Galija
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Galija is a Serbia
n and former Yugoslav rock
band from Niš
. The central figures of the band are brothers Nenad Milosavljević
(vocals, acoustic guitar
and harmonica
) and Predrag Milosavljević (vocals). The band's first several albums were progressive rock
-oriented, but in the mid-1980s the band moved towards more mainstream-oriented sound, and reached the peak of popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
(guitar
and vocals), Goran Ljubisavljević (guitar), Predrag Branković (bass guitar
), Nenad Tančić (drums
) and Branislav Stamenković (keyboards
). The band was named after the famous kafana
in Niš. Tančić soon left the band due to his army obligations, and was replaced by Boban Pavlović who would, during the following years, remain one of the rare permanent members of the band. In 1978, with the new keyboard player, Zoran Stanković, Galija won the first place at the Gitarijada Festival
in Zaječar
. Several months later they performed at the Omladinski festival in Subotica
with Ljubodrag Vukadinović playing the keyboards. During the same year they performed as the opening band on Smak
tour.
In 1979 the band released their debut album Prva plovidba
(The First Sail). Nenad Milosvaljević's brother Predrag Milosavljević appeared on the album on vocals as a guest musician, and also wrote most of the album lyrics. The album brought hits "Avanturista" ("Adventurist"), "Gospi" ("For the Lady") and "Decimen". After the band's performance at Bijelo Dugme
's rock spectacle on JNA Stadium
, Ljubisavljević, Branković and Vukadinović left the band. The bass guitarist Zoran Radosavljević, the guitarist Dušan Radivojević and the keyboardist Nebojša Marković became the band's new members.
The album Druga plovidba
(The Second Sail) was recorded in 1979. It was produced by Gordi
guitarist Zlatko Manojlović. Druga plovidba was the first Galija album to feature Predrag Milosavljević as the official band member. In 1980, the band performed at the Split
festival, playing at Poljud Stadium with thirteen other bands. During this period, Galija achieved huge success with the audience in Bosnia and Herzegovina
, and until the beginning of Yugoslav wars
the band had the biggest fanbase in Bosnia. Boban Stamenković left the band in 1980, and was replaced by Zoran Stamenković. During that summer they performed in Makarska
, and during the following years they would continue to hold regular concerts in the town.
In 1982, Ipak verujem u sebe
(Nevertheless, I Believe in Myself) was released, bringing hits "Još uvek sanjam" ("I'm Still Dreaming") and "Burna pijana noć" ("Stormy Drunken Night"). At the beginning of 1982, Boban Pavlović returned to the band. In 1983, Galija performed as the opening band at Joe Cocker
's concert in Pionir Hall
in Belgrade
, and on the June 10, 1983 they held a big concert at Belgrade
's Tašmajdan Stadium with Potop and Kerber
as the opening bands. Potop leader, keyboardist Saša Lokner, soon became a member of Galija. In October, they recorded their fourth studio album Bez naglih skokova
(Without Bounces). The album was recorded in Manchester
and was produced by Nightwing
bass guitarist Gordon Rowley, who previously worked with another band from Niš, Kerber
, and mixed in California
. Bez naglih skokova did not bring any hits.
At the end of 1983, Galija were voted "The Best Live Act on the Shore" by Split youth. During the year the band started to hold regular concerts in Muzički klub 81 in Niš. During the same year, Lokner joined Bajaga i Instruktori
, and was replaced by Aleksandar Ralev. Jean-Jacques Roscam, Belgian of Zaire
origin, a former Peđa D'Boy Band member, soon joined Galija as the lead guitarist. In 1986, the band released album Digni ruku
(Raise Your Hand). The album featured Roscam's song "Winter's Coming", with lyrics written by Vaya Con Dios
singer Dani Klein
.
The keyboard and flute
player Bratislav "Bata" Zlatković and the songwriter
Radoman Kanjevac brought new ideas to the band. Kanjevac brought up an idea of releasing an album trilogy
which would deal with problems of SFR Yugoslavia in transition. Album Daleko je Sunce
(Distant is the Sun), named after Dobrica Ćosić
's novel, featured numerous guest musicians: Kornelije Kovač
, Saša Lokner, Nenad Stefanović "Japanac", Ivan Vdović
, Fejat Sejdić trumpet orchestra and others. Songs were named after the works of writers Dobrica Ćosić
, Branko Ćopić
, Ivo Andrić
, Laza Lazarević
and Aleksa Šantić
. The album's biggest hits were the ballad "Da li si spavala" ("Did You Sleep") and the folk
-oriented "Mi znamo sudbu" ("We Know the Destiny"). The other hits included "Intimni odnosi" ("Intimate Relationsip"), "Orlovi rano lete" ("Eagles Start Flying Early ") and "Kao i obično" ("Like Usual"). The song "Zebre i bizoni" ("Zebras and Buffalos") was dealing with the enigma of Josip Broz Tito
's residence at Brijuni
, and only "Zebre i bizoni" lyrics were not printed on the inner sleeve
.
