Most of the songs in this playlist were recorded in the 1980s, mainly new wave, alternative and rock bands, though their music scene had matured much earlier.
Cover image by
Zvezdan (thank you!) who allowed me access to some of his older photos. This here, taken during his service for the Yugoslav army in 1982. At the time stationed in Montenegro, where he had set up a darkroom in a store room, used mainly for ‘getting drunk in the evenings.'
Unlike nations part of the Eastern block, Yugoslavia was far more open towards Western influences, particularly in music and cinema. There were few, if any, limitations on access to foreign culture thus allowing for the development of such an influential sphere of music.
There is a collective nostalgia to the music scene of the time which I’ve picked up over the past 2 years or so since I first came across Idoli’s 'Odbrana i poslednji dani’. From Tin who, upon our first meeting at Cafe Bendl, gave me a drunk bear hug / told me of concerts, to Z who tells with such openness and tenderness…
and now the boy I have a crush on.
Tracklisting:
- Niko kao ja . Sarlo Akrobata
- Zemlja . EKV
- Lijepe Zene Prolaze Kroz Grad . Azra
- Rusija . Idoli
- Ona se Budi . Sarlo Akrobata
- Suada . Plavi Orkestar
- Schwüle über Europa . Idoli
- Ferdinand . Nikada
- Spikeri. Leonardo
- Neobican Dan . Haustor
- Balkan . Azra
- Sad se jasno vidi . Sarlo Akrobata
- Vampiri . Subota Uvece
- Laki Pingvini. A izika
- Partibrejkers . Noces u gradu
- Sauna Kupatila . Part
- Ziatni Papagaj . Elektricni Orgazam
- Poslednji Dani . Idoli
- Maljciki . Idoli
- Ti si sav moj bol . EKV
- Elektricni Orgazam . Electronic Jugoton
- Sloboda . Azra
- Goodbye Teens . Plavi Orkestar
- Ne zovi, mama, dokrota. Prjalve Kastile
- Nebeska Tema. Idoli
- Bajada i instruktori . Kad Hodas
