POZOVI ME NA KAFU

At the beginning of 1978, Indexi were very active in the studio and in concerts. After the release of their ambitious concept album "Modra rijeka" (Blue River), the accompanying Yugoslav tour, performances at the Opatija Festival and "Vas slager sezone" (Your Hit of the Season) in Sarajevo, and the release of the single "Ispijmo zlatni pehar" (Let's Drink the Golden Goblet) for Diskoton, Indexi soon recorded another single, this time for Jugoton. During this period, they would alternately release records for Diskoton and Jugoton. The single was conceived as a combination of a festival hit and a song taken off the recently released album "Modra rijeka".

The A-side featured the song "Pozovi me na kafu" (Invite Me for Coffee), which Indexi performed at the Belgrade Spring festival at the end of April 1978. Indexi's collaboration with the author Aleksandar Korac did not always yield the happiest results. In my humble opinion, some of his compositions represent the weakest works of the group overall. However, this time it is a solid schlager (a type of popular hit song), which at least does not contain unbearably sappy folk-like stylizations like the earlier semi-hit "Stani malo zlato moje" (Wait a Little, My Gold). "Kafa" (Coffee) is characterized by a rather "progressive" arrangement by Fadil Redzic during the verses, which features synthesizer and electric guitar solos, and the gradual inclusion of acoustic guitar, piano, and rhythm section. The electric guitar in the background plays a progression of ascending and descending chords, which is an interesting harmonic solution. The chorus is typically schlager-like and easily catchy while the lyrics are a rather banal love lament about a quarrel between a man and a woman who are trying to reconcile over a cup of coffee. According to data from the RTV Sarajevo phonotheque, the song was recorded on April 17th, with the help of producer Esad Arnautalic and sound engineer Mufid Kosovic.

The B-side features Fadil's composition "Slovo o covjeku" (A Word About Human Being) from the album "Modra rijeka," which was probably intended by Jugoton to boost album sales, as, unlike the rest of the LP, it is relatively singable and rhythmic. It begins as a ballad with piano and acoustic guitar accompaniment, gradually incorporating organ followed by "sobbing" bluesy solo licks on the electric guitar. Finally, the song picks up a faster tempo led by acoustic guitar, bass, and percussion. Davor's vocals range from lower to higher registers. Fadil and Bodo experimented with the speed of the tape recorder during recording session, first recording the guitar part at a faster speed, and then returning the tape to normal speed to get the effect of the guitar sounding an octave lower than usual. With Mak Dizdar's hair-raising poetic lyrics ("In that circle of pain, neither last nor first / A playground for carrion and a court for worms"), the song represents one of the best B-sides of a single in Indexi's discography.

Jugoton released the single on May 17, 1978 (the lacquer disk was cut on April 19th) in a sleeve designed by Ivan Ivezic. It features a concert photograph of the group taken with an unfocused exposure, giving the image a blurred effect. In the photograph, Bodo Kovacevic can be recognized with his famous Gibson Flying V guitar, Fadil with his Rickenbacker bass guitar, Davorin Popovic with his palms raised in applause, and two backing female vocalists (most likely Zumreta Midzic and Gordana Ivandic, who often performed backing vocals at Indexi concerts at that time). At this time, the group also consisted of Nenad Jurin on keyboards and drummer Djordje Kisic. Although the lead track "Pozovi me na kafu" went unnoticed at the Belgrade Spring festival, it reached the top 10 chart of domestic singles on Hit-strana of Politikin zabavnik during May and June, where it even reached the 3rd position, and could often be heard on radio programs. This single, like the previous one, is among the better 7-inch vinyl releases by Indexi in the second half of the 1970s.

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