After Daleko je Sunce was released, Zoran Radosavljević left the band, and was replaced by Predrag Milanović. The second part of the trilogy, Korak do slobode
(One Step to Freedom) was released in 1989. The album was produced by Saša Habić. The song "Sloboda" ("Freedom") featured Kerber
frontman Goran Šepa
on vocals. The album hits included "Na tvojim usnama" ("On Your Lips"), "Kopaonik", "Korak do slobode" and "Kad me pogledaš" ("When You Look at Me"). Roscam's reggae
song "Ljubavna pesma" ("Love Song") had ironic lyrics dealing with the growing nationalism
in Yugoslavia. During the same year, Nenad Milosavljević won the Composer of the Year Award at MESAM festival, although Zlatković was the band's main author. The new bass guitarist Dušan Karadžić soon joined Galija.
, Valentino, Viktorija
and Bajaga i Instruktori
, performed at the three-day concerts in Timişoara
. During the same year, the compilation album Još uvek sanjam (Najveći hitovi)
(I'm Still Dreaming (Greatest Hits)) was released, with some of the old songs re-recorded. At the time of the first multi-party elections in Yugoslavia, Galija recorded a promotional record with songs "On je isti kao on" ("He Is just Like Him", which compared Josip Broz Tito
and Slobodan Milošević
), "Ti si moja jedina Partija" ("You Are My Only Party"), "Posle svega" ("After Everything") and "Komunista" ("Communist", which featured Romani musician Šaban Bajramović
on vocals). Because of the political censorship
, the record was never released. With the album Istorija, ti i ja
(History, You and Me), released in 1991, the trilogy was complete. The album, produced by Valentino member Nikša Bratoš
, featured some of the band's biggest hits: "Skadarska" ("Skadarska Street"), "Trube" ("Trumpets"), "Da me nisi" ("If You Haven't"), "Trava" ("Grass") and "Seti se maja" ("Remember May"). Soon after releasing the album, Roscam left the band because of the growing tensions in the country. Dragutin Jakovljević replaced him. In June, Galija was the opening band on Bob Dylan
's concert in Zemun
. In August, they had their last concert in Sarajevo
.
The band, in the new lineup, released the compilation album Ni rat ni mir (Odlomci iz trilogije)
(Neither War nor Peace (Passages from the Trilogy)), which consisted of songs from the trilogy, and two new songs "Pravo slavlje" ("Real Celebration", also a word play
, as "Pravoslavlje" means "Orthodoxy
") and "Na Drini ćuprija" ("The Bridge on the Drina
"). The 7" single with these two songs was given as a present to the members of the audience on their concert in Sava Centar. A year later, they held another concert in Sava Centar, as a part of celebration of Srpska književna zadruga hundred years of existence. They recorded another gift-single entitled Jednom u sto godina
(Once in a Hundred Years), with a cover of Film song "Mi nismo sami" ("We Are Not Alone") and a cover of Indexi
song "Sanjam" ("I'm Dreaming"), the latter featuring a recording of Ivo Andrić
's voice. At the beginning of 1993, Zlatković left the band. Oliver Jezdić became the new keyboard player, and Bratislav Milošević became the new bass guiarist.
The new album Karavan
(Caravan) was recorded in Cyprus
and produced by Saša Habić. After the album was released, Kanjevac ended his cooperation with the band. During the summer, a tour was organized, and the album was promoted with a large number of free concerts, one of them being a concert in the park outside Belgrade's Old Palace. At the time, Galija began to promote Socialist Party of Serbia
, which has provoked a part of the critics and fans, who have proclaimed Galija a "state's band".
In 1996, the album Trinaest
(Thirteen) was released. Alongside Predrag Milosavljević's lyrics, Trinaest songs featured lyrics from Branko Radičević
, Stevan Raičković and Petar Pajić's poems. During the next year, the band released the compilation album Večita plovidba
(Eternal Sail), and the studio album Voleti voleti
(To Love to Love). The recording of the concert they held in Čair Hall in Niš on March 8, 1988 was released on the live album Ja jesam odavde
(I Am From Here). On that evening the band performed in the following lineup: Nenad Milosavljević (acoustic guitar and vocals), Saša Ranđelović (guitar), Dragutin Jakovljević (guitar), Saša Lokner (keyboard), Boban Pavlović (drums) and Slaviša Pavlović (bass guitar). In 1999, the band released the album Južnjačka uteha
(Southern Comfort) with covers of Serbian traditional songs. The album was recorded without Predrag Milosavljević.
