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Ćiribiribela
''Ćiribiribela'' is the ninth and final studio album by Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock music, rock band Bijelo Dugme, released in 1988. Bijelo Dugme would split-up in 1989, and ''Ćirbiribela'' would be the band's last release (excluding compilation albums) before the band's 2005 reunion and the live album ''Turneja 2005, Turneja 2005: Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd''. Background ''Ćiribiribela'' recording sessions revealed the crisis within the band. Bijelo Dugme leader Goran Bregović hired studio musician Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" and Bajaga i Instruktori member Vladimir "Vlajko" Golubović on to play bass guitar and drums respectively on the songs "Lijepa naša" ("Our Beautiful") and "Evo, zakleću se" ("Here, I Swear"), much to dissatisfaction of Bijelo Dugme bassist Zoran Redžić and drummer Ipe Ivandić. Recorded during the political crisis in Yugoslavia, ''Ćiribiribela'' was—just like its predecessor, ''Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'' (''Spit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijelo Dugme
() is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Rock music, rock band, formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. is widely considered to have been the most popular and the best-selling band ever to exist in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most prominent acts of the Yugoslav rock scene and Yugoslav popular music in general. was officially formed in 1974, although the members of its default lineup—guitarist Goran Bregović, vocalist Željko Bebek, drummer Ipe Ivandić, keyboardist Vlado Pravdić and bass guitarist Zoran Redžić—had previously played together under the name Jutro (Sarajevo band), Jutro. The band's 1974 debut album ''Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme'' brought them nationwide popularity with its Balkan folk music, Balkan folk-influenced hard rock sound. The band's subsequent several studio releases, featuring similar sound, maintained their huge popularity, described by the Yugoslav press as "Dugmemania". Simu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đurđevdan
George's Day in Spring, or Saint George's Day, is a Slavic religious holiday, the feast of Saint George celebrated on 23 April by the Julian calendar (6 May by the Gregorian calendar). In Croatia and Slovenia, the Roman Catholic version of Saint George's Day, ''Jurjevo'' is celebrated on 23 April by the Gregorian calendar. Saint George is one of the most important saints in the Eastern Orthodox tradition. He is the patron military saint in Slavic, Georgian, Circassian, Cossack and Chetnik military tradition. Christian synaxaria hold that Saint George was a martyr who died for his faith. On icons, he is usually depicted as a man riding a horse and killing a dragon. Beyond Orthodox Christian tradition proper, is also more generically a spring festival in the Balkans. Balkan tradition Saint George's Day, known as () in Serbian, is a feast day celebrated on 6 May (O.S. 23 April) in the Eastern Orthodox Church. As such, it is celebrated on that date by the Serb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ederlezi (song)
"Ederlezi" is a popular traditional folk song of the Romani people in the Balkans. The song got its name from Ederlezi, which is a festival celebrating the return of springtime, especially by the Romani people of the Balkans, and elsewhere around the world. ''Ederlezi'' is the Romani name for the Feast of Saint George. It is celebrated on (occurring approximately 40 days after the spring equinox). The various Balkan spellings (''Herdeljez'', ''Erdelezi'') are variants of the Turkish ''Hıdırellez''. Versions The song is featured on Bijelo Dugme's 1988 album '' Ćiribiribela'' under the title "Đurđevdan" ("St. George's Day"). Goran Bregović, the frontman of Bijelo Dugme, wrote the Serbo-Croatian lyrics. Bregović also recorded a version with Greek lyrics, titled "Του Αη Γιώργη" ("Tou Ai Giorgi", "Saint George's"), with Greek singer Alkistis Protopsalti in 1991. The Greek lyrics are credited to Lina Nikolakopoulou. Bregović also worked with Turkish singer Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SIM Studio
SIM Studio (also known as Studio Smolec) is a Croatian recording studio owned by Vladimir Smolec and Tomo in der Mühlen founded in the 1980s in Zagreb. Productions of SIM studio sold in tens of millions LPs of all the most influential Yugoslav artists. SIM studio produced and discovered many new artists, among them Plavi Orkestar. Vladimir Smolec and Tomo in der Muhlen were constantly voted as two of the most influential people in the regional music industry by the music magazine ''Džuboks''. Selected artists *Ekatarina Velika *Film *Parni Valjak * Pankrti *Bijelo Dugme * Oliver Mandić * Zabranjeno Pusenje *Haustor * Plavi orkestar * Boško Petrović * Housepainters * Jasmin Stavros *Rajko Dujmić Rajko Dujmić (7 August 1954 – 4 August 2020) was a Croatian songwriter, composer and music producer best known as a member of the pop group Novi fosili. He composed the winner entry of Eurovision Song Contest 1989, " Rock me", along with Ste ... * Karlowy Vary Albums recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mramor, Kamen I željezo
''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' () is the third live album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme, released in 1987. Originally 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. ''Mramor, kamen i željezo'' was the band's last release to feature keyboardist Vlado Pravdić. Background The album was recorded during 1987, on the promotional tour for the band's 1986 album '' Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'' (''Spit and Sing, My Yugoslavia''). The album offered a retrospective of the band's work, featuring songs spanning from their early singles to their latest album. The title track did not previously appear on any of the band's studio albums. It is a cover of a hit by the Yugoslav beat band Roboti. The album featured similar Yugoslavist iconography as the bands' previous two releases, ''Bijelo Dugme'' and ''Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'': the track "A milicija trenira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Redžić
