"Retko te viđam sa devojkama" () is the second song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band

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(the first being "

Pomoć, pomoć "Pomoć, pomoć" () is the first song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band Idoli. The song, with " Retko te viđam sa devojkama" appeared on the A-side while the B-side contained Slobodan Škerović's narrative poem called ...

").

History

The band recorded two songs which would appear as the A-side of the single given as a present with the May release of the ''Vidici'' magazine. The song did not actually appear as a B-side as both of the songs appeared on the A-side, while the B-side contained

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's narrative poem called "Poklon". The song is widely regarded as one of the first Yugoslav, or more precisely, the first Serbian song about

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(the first Yugoslav one was "Neki dječaci" by Prljavo Kazalište from

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). The main focal point of the lyrics is a young man who is rarely seen amongst members of the opposite sex.

Track listing

Personnel

; A-side *

Vlada Divljan Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир "Влада" Дивљан; 10 May 1958 – 5 March 2015), was a Serbian singer and songwriter. He was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which ...

(guitar, vocals) *

Srđan Šaper Srđan Šaper ( sr-cyr, Срђан Шапер; born October 9, 1958) is a founder of I&F McCann Grupa. He was also a founder and a member of the Yugoslav new wave band Idoli in the 1980s.P. Janjatović, Idoli, YU rock enciklopedija 1960-1967, ...

(percussion, vocals) *

Nebojša Krstić Nebojša Krstić ( sr-cyrl, Небојша Крстић; born 9 July 1957) is a Serbian media personality, political commentator, former musician ( VIS Idoli) and physician. He is also a former public relations advisor to the office of the Pres ...

(percussion) *

Zdenko Kolar Zdenko Kolar ( sr-cyr, Зденко Колар) is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B. Biography Kolar was born in Zemun in 1956 where he lived until 1963 when he moved to inner town in Belgrade. He moved ...

(bass guitar) *

Boža Jovanović Boža Jovanović was the first drummer of the Serbian rock band Idoli. He was the band member until 1982 and released two singles and one Extended play, EP with the band. Biography Jovanović has lived in Belgrade in the same apartment buildin ...

(drums) ; B-side *

(vocals) * Žarko Kalmić (piano)

Second version

"Retko te viđam sa devojkama" was recorded once again in Zagreb with producer

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and was released as a B-side of the "

Maljčiki "Maljčiki" (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Маљчики; ) is the second single by the Serbian and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav New wave music, new wave band Idoli. Its re-recorded version appeared on the Ne ...

" (1981) single. This version of the song also appeared on the '' Svi marš na ples!'' (1981) compilation.

Track listing

Personnel

(guitar, vocals) *

(percussion, vocals) *

(percussion) *

(bass guitar) *

(drums)

Cover versions

* A Polish version of the song, entitled "Rzadko widuje cie z dziewczętami", appeared on the '' Yugoton'' tribute album and was performed by Kasia Nosowska and Paweł Kukiz in 2001. *Serbian

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band Lude Krawe recorded a version of the song on their 2007 album ''Sve tuđe''.

References

External links

Pomoć, Pomoć / Poklon at Discogs

Maljčiki / Retko Te Viđam Sa Devojkama at Discogs
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