(Good Morning, It's Me), in the following lineup: Nenad Milosavljević (vocals), Predrag Milosavljević (vocals), Dragutin Jakovljević (guitar), Jan Vrba (keyboards), Boban Pavlović (drums) and Slaviša Pavlović (bass guitar). The album featured Laza Ristovski
, Aleksandra Kovač
and Kristina Kovač
as guest musicians. The following year, PGP-RTS
released a best of compilation Najveći hitovi featuring digitally remastered eighteen tracks spanning the whole band's career.
In 2009, in order to celebrate 30 years since the release of their debut album Prva plovidba, on November 3, the band released a compilation album Oženiše me muzikom
(They Got Me Married To Music), featuring a double compilation album consisting of 33 tracks recorded from 1979 until 1996, and a DVD entitled Kamera kao svedok (Camera As A Witness), with 19 promotional videos the band recorded during the same period.
(A Seat by the Window). The album title was selected out of four suggestions via fan e-mail poll. Mesto pored prozora was released in October 2010. Videos for the songs "Zločin i kazna" ("Crime and Punishment"), which featured the actor Srđan Todorović, and "Čuvam ti mesto pored prozora" ("I'm Keeping a Seat by the Window for You") were directed by Aleksa Gajić
.
In May, 2011, Galija performed in Sarajevo after twenty years. The band celebrated thirty-five years of work with two concerts in Sava Centar, on October 22 and 23, 2011. The setlist consisted mostly of the band's ballads in new arrangements. The concerts featured numerous guests: TV host Ivan Ivanović, the band's former member Jean Jacques Roscam, actor Goran Sultanović, actress Sloboda Mićalović Ćetković, traditional music singer Biljana Krstić, rock musician Kiki Lesendrić
, pop musician Vlado Georgiev
, actor Vuk Kostić
, and others.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n and former Yugoslav rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Niš
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
. The central figures of the band are brothers Nenad Milosavljević
Nenad Milosavljevic
Nenad Milosavljević , also known as Neša Galija , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.-Biography:...
(vocals, acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
and harmonica
Harmonica
The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
) and Predrag Milosavljević (vocals). The band's first several albums were progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
-oriented, but in the mid-1980s the band moved towards more mainstream-oriented sound, and reached the peak of popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
1970s and 1980s
The band was formed in 1976 by former Dva Lustera (Two Chandeliers) members. The first lineup of Galija featured Nenad MilosavljevićNenad Milosavljevic
Nenad Milosavljević , also known as Neša Galija , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.-Biography:...
(guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocals), Goran Ljubisavljević (guitar), Predrag Branković (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Nenad Tančić (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 ....
) and Branislav Stamenković (keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
). The band was named after the famous kafana
Kafana
Kafana , kafeana , kavana are terms used in the former Yugoslav countries for a distinct type of local bistro which primarily serves alcoholic beverages and coffee , and which sometimes also has a live band.The concept of a social gathering place for men to drink...
in Niš. Tančić soon left the band due to his army obligations, and was replaced by Boban Pavlović who would, during the following years, remain one of the rare permanent members of the band. In 1978, with the new keyboard player, Zoran Stanković, Galija won the first place at the Gitarijada Festival
Gitarijada
Gitarijada is a musical festival held in Zaječar, Serbia in order to promote demo bands. Held since 1969, Gitarijada is one of the longest lasting festivals in Serbia and in South Eastern Europe and the largest festival of young and unsinged bands in South Eastern Europe...
in Zaječar
Zajecar
Zaječar is a city and municipality in the eastern part of Serbia. According to the 2011 census the town has a population of 36,830, and its coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East...
. Several months later they performed at the Omladinski festival in Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...
with Ljubodrag Vukadinović playing the keyboards. During the same year they performed as the opening band on 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...
tour.
In 1979 the band released their debut album Prva plovidba
Prva plovidba
Prva plovidba is the debut studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.Predrag Milosavljević, brother of the band frontman Nenad Milosavljević, appeared on the album on vocals, but was credited only as a guest...
(The First Sail). Nenad Milosvaljević's brother Predrag Milosavljević appeared on the album on vocals as a guest musician, and also wrote most of the album lyrics. The album brought hits "Avanturista" ("Adventurist"), "Gospi" ("For the Lady") and "Decimen". After the band's performance at Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
's rock spectacle on JNA Stadium
Partizan Stadium
Partizan Stadium is a football and track-and-field stadium in Belgrade, Serbia, owned by FK Partizan. It carried the name JNA Stadium for a long time and was the site of Youth Day parade. Even today, the majority of football fans in all countries of the former Yugoslavia call it by its old name....
