Bijelo dugme
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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 scene.
was the bass guitarist for the band Beštije. He was spotted by the Kodeksi
(trans. Codex
es) vocalist Željko Bebek
. As Kodeksi needed a bass guitarist, on Bebek's suggestion Bregović became the member of the band. The band's lineup consisted of Ismeta Dervoz (vocals), Edo Bogeljić (guitar
), Željko Bebek (rhythm guitar
) and vocals), Goran Bregović (bass guitar
), and Luciano Paganotto (drums
). After performing in Dubrovnik
(before these performances the only female member, Ismeta Dervoz left the band) Kodeksi were hired to perform in a club in Naples
. After two months the band's guitarist Edo Bogeljić returned to Sarajevo, and Bregović switched to guitar. Local Italian musician was brought in to play the bass, but after he quit too, Bebek called up old friend Zoran Redžić. Redžić in turn brought along Milić Vukašinović
as replacement on drums for Paganotto who also quit in the meantime. Vukašinović brought new musical influences along the lines of what Led Zeppelin
and Black Sabbath
were doing at the time. Additionally, he convinced the rest of the band on incorporating the new sound into their set. Within two weeks of his arrival, Kodeksi were fired from all the places they were playing.
The foursome of Bebek, Bregović, Redžić and Vukašinović stayed on the island of Capri
. In 1970 they relocated back to Naples. At this time the other three members made Bebek stop playing the rhythm guitar reasoning that it is not fashionable any longer. Bebek also had trouble adapting to the new material vocally. He would sing the intro on most songs and then step back as the other three members improvised for the remainder of songs. After being a key band member only months earlier, Bebek was seeing his role gradually reduced. During the fall of 1970 he left Kodeksi to return to Sarajevo.
For their part, Vukašinović, Bregović, and Redžić continued to perform under the name Mića, Goran and Zoran. Eventually they returned to Sarajevo in the spring of 1971 when Goran's mother and Zoran's brother came to Italy
to bring them back. Upon returning, the trio continued performing around Sarajevo, however not for long as in late summer 1971 Vukašinović decided that he would move to London
.
(Morning). The band's lineup featured, alongside Arnautalić and Bregović, Redžić, Gordan Matrak on drums and vocalist Zlatko Hodnik. As the member of Jutro Bregović wrote his first songs. In 1972 the band got an opportunity to make studio recordings, and Bregović invited Bebek. With Bebek the band recorded the song "Patim, evo, deset dana" ("I've Been Suffering for Ten Days"), which appeared on the B-side of the single "Ostajem tebi" ("I Remain Yours"), which was recorded with Hodnik. Right after the song recording Bebek left the band to serve compulsory military conscription duty, but the rest of the band decided to wait for his return.
During Bebek's absence from the army the band recorded four more songs: "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme" ("If I Were a White Button"), "U subotu, mala" ("On Saturday, Baby"), "Na vrh brda vrba mrda", and "Hop-cup", the first two appearing on the 7" single. Dissatisfied with the music direction the band was moving towards Arnautalić left the band at the end of 1972 and took away the right to use the name Jutro from the rest of the members. The rest of the band and Arnautalić fought for the rights during 1973, when drummer Goran "Ipe" Ivandić
and keyboardist Vlado Pravdić
(a former Indexi
member) joined the band. At the middle of the year Redžić left the band after an argument, and was replaced by Jadranko Stanković.
At this time the band chose the name Bijelo dugme. They decided to change the name partially because of another, Ljubljana
-based band with the name Jutro. As the band was already known for the song "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme", they choose the name Bijelo dugme. The band officially started working under this name on January 1, 1974.
, which were one of the pioneers in combining folk music
elements with rock on the former Yugoslav rock scene, and Bregović would later state on number of occasions that this studio cooperation influenced Bijelo dugme's folk rock
sound. Cooperating with Nikola Borota Radovan in producer's role, the band recorded "Top" ("Cannon") and "Ove ću noći naći blues" ("This Night I Will Find Blues"). Borota offered these recordings to the Sarajevo-based record label Diskoton
. The music editor Slobodan Vujović refused them, stating that there was already a great number of signed acts and that Bijelo dugme would have to wait for at least six months for the single to be released. This is widely considered the greatest business mistake in the history of Yugoslav record publishing. On the same day the band were refused by Diskoton, they signed for Zagreb
-based Jugoton
. It the beginning the band performed mostly in smaller towns. Soon after Stanković was excluded from the band and Redžić was invited to return to Bijelo dugme. The following 7-inch single, featuring songs "Glavni junak jedne knjige" ("The Main Character of A Book"), with lyrics written by poet Duško Trifunović
, and "Bila mama Kukunka, bio tata Taranta" ("There Was Mommy Kukunka, There Was Daddy Taranta"), was almost at the same time released by both Jugoton and Diskoton, as Bregović signed contracts with both of the labels. This brought huge press covering and helped the record sell. The band had their first bigger performance at the 1974 BOOM Festival
in Ljubljana
, where they were announced as "the new hopes". The band spent the summer performing in Cavtat
and preparing songs for their first album. The band soon released their third single (also produced by Borota but recorded at Jugoton's Zagreb "Jadran film" 4 track studio facility) with songs "Da sam pekar" ("If I Was a Baker") and "Selma" (with lyrics written by poet Vlado Dijak
). This single saw huge success.
During September the band performed as the opening band for Tihomir "Pop" Asanović's Jugoslovenska Pop Selekcija, and during the October, in studio Akademik in Ljubljana, they recorded their debut album Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme
. The album, featuring a provocative cover designed by Dragan S. Stefanović's (who would also design covers for the band's future releases), saw huge success. It brought a number of commercial hard rock
songs with folk music elements, which were described as "pastirski rok" (shepherd rock) by journalist Dražen Vrdoljak. This term was (and still is) sometimes used by the Yugoslav critics in order to classify Bijelo dugme's sound. The album featured new versions of "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme", "Patim, evo, deset dana" and "Selma", "Sve ću da ti dam samo da zaigram" ("I Will Give Everything to You Only to Dance"), previously released "Ove ću noći naći blues" and rock and roll
-influenced hit "Ne spavaj, mala moja, muzika dok svira" ("Don't you sleep, baby, while the music is playing"). Immediately after the release the album broke the record held by YU grupa
's 1973 debut album
which was sold in 30,000 copies. In February 1975 the band was awarded a gold record at the Opatija
Festival, as they sold the record in more than 40,000 copies. The final number of copies sold was about 141,000.
Several days after the album was released the band performed, alongside Pop Mašina
, Smak
and Crni Biseri
, in Belgrade
's Dom Sindikata at the Radio Belgrade
show Veče uz radio birthday celebration and won the audience. At the time the band cooperated with manager Vladimir Mihaljek, who managed to arrange the band's appearance on Korni Grupa
's farewell concert. About 15,000 members of audience were thrilled with Bijelo dugme's performance.
At the end of February 1975 Mihaljek organised Kongres rock majstora (Congress of Rock Masters) which was intended to represent the four best Yugoslav guitarist. Although Radomir Mihajlović Točak was the unofficial winner, he was not pronounced one of the best, as his band Smak
did not have a contract with Jugoton
which supported the Congress. Vedran Božić (of Time), Josip Boček (formerly of Korni Grupa
), Bata Kostić (of YU grupa
), and Bregović were proclaimed the best. Every one of them recorded one side on the double album Kongres rock majstora. While the other three guitarists recorded their songs with the members of YU grupa, Bregović decided to work with his own band and Zagreb String Quartet. After the album was released the four guitarists went on a tour on which they were supported by YU grupa members. At the time Bijelo dugme released the single "Da mi je znati koji joj je vrag" ("If I Could Just Know what the Hell Is Wrong with Her") with cover designed by Bregović. The band went on a big Yugoslav tour, and in the spring of 1975 they were already considered the most popular Yugoslav band.
Before the recording of their second album the band went to the village Borike in Eastern Bosnia in order to work on the songs and prepare for the album recording. The album Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
(What Would you Give to be in My Place) was recorded in London during November 1975. The album was produced by Neil Harrison. The bass guitar on the album was played by Bebek, as Redžić injured his middle finger just before the album recording. The lyrics for the title track were written by Duško Trifunović, while the rest of the lyrics were written by Bregović. The main album hits were "Tako ti je, mala moja, kad ljubi Bosanac" ("That's What You Get, Baby, for Kissing a Bosnian
"), "Došao sam da ti kažem da odlazim" ("I Came to Tell You that I'm Leaving"), "Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me više" ("Don't Look at Me like that and Don't Kiss Me Anymore") and "Požurite, konji moji" ("Hurry up, My Horses"). The band used the time spent in studio to record an English language
song "Playing the Part", released on promo single which was given to journalists. The album was soon sold in more than 200,000 copies. This was the first Yugoslav album to be credited as Diamond Disc. After the album release the band went on a Kosovo and Metohija tour. During the tour injured Redžić was replaced by former Kamen na Kamen member Mustafa "Mute" Kurtalović. Bijelo dugme announced a big New Year concert in Belgrade's Sports Hall with Pop Mašina
, Buldožer
and Cod as the support acts, however the concert was canceled without explanation. The band was soon invited to perform for the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito
in Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Their performance was, however, stopped after only several minutes, reputedly because of the loudness.
As Redžić had to leave the band due to his army obligations, Formula 4
leader Ljubiša Racić came to the band as his temporary replacement. This lineup of the band went on a Yugoslav tour. In Sarajevo the band performed in front of 15,000 people and in Belgrade they played in front of sold out Pionir Hall
three times. The press coined the term "Dugmemanija" (Buttonmania) and the socialist public went into an argument over the phenomena. At the beginning of 1976 the band planned to hold an United States
tour, however they gave up the idea. The band did go to United States, but only to record single with songs "Džambo" ("Jumbo") and "Vatra" ("Fire"), which were released as Ivandić's solo single, and "Milovan" and "Goodbye, Amerika", which were released as Bebek's solo single. In June the band members went to the youth work action Kozara 76, which was Bregović's response to the claims about the band's members' pro-western orientation. At the beginning of autumn Ivandić and Pravdić left the band due to their army obligations, and were replaced by Vukašinović (who joined Indexi
in the meantime) and Laza Ristovski
, whose moving from Smak
(at the time Bijelo dugme's main competitors) saw large covering in the media.
The band prepared for the recording of their third album in Borike. The album's original title was Sve se dijeli na dvoje, na tvoje i moje (Everything Is Split in Two, in Yours and Mine) after the Duško Trifunović poem, which was later used as lyrics for the song recorded by Jadranka Stojaković
. Bregović did not manage to write the music for the song, so he intended to name the album Hoću bar jednom da budem belsav (For Once I Want to Be Crazy), but Jugoton editors did not like the title, and the album was eventually titled Eto! Baš hoću!
(There! I Will!). The album was once again recorded in London with Harrison as the producer and Bebek playing the bass guitar. The album was released on December 20, 1976. The album featured the ballad "Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam" ("I Dreamed that I Don't Have You"), "Loše vino" ("Bad Wine", written by Bregović and Arsen Dedić
and originally performed by Zdravko Čolić
), simple tune "Ništa mudro" ("Nothing Wise"), folk-oriented "Slatko li je ljubit tajno" ("It's so Sweet To Kiss Secretly") and "Dede, bona, sjeti, se, de tako ti svega" ("Come on, remember") and "Izgledala je malo čudno u kaputu žutom krojenom bez veze" ("She Looked a little bit Strange in a Yellow Coat Cut out Stupidly"). In the meantime Racić asked for higher payment, so he got fired. He was replaced by a former Teška Industrija member Sanin Karić. This lineup of the band went on a Polish
tour on which they were announced as "the leading young Yugoslav band". They held nine successful concerts. After their return Redžić and Ivandić joined them.
The band went on a Yugoslav tour, but experienced difficulties during it. The concerts were followed by technical difficulties and the audience was not interested in the band's concerts as during previous tours. The band also suffered from clashes within the band, and when the Adriatic coast tour was canceled, rumors about the band's disbandment appeared in the media. The concerts in Zagreb and Ljubljana, for which the recording of a live album was planned, were canceled, and after four years the band saw a decline in popularity.
the band decided to hold a free concert at Belgrade's Hajdučka česma (Bregović had already performed on this location in 1973 with Jutro on an event organized by Pop Mašina
) on August 28, 1977. The concert was also the last concert before Bregović's departure from the band due to his army duty. Between 70,000 and 100,000 spectators attended the concert, which was the biggest number of spectators on a rock concert in Yugoslavia until then. After the opening bands (Zdravo
, Tako
, Leb i Sol
and others) Bijelo dugme played a successful concert. Part of that atmosphere was recorded in Mića Milošević's film Nije nego. It was eventually discovered that the recordings of the concert could not be used for the live album, so the band, on October 25 of the same year, played a concert in Đuro Janković Hall in Sarajevo, recordings of which were used for the live album Koncert kod Hajdučke česme
(Concert at Hajdučka česma). The album title was partially justified, as the recordings of the audience's reactions from the Hajdučka česma concert were used.
and the band went on hiatus. Redžić continued to work on the Koncert kod hajdučke česme recordings, and a live version of "Dede, bona, sjeti se, de tako ti svega" was later used as a B-side for the single "Bitanga i princeza" ("The Brute & the Princess") released in 1979. In June Bebek released his first solo, symphonic rock
-oriented album Skoro da smo isti (We're almost the Same). Ristovski and Ivandić recorded the album Stižemo (Here We Come). The album was recorded in London
with Leb i Sol
guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski
playing the guitar, and was released in September 1978. The album was well received, and Ristovski and Ivandić decided to leave the band. Just before the album Stižemo was released Ivandić was arrested for owning hashish
, and the other musicians who participated in the album recording, with the exception of Ivandić's sister Gordana, Ristovski and Stefanovski were also accused. Ivanić was sentenced to spend three years in jail, but he went to serve the sentence in 1981.
In June 1978 Bregović went to Sarajevo to receive a plaque from the League of Communist Youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the name of the band. In autumn of 1978 drummer Điđi Jankelić (a former Formula 4
and Čisti Zrak member), who participated Bebek's solo album recording, became Bijelo dugme's new drummer, and Pravdić returned to the band to replace Ristovski. The band started preparing their new album in Niška Banja
‚ but, as Bregović was still serving the army, the band definitely reunited in Sarajevo on November 1. The release of the album was followed by censorship. The cover designed by Dragan Stefanović, featuring female leg kicking male's genital area was refused by Jugoton as "vulgar"; instead, the album featured cover designed by Jugoton's designer I. Ivezić. The verse "Koji mi je moj" ("What the fuck is wrong with me") was excluded from the song "Ala je glupo zaboravit njen broj" ("It's really a Stupid Thing to Forget Her Number"), and the verse "A Hrist je bio kopile i jad" ("And Christ
was a bastard and misery") from the song "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" ("All of That, My Dear, Will Be Covered by Rosemary, Snow and Reed") was replaced with "A on je bio kopile i jad" ("And he was a bastard and misery"). The album Bitanga i princeza
(The Brute & the Princess) was released in March 1979 and praised by the critics as Bijelo dugme's finest work until then. The album did not feature any folk music elements, and brought songs "Bitanga i princeza", "Ala je glupo zaboraviz njen broj", "Na zadnjem sjedištu mog auta" ("On the Back Seat of My Car"), "A koliko si ih imala do sad" ("How Many of Them Have You Had Till Now"), and emotional ballads "Ipak poželim neko pismo" ("Still, I Wish for a Letter"), "Kad zaboraviš juli" ("When You Forget July") and "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš", all becoming hits. The album was produced by Neil Harrison, and several songs featured symphonic orchestra. The album broke all the records held by their previous releases. The tour following the album release was also successful. The band managed to sell out Pionir Hall
for five times, and all the money earned from the concerts was dedicated to the victims of 1979 Montenegro earthquake
. On some of the concerts they were followed by Branko Krsmanović Choir and symphonic orchestra. On September 22 the band organized a concert under the name Rock spektakl '79. (Rock Spectacle 79), which was held on JNA Stadium. The concert featured numerous opening bands, including YU grupa
, Boomerang, Galija
, Prva Ljubav, Prljavo Kazalište
, Opus
, Tomaž Domicelj, Generacija 5
, Mama Rock
, Metak, Siluete
, Suncokret
, and others. More than 70,000 spectators attended the concert.
At the time Bregović wrote film music for the first time. He wrote music for Aleksandar Mandić's film Lične stvari, and songs "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće" ("I Accepted to Be Anything They Want", with lyrics written by Duško Trifunović) and "Šta je tu je" were recorded by Bijelo dugme and released on single. During 1980 Bregović spent some time in Paris
, and the band was on hiatus.
-influenced album Doživjeti stotu
(Live to Be 100). This was the first Bijelo dugme album produced by Bregović. Only "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće" and "Pjesma mom mlađem bratu" ("The Song for My Baby Brother") resembled Bijelo dugme's old sound. Songs "Ha ha ha" and "Tramvaj kreće (ili kako biti heroj u ova šugava vremena)" ("Tram Is Going (or How to Be a Hero in These Mangy Times)") featured political lyrics for the first time in Bijelo dugme's career. Some critics accused Bregović of posturing and pandering to a younger audience, speculating that his motives for latching on to the fresh New Wave sound have to do with his fear of Bijelo dugme seeming out of touch.
The band started their Yugoslav tour on February 24 with a concert in Sarajevo, and ended it with a concert in the club Kulušić
in Zagreb, on which they recorded their second live album, 5. april '81
(April 5, 1981). The album was released in a limited number of 20,000 copies, and featured a cover of Indexi
song "Sve ove godine". Bijelo dugme performed in Belgrade several times douring the tour: After two concerts in Pionir Hall, they performed, alongside Iron Maiden
, Divlje Jagode
, and other bands, on the Rock Spectacle held at Belgrade Hippodrome, and on the New Year’s Eve and after it they held three concerts in Hala Pinki
. At the beginning of 1982 they performed in Innsbruck
, in Austria
, on a manifestation on which the last host of the Winter Olympic Games
(Innsbruck) hosted the following one (Sarajevo). On their return to Yugoslavia their equipment was deprived on the custom, as it was discovered that they had put new equipment into old boxes. Jugoton decided to lend 150,000,000 Yugoslav dinars to Bijelo dugme, in order to pay the penalty. To regain part of the money as soon as possible the record label decided to release two compilation albums, Singl ploče (1974-1975)
(7" Singles 1974-1975) and Singl ploče (1976-1980)
. In order to recover financially, during July and August 1982 the band went on a Bulgaria
n tour, during which they held forty one concerts. As Jankelić went to serve the army in April, on the tour drums were played by a former Leb i Sol
drummer Garabet Tavitjan. At the end of 1982 Ivandić was released from prison and joined the band.
album A milicija trenira strogoću! (i druge pjesme za djecu) (And Police Trains Strictness! (and Other Songs for Children)). The lyrics for the album were written by Duško Trifunović. It was initially planned Seid Memić Vajta to sing the vocals, but eventually, vocals were recorded by the eleven year old Ratimir Boršić Rača, and the album was released under Ratimir Boršić Rača & Bijelo dugme moniker. In February 1983 the band released the album Uspavanka za Radmilu M.
(Lullaby for Radmila M.). Bregović intended to release Uspavanka za Radmilu M. as Bijelo dugme's farewell album and to dismiss the band after the tour. The album was recorded in Skopje
and featured Vlatko Stefanovski
(guitar), Blagoje Morotov (double bass
) and Arsen Ereš (saxophone
) as guest musicians. The song "Kosovska" ("Kosovan") featured Albanian language
lyrics and, although featuring simple rock music-related lyrics, became provocative as it was recorded during delicate political situation in Kosovo
. Songs "Ako možeš zaboravi" ("Forget, if You Can"), "U vrijeme otkazanih letova" ("At the Time of Cancelled Flights"), "Polubauk kruži poluevropom" and "Ovaj ples dame biraju" ("Lady's Choice") featured different sound, illustrating various fazes in the band's career. The album title track is the only instrumental track Bijelo dugme ever recorded. Although Uspavanka za Radmilu M. did not bring numerous hits as the band's previous releases and is generally considered the least successful Bijelo dugme album, the tour was very successful, and audience's response made Bregović change his mind. After the tour the band went on a hiatus and Bebek recorded his second solo album Mene tjera neki vrag. He officially left the band on April 23, 1984, deciding to dedicate himself to his solo career.
where they practiced for the upcoming album recording. At the time Ivandić started working with the pop
band Amila, whose singer Amila Sulejmanović often performed as a backing vocalist on Bijelo dugme concerts.
At the time Bregović, with Zdravko Čolić
, formed Slovenia
-baced record label Kamarad, which co-released Bijelo dugme's new album with Diskoton
. The album was released in December 1984, entitled simply Bijelo dugme, but is, as the cover featured Uroš Predić
's painting Kosovo Maiden, also known as Kosovka djevojka (Kosovo Maiden). The album featured both Ristovski and Pravdić on keyboards, and after the album recording Ristovski became the official member of the band once again. Bijelo dugme featured folk-oriented pop rock
sound which had, alongside a cover of Yugoslav anthem "Hej, Sloveni" featured on the album, influenced a great number of bands from Sarajevo, labeled as New Partisans. The album featured a cover of "Šta ću nano dragi mi je ljut" ("What Can I Do, Mom, My Darling Is Angry"), written by Bregović and originally recorded by Bisera Veletanlić
, Bijelo dugme version titled "Lipe cvatu" ("Lime Trees
Are in Bloom"), which became the album's biggest hit. Other hits included "Padaju zvijezde" ("The Stars Are Falling"), "Lažeš" ("You're Lying"), "Da te bogdo ne volim" ("If I Didn't Love You") and "Jer kad ostariš" ("Because, When You Grow Old"). The song "Pediculis pubis" featured Bora Đorđević, the leader of the competitive band Riblja Čorba
, on vocals; he co-wrote the song with Bregović and sung it with Bregović and Tifa. The album sale and the tour were very successful. The band held a successful concert at Belgrade's Sajmište
, but also performed in clubs on several occasions. Tifa, however decided to leave the band, and performed with the band for the last time on a concert in Moscow
, where they, alongside Bajaga i Instruktori
represented Yugoslav rock music on the Youth and Students World Festival. After leaving Bijelo dugme Tifa would first join Bebek's band Armija B, then hard rock
/heavy metal
band Vatreni Poljubac (formed by Milić Vukašinović in 1977), and eventually heavy metal band Divlje jagode
(whose singer Alen Islamović
replaced him in Bijelo dugme).
, the former vocalist for the heavy metal band Divlje jagode
. He was previously, right after Bebek left Bijelo dugme, approached to join the band, but he refused fearing that Bebek might decide to return. The new album, Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
(Spit and Sing, My Yugoslavia) featured similar folk-oriented pop rock sound and was another Yugoslavism-inspired album. Bregović wanted the album to feature Vice Vukov
, Croatia
n singer branded for being a nationalist, but the idea was too provocative and Bregović gave up on it. The album cover should have featured the painting Dve godine garancije by Mića Popović
, a dissident
at the time, but eventually, an image of Chinese
modern revolutionary dancing appeared on the album cover. The album's first track was a cover of old revolutionary song
"Padaj silo i nepravdo
", sung by Bregović, World War II
hero Svetozar Vukmanović Tempo and children from the Sarajevo orphanage Ljubica Ivezić. The album's main hits were pop song "Hajdemo u planine" ("Let's Go to the Mountains"), "Noćas je k'o lubenica pun mjesec iznad Bosne" ("Tonight a Moon Full Like a Watermelon Is Over Bosnia"), ballads "Te noći kad umrem, kad odem, kad me ne bude" ("That Night, When I Die, When I Leave, When I'm Gone") and "Ružica si bila" ("You Were a Rose"). In 1987 Belgrade rock journalist Dragan Kremer, in the show Šit mjeseca (Shit of the Month) on the RTV Sarajevo, tore the album cover and made Bregović (who also appeared in the show) angry, which was one of the larger media scandals of the time. The incident did not affect the album sales.The tour was also very successful, and the concert at Sajmište featured opera singer Dubravka Zubović
as guest.
Double live album Mramor, kamen i željezo
(Marble, Stone and Iron) recorded on the tour was released in 1987. The title song was a cover of the old Roboti hit. The album offered a retrospective of the band's work, featuring songs from their first singles, as well as from the last album. The track "A milicija trenira strogoću" begins with "The Internationale
" melody, and during the intro to "Svi marš na ples" Islamović shouts "Bratsvo! Jedinstvo!" ("Brotherhood! Unity!
"). After the tour Vlado Pravdić unofficially left the band, dedicating himself to the computer business. He performed with the band only several times more on bigger concerts.
At the end of 1988 the album Ćiribiribela
, which featured Edward Hicks
' painting of Noah's Ark
on the cover, was released. The album's biggest hit was "Đurđevdan
", a cover of traditional Romani song "Ederlezi
", which featured Fejat Sejdić Trumpet Orchestra. The album featured a cover of national anthem of Croatia "Lijepa naša" combined with the Serbian
traditional World War I
song "Tamo daleko
". The other hits included "Evo zakleću se" ("Here, I Swear"), "Ako ima Boga" ("If there Is God"), "Šta ima novo" ("What's New"), "Nakon svih ovih godina" ("After all These Years") and Dalmatia
n folk music-inspired "Ćirbiribela". At the beginning of 1989 the band went on a tour which should have lasted until April 1. However, Islamović checked into a hospital
with kidney pains, not notifying anyone from the band. The tour was ended and concert in China
and Soviet Union
were cancelled. Bregović went to Paris, leaving the situation opened for speculations. In 1990 the compilation album Nakon svih ovih godina, which featured recordings made between 1983 and 1989, was released. After Yugoslav Wars
broke out in 1991 it became clear that Bijelo dugme ended their career.
. Redžić moved to Finland
, and after the Bosnian War
ended he returned to Sarajevo. After the war broke out Ivandić went to Belgrade, where he died in 1994. Ristovski continued to work as studio musician, at the same time recording solo albums and performing with Smak
. Islamović, who recorded his first solo album Haj, nek se čuje, haj nek se zna in 1989, started a semi-successful solo career.
, on numerous occasions stated that he will not reunite Bijelo dugme. However, in 2005 Bijelo dugme reunited with Bregović on guitar, Bebek, Tifa and Islamović on vocals, Redžić on bass guitar, Vukašinović and Jankelić on drums and Pravdić and Ristovski on keyboards. The band held three concerts sponsored by Coca-Cola
: in Sarajevo (at Koševo stadium), Zagreb (at Maksimir stadium
), and Belgrade (at Belgrade Hippodrome, attracting more than 250,000 fans, but criticized because of the weak sound). The reunion saw large covering in the media. The live album Turneja 2005 - Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd
(2005 Tour - Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade) recorded on the tour was released. After the concerts three vocalists continued to perform together outside former Yugoslav republics under the name Kad Bi Bio Bijelo Dugme.
. In the 2003 rock documentary
Sretno dijete
, Jasenko Houra, the guitarist and lead songwriter for Prljavo Kazalište
said that "whatever Bijelo dugme did, everyone else did".
There were several books written about the band: Istina o Bijelom dugmetu by Danilo Štrbac, Bijelo dugme by Duško Pavlović, Ništa mudro by Darko Glavan and Dražen Vrdoljak, Lopuže koje nisu uhvatili by Dušan Vesić, Kad sam bio bijelo dugme by Ljubiša Stavrić and Vladimir Sudar.
The chorus of their ska
song "Ha, Ha, Ha" was used as the title of a compilation album
by various artists Svi marš na ples!
which was released by Jugoton in 1981.
The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features eight Bijelo Dugme albums: Bitanga i princeza
(ranked #10), Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (ranked #14), Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
(ranked #17), Bijelo Dugme (ranked #28), Eto! Baš hoću!
(ranked #31), Doživjeti stotu
(ranked #35), Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
(ranked #53), and Koncert kod Hajdučke česme
(ranked #74).
The B92 Top 100 Yugoslav songs list fetaures three songs by Bijelo dugme: "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" (ranked #14), "Loše vino" (ranked #32) and "Ako možeš zaboravi (ranked #51).
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
, based in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
. 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
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.
Kodeksi
The band history begins in 1969. At the time, the future leader of Bijelo dugme, Goran BregovićGoran Bregovic
Goran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
was the bass guitarist for the band Beštije. He was spotted by the Kodeksi
Kodeksi
Kodeksi was a cover band from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia that existed from 1965 until 1971. It is most notable as one of the predecessors to Bijelo dugme, the most commercially successful band ever to come out of SFR Yugoslavia...
(trans. Codex
Codex
A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with multiple quires or gatherings typically bound together and given a cover.Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement...
es) vocalist Željko Bebek
Željko Bebek
Želimir "Željko" Bebek is a popular Bosnian Croat singer most notable for being the lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984....
. As Kodeksi needed a bass guitarist, on Bebek's suggestion Bregović became the member of the band. The band's lineup consisted of Ismeta Dervoz (vocals), Edo Bogeljić (guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
), Željko Bebek (rhythm guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
) and vocals), Goran Bregović (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), and Luciano Paganotto (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
). After performing in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
(before these performances the only female member, Ismeta Dervoz left the band) Kodeksi were hired to perform in a club in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
. After two months the band's guitarist Edo Bogeljić returned to Sarajevo, and Bregović switched to guitar. Local Italian musician was brought in to play the bass, but after he quit too, Bebek called up old friend Zoran Redžić. Redžić in turn brought along Milić Vukašinović
Milic Vukašinovic
Milić Vukašinović, a.k.a. Mitch Valiant is a musician from Serbia of Yugoslavian ethnicity. He was the founder of the rock band Vatreni Poljubac and drummer of the famous Yugoslav band Bijelo dugme.Born in Belgrade, he moved with his family to Peć when he was 6 years old...
as replacement on drums for Paganotto who also quit in the meantime. Vukašinović brought new musical influences along the lines of what Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
and Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
were doing at the time. Additionally, he convinced the rest of the band on incorporating the new sound into their set. Within two weeks of his arrival, Kodeksi were fired from all the places they were playing.
The foursome of Bebek, Bregović, Redžić and Vukašinović stayed on the island of Capri
Capri
Capri is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy...
. In 1970 they relocated back to Naples. At this time the other three members made Bebek stop playing the rhythm guitar reasoning that it is not fashionable any longer. Bebek also had trouble adapting to the new material vocally. He would sing the intro on most songs and then step back as the other three members improvised for the remainder of songs. After being a key band member only months earlier, Bebek was seeing his role gradually reduced. During the fall of 1970 he left Kodeksi to return to Sarajevo.
For their part, Vukašinović, Bregović, and Redžić continued to perform under the name Mića, Goran and Zoran. Eventually they returned to Sarajevo in the spring of 1971 when Goran's mother and Zoran's brother came to Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
to bring them back. Upon returning, the trio continued performing around Sarajevo, however not for long as in late summer 1971 Vukašinović decided that he would move to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Jutro
In autumn of 1971 guitarist Ismet Arnautalić invited Bregović to form JutroJutro
Jutro was a Sarajevo-based rock band most notable as the immediate predecessor to Bijelo dugme. It existed from late 1971 to the very end of 1973 when it transformed into probably the most popular rock band to come out of former Yugoslavia – Bijelo dugme.Jutro was formed on the initiative by Ismet...
(Morning). The band's lineup featured, alongside Arnautalić and Bregović, Redžić, Gordan Matrak on drums and vocalist Zlatko Hodnik. As the member of Jutro Bregović wrote his first songs. In 1972 the band got an opportunity to make studio recordings, and Bregović invited Bebek. With Bebek the band recorded the song "Patim, evo, deset dana" ("I've Been Suffering for Ten Days"), which appeared on the B-side of the single "Ostajem tebi" ("I Remain Yours"), which was recorded with Hodnik. Right after the song recording Bebek left the band to serve compulsory military conscription duty, but the rest of the band decided to wait for his return.
During Bebek's absence from the army the band recorded four more songs: "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme" ("If I Were a White Button"), "U subotu, mala" ("On Saturday, Baby"), "Na vrh brda vrba mrda", and "Hop-cup", the first two appearing on the 7" single. Dissatisfied with the music direction the band was moving towards Arnautalić left the band at the end of 1972 and took away the right to use the name Jutro from the rest of the members. The rest of the band and Arnautalić fought for the rights during 1973, when drummer Goran "Ipe" Ivandić
Ipe Ivandic
Goran "Ipe" Ivandić was a former Yugoslav rock drummer, famous for his work with the band Bijelo Dugme.-Early years:...
and keyboardist Vlado Pravdić
Vlado Pravdic
Vlado Pravdić is a Bosnian musician most famous as the organist of the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1987....
(a former Indexi
Indexi
Indexi was a Bosnian rock band popular in the former Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died...
member) joined the band. At the middle of the year Redžić left the band after an argument, and was replaced by Jadranko Stanković.
At this time the band chose the name Bijelo dugme. They decided to change the name partially because of another, 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...
-based band with the name Jutro. As the band was already known for the song "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme", they choose the name Bijelo dugme. The band officially started working under this name on January 1, 1974.
Early 1970s
During 1974 the band cooperated with Bata Kostić, guitarist for YU grupaYU grupa
YU grupa is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. One of the pioneers in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU grupa is considered the longest-lasting rock band to come from Serbia....
, which were one of the pioneers in combining 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 with rock on the former Yugoslav rock scene, and Bregović would later state on number of occasions that this studio cooperation influenced Bijelo dugme's folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
sound. Cooperating with Nikola Borota Radovan in producer's role, the band recorded "Top" ("Cannon") and "Ove ću noći naći blues" ("This Night I Will Find Blues"). Borota offered these recordings to the Sarajevo-based record label Diskoton
Diskoton
Diskoton was a major record label based in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia. It should not be confused with another former Yugoslav record company with a similar name called Diskos....
. The music editor Slobodan Vujović refused them, stating that there was already a great number of signed acts and that Bijelo dugme would have to wait for at least six months for the single to be released. This is widely considered the greatest business mistake in the history of Yugoslav record publishing. On the same day the band were refused by Diskoton, they signed for 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...
-based Jugoton
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
. It the beginning the band performed mostly in smaller towns. Soon after Stanković was excluded from the band and Redžić was invited to return to Bijelo dugme. The following 7-inch single, featuring songs "Glavni junak jedne knjige" ("The Main Character of A Book"), with lyrics written by poet Duško Trifunović
Duško Trifunovic
Duško Trifunović was a Serbian poet and writer....
, and "Bila mama Kukunka, bio tata Taranta" ("There Was Mommy Kukunka, There Was Daddy Taranta"), was almost at the same time released by both Jugoton and Diskoton, as Bregović signed contracts with both of the labels. This brought huge press covering and helped the record sell. The band had their first bigger performance at the 1974 BOOM Festival
Boom Festival
The Boom Festival is a biennial festival which takes place in Portugal.The festival features music, paint, sculpture, video art, installations cinema, theater and a concept of crosspollination of different art forms....
in 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...
, where they were announced as "the new hopes". The band spent the summer performing in Cavtat
Cavtat
Cavtat ) is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. It is on the Adriatic seacoast 15 km south of Dubrovnik and is the centre of the Konavle municipality.-History:...
and preparing songs for their first album. The band soon released their third single (also produced by Borota but recorded at Jugoton's Zagreb "Jadran film" 4 track studio facility) with songs "Da sam pekar" ("If I Was a Baker") and "Selma" (with lyrics written by poet Vlado Dijak
Vlado Dijak
Vlado Dijak was known a former Yugoslav poet and songwriter.-Biography:...
). This single saw huge success.
During September the band performed as the opening band for Tihomir "Pop" Asanović's Jugoslovenska Pop Selekcija, and during the October, in studio Akademik in Ljubljana, they recorded their debut album Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme
Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme
Kad bi bio bijelo dugme is the 1974 debut studio album from influential former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme. Together with their second album, Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu, Kad bi bio bijelo dugme is considered the most Heavy metal-oriented album of their 16 year career...
. The album, featuring a provocative cover designed by Dragan S. Stefanović's (who would also design covers for the band's future releases), saw huge success. It brought a number of commercial hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
songs with folk music elements, which were described as "pastirski rok" (shepherd rock) by journalist Dražen Vrdoljak. This term was (and still is) sometimes used by the Yugoslav critics in order to classify Bijelo dugme's sound. The album featured new versions of "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme", "Patim, evo, deset dana" and "Selma", "Sve ću da ti dam samo da zaigram" ("I Will Give Everything to You Only to Dance"), previously released "Ove ću noći naći blues" and rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
-influenced hit "Ne spavaj, mala moja, muzika dok svira" ("Don't you sleep, baby, while the music is playing"). Immediately after the release the album broke the record held by YU grupa
YU grupa
YU grupa is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. One of the pioneers in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU grupa is considered the longest-lasting rock band to come from Serbia....
's 1973 debut album
YU grupa (1973 album)
YU grupa is the debut studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band YU grupa.The album featured hits "Crni leptir", "More", "Trka", "Čudna šuma", "Noć je moja"...
which was sold in 30,000 copies. In February 1975 the band was awarded a gold record at the Opatija
Opatija
Opatija is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast. , the town proper had a population of 7,850, with the municipality having a total 12,719 inhabitants.-Geography:...
Festival, as they sold the record in more than 40,000 copies. The final number of copies sold was about 141,000.
Several days after the album was released the band performed, alongside Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina was a former Yugoslav progressive rock band from Belgrade. Pop Mašina was formed in 1972, and released two studio albums and one live album before disbanding in 1978...
, Smak
Smak
Smak is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene...
and Crni Biseri
Crni Biseri
Crni Biseri was a former Yugoslav rock band, notable as one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene.- 1963 - 1980 :...
, in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
's Dom Sindikata at the Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia.The predecessor of Radio Beograd, Radio Beograd-Rakovica, started its program in 1924 and was a part of a state wireless telegraph station. Radio Beograd, AD started in March 1929...
show Veče uz radio birthday celebration and won the audience. At the time the band cooperated with manager Vladimir Mihaljek, who managed to arrange the band's appearance on Korni Grupa
Korni Grupa
Korni Grupa was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. Korni Grupa was one of the first former Yugoslav rock bands to achieve major mainstream popularity. The band's first releases were commercial pop-oriented songs. Korni Grupa later turned towards progressive rock, continuing, however, to...
's farewell concert. About 15,000 members of audience were thrilled with Bijelo dugme's performance.
At the end of February 1975 Mihaljek organised Kongres rock majstora (Congress of Rock Masters) which was intended to represent the four best Yugoslav guitarist. Although Radomir Mihajlović Točak was the unofficial winner, he was not pronounced one of the best, as his band Smak
Smak
Smak is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene...
did not have a contract with Jugoton
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
which supported the Congress. Vedran Božić (of Time), Josip Boček (formerly of Korni Grupa
Korni Grupa
Korni Grupa was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. Korni Grupa was one of the first former Yugoslav rock bands to achieve major mainstream popularity. The band's first releases were commercial pop-oriented songs. Korni Grupa later turned towards progressive rock, continuing, however, to...
), Bata Kostić (of YU grupa
YU grupa
YU grupa is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. One of the pioneers in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU grupa is considered the longest-lasting rock band to come from Serbia....
), and Bregović were proclaimed the best. Every one of them recorded one side on the double album Kongres rock majstora. While the other three guitarists recorded their songs with the members of YU grupa, Bregović decided to work with his own band and Zagreb String Quartet. After the album was released the four guitarists went on a tour on which they were supported by YU grupa members. At the time Bijelo dugme released the single "Da mi je znati koji joj je vrag" ("If I Could Just Know what the Hell Is Wrong with Her") with cover designed by Bregović. The band went on a big Yugoslav tour, and in the spring of 1975 they were already considered the most popular Yugoslav band.
Before the recording of their second album the band went to the village Borike in Eastern Bosnia in order to work on the songs and prepare for the album recording. The album Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu is the second studio album from influential former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme, released in 1975. The album is a continuation of the band's early folkish hard rock sound that was featured on their debut album Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme, again incorporating folk...
(What Would you Give to be in My Place) was recorded in London during November 1975. The album was produced by Neil Harrison. The bass guitar on the album was played by Bebek, as Redžić injured his middle finger just before the album recording. The lyrics for the title track were written by Duško Trifunović, while the rest of the lyrics were written by Bregović. The main album hits were "Tako ti je, mala moja, kad ljubi Bosanac" ("That's What You Get, Baby, for Kissing a Bosnian
Bosnians
Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...
"), "Došao sam da ti kažem da odlazim" ("I Came to Tell You that I'm Leaving"), "Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me više" ("Don't Look at Me like that and Don't Kiss Me Anymore") and "Požurite, konji moji" ("Hurry up, My Horses"). The band used the time spent in studio to record an English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
song "Playing the Part", released on promo single which was given to journalists. The album was soon sold in more than 200,000 copies. This was the first Yugoslav album to be credited as Diamond Disc. After the album release the band went on a Kosovo and Metohija tour. During the tour injured Redžić was replaced by former Kamen na Kamen member Mustafa "Mute" Kurtalović. Bijelo dugme announced a big New Year concert in Belgrade's Sports Hall with Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina was a former Yugoslav progressive rock band from Belgrade. Pop Mašina was formed in 1972, and released two studio albums and one live album before disbanding in 1978...
