YU Rock Misija
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YU Rock Misija was the contribution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
to the famous Bob Geldof
's Band Aid
famine relief campaign which culminated with the historical Live Aid
concert on July 13, 1985.
Beside the British "Do They Know It's Christmas?
" and the corresponding USA for Africa
projects, many other countries also joined Geldof's campaign, including: Canada
, West Germany
, Austria
, Norway
and many others. SFR Yugoslavia was not an exception. The elite of the Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
gathered and formed a Yugoslav Band Aid group called YU Rock Misija. The group recorded a charity song "Za milion godina" ("For a Million Years"), which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The song was written by Dragan Ilić (the former Generacija 5
leader) and Mladen Popović. The guitar solo in the song was played by
Vlatko Stefanovski
. The group included following musicians:
Solos and duets (in order of appearance):
Others:
Prominent artists who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid were Bora Đorđević, the leader of the Riblja Čorba
and Goran Bregović
, the leader of Bijelo Dugme
.
At the end of the campaign, the Yugoslav musicians played a big 8 hour stadium concert on June 15, 1985 in Belgrade. The video for "Za milion godina" was played on many TV stations worldwide and also, on July 13, 1985 at the Wembley Stadium
on the large video screens during a video interlude
. It is included, though not completely, in the Overseas contributors section in the official Live Aid DVD which was released in 2004 by Warner Music Group
.
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,...
to the famous Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...
's Band Aid
Band Aid (band)
Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. The single...
famine relief campaign which culminated with the historical Live Aid
Live Aid
Live Aid was a dual-venue concert that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom ...
concert on July 13, 1985.
Beside the British "Do They Know It's Christmas?
Do They Know It's Christmas?
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to raise money for relief of the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The original version was produced by Midge Ure and released by Band Aid on 29 November 1984....
" and the corresponding USA for Africa
USA for Africa
USA for Africa was the name under which forty-seven predominantly U.S. artists, led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single "We Are the World" in 1985. The song was a US and UK Number One for the collective in April of that year...
projects, many other countries also joined Geldof's campaign, including: Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, 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...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and many others. SFR Yugoslavia was not an exception. The elite of the Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene includes the pop and rock music of SFR Yugoslavia , including all their genres and sub-genres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegro, SR Macedonia and SR Serbia and its subunits: SAP Vojvodina...
gathered and formed a Yugoslav Band Aid group called YU Rock Misija. The group recorded a charity song "Za milion godina" ("For a Million Years"), which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The song was written by Dragan Ilić (the former Generacija 5
Generacija 5
Generacija 5 is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Belgrade.-1977—1982:...
leader) and Mladen Popović. The guitar solo in the song was played by
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...
. The group included following musicians:
Solos and duets (in order of appearance):
- Oliver MandićOliver MandicOliver Mandić is a Serbian pop musician, composer, and producer - very prominent and popular throughout the 1980s.-Early biography:...
- Serđo Blažić (of Atomsko SkloništeAtomsko skloništeAtomsko sklonište is a Croatian and former Yugoslav hard rock band, formed in Pula in 1977. The band is known primarily for its strong anti-war lyrics.-1977-1987:...
) - 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....
- Marina Perazić (of Denis & Denis)
- First duet
- Momčilo BajagićMomcilo BajagicMomčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
(of Bajaga i InstruktoriBajaga i InstruktoriBajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
) - Vesna Vrandečić (of XeniaXenia (band)Xenia was a Croatian power-pop band from Rijeka, active in period 1981–1985 in former Yugoslavia. Their discography includes two 7" singles singles and two studio albums.-Biography:The band was formed in 1981 by Vesna Vrandečić and Robert Funčić...
)
- Momčilo Bajagić
- Second duet
- Aki Rahimovski (of Parni ValjakParni ValjakParni valjak 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.-Biography:Parni valjak was founded in 1975...
) - Zorica Kondža
- Aki Rahimovski (of Parni Valjak
- Slađana Milošević
- Dado TopićDado TopicAdolf "Dado" Topić is a singer who sang the entry from Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with the band Dragonfly. He is one of the most popular rock musicians of Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band...
- Massimo Savić (of Dorian GrayDorian Gray (band)Dorian Gray was an 1980s Yugoslav music group which achieved great prominence in the former Yugoslav rock scene for its artistic and extravagant style and stage performances. It was led by Massimo Savić, who later started a successful solo career...
) - Zdravko ČolićZdravko ColicZdravko Čolić , is a pop singer popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. Originally from Sarajevo, since 1992 , his home is in Belgrade, Serbia...
Others:
- Jura StublićJura StublicJurislav "Jura" Stublić is a Croatian singer and songwriter.-Biography:In 1961, he moved with his parents Tomislav and Vesna to Sesvetski Kraljevec near Zagreb. His father was from Sesvetski Kraljevec and he too was a singer. His mother was a tailor.In Zagreb, Stublić studied philosophy, but he...
(of Film) - Husein Hasanefendić (of Parni ValjakParni ValjakParni valjak 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.-Biography:Parni valjak was founded in 1975...