, Ljubisavljević, Branković and Vukadinović left the band. The bass guitarist Zoran Radosavljević, the guitarist Dušan Radivojević and the keyboardist Nebojša Marković became the band's new members.
The album Druga plovidba
Druga plovidba
Druga plovidba is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.Druga plovidba is the first album recorded with Predrag Milosavljević as the official band member, although he appeared on the band's previous album, Prva plovidba.-Track listing:All the music was written...
(The Second Sail) was recorded in 1979. It was produced by Gordi
Gordi
Gordi were a former Yugoslav heavy metal band from Belgrade. Although only their last two studio albums, Pakleni trio and Kraljica smrti, were truly heavy metal oriented, these are the albums for which Gordi are generally most remembered.-Band history:The band was formed in November 1977 by former...
guitarist Zlatko Manojlović. Druga plovidba was the first Galija album to feature Predrag Milosavljević as the official band member. In 1980, the band performed at the Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
festival, playing at Poljud Stadium with thirteen other bands. During this period, Galija achieved huge success with the audience in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
, and until the beginning of 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...
the band had the biggest fanbase in Bosnia. Boban Stamenković left the band in 1980, and was replaced by Zoran Stamenković. During that summer they performed in Makarska
Makarska
Makarska is a small town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split and northwest of Dubrovnik. It has a population of 13,716 residents. Administratively Makarska has the status of a town and it is part of the Split-Dalmatia County....
, and during the following years they would continue to hold regular concerts in the town.
In 1982, Ipak verujem u sebe
Ipak verujem u sebe
Ipak verujem u sebe is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.-Track listing:All the songs were written by Nenad Milosavljević and Predrag Milosavljević ....
(Nevertheless, I Believe in Myself) was released, bringing hits "Još uvek sanjam" ("I'm Still Dreaming") and "Burna pijana noć" ("Stormy Drunken Night"). At the beginning of 1982, Boban Pavlović returned to the band. In 1983, Galija performed as the opening band at Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...
's concert in Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall, or Pionir Arena is a sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula...
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...
, and on the June 10, 1983 they held a big concert at 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 Tašmajdan Stadium with Potop and Kerber
Kerber
Kerber is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Niš.-1980s:The original members of Kerber were Goran Šepa "Gale" , Tomislav Nikolić , Branislav "Bane" Božinović , Zoran Stamenković and Zoran Madić . In 1981, formerly known as Top Kerber (Serbian Cyrillic: Кербер; trans. Cerberus) is a...
as the opening bands. Potop leader, keyboardist Saša Lokner, soon became a member of Galija. In October, they recorded their fourth studio album Bez naglih skokova
Bez naglih skokova
Bez naglih skokova is the fourth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.The album was recorded in Strawberry Studios in Manchester, England and produced by Nightwing member Gordon Rowley...
(Without Bounces). The album was recorded in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and was produced by Nightwing
Nightwing (band)
Nightwing is a British heavy metal band, originally formed in 1978 as "Gordon and Friends" by bassist Gordon Rowley and keyboardist Kenny Newton. Their first release was 1981's Something In The Air on the Ovation Records label and featured three drummers before the band reduced its numbers for the...
bass guitarist Gordon Rowley, who previously worked with another band from Niš, Kerber
Kerber
Kerber is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Niš.-1980s:The original members of Kerber were Goran Šepa "Gale" , Tomislav Nikolić , Branislav "Bane" Božinović , Zoran Stamenković and Zoran Madić . In 1981, formerly known as Top Kerber (Serbian Cyrillic: Кербер; trans. Cerberus) is a...
, and mixed in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Bez naglih skokova did not bring any hits.
At the end of 1983, Galija were voted "The Best Live Act on the Shore" by Split youth. During the year the band started to hold regular concerts in Muzički klub 81 in Niš. During the same year, Lokner joined Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
, and was replaced by Aleksandar Ralev. Jean-Jacques Roscam, Belgian of Zaire
Zaire
The Republic of Zaire was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between 27 October 1971 and 17 May 1997. The name of Zaire derives from the , itself an adaptation of the Kongo word nzere or nzadi, or "the river that swallows all rivers".-Self-proclaimed Father of the Nation:In...
origin, a former Peđa D'Boy Band member, soon joined Galija as the lead guitarist. In 1986, the band released album Digni ruku
Digni ruku
Digni ruku is the fifth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.The song "Winter's Coming" features English language lyrics written by Vaya Con Dios member Dani Klein...
