest
March 9, 1991 protest
March 9, 1991 protest refers to a mass rally on the streets of Belgrade that turned into a riot featuring vicious clashes between the protesters and police. It was organized by Vuk Drašković's Serbian Renewal Movement on March 9, 1991...
. Beside "Golubica", the album featured anti-war songs "Gde si" ("Where Are You") and "Ovo je Balkan" ("This Is the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
"). The album was promoted on concerts in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
and Macedonia, and on a sold out concert in Belgrade's Hala sportova
Hala sportova
Hala sportova is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Belgrade municipality of New Belgrade.The venue's actual name is "Palata sportova" , but it is widely known by its informal title - Hala. It was built and opened during 1968...
. At this time Bajagić started performing alone in the clubs abroad.
At the beginning of 1994, Bajaga i Instruktori planned to perform in Slovenia, and there was a huge interest by the audience for these concerts. However, Slovenian authorities refused to issue visas
Visa (document)
A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
to the band, which caused a scandal in Slovenian media. After the intervention of the Slovenian president Milan Kučan
Milan Kucan
Milan Kučan is a Slovenian politician and statesman. He was the first President of Slovenia.-Early life and political beginnings:...
, visas were issued to the members of the band, and they performed several concerts including a sold out concert in the Tivoli Hall. In March 1994 the band held three concerts in Belgrade's Dom Sindikata, with which they celebrated ten years of existence. After these concerts Bajagić and Dragić ended their cooperation. For a certain time, manager duties were carried on by Bajagić, before Zoran Vulović, a former U Škripcu
U Škripcu
U Škripcu was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, notable as participant in the Artistička radna akcija project as well as for their later works.- Formation and breakup :...
keyboardist, became the band's new manager. In November 1994, after a concert in Priština
Pristina
Pristina, also spelled Prishtina and Priština is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous municipality and district....
, came to conflicts inside the band, and Bajagić excluded Stamatović and Golubović from the band, which ended Bajaga i Instruktori activity. At the time Bajagić, with Lokner, wrote music for Miša Radivojević's film Ni na nebu ni na zemlji (Neither on the Sky nor on the Earth). The recordings featured members of the starogradska muzika
Starogradska muzika
Starogradska muzika is an urban traditional folk music of Macedonia and Serbia.-In Serbia:...
band Legende (in the hit song "Moji drugovi"), Dragan Jovanović on acoustic guitar, Sava Latinović on tarabuka, and Aleksandra and Kristina Kovač on backing vocals. The music was released on the album Ni na nebu ni na zemlji. During the same year Bajagić wrote music for the TV show Otvorena vrata
Otvorena vrata
Otvorena vrata , is a Serbian comedy television series filmed in 1994-1995. Broadcast on state television RTS, it ran for 2 seasons featuring a regular family living in Belgrade during the 1990s....
(Opened Door).
In 1996, Bajagić reformed Bajaga i Instruktori. The new lineup featured, beside Bajagić, Milenković, Cvetković, and Lokner, the guitarist Vlada Negovanović (a former Butik, Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića
Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića
Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića was a Serbian New Wave/alternative rock band from Belgrade.- Mira i Spira, band formation :...
, Slađana Milošević's backing band, Tunel
Tunel (band)
Tunel was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade.-1980 – 1992:The band was formed in 1980 by Ljuba Ninković , Vladimir "Vlada" Janković "Džet" , and Steva Stevanović...
, and Dejan Cukić's Spori Ritam Band member), and the drummer Čeda Macura (a former Neverne Bebe
Neverne Bebe
Neverne Bebe are a Serbian rock band from Belgrade.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1993 by a former Nova Zemlja, Smak and Frenki keyboardist Milan Đurđević. The first lineup featured Vladan Đurđević , Bane Jelić , Čeda Macura and Billy King...
, Viktorija
Viktorija
Snežana Mišković , better known by her stage name Viktorija , is a Serbian female rock singer known for her husky voice.-Biography:Snežana Mišković was born in Vučitrn. She came to Belgrade as a student in 1976, where she started performing with Society of Culture and Arts Branko Krsmanović and the...