Zoran Redžić (born 29 January 1948) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock music, rock band Bijelo Dugme. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, he is a younger brother of another Bosnian musician from band Indexi. During the late 1960s, teenage Zoran first performed with the group Čičci together with Milić Vukašinović, Mahmut "Paša" Ferović, and Dragan Danilović. Then in 1970 Redžić and drummer Milić Vukašinović joined Željko Bebek's band Kodeksi, of which Goran Bregović was already a member. After Bebek departed his own band, Redžić opted to stay with Goran Bregović in his new band Jutro (Sarajevo band), Jutro which would go on to become the highly successful Bijelo Dugme in 1974. Redžić was Bijelo Dugme's bassist from 1974 to 1975 and then from 1977 to 1989 and played on the band's every studio album except ''Eto! Baš ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josip Runjanin
Josip Runjanin (8 December 1821 – 20 January 1878), born Josif Runjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Јосиф Руњанин), was an Austrian career military officer, politician and composer of Serb origin best known for composing the melody of the Croatian national anthem, '' Lijepa naša domovino'' ("Our Beautiful Homeland"), in 1846. Runjanin received his education in Vinkovci and later in Sremski Karlovci. As a young man, he served in the Imperial Austrian Army as a cadet in the town of Glina, along the Military Frontier with the Ottoman Empire. While serving in Glina, Runjanin attained the rank of captain and became proficient in playing the piano. He is known to have composed only a handful of works, most famously the musical accompaniment to Antun Mihanović's patriotic poem ''Horvatska domovina'' ("Croatian Homeland"). The piece, under the title ''Lijepa naša domovino'', was selected by popular acclaim as the anthem of the Croatian people at an economic exhibition in Zagreb in 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đorđe Balašević
Đorđe Balašević ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Балашевић; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, transitioning after two albums to a solo career. He first gained mainstream prominence for writing Rani Mraz's hit "Računajte na nas" (Count on Us), which was often described as an anthem of a generation. Noted for his vivid lyricism and poetry, Balašević was also known for weaving political commentary into his songs and live performance. Broadly supportive of Yugoslavism, South Slavic unity in late 1970s and early 1980s, in the lead up to the Yugoslav wars he began to criticise the authorities. During the Yugoslav wars, he became a prominent anti-war voice in the region, thanks to which he also became an UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Balašević was the first Serbian act to perform in Sarajevo following the siege of Sarajevo. Balašević became one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamo Daleko
''Tamo daleko'' ( sr-Cyrl, Тамо далеко; "There, Far Away", "Over There, Far Away" or "There, Afar") is a Serbian folk song which was composed in 1916 to commemorate the Serbian Army's retreat through Albania in World War I and during which it was devastated by hunger, disease and attacks by armed bands before regrouping on the Greek island of Corfu, where many more Serbian soldiers died. It revolves around the theme of loss and longing for a distant homeland. Along with the other World War I song, March on the Drina, it became a powerful symbol of Serbian culture and national identity and remains popular amongst Serbs in the Balkans and the diaspora. Song Song is played in triple metre and begins solemnly in a minor key before switching to the relative major of the dominant key in the third line of the first verse, symbolizing hope before returning to the tonic minor key from the beginning. The singer describes himself as being in the land "where the lemon tree blo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian language, language. They primarily live in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro as well as in North Macedonia, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania. The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language, Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro. Ethnology The identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions. In the 19th century, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lijepa Naša Domovino
"" (; ) is the national anthem of Croatia. Often simply referred to as "" ('Our Beautiful') in Croatia, it is a phrase widely used as a metonym for the country. History The original lyrics were written by Antun Mihanović and first published under the title "Horvatska domovina" ('Croatian Homeland') in 1835. In 1846, Josip Runjanin (1821–1878) composed the music for "Horvatska domovina". Runjanin's army bandmaster Josip Wendl adapted his music for a military brass orchestra. The original form of the melody is unknown because the original has not been recovered to this day. The song was scored and harmonized for a male choir by a teacher and organist of the Zagreb Cathedral Vatroslav Lichtenegger in 1861, and after that it started to be performed as the Croats' ethnic anthem. The title "Lijepa naša" has been applied since that time. The original text has 14 verses. Since then, a few minor adjustments have been made to the lyrics. The song was not immediately adopted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