(Raise Your Hand). The album featured Roscam's song "Winter's Coming", with lyrics written by Vaya Con Dios
Vaya Con Dios (band)
Vaya Con Dios is a Belgian musical group founded in 1986 by Dani Klein, Dirk Schoufs, and Willy Lambregt . Their name is Spanish for "Go with God"...
singer Dani Klein
Dani Klein
Danielle Schoovaerts , known as Dani Klein, is a Belgian singer and member of the band Vaya Con Dios.In the 1980s, she was also a member of Arbeid Adelt! with Luc Van Acker , Ladies sing the Blues with Réjane Magloire and Beverly Jo Scott, Purple Prose and Steelover with Rudy Lenners.-External...
.
The keyboard and flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
player Bratislav "Bata" Zlatković and the songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
Radoman Kanjevac brought new ideas to the band. Kanjevac brought up an idea of releasing an album trilogy
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games...
which would deal with problems of SFR Yugoslavia in transition. Album Daleko je Sunce
Daleko je Sunce
Daleko je Sunce is the sixth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. It is the first part of the trilogy consisting of this album, the album Korak do slobode and the album Istorija, ti i ja....
(Distant is the Sun), named after Dobrica Ćosić
Dobrica Cosic
Dobrica Ćosić is a Serbian writer, as well as a political and Serb nationalist theorist. He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993...
's novel, featured numerous guest musicians: Kornelije Kovač
Kornelije Kovac
Kornelije "Bata" Kovač is a famous Serbian composer. He is a father of Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač, both successful Serbian singers.-Early life:...
, Saša Lokner, Nenad Stefanović "Japanac", Ivan Vdović
Ivan Vdovic
Ivan "Ivica" Vdović also known as VD was Yugoslavian musician, drummer of Yugoslav rock bands such as Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II....
, Fejat Sejdić trumpet orchestra and others. Songs were named after the works of writers Dobrica Ćosić
Dobrica Cosic
Dobrica Ćosić is a Serbian writer, as well as a political and Serb nationalist theorist. He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993...
, Branko Ćopić
Branko Copic
Branko Ćopić was Yugoslav writer. He was an ethnic Serb born in the village of Hašani near Bosanska Krupa. He attended schools in Bihać, Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Karlovac before moving to Belgrade to study philosophy at the University of Belgrade until his graduation in 1940.Upon the uprising in...
, Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andric
Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...
, Laza Lazarević
Laza Lazarevic
Laza K. Lazarević was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist. The primary interest of Lazarević throughout his short life was the science of medicine...
and Aleksa Šantić
Aleksa Šantic
Aleksa Šantić was a Serb poet from Herzegovina.He was born and lived most his life in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, a province that was occupied by Austria-Hungary in 1878 and annexed by them in 1908...
. The album's biggest hits were the ballad "Da li si spavala" ("Did You Sleep") and the folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
-oriented "Mi znamo sudbu" ("We Know the Destiny"). The other hits included "Intimni odnosi" ("Intimate Relationsip"), "Orlovi rano lete" ("Eagles Start Flying Early ") and "Kao i obično" ("Like Usual"). The song "Zebre i bizoni" ("Zebras and Buffalos") was dealing with the enigma of 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...
's residence at Brijuni
Brijuni
The Brijuni or the Brijuni Islands are a group of fourteen small islands in the Croatian part of the northern Adriatic Sea, separated from the west coast of the Istrian peninsula by the narrow Fažana Strait...
, and only "Zebre i bizoni" lyrics were not printed on the inner sleeve
Album cover
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
.
After Daleko je Sunce was released, Zoran Radosavljević left the band, and was replaced by Predrag Milanović. The second part of the trilogy, Korak do slobode
Korak do slobode
Korak do slobode is the seventh studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. It is the second part of the trilogy consisting of the album Daleko je Sunce, this album and the album Istorija, ti i ja...
(One Step to Freedom) was released in 1989. The album was produced by Saša Habić. The song "Sloboda" ("Freedom") featured Kerber
Kerber
Kerber is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Niš.-1980s:The original members of Kerber were Goran Šepa "Gale" , Tomislav Nikolić , Branislav "Bane" Božinović , Zoran Stamenković and Zoran Madić . In 1981, formerly known as Top Kerber (Serbian Cyrillic: Кербер; trans. Cerberus) is a...
frontman Goran Šepa
Goran Šepa
Goran Šepa , also known as Gale, is a Serbian singer. He is best known as the lead singer for the Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock/heavy metal band Kerber...
on vocals. The album hits included "Na tvojim usnama" ("On Your Lips"), "Kopaonik", "Korak do slobode" and "Kad me pogledaš" ("When You Look at Me"). Roscam's reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
song "Ljubavna pesma" ("Love Song") had ironic lyrics dealing with the growing nationalism
Nationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
in Yugoslavia. During the same year, Nenad Milosavljević won the Composer of the Year Award at MESAM festival, although Zlatković was the band's main author. The new bass guitarist Dušan Karadžić soon joined Galija.