, 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...
and Cod as the support acts, however the concert was canceled without explanation. The band was soon invited to perform for the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
in Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Their performance was, however, stopped after only several minutes, reputedly because of the loudness.
As Redžić had to leave the band due to his army obligations, Formula 4
Formula 4
Formula 4, also called Formula Four, F4 or 750 Club Formula 4 Championship, is a club class of open-wheel formula racing based in the UK.-History:...
leader Ljubiša Racić came to the band as his temporary replacement. This lineup of the band went on a Yugoslav tour. In Sarajevo the band performed in front of 15,000 people and in Belgrade they played in front of sold out Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall, or Pionir Arena is a sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula...
three times. The press coined the term "Dugmemanija" (Buttonmania) and the socialist public went into an argument over the phenomena. At the beginning of 1976 the band planned to hold an United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
tour, however they gave up the idea. The band did go to United States, but only to record single with songs "Džambo" ("Jumbo") and "Vatra" ("Fire"), which were released as Ivandić's solo single, and "Milovan" and "Goodbye, Amerika", which were released as Bebek's solo single. In June the band members went to the youth work action Kozara 76, which was Bregović's response to the claims about the band's members' pro-western orientation. At the beginning of autumn Ivandić and Pravdić left the band due to their army obligations, and were replaced by Vukašinović (who joined Indexi
Indexi
Indexi was a Bosnian rock band popular in the former Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died...
in the meantime) and Laza Ristovski
Laza Ristovski
Laza Ristovski was a Serbian and former Yugoslav keyboardist, best known for his involvement with Smak and Bijelo Dugme rock bands, as well as for his eclectic solo work that spawned many different musical genres.-Biography:Laza Ristovski was born in Novi Pazar as his father, a JNA officer, was...
, whose moving from Smak
Smak
Smak is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene...
(at the time Bijelo dugme's main competitors) saw large covering in the media.
The band prepared for the recording of their third album in Borike. The album's original title was Sve se dijeli na dvoje, na tvoje i moje (Everything Is Split in Two, in Yours and Mine) after the Duško Trifunović poem, which was later used as lyrics for the song recorded by Jadranka Stojaković
Jadranka Stojakovic
Jadranka Stojaković is a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique, beautiful voice...
. Bregović did not manage to write the music for the song, so he intended to name the album Hoću bar jednom da budem belsav (For Once I Want to Be Crazy), but Jugoton editors did not like the title, and the album was eventually titled Eto! Baš hoću!
Eto! Baš hocu!
Eto! Baš hoću! is the third studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme.Eto! Baš hoću! continues Bijelo dugme's early folkish hard rock style, although it is on this album that Goran Bregović began to react to changing trends in rock music by slowly shedding the band's heavy metal...
(There! I Will!). The album was once again recorded in London with Harrison as the producer and Bebek playing the bass guitar. The album was released on December 20, 1976. The album featured the ballad "Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam" ("I Dreamed that I Don't Have You"), "Loše vino" ("Bad Wine", written by Bregović and Arsen Dedić
Arsen Dedic
Arsen Dedić is a Croatian singer-songwriter who has been prominent in the Croatian as well as former Yugoslav music scene. Dedić writes and performs chansons as well as film music...
and originally performed by Zdravko Čolić
Zdravko Colic
Zdravko Čolić , is a pop singer popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. Originally from Sarajevo, since 1992 , his home is in Belgrade, Serbia...
), simple tune "Ništa mudro" ("Nothing Wise"), folk-oriented "Slatko li je ljubit tajno" ("It's so Sweet To Kiss Secretly") and "Dede, bona, sjeti, se, de tako ti svega" ("Come on, remember") and "Izgledala je malo čudno u kaputu žutom krojenom bez veze" ("She Looked a little bit Strange in a Yellow Coat Cut out Stupidly"). In the meantime Racić asked for higher payment, so he got fired. He was replaced by a former Teška Industrija member Sanin Karić. This lineup of the band went on a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
tour on which they were announced as "the leading young Yugoslav band". They held nine successful concerts. After their return Redžić and Ivandić joined them.
The band went on a Yugoslav tour, but experienced difficulties during it. The concerts were followed by technical difficulties and the audience was not interested in the band's concerts as during previous tours. The band also suffered from clashes within the band, and when the Adriatic coast tour was canceled, rumors about the band's disbandment appeared in the media. The concerts in Zagreb and Ljubljana, for which the recording of a live album was planned, were canceled, and after four years the band saw a decline in popularity.
Hajdučka česma concert
The band wanted to organize some sort of spectacle to help their decreased popularity. On the idea of the journalist Petar PopovićPetar Popovic
Petar Popović is a Serbian Grandmaster of chess. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1977, and the Grandmaster title in 1981. His tournament results have included =1st at Pecs 1980, =1st at Novi Sad 1981, =2nd at Novi Sad 1984, =1st at Bor 1985, =2nd at Cannes 1986, =1st at Pucarevo...
the band decided to hold a free concert at Belgrade's Hajdučka česma (Bregović had already performed on this location in 1973 with Jutro on an event organized by Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina
Pop Mašina was a former Yugoslav progressive rock band from Belgrade. Pop Mašina was formed in 1972, and released two studio albums and one live album before disbanding in 1978...
) on August 28, 1977. The concert was also the last concert before Bregović's departure from the band due to his army duty. Between 70,000 and 100,000 spectators attended the concert, which was the biggest number of spectators on a rock concert in Yugoslavia until then. After the opening bands (Zdravo
Zdravo (band)
Zdravo was a former Yugoslav euro disco group from Belgrade.-Band history:The group was formed in 1976 by the disk jockey Boban Petrović. Having gathered several teenagers and several Belgrade musicians, Petrović intended to form a band which would perform communicative disco music with funk...
, Tako
Tako (band)
Tako was a former Yugoslav symphonic rock band from Belgrade.-History:Tako was formed in 1974 by Dušan "Dule" Ćućuz , Đorđe Ilijin , Sava Bojić and Milan "Mića Žorž" Lolić...
, Leb i Sol
Leb i sol
Leb i sol is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski , Bodan Arsovski , Nikola Kokan Dimuševski and Garabet Tavitjan . Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo...
and others) Bijelo dugme played a successful concert. Part of that atmosphere was recorded in Mića Milošević's film Nije nego. It was eventually discovered that the recordings of the concert could not be used for the live album, so the band, on October 25 of the same year, played a concert in Đuro Janković Hall in Sarajevo, recordings of which were used for the live album Koncert kod Hajdučke česme
Koncert kod Hajducke cesme
Koncert kod Hajdučke česme is the first live release by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme...
(Concert at Hajdučka česma). The album title was partially justified, as the recordings of the audience's reactions from the Hajdučka česma concert were used.
Late 1970s
After Koncert kod Hajdučke česme was mixed, Bregović went to serve the army in NišNiš
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,...
and the band went on hiatus. Redžić continued to work on the Koncert kod hajdučke česme recordings, and a live version of "Dede, bona, sjeti se, de tako ti svega" was later used as a B-side for the single "Bitanga i princeza" ("The Brute & the Princess") released in 1979. In June Bebek released his first solo, symphonic rock
Symphonic rock
Symphonic rock is a sub-genre of progressive rock. Since early in progressive rock's history, the term has been used sometimes to distinguish more classically influenced progressive rock from the more psychedelic and experimental forms of progressive rock....
-oriented album Skoro da smo isti (We're almost the Same). Ristovski and Ivandić recorded the album Stižemo (Here We Come). The album was recorded in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
with Leb i Sol
Leb i sol
Leb i sol is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski , Bodan Arsovski , Nikola Kokan Dimuševski and Garabet Tavitjan . Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo...
guitarist Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski is Macedonian ethno-rock jazz fusion guitar player.-Biography:Born in Prilep in 1957, he started playing guitar at the age of 13. Stefanovski was one of the founding members of Leb i sol with whom he recorded 13 albums between 1978 and 1991...
playing the guitar, and was released in September 1978. The album was well received, and Ristovski and Ivandić decided to leave the band. Just before the album Stižemo was released Ivandić was arrested for owning hashish
Hashish
Hashish is a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands, called trichomes, collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant. It contains the same active ingredients but in higher concentrations than unsifted buds or leaves...
, and the other musicians who participated in the album recording, with the exception of Ivandić's sister Gordana, Ristovski and Stefanovski were also accused. Ivanić was sentenced to spend three years in jail, but he went to serve the sentence in 1981.
In June 1978 Bregović went to Sarajevo to receive a plaque from the League of Communist Youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the name of the band. In autumn of 1978 drummer Điđi Jankelić (a former Formula 4
Formula 4
Formula 4, also called Formula Four, F4 or 750 Club Formula 4 Championship, is a club class of open-wheel formula racing based in the UK.-History:...
and Čisti Zrak member), who participated Bebek's solo album recording, became Bijelo dugme's new drummer, and Pravdić returned to the band to replace Ristovski. The band started preparing their new album in Niška Banja
Niška Banja
Niška Banja is a spa town in southern Serbia, located east of its third largest city, Niš. The municipality of Niška Banja is one of the five urban municipalities of the City of Niš...
‚ but, as Bregović was still serving the army, the band definitely reunited in Sarajevo on November 1. The release of the album was followed by censorship. The cover designed by Dragan Stefanović, featuring female leg kicking male's genital area was refused by Jugoton as "vulgar"; instead, the album featured cover designed by Jugoton's designer I. Ivezić. The verse "Koji mi je moj" ("What the fuck is wrong with me") was excluded from the song "Ala je glupo zaboravit njen broj" ("It's really a Stupid Thing to Forget Her Number"), and the verse "A Hrist je bio kopile i jad" ("And Christ
Christ
Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...
was a bastard and misery") from the song "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" ("All of That, My Dear, Will Be Covered by Rosemary, Snow and Reed") was replaced with "A on je bio kopile i jad" ("And he was a bastard and misery"). The album Bitanga i princeza
Bitanga i princeza
Bitanga i princeza is the fourth studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme.It is highly regarded as the band's most mature effort and is considered by both fans and critics alike to be one of Bijelo dugme’s finest works...