's backing band, Legija and Revolveri member). At the end of 1996 the band recorded the album Od bižuterije do ćilibara
Od bižuterije do ćilibara
Od bižuterije do ćilibara is the sixth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1997.-Track listing:All songs written by Momčilo Bajagić, except where noted....
(From Bijouterie to Amber
Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin , which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents...
). Bajagić wrote all the songs, except "Ne volim zimu" ("I Don't Like Winter"), featuring music written by Milenković. The album was produced by the band members, and featured Saša Habić on cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
. The album featured hits "Silikon (2004)" ("Silicon
Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. A tetravalent metalloid, it is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon, the nonmetal directly above it in the periodic table, but more reactive than germanium, the metalloid directly below it in the table...
(2004)"), Tvoja je gajba sigurna" ("Your Place Is Safe"), "Još te volim" ("I Still Love You"), "Iza nas..." ("Behind Us..."), "Ne volim zimu", and "Što ne može niko možeš ti" ("You Can Do What Nobody Else Can"). The album was promoted on a free concert held on Belgrade's Republic Square on May 12, 1997. On 1997 the Slovenian record label Biveco released the compilation album Neizbrisano
Neizbrisano
Neizbrisano is a compilation album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1997....
(Unerased). The album featured recordings from the various periods of Bajagić's and Bajaga i Instruktori career. It featured remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed songs from the Četiri godišnja doba EP, the instrumental "Radovan III", written for the play of the same name, "Tribute to Buldožer", a cover of Buldožer
Buldožer
Buldožer was Yugoslav-Slovenian progressive rock band from 1970s and 1980s. They were one of the first bands in communist Yugoslavia that could be considered alternative, and forefathers of the Yugoslav New Wave...
song "Yes My Baby, No", a new version of "Moji drugovi" featuring Vlada Divljan
Vlada Divljan
Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is known as the frontman for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Idoli, as well as for his solo works.-Early activity:...
, Sokoli cover of Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
song "Ne spavaj, mala moja" featuring Bajagić on vocals, and songs "Montenegro" and "Januar" ("January").
2000s
In 2001, the band recorded the album Zmaj od NoćajaZmaj od Noćaja (album)
Zmaj od Noćaja is the seventh studio album from Serbian rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 2001. The name of the album refers to the name of a street in Belgrade...
(Dragon of Noćaj
Stojan Cupic
Stojan Čupić , also known as "Zmaj od Noćaja" , was a Serbian voivod, one of the most important leaders of the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in Piva in Herzegovina and his original surname was Dobrilović. He later moved to Salaš Noćajski in Mačva, where he was adopted by Strahinja Čupić, and...
) with the new guitarist, Ljubiša "Buba" Opačić. The album was produced by Saša Habić. The album featured a cover of The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
song "Should I Stay or Should I Go
Should I Stay or Should I Go
"Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November...
", entitled "Da li da odem ili ne". Zmaj od Noćaja featured a bonus CD entitled I ja sam Zvezdaš (I'm a Red Star
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...
Fan, Too), which featured three versions of the song "Zvezda", dedicated to the football club Red Star Belgrade. The album featured hits "Zmaj od Noćaja" and "Lepa Janja, ribareva kći" ("Pretty Janja, the Fisher's Daughter"), and minor hits "Da li da odem ili ne" and "Ala" ("Ala
Ala (demon)
An ala or hala is a female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs. Ale are considered demons of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and...
").
In 2002, the band released the album Best of Live
Best of Live (Bajaga i Instruktori album)
Best of Live is the second live album by Serbian rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 2002.The album was recorded in 2002 on the band's concerts in Belgrade, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Timişoara, Skopje, and Niš...
, which featured recordings from their concerts in Belgrade, Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, Zagreb, Timişoara, Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, and Niš
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
. It features two previously unrecorded songs: a song in Slovenian
Slovenian language
Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic language spoken by approximately 2.5 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia. It is the first language of about 1.85 million people and is one of the 23 official and working languages of the European Union...
, "Slovenačka reč" ("A Word in Slovenian"), recorded live, featuring music from the band's old song "Idem (Kao da ne idem, a idem)" and lyrics written by Slovenian journalist Sonja Javorik, and a song in Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
, "Pesna protiv maleri" ("A Song against Bad Luck"), recorded in studio for the theatre play Kutrite mali hrčki (Poor Little Hamsters) by Skopje Drama Theatre. In 2003, Bajagić, with the members of the band Apsolutno Romantično
Apsolutno Romanticno
Apsolutno Romantično is a Serbian pop rock/folk rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1999 by Garavi Sokak members, brothers Petar and Zoran "Kina" Alvirović...
, recorded the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
for Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovacevic
Dušan Kovačević is a Serbian playwright and director best known for his theater plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal....
's film The Professional
The Professional (film)
The Professional is a 2003 comedy/drama, based on 1990 drama of the same name, written and directed by famous Serbian playwright Dušan Kovačević. This movie earned its cult status by showing some of the darkest moments in Serbian history in actual and sometimes even comic way...
, released on the album Profesionalac: Muzika iz filma (The Professional: Music from the Film). During the same year, the band released the compilation album Ruža vetrova Beograda
Ruža vetrova Beograda
Ruža vetrova Beograda is a compilation album from Serbian rock Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 2003.The album, after the idea of journalist Peca Popović, features the band's songs inspired by the city of Belgrade...
(Belgrade Wind Rose
Wind rose
A wind rose is a graphic tool used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. Historically, wind roses were predecessors of the compass rose , as there was no differentiation between a cardinal direction and the wind...
), which, after the idea of Peca Popović, featured the band's songs inspired by the city of Belgrade. The compilation included two new songs, "Novosti" ("The News") and "Ruža vetrova", as well as a remix of the latter. The album was promoted on a concert in the building of Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra
The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra in Serbia, regularly considered as one of the finest in the country. Its home base is in Belgrade.- History :...
on December 27, 2003.
In 2005, the band released their latest studio album entitled Šou počinje u ponoć
Šou počinje u ponoć
Šou počinje u ponoć is the eight studio album from Serbian rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 2005....
(The Show Begins at Midnight). The album was produced by Voja Aralica. It featured numerous guests: Negative vocalist Ivana Pavlović on vocals in the song "Funky Taxi", Bebi Dol on vocals in "Bademi i so" ("Almonds and Salt") and "Pesma slobode" ("The Song of Freedom"), Marko Đorđević on trumpet, Orthodox Celts
Orthodox Celts
Orthodox Celts is a Serbian band which plays Irish folk music combined with rock elements. Despite their unusual sound the band is one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene and has influenced several younger bands, most notably Tir na n'Og and Irish Stew of Sindidun.The band started their...
member Ana Đokić on violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, the band Vrelo, and folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
singer Vida Pavlović, who died before the album release, in the song "Padaj kišo, keve ti" ("Fall, Rain, Please"). The song "Pesma slobode" is a Serbian language cover of Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...
' "Redemption Song
Redemption Song
The song urges listeners to "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery," because "None but ourselves can free our minds". These lines were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia during October 1937 and published in his Black Man magazine:...
". A tour and a release of a live DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
recorded at a concert in the Belgrade Arena
Belgrade Arena
The Belgrade Arena is an indoor arena located in Novi Beograd, Belgrade. It is designed as a universal hall for sport, cultural events and other programs. With a total space that covers 48,000 square metres, and an official total capacity of 19,982 seats , it is one of the largest indoor arenas in...
followed the album.
In 2008, the band recorded two new songs: "Bežiš od mene ljubavi" ("You're Running Away from Me, My Love") and "A ti se nećeš vratiti" ("And You're not Coming Back"), the latter featuring a guest appearance by Plavi Orkestar
Plavi orkestar
Plavi orkestar is one of the most popular bands from former Yugoslavia. The band was founded in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1983.The band has remained popular to the present day with 8 albums and more than 3500 concerts worldwide...
frontman Saša Lošić
Saša Lošic
Saša Lošić - Loša is one of the most recognizable composers of the Balkans and the leader of the band Plavi Orkestar, which was one of the most popular acts of the former Yugoslav Pop and Rock scene.He is a composer of often folk-inspired pop, as well as theatre scores Saša Lošić - Loša (born July...
and recorded for the TV show Vratiće se rode
Vratice se rode
Vratiće se rode is a Serbian television series. Broadcast on B92 television in Serbia, it premiered on November 9, 2007. The series is directed by Goran Gajić and written by Nikola Pejaković along with Ranko Božić while 4 episodes were co-written between the two of them...
.
On September 28, 2008, Opačić died in Maribor
Maribor
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
, in a hotel room after a concert. He was replaced by the former VROOM
Vroom
Vroom may refer to:People*Cornelis Vroom , a Dutch painter of the Baroque era*Frederick Vroom , Canadian film actor*Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom , a Dutch painter...
guitarist Marko Nježić.
In December 2009, the band celebrated 25 years of existence with three concerts held in Belgrade's Sava Centar. During the same year, a documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
about the band, directed by Miloš Jovanović and entitled Muzika na struju, was released. The film tells the story of 25 years of Bajaga i Instruktori career.
2010s
In 2010, PGP-RTSPGP-RTS
PGP-RTS is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1958 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
released a box set entitled Antologija (Anthology) featuring remastered editions of the first four Bajaga i Instruktori studio albums. On October 31, 2011, the band released the single "Ako treba da je kraj" ("If It Should Be the End"), announcing the upcoming studio album. In November, the band released the video for the song. During November and December the band will, together with Croatian pop singer Jelena Rozga
Jelena Rozga
Jelena Rozga is a Croatian pop singer. She became the new lead singer of the popular band Magazin in 1996, when she was only 18 years old. In 2006 she left Magazin and released her first solo album, Oprosti mala, on City Records. In 2007 she won the Grand Prix at the Split Festival.-External links:*...
, hold nine concerts in Croatia, as a part of Karlovačko Live 2011.
Legacy
Bajaga i Instruktori are considered one of the most successful and influential rock bands of the former Yugoslav and Serbian rock sceneSerbian rock
Serbian rock is the rock music scene of Serbia. During the 1960s, 1970s and the 1980s, while Serbia was a constituent republic of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian rock scene was a part of the SFR Yugoslav rock scene....
. The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike is a book by Duško Antonić and Danilo Štrbac...
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features four Bajaga i Instruktori albums: Sa druge strane jastuka
Sa druge strane jastuka
Sa druge strane jastuka is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1985...
(ranked #13), Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija is the 1984 debut album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1984...
(ranked #37), Jahači magle
Jahači magle
Jahači magle is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1986....
(ranked #58), and Prodavnica tajni
Prodavnica tajni
Prodavnica tajni is the fourth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1988....
(ranked #79).
In 2006, the song "Zažmuri" was ranked #40 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list.
Discography
- Pozitivna geografijaPozitivna geografijaPozitivna geografija is the 1984 debut album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1984...
(1984) - Sa druge strane jastukaSa druge strane jastukaSa druge strane jastuka is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1985...
(1985) - Jahači magleJahači magleJahači magle is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1986....
(1986) - Prodavnica tajniProdavnica tajniProdavnica tajni is the fourth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1988....
(1988) - Muzika na strujuMuzika na strujuMuzika na struju is the fifth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1993.The song "Marinina tema" was previously written for the theatre play Život Jovanov...
(1993) - Od bižuterije do ćilibaraOd bižuterije do ćilibaraOd bižuterije do ćilibara is the sixth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1997.-Track listing:All songs written by Momčilo Bajagić, except where noted....
(1997) - Zmaj od NoćajaZmaj od Noćaja (album)Zmaj od Noćaja is the seventh studio album from Serbian rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 2001. The name of the album refers to the name of a street in Belgrade...
(2001) - Šou počinje u ponoćŠou počinje u ponoćŠou počinje u ponoć is the eight studio album from Serbian rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 2005....
(2005)