1990s
At the beginning of 1990, Galija, alongside Riblja ČorbaRiblja 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...
, Valentino, Viktorija
Viktorija
Snežana Mišković , better known by her stage name Viktorija , is a Serbian female rock singer known for her husky voice.-Biography:Snežana Mišković was born in Vučitrn. She came to Belgrade as a student in 1976, where she started performing with Society of Culture and Arts Branko Krsmanović and the...
and Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
, performed at the three-day concerts in Timişoara
Timisoara
Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
. During the same year, the compilation album Još uvek sanjam (Najveći hitovi)
Još uvek sanjam (Najveći hitovi)
Još uvek sanjam is a compilation album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija....
(I'm Still Dreaming (Greatest Hits)) was released, with some of the old songs re-recorded. At the time of the first multi-party elections in Yugoslavia, Galija recorded a promotional record with songs "On je isti kao on" ("He Is just Like Him", which compared 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...
and Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
), "Ti si moja jedina Partija" ("You Are My Only Party"), "Posle svega" ("After Everything") and "Komunista" ("Communist", which featured Romani musician Šaban Bajramović
Šaban Bajramovic
-Biography:He was born in Niš where he attended primary school for only the first four years. On quitting school, he picked up his musical education on the street.When he was 19 he ran away from the army out of love for a girl...
on vocals). Because of the political censorship
Censorship
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, the record was never released. With the album Istorija, ti i ja
Istorija, ti i ja
Istorija, ti i ja is the eighth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. It is the third and the final part of the trilogy consisting of the album Daleko je Sunce, the album Korak do slobode and this album...
(History, You and Me), released in 1991, the trilogy was complete. The album, produced by Valentino member Nikša Bratoš
Nikša Bratoš
Nikša Bratoš is a Bosnian musician who gained fame in former Yugoslavia. He is known for having played in bands Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on songs for a variety of Croatian pop artists.-Biography:...
, featured some of the band's biggest hits: "Skadarska" ("Skadarska Street"), "Trube" ("Trumpets"), "Da me nisi" ("If You Haven't"), "Trava" ("Grass") and "Seti se maja" ("Remember May"). Soon after releasing the album, Roscam left the band because of the growing tensions in the country. Dragutin Jakovljević replaced him. In June, Galija was the opening band on Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's concert in Zemun
Zemun
Zemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
. In August, they had their last concert 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....
.
The band, in the new lineup, released the compilation album Ni rat ni mir (Odlomci iz trilogije)
Ni rat ni mir (Odlomci iz trilogije)
Ni rat ni mir is a compilation album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. The features songs from Galija trilogy, which consists of the albums Daleko je Sunce, Korak do slobode and Istorija, ti i ja...
(Neither War nor Peace (Passages from the Trilogy)), which consisted of songs from the trilogy, and two new songs "Pravo slavlje" ("Real Celebration", also a word play
Word play
Word play or wordplay is a literary technique in which the words that are used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement...
, as "Pravoslavlje" means "Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy
The word orthodox, from Greek orthos + doxa , is generally used to mean the adherence to accepted norms, more specifically to creeds, especially in religion...
") and "Na Drini ćuprija" ("The Bridge on the Drina
The Bridge on the Drina
The Bridge on the Drina , sometimes restyled as The Bridge Over the Drina, is a novel by Yugoslav writer Ivo Andrić. Andrić wrote the novel while living quietly in Belgrade during World War II, publishing it in 1945...
"). The 7" single with these two songs was given as a present to the members of the audience on their concert in Sava Centar. A year later, they held another concert in Sava Centar, as a part of celebration of Srpska književna zadruga hundred years of existence. They recorded another gift-single entitled Jednom u sto godina
Jednom u sto godina
Jednom u sto godina is a 7" single release by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. The release features a cover of Film song "Mi nismo sami" and a cover of Indexi song "Sanjam", and these are two out of three covers ever recorded by Galija Jednom u sto godina (trans. Once In a Hundred...
(Once in a Hundred Years), with a cover of Film song "Mi nismo sami" ("We Are Not Alone") and 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 "Sanjam" ("I'm Dreaming"), the latter featuring a recording of Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andric
Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...
's voice. At the beginning of 1993, Zlatković left the band. Oliver Jezdić became the new keyboard player, and Bratislav Milošević became the new bass guiarist.