) - Snežana Stamenković (of AskaAska (group)Aska came to prominence when they were chosen to represent Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song "Halo, halo" only managed to achieve a lustreless 14th place out of 18 participants with 21 points, although having received the top mark of 12 points from the Swedish...
) - Izolda BarudžijaIzolda BarudžijaIzolda Barudžija is a Yugoslav singer born in Split.She represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with her band Aska, and won 14th place. In 1983, she and her sister Eleonora were Daniel Popović's backing vocals. Their song Džuli won the 4th place and became a huge hit. In 1984,...
(of AskaAska (group)Aska came to prominence when they were chosen to represent Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song "Halo, halo" only managed to achieve a lustreless 14th place out of 18 participants with 21 points, although having received the top mark of 12 points from the Swedish...
) - Snežana MiškovićViktorijaSnežana 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...
(of AskaAska (group)Aska came to prominence when they were chosen to represent Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song "Halo, halo" only managed to achieve a lustreless 14th place out of 18 participants with 21 points, although having received the top mark of 12 points from the Swedish...
) - Mladen Vojičić Tifa (of Bijelo DugmeBijelo dugmeBijelo 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...
) - Alen IslamovićAlen IslamovicAlen Islamović is a well-known and popular Bosnian singer in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other former Yugoslav republics...
(of Divlje JagodeDivlje jagodeDivlje 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...
) - Sead LipovačaSead LipovacaZele Lipovača , is the lead guitarist and founder of the popular former Yugoslav hard rock band Divlje Jagode....
(of Divlje JagodeDivlje jagodeDivlje 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...
) - Dejan CukićDejan CukicDejan Cukić is a Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave band Bulevar, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music...
(of Bajaga i InstruktoriBajaga i InstruktoriBajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
) - Ljuba Ninković (of Tunel)
- Doris DragovićDoris DragovicDorotea "Doris" Dragović is a Croatian singer-songwriter. She represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Željo moja", finishing the 11th with 49 points, and Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Marija Magdalena", finishing fourth with 118...
- Anja RupelAnja RupelAnja Rupel is a Slovene pop singer, songwriter, radio announcer, and journalist. Her father Fedja Rupel is a flautist and a professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, and her uncle is the politician and diplomat Dimitrij Rupel....
(of VideosexVideosexVideosex was a prominent synthpop group based in Yugoslavia . The group was led by the singer Anja Rupel. They recorded four albums. Their debut album, Videosex 84 appeared in 1983 and they played with bands such as Ekatarina Velika and Otroci socializma in Belgrade...
) - Srđan Šaper (of Idoli)
- Vlada DivljanVlada DivljanVladimir "Vlada" Divljan , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is known as the frontman for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Idoli, as well as for his solo works.-Early activity:...
(of Idoli) - Peđa D' Boy (of D' BoysD' Boys-1982 - 1985:The band was formed in 1982, consisting of two musicians: Peđa D'Boy and Miško Mihajlovski, who reportedly "played the drum machine" and percussion...
) - Vlatko StefanovskiVlatko StefanovskiVlatko 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...
(of Leb i SolLeb i solLeb 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...
) - Zoran PredinZoran PredinZoran Predin is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the folk-rock band Lačni Franz. He also writes music for film, television and theatre....
(of Lačni FranzLacni FranzLačni Franz was a rock band from Slovenia. The band was formed in Maribor in June 1979. Their name, meaning hungry Franz, is a pun on the name of a character from the novel Catch-22, Hungry Joe, and describes hunger for rock music....
) - Igor Popović (of JakartaJakarta (band)-Band history:The band was formed in 1981 in Belgrade. During the initial period the band went through numerous lineup changes, before original members Igor Popović and Jane Parđovski started performing with Rade Bulatović , Miloš Petrović and Ivan Fece .They released their debut album Maske za...
) - Dragan Jovanović
- Dušan Petrović
- Slobodan Đorđević
- Dragan Ilić
Prominent artists who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid were Bora Đorđević, the leader of the 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...
and Goran Bregović
Goran 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...
, the leader of Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
.
At the end of the campaign, the Yugoslav musicians played a big 8 hour stadium concert on June 15, 1985 in Belgrade. The video for "Za milion godina" was played on many TV stations worldwide and also, on July 13, 1985 at the Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
on the large video screens during a video interlude
Video interlude
A video interlude is an interlude during a performance that shows a video. Video interludes are often played on concerts, showing a music video of on of the artists while the artist takes a break or costume change....
. It is included, though not completely, in the Overseas contributors section in the official Live Aid DVD which was released in 2004 by Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
.
See also
- Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaPopular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene includes the pop and rock music of SFR Yugoslavia , including all their genres and sub-genres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegro, SR Macedonia and SR Serbia and its subunits: SAP Vojvodina...
- Band AidBand Aid (band)Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. The single...
- Live AidLive AidLive Aid was a dual-venue concert that was held on 13 July 1985. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. Billed as the "global jukebox", the event was held simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom ...
- Bob GeldofBob GeldofRobert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...
- Midge UreMidge UreJames "Midge" Ure, OBE is a Scottish guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter...