Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo
| Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo | ||||
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| Studio album by Bijelo Dugme | ||||
| Released | November 1986 | |||
| Recorded |
Radio Television of Sarajevo Studio I, Sarajevo Jugoton Studio, Zagreb | |||
| Genre |
Rock Pop rock Folk rock | |||
| Length | 37:59 | |||
| Label | Diskoton, Kamarad | |||
| Producer | Goran Bregović | |||
| Bijelo Dugme chronology | ||||
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Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo (trans. Spit and Sing, My Yugoslavia) is the eighth studio album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme, released in 1986.
Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo is the band's first album recorded with vocalist Alen Islamović, who came to the band as replacement for Mladen Vojičić "Tifa". It is also the band's first album since 1977 live album Koncert kod Hajdučke česme to feature keyboardist Laza Ristovski as the official member of the band and the band's last studio album to feature keyboardist Vlado Pravdić.
The album was polled in 1998 as the 53rd on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums of Yugoslav Pop and Rock Music).[1]
Background
When vocalist Željko Bebek left Bijelo Dugme in 1984, band leader Goran Bregović invited Alen Islamović, vocalist of the heavy metal band Divlje Jagode to become Bijelo Dugme's new singer.[2] Islamović refused, fearing that Bebek might decide to return to the band, and Bijelo Dugme's new vocalist became Mladen Vojičić "Tifa", with whom the band recorded the 1984 album Bijelo Dugme.[2] After Vojičić left the band in 1985, Islamović was once again invited to join the band.[2] At the time, Divlje Jagode were based in London, working on their international career. Doubting the success of Divlje Jagode's international career, Islamović left them and joined Bijelo Dugme.[2] At the time, Bregović stated:
| “ | Fuck the singing, and fuck the singer too. What's important is the kind of person he is. The biggest issue in Dugme is whether we can work together or not. Everything else is easy. I'm very satisfied with Alen. My band is healthy. We got extremely tired of drunks and drug addicts.[3] | ” |
Keyboardist Laza Ristovski, who left Bijelo Dugme in 1978, participated in the recording of Bijelo Dugme, but became an official member of the band once again only after the album was released.[2] Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo was the first Bijelo Dugme album since 1977 live album Koncert kod Hajdučke česme to feature Ristovski as an official member.[2]
The album Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo featured similar folk-oriented pop rock sound as Bijelo Dugme, and was, as the previous album, also inspired by Yugoslavism, with numerous references to Yugoslav unity and the lyrics on the inner sleeve printed in both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.[2] Bregović wanted to gather representatives of opposing political views to appear on the album: Vice Vukov, pop singer branded for being a Croatian nationalist, painter Mića Popović (the album cover was originally supposed to have featured his painting Dve godine garancije (A Two-Year Warranty)), a dissident at the time, and Koča Popović, a World War II hero.[4] Vukov, who should have sung the ballad "Ružica si bila, sada više nisi", was willing to participate, however, the band's manager Raka Marić was, upon his return to Sarajevo from Zagreb, where he met Vukov, arrested and interrogated by the police.[4] Mića Popović was also willing to participate, but warned Bregović of possible problems.[4] Koča Popović liked the idea, but refused the invitation.[4] Eventually, under the pressure of Diskoton, Bregović gave up on his original idea.[5] A World War II hero did appeare on the record, but, instead of Koča Popović, it was Svetozar Vukmanović Tempo. He, together with Bregović and children from the Sarajevo orphanage Ljubica Ivezić, sung in a cover of old revolutionary song "Padaj silo i nepravdo" ("Fall, (Oh) Force and Injustice").[2]
The album cover featured a photograph of Chinese social realist ballet.[5]
Track listing
All songs written by Goran Bregović, except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Padaj silo i nepravdo" (""Fall, (Oh) Force and Injustice"") | Traditional | Traditional | 0:35 |
| 2. | "Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo" ("Spit and Sing, My Yugoslavia") | 4:31 | ||
| 3. | "Zamisli" ("Imagine") | 4:12 | ||
| 4. | "Noćas je k'o lubenica pun mjesec iznad Bosne" ("Tonight a Moon Full like a Watermelon Is over Bosnia") | 6:07 | ||
| 5. | "Te noći kad umrem, kad odem, kad me ne bude" ("That Night When I Die, When I Leave, When I'm Gone") | 4:37 | ||
| 6. | "A i ti me iznevjeri" ("And You Let Me Down") | 4:03 | ||
| 7. | "Zar ne vidiš da pravim budalu od sebe" ("Can't You See I'm Making a Fool Out of Myself") | 3:36 | ||
| 8. | "Hajdemo u planine" ("Let's Go to the Mountains") | A. Kenović, G. Bregović, I. Arnautalić | G. Bregović | 4:36 |
| 9. | "Pjesma za malu pticu" ("Song for a Little Bird") | 3:50 | ||
| 10. | "Ružica si bila, sada više nisi" ("You Were Once a Rose") | 3:47 |
Personnel
- Goran Bregović - guitar
- Alen Islamović - vocals
- Zoran Redžić - bass guitar
- Ipe Ivandić - drums
- Vlado Pravdić - keyboards
- Laza Ristovski - keyboards
Additional personnel
- Svetozar Vukmanović Tempo - vocals (on track 1)
- Amila Sulejmanović - backing vocals
- Amela - backing vocals
- Zumreta Midžić "Zuzi Zu" - backing vocals
- Nebojša Stefanović - bass guitar
- Sinan Alimanović - keyboards
- Slobodan Sokolović - trombone
- Branko Podbrežnički - recorded by, mixed by
- Damir Begović - recorded by, mixed by
- Vlado Perić - design
Reception
The album's main hits were pop song "Hajdemo u planine", "Noćas je k'o lubenica pun mjesec iznad Bosne", "A i ti me iznevjeri" and ballads "Te noći kad umrem, kad odem, kad me ne bude" and "Ružica si bila, sada više nisi".[2] The promotional tour was very successful.[2]
Large section of the critics, however, disliked Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo. In his Danas review, Dragan Kremer drew parallels between the developing economic and political crisis in SFR Yugoslavia and what he sees to be the band's ongoing creative crisis:
| “ | Unfortunately, what makes this album so 'Yugoslav' is mostly the crisis and lack of criteria which are impossible to hide any longer.[3] | ” |
In 1987, Kremer went further while appearing as guest on TV Sarajevo's panel show Mit mjeseca (Myth of the Month). Expressing his dislike of the band's new direction, Kremer tore the Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo album cover, making Bregović, who appeared in the following edition of the show, visibly angry. The incident turned into a large media scandal at the time.[2]
Vukmanović's appearance on the album was described by The Guardian as "some sort of Bregović's coup d'état".[2]
Legacy
Pljuni i zapjevaj, moja Jugoslavijo is, alongside the albums Smrt fašizmu! by Plavi Orkestar and Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) by Merlin, considered the main representative of the New Partisans movement from Sarajevo, based on folk-inspired rock music and Yugoslavism.[5]
The album was polled in 1998 as the 53rd on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums of Yugoslav Pop and Rock Music).[1]
Covers
- Serbian folk singer Ana Bekuta recorded a cover of "A i ti me iznevjeri" on her 1993 album Pitaš me kako živim.[6]
- In 1993, Bregović wrote soundtrack for Emir Kusturica's Arizona Dream and a new version of "Hajdemo u planine", entitled "Get The Money", with English language lyrics and sung by Iggy Pop, appeared as a part of soundtrack.[7]
- Serbian ensemble Fejat Sejdić Trumpet Orchestra recorded a cover of "Hajdemo u planine" on their 1994 album Na Dragačevskom saboru orkestara u Guči.[8]
- Croatian pop singer Alka Vuica recorded a cover of "Ružica si bila, sada više nisi", entitled "Ružica", on her 2001 album Profesionalka.[9]
- Serbian folk singer Usnija Redžepova recorded a cover of "A i ti me iznevjeri" on her 2007 album Oko Niša kiša.[10]
- Bosnian and Yugoslav rock band Teška Industrija recorded a cover of "A i ti me iznvjeri" on their 2010 album Bili smo raja.[11]
- Bosnian and Yugoslav pop singer Zuzi Zu, who sung backing vocals on Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo, recorded a cover of "Ružica si bila", releasing it as a single in 2011.[12]
References
- 1 2 Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 34.
- 1 2 Krstulović, Zvonimir (2005). Bijelo Dugme: Doživjeti stotu. Profil. p. 44.
- 1 2 3 4 Vesić, Dušan (2014). Bijelo Dugme: Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu. Belgrade: Laguna. p. 267.
- 1 2 3 Vesić, Dušan (2014). Bijelo Dugme: Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu. Belgrade: Laguna. p. 268.
- ↑ Pitaš kako živim at Discogs
- ↑ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Arizona Dream at Discogs
- ↑ Na Dragačevskom saboru orkestara u Guči
- ↑ Profesionalka
- ↑ Oko Niša kiša at Discogs
- ↑ Bili smo raja at Discogs
- ↑ Zuzi Zu - "Ružica si bila", YouTube.com