The new album Karavan
Karavan (album)
Karavan is the ninth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. This is the last album recorded in cooperation with the lyricist Radomir Kanjevac.-Track listing:#"Petlovi" – 2:45...
(Caravan) was recorded in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
and produced by Saša Habić. After the album was released, Kanjevac ended his cooperation with the band. During the summer, a tour was organized, and the album was promoted with a large number of free concerts, one of them being a concert in the park outside Belgrade's Old Palace. At the time, Galija began to promote Socialist Party of Serbia
Socialist Party of Serbia
The Socialist Party of Serbia is officially a democratic socialist political party in Serbia. It is also widely recognized as a de facto Serbian nationalist party, though the party itself does not officially acknowledge this...
, which has provoked a part of the critics and fans, who have proclaimed Galija a "state's band".
In 1996, the album Trinaest
Trinaest
Trinaest is the tenth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.Besides the lyrics written by the band member Predrag Milosavljević, songs feature lyrics written by poets Branko Radičević, Stevan Raičković and Petar Pajić.-Track listing:#"Imali smo krila" – 4:30#"Ona zna sve"...
(Thirteen) was released. Alongside Predrag Milosavljević's lyrics, Trinaest songs featured lyrics from Branko Radičević
Branko Radicevic
Branko Radičević , an influential Serbian poet, within a short space of time contrived to enhance Serbian literature with several perennially attractive poems.- Biography:...
, Stevan Raičković and Petar Pajić's poems. During the next year, the band released the compilation album Večita plovidba
Večita plovidba
Večita plovidba is a compilation album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija, released in 1997.-Track listing:#"Avanturista" - 4:26#"Decimen" - 4:53#"Gospi" - 3:43...
(Eternal Sail), and the studio album Voleti voleti
Voleti voleti
Voleti voleti is the eleventh studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.-Track listing:All the songs were written by Nenad Milosavljević and Slobodan Kostadinović .#"Pege" – 4:17...
(To Love to Love). The recording of the concert they held in Čair Hall in Niš on March 8, 1988 was released on the live album Ja jesam odavde
Ja jesam odavde
Ja jesam odavde is the first and so far the only live album by former Yugoslav and Serbian rock band Galija. The album was recorded on Galija concert held on March 8, 1998 in Čair Sports Center, Niš....
(I Am From Here). On that evening the band performed in the following lineup: Nenad Milosavljević (acoustic guitar and vocals), Saša Ranđelović (guitar), Dragutin Jakovljević (guitar), Saša Lokner (keyboard), Boban Pavlović (drums) and Slaviša Pavlović (bass guitar). In 1999, the band released the album Južnjačka uteha
Južnjačka uteha
Južnjača uteha is the twelfth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija, released in 1999. The album features covers of Serbian traditional songs...
(Southern Comfort) with covers of Serbian traditional songs. The album was recorded without Predrag Milosavljević.
2000s
In 2005 the band released the album Dobro jutro, to sam jaDobro jutro, to sam ja
Dobro jutro, to sam ja is the thirteenth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija, released in 2005.-Track listing:...
(Good Morning, It's Me), in the following lineup: Nenad Milosavljević (vocals), Predrag Milosavljević (vocals), Dragutin Jakovljević (guitar), Jan Vrba (keyboards), Boban Pavlović (drums) and Slaviša Pavlović (bass guitar). The album featured 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...
, Aleksandra Kovač
Aleksandra Kovac
Aleksandra Kovač is a Serbian singer-songwriter. She is the eldest daughter of eminent composer Kornelije Kovač and the elder sister of singer Kristina Kovač. Alongside her sister Kristina, Kovač came to media prominence as a part of girl group K2, and then launched a successful solo career in 2001...
and Kristina Kovač
Kristina Kovac
Kristina Kovač is a Serbian singer and composer. She is a major pop star in Serbia. She became famous during the 1990s when she and her sister Aleksandra Kovač were the big attraction in Serbia and surrounding countries - R&B band K2...
as guest musicians. The following year, PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1958 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
released a best of compilation Najveći hitovi featuring digitally remastered eighteen tracks spanning the whole band's career.
In 2009, in order to celebrate 30 years since the release of their debut album Prva plovidba, on November 3, the band released a compilation album Oženiše me muzikom
Oženiše me muzikom
Oženiše me muzikom is a 3-piece compilation album from the Serbian rock band Galija, released in 2009. With the release of the album the band marked thirty years from the release of their debut album Prva plovidba...
(They Got Me Married To Music), featuring a double compilation album consisting of 33 tracks recorded from 1979 until 1996, and a DVD entitled Kamera kao svedok (Camera As A Witness), with 19 promotional videos the band recorded during the same period.