(The Brute & the Princess) was released in March 1979 and praised by the critics as Bijelo dugme's finest work until then. The album did not feature any folk music elements, and brought songs "Bitanga i princeza", "Ala je glupo zaboraviz njen broj", "Na zadnjem sjedištu mog auta" ("On the Back Seat of My Car"), "A koliko si ih imala do sad" ("How Many of Them Have You Had Till Now"), and emotional ballads "Ipak poželim neko pismo" ("Still, I Wish for a Letter"), "Kad zaboraviš juli" ("When You Forget July") and "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš", all becoming hits. The album was produced by Neil Harrison, and several songs featured symphonic orchestra. The album broke all the records held by their previous releases. The tour following the album release was also successful. The band managed to sell out Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall, or Pionir Arena is a sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula...
for five times, and all the money earned from the concerts was dedicated to the victims of 1979 Montenegro earthquake
1979 Montenegro earthquake
The 1979 Montenegro earthquake was the most devastating earthquake on the territory of present-day Montenegro, then part of SFR Yugoslavia.- Earthquake :...
. On some of the concerts they were followed by Branko Krsmanović Choir and symphonic orchestra. On September 22 the band organized a concert under the name Rock spektakl '79. (Rock Spectacle 79), which was held on JNA Stadium. The concert featured numerous opening bands, including YU grupa
YU grupa
YU grupa is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. One of the pioneers in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU grupa is considered the longest-lasting rock band to come from Serbia....
, Boomerang, 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...
, Prva Ljubav, Prljavo Kazalište
Prljavo kazalište
Prljavo kazalište is a rock and roll band from Zagreb, Croatia. Since its formation in 1977, the group changed several music styles and line ups but remained one of the top acts of both the Croatian and the former Yugoslav rock scenes.-Beginnings:Prljavo kazalište was formed in 1977 in Dubrava,...
, Opus
Opus (progressive rock band)
-Band history:The band was formed in Belgrade in 1973 by Miodrag "Mive" Okrugić , Miodrag "Bata" Kostić and Dušan Ćućuz . The band got their name after the song "Opus No...
, Tomaž Domicelj, Generacija 5
Generacija 5
Generacija 5 is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Belgrade.-1977—1982:...
, Mama Rock
Mama Rock
Mama Rock is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock known for their hit ballad "Eva".-1977 - 1992:History of Mama Rock begins with band Viktorija whose members were Stojanović brothers, Zoran "Ciga" and Dragomir, and Nikolić brothers, Bane and Mirko, and which won the first place at 1974 Gitarijada...
, Metak, Siluete
Siluete
Siluete was a former Yugoslav and Serbian rock band from Belgrade, notable for being one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene.-1961 - 1971:...
, Suncokret
Suncokret
Suncokret was a former Yugoslav acoustic rock band from Belgrade.-Band history:The band was formed in 1975 by former Zajedno member Bora Đorđević , a former U Cvetu Mladosti member Nenad Božić and female singers Snežana Jandrlić and Vesna Rakočević...
, and others. More than 70,000 spectators attended the concert.
At the time Bregović wrote film music for the first time. He wrote music for Aleksandar Mandić's film Lične stvari, and songs "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće" ("I Accepted to Be Anything They Want", with lyrics written by Duško Trifunović) and "Šta je tu je" were recorded by Bijelo dugme and released on single. During 1980 Bregović spent some time in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and the band was on hiatus.
Doživjeti stotu: switch to New Wave
At the end of 1970s and the beginning of 1980s the Yugoslav rock scene saw the emergence of the great number of New Wave bands, closely associated to the Yugoslav punk rock scene. In 1981 Bijelo dugme released New WaveNew Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
-influenced album Doživjeti stotu
Doživjeti stotu
Doživjeti stotu is the fifth studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme. The album is noted for the band's change of direction towards new wave, in contrast to folkish hard rock on their previous releases....
(Live to Be 100). This was the first Bijelo dugme album produced by Bregović. Only "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće" and "Pjesma mom mlađem bratu" ("The Song for My Baby Brother") resembled Bijelo dugme's old sound. Songs "Ha ha ha" and "Tramvaj kreće (ili kako biti heroj u ova šugava vremena)" ("Tram Is Going (or How to Be a Hero in These Mangy Times)") featured political lyrics for the first time in Bijelo dugme's career. Some critics accused Bregović of posturing and pandering to a younger audience, speculating that his motives for latching on to the fresh New Wave sound have to do with his fear of Bijelo dugme seeming out of touch.
The band started their Yugoslav tour on February 24 with a concert in Sarajevo, and ended it with a concert in the 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...
in Zagreb, on which they recorded their second live album, 5. april '81
5. april '81
-Personnel:*Željko Bebek – vocals*Goran Bregović – guitar*Zoran Redžić – bass*Điđi Jankelić – drums*Vlado Pravdić – keyboard...
(April 5, 1981). The album was released in a limited number of 20,000 copies, and featured a cover of Indexi
Indexi
Indexi was a Bosnian rock band popular in the former Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died...
song "Sve ove godine". Bijelo dugme performed in Belgrade several times douring the tour: After two concerts in Pionir Hall, they performed, alongside Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
, Divlje Jagode
Divlje jagode
Divlje Jagode is a Yugoslav and Bosnian hard rock and heavy metal band.-1970s:Divlje Jagode were formed in 1977 in Bihać by guitarist Zele Lipovača...
, and other bands, on the Rock Spectacle held at Belgrade Hippodrome, and on the New Year’s Eve and after it they held three concerts in Hala Pinki
Hala Pinki
Hala Pinki is an indoor multi sports venue located in the Belgrade's municipality of Zemun, Serbia.The venue has an indoor hall and an indoor swimming pool...
. At the beginning of 1982 they performed in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, on a manifestation on which the last host of the Winter Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
(Innsbruck) hosted the following one (Sarajevo). On their return to Yugoslavia their equipment was deprived on the custom, as it was discovered that they had put new equipment into old boxes. Jugoton decided to lend 150,000,000 Yugoslav dinars to Bijelo dugme, in order to pay the penalty. To regain part of the money as soon as possible the record label decided to release two compilation albums, Singl ploče (1974-1975)
Singl ploce (1974-1975)
Singl ploče is the fourth compilation released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.-Track listing:#"Top" – 4:16#"Ovu ću noći naći blues" – 4:23#"Glavni junak jedne knjige" – 3:38#"Bila mama Kukunka, bio tata Taranta" – 1:33...
(7" Singles 1974-1975) and Singl ploče (1976-1980)
Singl ploce (1976-1980)
Singl ploče is the fifth compilation released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.-Track listing:#"Bitanga i princeza" – 3:48#"Dede bona, sjeti se, de tako ti svega" – 4:37#"Dobro vam jutro Petrović Petre" – 2:28...
. In order to recover financially, during July and August 1982 the band went on a Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n tour, during which they held forty one concerts. As Jankelić went to serve the army in April, on the tour drums were played by a former Leb i Sol
Leb i sol
Leb i sol is a Macedonian rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski , Bodan Arsovski , Nikola Kokan Dimuševski and Garabet Tavitjan . Tavitjan ceded the drumwork to Dragoljub Đuričić for some of the albums, while Kiril Džajkovski replaced Kokan on Kao Kakao and Putujemo...
drummer Garabet Tavitjan. At the end of 1982 Ivandić was released from prison and joined the band.
Mid 1980s
At the beginning of 1983 Bijelo dugme recorded a children's musicChildren's music
Children's music is used here to refer to music composed and performed for children by adults. In European influenced contexts this means music, usually songs, written specifically for a juvenile audience. The composers are usually adults. Children's music has historically held both entertainment...
album A milicija trenira strogoću! (i druge pjesme za djecu) (And Police Trains Strictness! (and Other Songs for Children)). The lyrics for the album were written by Duško Trifunović. It was initially planned Seid Memić Vajta to sing the vocals, but eventually, vocals were recorded by the eleven year old Ratimir Boršić Rača, and the album was released under Ratimir Boršić Rača & Bijelo dugme moniker. In February 1983 the band released the album Uspavanka za Radmilu M.
Uspavanka za Radmilu M.
Uspavanka za Radmilu M. is a sixth studio album by the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.Recorded in Skopje, Macedonia and mixed at London's Britannia Row Studios it was the band's sixth studio release and by far their least successful one...
(Lullaby for Radmila M.). Bregović intended to release Uspavanka za Radmilu M. as Bijelo dugme's farewell album and to dismiss the band after the tour. The album was recorded in 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 featured Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski is Macedonian ethno-rock jazz fusion guitar player.-Biography:Born in Prilep in 1957, he started playing guitar at the age of 13. Stefanovski was one of the founding members of Leb i sol with whom he recorded 13 albums between 1978 and 1991...
(guitar), Blagoje Morotov (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...
) and Arsen Ereš (saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
) as guest musicians. The song "Kosovska" ("Kosovan") featured Albanian language
Albanian language
Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
lyrics and, although featuring simple rock music-related lyrics, became provocative as it was recorded during delicate political situation in Kosovo
Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo
Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo was one of the two socialist autonomous areas of the Socialist Republic of Serbia incorporated into the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1974 until 1990...
. Songs "Ako možeš zaboravi" ("Forget, if You Can"), "U vrijeme otkazanih letova" ("At the Time of Cancelled Flights"), "Polubauk kruži poluevropom" and "Ovaj ples dame biraju" ("Lady's Choice") featured different sound, illustrating various fazes in the band's career. The album title track is the only instrumental track Bijelo dugme ever recorded. Although Uspavanka za Radmilu M. did not bring numerous hits as the band's previous releases and is generally considered the least successful Bijelo dugme album, the tour was very successful, and audience's response made Bregović change his mind. After the tour the band went on a hiatus and Bebek recorded his second solo album Mene tjera neki vrag. He officially left the band on April 23, 1984, deciding to dedicate himself to his solo career.
Tifa years
The new Bijelo dugme vocalist became a former Top and Teška Industrija member Mladen Vojičić Tifa. The band spent summer in RovinjRovinj
Rovinj is a city in Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of 13,562 . It is located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula and is a popular tourist resort and an active fishing port...
where they practiced for the upcoming album recording. At the time Ivandić started working with the pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band Amila, whose singer Amila Sulejmanović often performed as a backing vocalist on Bijelo dugme concerts.
At the time Bregović, with Zdravko Čolić
Zdravko Colic
Zdravko Čolić , is a pop singer popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. Originally from Sarajevo, since 1992 , his home is in Belgrade, Serbia...
, formed 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...
-baced record label Kamarad, which co-released Bijelo dugme's new album with Diskoton
Diskoton
Diskoton was a major record label based in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia. It should not be confused with another former Yugoslav record company with a similar name called Diskos....
. The album was released in December 1984, entitled simply Bijelo dugme, but is, as the cover featured Uroš Predić
Uroš Predic
Uroš Predić was one of the greatest Serbian Realist painters, along with Paja Jovanović and Đorđe Krstić...
's painting Kosovo Maiden, also known as Kosovka djevojka (Kosovo Maiden). The album featured both Ristovski and Pravdić on keyboards, and after the album recording Ristovski became the official member of the band once again. Bijelo dugme featured folk-oriented pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
sound which had, alongside a cover of Yugoslav anthem "Hej, Sloveni" featured on the album, influenced a great number of bands from Sarajevo, labeled as New Partisans. The album featured a cover of "Šta ću nano dragi mi je ljut" ("What Can I Do, Mom, My Darling Is Angry"), written by Bregović and originally recorded by Bisera Veletanlić
Bisera Veletanlić
Bisera Veletanlić is a jazz singer, one of the greatest names of Yugoslavian evergreen scene and the star of music festivals in the 1970s.-Singles:...
, Bijelo dugme version titled "Lipe cvatu" ("Lime Trees
Tilia
Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The greatest species diversity is found in Asia, and the genus also occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but not western North America...
Are in Bloom"), which became the album's biggest hit. Other hits included "Padaju zvijezde" ("The Stars Are Falling"), "Lažeš" ("You're Lying"), "Da te bogdo ne volim" ("If I Didn't Love You") and "Jer kad ostariš" ("Because, When You Grow Old"). The song "Pediculis pubis" featured Bora Đorđević, the leader of the competitive band Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...
, on vocals; he co-wrote the song with Bregović and sung it with Bregović and Tifa. The album sale and the tour were very successful. The band held a successful concert 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 ....
, but also performed in clubs on several occasions. Tifa, however decided to leave the band, and performed with the band for the last time on a concert in 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...
, where they, alongside Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
represented Yugoslav rock music on the Youth and Students World Festival. After leaving Bijelo dugme Tifa would first join Bebek's band Armija B, then hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Vatreni Poljubac (formed by Milić Vukašinović in 1977), and eventually heavy metal band Divlje jagode
Divlje jagode
Divlje Jagode is a Yugoslav and Bosnian hard rock and heavy metal band.-1970s:Divlje Jagode were formed in 1977 in Bihać by guitarist Zele Lipovača...
(whose singer Alen Islamović
Alen Islamovic
Alen Islamović is a well-known and popular Bosnian singer in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other former Yugoslav republics...
replaced him in Bijelo dugme).
Islamović years and disbandment
The new Bijelo dugme vocalist became Alen IslamovićAlen Islamovic
Alen Islamović is a well-known and popular Bosnian singer in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other former Yugoslav republics...
, the former vocalist for the heavy metal band Divlje jagode
Divlje jagode
Divlje Jagode is a Yugoslav and Bosnian hard rock and heavy metal band.-1970s:Divlje Jagode were formed in 1977 in Bihać by guitarist Zele Lipovača...
. He was previously, right after Bebek left Bijelo dugme, approached to join the band, but he refused fearing that Bebek might decide to return. The new album, Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo is the eighth studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme, and the first to feature vocalist Alen Islamović ....
(Spit and Sing, My Yugoslavia) featured similar folk-oriented pop rock sound and was another Yugoslavism-inspired album. Bregović wanted the album to feature Vice Vukov
Vice Vukov
Vice Vukov was a Croatian singer and politician.-Biography:During the 1960s, Vukov was one of the most popular singers in Yugoslavia, appearing at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 with the song "Brodovi" and at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "Čežnja".In the aftermath of the...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n singer branded for being a nationalist, but the idea was too provocative and Bregović gave up on it. The album cover should have featured the painting Dve godine garancije by Mića Popović
Mica Popovic
Miodrag "Mića" Popović was a Serbian painter and experimental filmmaker.-Popović's Life:Mića Popović was born on 12 June 1923 in Loznica. He finished grammar school in Belgrade...
, a dissident
Dissident
A dissident, broadly defined, is a person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution. When dissidents unite for a common cause they often effect a dissident movement....
at the time, but eventually, an image of Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
modern revolutionary dancing appeared on the album cover. The album's first track was a cover of old revolutionary song
Revolutionary song
Revolutionary songs are political songs that advocate or praise revolutions. They are used to boost morale, as well as for political propaganda or agitation. Amongst the most well-known revolutionary songs are "La Marseillaise" and "The Internationale". Many protest songs can be considered...
"Padaj silo i nepravdo
Padaj silo i nepravdo
"Padaj silo i nepravdo" is a Croatian revolutionary song inspired by the Hvar Rebellion. The song was revived during World War II by Yugoslav Partisans from Dalmatia . The song gained its prominence after movie Battle of Neretva...
", sung by Bregović, World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
hero Svetozar Vukmanović Tempo and children from the Sarajevo orphanage Ljubica Ivezić. The album's main hits were pop song "Hajdemo u planine" ("Let's Go to the Mountains"), "Noćas je k'o lubenica pun mjesec iznad Bosne" ("Tonight a Moon Full Like a Watermelon Is Over Bosnia"), ballads "Te noći kad umrem, kad odem, kad me ne bude" ("That Night, When I Die, When I Leave, When I'm Gone") and "Ružica si bila" ("You Were a Rose"). In 1987 Belgrade rock journalist Dragan Kremer, in the show Šit mjeseca (Shit of the Month) on the RTV Sarajevo, tore the album cover and made Bregović (who also appeared in the show) angry, which was one of the larger media scandals of the time. The incident did not affect the album sales.The tour was also very successful, and the concert at Sajmište featured opera singer Dubravka Zubović
Dubravka Zubovic
Dubravka Zubovic is an opera singer. She has lived in Orange County, California, USA since 1991.-History:...
as guest.
Double live album Mramor, kamen i željezo
Mramor, kamen i željezo
Mramor, kamen i željezo is the third live album by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme. Released as a double album, the material was recorded throughout 1987 during the band's tour in support of their Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo album...
(Marble, Stone and Iron) recorded on the tour was released in 1987. The title song was a cover of the old Roboti hit. The album offered a retrospective of the band's work, featuring songs from their first singles, as well as from the last album. The track "A milicija trenira strogoću" begins with "The Internationale
The Internationale
The Internationale is a famous socialist, communist, social-democratic and anarchist anthem.The Internationale became the anthem of international socialism, and gained particular fame under the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1944, when it was that communist state's de facto central anthem...
" melody, and during the intro to "Svi marš na ples" Islamović shouts "Bratsvo! Jedinstvo!" ("Brotherhood! Unity!
Brotherhood and unity
Brotherhood and Unity was a popular slogan of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia that was coined during the Yugoslav People's Liberation War , and which evolved into a guiding principle of Yugoslavia's post-war inter-ethnic policy....
"). After the tour Vlado Pravdić unofficially left the band, dedicating himself to the computer business. He performed with the band only several times more on bigger concerts.
At the end of 1988 the album Ćiribiribela
Ciribiribela
Ćiribiribela is the ninth and final studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.Ćiribiribela is critically considered to have been Bijelo dugme's best album in their fifteen year carrier...
, which featured Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks was an American folk painter, a distinguished minister of the Society of Friends, and he also became a Quaker icon because of his paintings.-Early life:...
' painting of Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark is a vessel appearing in the Book of Genesis and the Quran . These narratives describe the construction of the ark by Noah at God's command to save himself, his family, and the world's animals from the worldwide deluge of the Great Flood.In the narrative of the ark, God sees the...
on the cover, was released. The album's biggest hit was "Đurđevdan
Ederlezi (song)
"Ederlezi" is a popular traditional folk song of the Roma minority in the Balkans.The song got its name after Ederlezi which is a Spring festival, especially celebrated by Roma people in the Balkans, Turkey and elsewhere around the world. This holiday celebrates the return of springtime. Ederlezi...
", a cover of traditional Romani song "Ederlezi
Ederlezi (song)
"Ederlezi" is a popular traditional folk song of the Roma minority in the Balkans.The song got its name after Ederlezi which is a Spring festival, especially celebrated by Roma people in the Balkans, Turkey and elsewhere around the world. This holiday celebrates the return of springtime. Ederlezi...
", which featured Fejat Sejdić Trumpet Orchestra. The album featured a cover of national anthem of Croatia "Lijepa naša" combined with the Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
traditional World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
song "Tamo daleko
Tamo daleko
Tamo Daleko is a traditional Serbian song from World War I. It is considered by some the anthem of every Serb soldier that leaves his family and goes to fight for his country. The song is sung by a soldier on the island of Corfu, following the tactical withdrawal of the Serbian Army through east...
". The other hits included "Evo zakleću se" ("Here, I Swear"), "Ako ima Boga" ("If there Is God"), "Šta ima novo" ("What's New"), "Nakon svih ovih godina" ("After all These Years") and Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
n folk music-inspired "Ćirbiribela". At the beginning of 1989 the band went on a tour which should have lasted until April 1. However, Islamović checked into a hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
with kidney pains, not notifying anyone from the band. The tour was ended and concert in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and 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....
were cancelled. Bregović went to Paris, leaving the situation opened for speculations. In 1990 the compilation album Nakon svih ovih godina, which featured recordings made between 1983 and 1989, was released. After 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...
broke out in 1991 it became clear that Bijelo dugme ended their career.
Post-breakup
Bregović continued his career as a film music composer, cooperating mostly with Emir KusturicaEmir Kusturica
Emir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films...
. Redžić moved to Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, and after the Bosnian War
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...
ended he returned to Sarajevo. After the war broke out Ivandić went to Belgrade, where he died in 1994. Ristovski continued to work as studio musician, at the same time recording solo albums and performing with Smak
Smak
Smak is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene...
. Islamović, who recorded his first solo album Haj, nek se čuje, haj nek se zna in 1989, started a semi-successful solo career.
2005 reunion
Bregović, who during the 1990s became one of the most internationally known modern composers of the BalkansBalkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
, on numerous occasions stated that he will not reunite Bijelo dugme. However, in 2005 Bijelo dugme reunited with Bregović on guitar, Bebek, Tifa and Islamović on vocals, Redžić on bass guitar, Vukašinović and Jankelić on drums and Pravdić and Ristovski on keyboards. The band held three concerts sponsored by Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
: in Sarajevo (at Koševo stadium), Zagreb (at Maksimir stadium
Maksimir Stadium
Maksimir Stadium is a stadium in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. It takes its name from the neighbourhood of Maksimir. It is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top football team in the country. It is also home to Dinamo Zagreb's farm team NK Lokomotiva....
), and Belgrade (at Belgrade Hippodrome, attracting more than 250,000 fans, but criticized because of the weak sound). The reunion saw large covering in the media. The live album Turneja 2005 - Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd
Turneja 2005
Turneja 2005 is the double live album by Bijelo dugme. The album was due out in the spring of 2006, and has tours of the concerts from Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade.-Other Useful Information:...
(2005 Tour - Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade) recorded on the tour was released. After the concerts three vocalists continued to perform together outside former Yugoslav republics under the name Kad Bi Bio Bijelo Dugme.
Legacy
Bijelo dugme is generally considered to have been the most popular act ever to exist in former Yugoslavia, inspiring many artists from different musical genres, from all countries of former YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
. In the 2003 rock documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Sretno dijete
Sretno dijete
Sretno dijete is a documentary film directed by Igor Mirković, and produced by Rajko Grlić, an Ohio University professor of film, in 2003...
, Jasenko Houra, the guitarist and lead songwriter for Prljavo Kazalište
Prljavo kazalište
Prljavo kazalište is a rock and roll band from Zagreb, Croatia. Since its formation in 1977, the group changed several music styles and line ups but remained one of the top acts of both the Croatian and the former Yugoslav rock scenes.-Beginnings:Prljavo kazalište was formed in 1977 in Dubrava,...
said that "whatever Bijelo dugme did, everyone else did".
There were several books written about the band: Istina o Bijelom dugmetu by Danilo Štrbac, Bijelo dugme by Duško Pavlović, Ništa mudro by Darko Glavan and Dražen Vrdoljak, Lopuže koje nisu uhvatili by Dušan Vesić, Kad sam bio bijelo dugme by Ljubiša Stavrić and Vladimir Sudar.
The chorus of their ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
song "Ha, Ha, Ha" was used as the title of a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by various artists Svi marš na ples!
Svi marš na ples!
Svi marš na ples! is a compilation album released by Jugoton in 1981 in SFR Yugoslavia.The compilation features various pop and rock artists, mostly from the local new wave scene...
which was released by Jugoton in 1981.
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 eight Bijelo Dugme albums: Bitanga i princeza
Bitanga i princeza
Bitanga i princeza is the fourth studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme.It is highly regarded as the band's most mature effort and is considered by both fans and critics alike to be one of Bijelo dugme’s finest works...
(ranked #10), Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (ranked #14), Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu is the second studio album from influential former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme, released in 1975. The album is a continuation of the band's early folkish hard rock sound that was featured on their debut album Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme, again incorporating folk...
(ranked #17), Bijelo Dugme (ranked #28), Eto! Baš hoću!
Eto! Baš hocu!
Eto! Baš hoću! is the third studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme.Eto! Baš hoću! continues Bijelo dugme's early folkish hard rock style, although it is on this album that Goran Bregović began to react to changing trends in rock music by slowly shedding the band's heavy metal...
(ranked #31), Doživjeti stotu
Doživjeti stotu
Doživjeti stotu is the fifth studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme. The album is noted for the band's change of direction towards new wave, in contrast to folkish hard rock on their previous releases....
(ranked #35), Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo is the eighth studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme, and the first to feature vocalist Alen Islamović ....
(ranked #53), and Koncert kod Hajdučke česme
Koncert kod Hajducke cesme
Koncert kod Hajdučke česme is the first live release by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme...
(ranked #74).
The B92 Top 100 Yugoslav songs list fetaures three songs by Bijelo dugme: "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" (ranked #14), "Loše vino" (ranked #32) and "Ako možeš zaboravi (ranked #51).
Members
- Goran BregovićGoran BregovicGoran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
- guitar (1974–1989) - Željko BebekŽeljko BebekŽelimir "Željko" Bebek is a popular Bosnian Croat singer most notable for being the lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984....
- vocals (1974–1984) - Mladen "Tifa" Vojičić - vocals (1984–1985)
- Alen IslamovićAlen IslamovicAlen Islamović is a well-known and popular Bosnian singer in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other former Yugoslav republics...
- vocals (1986–1989) - Zoran RedžićZoran RedžicZoran Redžić is a Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme....
- bass guitar (1974–1975, 1977–1989) - Jadranko Stanković - bass guitar (1974)
- Ivica Vinkovic - bass guitar (1975)
- Ljubiša Racić - bass guitar (1975–1977)
- Sanin Karić - bass guitar (1977)
- Goran "Ipe" Ivandić - drums (1974–1976, 1977–1978, 1982–1989)
- Milić VukašinovićMilic VukašinovicMilić Vukašinović, a.k.a. Mitch Valiant is a musician from Serbia of Yugoslavian ethnicity. He was the founder of the rock band Vatreni Poljubac and drummer of the famous Yugoslav band Bijelo dugme.Born in Belgrade, he moved with his family to Peć when he was 6 years old...
- drums (1976–1977) - Dragan "Điđi" Jankelić - drums (1978–1982)
- Vlado PravdićVlado PravdicVlado Pravdić is a Bosnian musician most famous as the organist of the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1987....
- keyboards (1974–1976, 1978–1987) - Laza RistovskiLaza RistovskiLaza Ristovski was a Serbian and former Yugoslav keyboardist, best known for his involvement with Smak and Bijelo Dugme rock bands, as well as for his eclectic solo work that spawned many different musical genres.-Biography:Laza Ristovski was born in Novi Pazar as his father, a JNA officer, was...
- keyboards (1976–1978, 1984–1989)
Studio albums
- Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (1974)
- Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestuŠta bi dao da si na mom mjestuŠta bi dao da si na mom mjestu is the second studio album from influential former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme, released in 1975. The album is a continuation of the band's early folkish hard rock sound that was featured on their debut album Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme, again incorporating folk...
(1975) - Eto! Baš hoću!Eto! Baš hocu!Eto! Baš hoću! is the third studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme.Eto! Baš hoću! continues Bijelo dugme's early folkish hard rock style, although it is on this album that Goran Bregović began to react to changing trends in rock music by slowly shedding the band's heavy metal...
(1976) - Bitanga i princezaBitanga i princezaBitanga i princeza is the fourth studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme.It is highly regarded as the band's most mature effort and is considered by both fans and critics alike to be one of Bijelo dugme’s finest works...
(1979) - Doživjeti stotuDoživjeti stotuDoživjeti stotu is the fifth studio album released by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme. The album is noted for the band's change of direction towards new wave, in contrast to folkish hard rock on their previous releases....
(1980) - Uspavanka za Radmilu M.Uspavanka za Radmilu M.Uspavanka za Radmilu M. is a sixth studio album by the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.Recorded in Skopje, Macedonia and mixed at London's Britannia Row Studios it was the band's sixth studio release and by far their least successful one...
(1983) - Bijelo dugmeKosovka DjevojkaBijelo dugme is the seventh studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme. Due to Bijelo dugme's usage of the famous painting by Uroš Predić for the album's cover the most widely used name for the album is Kosovka djevojka , despite it officially being a self titled album.Kosovka...
(1984) - Pljuni i zapjevaj moja JugoslavijoPljuni i zapjevaj moja JugoslavijoPljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo is the eighth studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme, and the first to feature vocalist Alen Islamović ....
(1986) - ĆiribiribelaCiribiribelaĆiribiribela is the ninth and final studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.Ćiribiribela is critically considered to have been Bijelo dugme's best album in their fifteen year carrier...
(1988)
Live albums
- Koncert kod Hajdučke česmeKoncert kod Hajducke cesmeKoncert kod Hajdučke česme is the first live release by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme...
(1977) - 5. april '815. april '81-Personnel:*Željko Bebek – vocals*Goran Bregović – guitar*Zoran Redžić – bass*Điđi Jankelić – drums*Vlado Pravdić – keyboard...
(1981) - Mramor, kamen i željezoMramor, kamen i željezoMramor, kamen i željezo is the third live album by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme. Released as a double album, the material was recorded throughout 1987 during the band's tour in support of their Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo album...
(1987) - Turneja 2005 - Sarajevo, Zagreb, BeogradTurneja 2005Turneja 2005 is the double live album by Bijelo dugme. The album was due out in the spring of 2006, and has tours of the concerts from Sarajevo, Zagreb, and Belgrade.-Other Useful Information:...
(2005)
Compilations
- Iz sve snage (1975)
- Singl ploče (1974-1975)Singl ploce (1974-1975)Singl ploče is the fourth compilation released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.-Track listing:#"Top" – 4:16#"Ovu ću noći naći blues" – 4:23#"Glavni junak jedne knjige" – 3:38#"Bila mama Kukunka, bio tata Taranta" – 1:33...
(1982) - Singl ploče (1976-1980)Singl ploce (1976-1980)Singl ploče is the fifth compilation released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme.-Track listing:#"Bitanga i princeza" – 3:48#"Dede bona, sjeti se, de tako ti svega" – 4:37#"Dobro vam jutro Petrović Petre" – 2:28...
(1982) - Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam (Velike rock balade)Sanjao sam nocas da te nemam (Velike rock balade)Sanjao sam noćas da te nemam is a 1984 compilation album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo dugme that features thirteen of their ballads recorded between 1974 and 1983...
(1984) - Nakon svih ovih godina (1990)
- Ima neka tajna veza (1994)
- Rock'n'roll (Najveći hitovi '74-'88) (1994)
- Ajmo curice, 'ajmo dječaci (2005)
- Best of 1984-1989 (2005)
- Ultimate Collection (2007)
Video projects
- Uspavanka za Radmilu M. (1983)
- Ćiribiribela (1989)
- Nakon svih ovih godina (1990)
- Ima neka tajna veza (1994)
- Antologija 1 (2005)
- Antologija 2 (2005)
- Turneja 2005: Sarajevo-Zagreb-Beograd (2005)
See also
- SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene
- Sarajevo school of pop rockSarajevo school of pop rockThe Sarajevo school of pop rock collectively refers to the popular music created between 1960 and 1991 by artists and bands native to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina ....
- Yugoslav New WaveYugoslav New WaveNew Wave in Yugoslavia was the New Wave music scene of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...