2010s
In May, 2010, the band finished the recording of their latest studio album, Mesto pored prozoraMesto pored prozora
Mesto pored prozora is the fourteenth studio album from Serbian rock band Galija, released in 2010.-Background and recording:...
(A Seat by the Window). The album title was selected out of four suggestions via fan e-mail poll. Mesto pored prozora was released in October 2010. Videos for the songs "Zločin i kazna" ("Crime and Punishment"), which featured the actor Srđan Todorović, and "Čuvam ti mesto pored prozora" ("I'm Keeping a Seat by the Window for You") were directed by Aleksa Gajić
Aleksa Gajic
Aleksa Gajić is a Serbian comics artist. Gajić is best known as the illustrator of Scourge of the Gods , written by Valérie Mangin, and Technotise...
.
In May, 2011, Galija performed in Sarajevo after twenty years. The band celebrated thirty-five years of work with two concerts in Sava Centar, on October 22 and 23, 2011. The setlist consisted mostly of the band's ballads in new arrangements. The concerts featured numerous guests: TV host Ivan Ivanović, the band's former member Jean Jacques Roscam, actor Goran Sultanović, actress Sloboda Mićalović Ćetković, traditional music singer Biljana Krstić, rock musician Kiki Lesendrić
Kiki Lesendric
Zoran "Kiki" Lesendrić is a Serbian rock musician, most notable as the founding member of the band Piloti....
, pop musician Vlado Georgiev
Vlado Georgiev
Vlado Georgiev is a popular Serbian pop singer, composer and lyrics writer as well.Born to Serbian parents , Georgiev was raised in Herceg Novi...
, actor Vuk Kostić
Vuk Kostic
Vuk Kostić is a Serbian actor, famous of his roles in films Apsolutnih 100, Stvar srca and Klopka.- Private life :...
, and others.
Discography
- Prva plovidbaPrva plovidbaPrva plovidba is the debut studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.Predrag Milosavljević, brother of the band frontman Nenad Milosavljević, appeared on the album on vocals, but was credited only as a guest...
(1979) - Druga plovidbaDruga plovidbaDruga plovidba is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.Druga plovidba is the first album recorded with Predrag Milosavljević as the official band member, although he appeared on the band's previous album, Prva plovidba.-Track listing:All the music was written...
(1980) - Ipak verujem u sebeIpak verujem u sebeIpak verujem u sebe is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.-Track listing:All the songs were written by Nenad Milosavljević and Predrag Milosavljević ....
(1982) - Bez naglih skokovaBez naglih skokovaBez naglih skokova is the fourth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.The album was recorded in Strawberry Studios in Manchester, England and produced by Nightwing member Gordon Rowley...
(1984) - Digni rukuDigni rukuDigni ruku is the fifth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.The song "Winter's Coming" features English language lyrics written by Vaya Con Dios member Dani Klein...
(1986) - Daleko je SunceDaleko je SunceDaleko je Sunce is the sixth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. It is the first part of the trilogy consisting of this album, the album Korak do slobode and the album Istorija, ti i ja....
(1988) - Korak do slobodeKorak do slobodeKorak do slobode is the seventh studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. It is the second part of the trilogy consisting of the album Daleko je Sunce, this album and the album Istorija, ti i ja...
(1989) - Istorija, ti i jaIstorija, ti i jaIstorija, ti i ja is the eighth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. It is the third and the final part of the trilogy consisting of the album Daleko je Sunce, the album Korak do slobode and this album...
(1991) - KaravanKaravan (album)Karavan is the ninth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija. This is the last album recorded in cooperation with the lyricist Radomir Kanjevac.-Track listing:#"Petlovi" – 2:45...
(1994) - TrinaestTrinaestTrinaest is the tenth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.Besides the lyrics written by the band member Predrag Milosavljević, songs feature lyrics written by poets Branko Radičević, Stevan Raičković and Petar Pajić.-Track listing:#"Imali smo krila" – 4:30#"Ona zna sve"...
(1996) - Voleti voletiVoleti voletiVoleti voleti is the eleventh studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija.-Track listing:All the songs were written by Nenad Milosavljević and Slobodan Kostadinović .#"Pege" – 4:17...
(1997) - Južnjačka utehaJužnjačka utehaJužnjača uteha is the twelfth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija, released in 1999. The album features covers of Serbian traditional songs...
(1999) - Dobro jutro, to sam jaDobro jutro, to sam jaDobro jutro, to sam ja is the thirteenth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Galija, released in 2005.-Track listing:...
(2005) - Mesto pored prozoraMesto pored prozoraMesto pored prozora is the fourteenth studio album from Serbian rock band Galija, released in 2010.-Background and recording:...
(2010)