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Seyo 
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 Posted: October 12 2007 at 14:07 |
Thanks for Dragan! Nice music. Quite original use of accordion which is not rooted in Balkan folk!  Seems like a good, fresh singer/songwriter with clear influence of USA country rock or alt country styles. Uptempo, strong rhythms remind me of Tex Mex giants Los Lobos.
Danceable, with catchy phrases, can be real hit, even in large pop scene.
Recommended for all English speaking audience.
Not for PA, though.
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Posted: October 11 2007 at 16:09 |
Yeah! I saw that and it's been like that for several months now. :(
It would be easier for them to copy the info from PA for website 
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Posted: October 10 2007 at 17:39 |
Hi here's link for some cool music : http://www.myspace.com/draganthebraveOoo... and I want your opinion is this prog or what ?   
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Posted: October 10 2007 at 10:50 |
http://www.myspace.com/grupatime
It's very difficult to find Time on cd...
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Posted: October 10 2007 at 09:53 |
Excellent!
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Posted: October 10 2007 at 07:47 |
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On this huge list there are several rare oddities from the 70s. I will make a list and put it in the "Suggest new bands thread".
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Posted: October 03 2007 at 16:44 |
...continuation in blue:
 Andrea Cortese wrote:
I've found these lists of recommendations while sailing through internet:
Part 3:
Atomsko skloniSte - Ne cvikaj generacijo (1978) YUG (very good debut, heavy prog, organ, good vocal, socially conscious lyrics)
Azra - Azra (1980) YUG (essential new wave, rock trio, urban themes a la THE CLASH)
Azra - Filigranski ploCnici (1982) YUG (essential new wave, rock trio, urban themes)
Azra - Izmedju krajnosti (1987) YUG (not good, decline of the band, folk elements)
Azra - Krivo srastanje (1984) YUG (still good, energetic, heavy guitars)
Azra - Ravno do dna (1981) YUG (good 3LP live album)
Azra - SunCana strana ulice (1981) YUG (essential new wave, rock trio, urban themes)
Balkan - Gola istina (1982) YUG (have not listened yet)
Balkan - Na brdovitom Balkanu (1983) YUG (have not listened yet)
Bijelo dugme - Bitanga i princeza (1979) YUG (one of their best albums, symphonic elements, recommended)
Boom Pop fest '76 (1976) YUG (all Boom Fest are recommended for prog listeners)
Brecelj, Marko - Parada (1981 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
BregoviC, Goran - Goran BregoviC (1976) YUG (debut solo of DUGME leader, simple rock with some folk elements)
BuldoZer - Ako ste slobodni veCeras (1982) YUG (one of the best live albums in ex YU, hilarious satirical show in the best Zappa way)
BuldoZer - Pljuni istini u oCi (1975) YUG (essential avant rock with psyche elements)
BuldoZer - Zabranjeno plakatirati (1976) YUG (essential avant rock with psyche elements)
Dr Spira i ljudska biCa - Dijagnoza (1980) YUG (have not listened yet)
Ekatarina velika - Samo par godina za nas (1989) YUG (weak album of the excellent alternative/dark/psyche post new wave band)
Fire - Could You Understand Me (1973) YUG (excellent rare heavy acid rock trio, issued in Holland)
Galija - Druga plovidba (1980) YUG (nice melodic but not essential symphonic/neo prog-turned mainstream band, influenced by GENESIS, CAMEL, ROLLING STONES)
Idoli - Odbrana i poslednji dani (1982) YUG (often hailed as the best ex YU rock album of all times, avant pop, experimental, techno, conceptual, psychedelic, artistic, camp...)
Igra staklenih perli - Vrt svetlosti (1980) YUG (second album, less good than debut, space rock)
Indexi - Indexi (1972) YUG (essential early most prog period of INDEXI)
Indexi - Modra rijeka (1978) YUG (masterpiece of symphonic rock, very artsy lyrical concept)
Indexi - Plima (1972 single) YUG (excellent EP, heavy prog/psyche influences)
Jimi Hendrix Reincarnation - And Don't Get Mad Now (1989) (have not listened yet, actually never heard of this!!!)
Jugoslavenska pop selekcija - Slatka Lola (1975) (poor, instrumental covers of pop hits)
Jutro - Prema suncu (1976 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
Kongres - Zarjavele trobente (1984) YUG (excellent new wave, influenced by U2, powerful guitars and groove)
Kongres rock majstora (1975) YUG (good collection of live materials from 4 guitar masters, Bregovic-BIJELO DUGME, Bocek-KORNI GRUPA, Bozic-TIME and Kostic-YU GRUPA, recommended for prog)
Kovacic, Jani - Ljudje (1983) YUG (have not listened yet)
Laibach - Jesus Christ Superstars (1996) NSK (have not listened yet)
Laibach - Let It Be (1988) YUG (excellent post punk, indutrial, noise alter band, conceptual art, re-interpretation of the BEATLES album, precursors of RAMMSTEIN)
Laibach - NATO (1994) NSK (have not listened yet)
Lacni Franz - Ikebana 1981(YUG) (excellent debut of the eclectic band mixing punk energy, new wave rhtythms, jazz instrumental skills, folk melodies and art rock esthetics)
Leb i sol - Akusticna trauma (1982) YUG (excellent live album, jazz rock with folk themes)
Mlinarec, Drago - Rodjenje (1975) YUG (masterpiece of elegiac psychedelic folk rock with jazz improvisations)
Oddelek 8 - Quartar (1979) YUG (have not listened yet)
Pankrti - Dolgcajt (1980) YUG (essential punk album)
Pekinska patka - Plitka poezija (1980) YUG (essential punk album)
Rani mraz - Odlazi cirkus (1980) YUG (pop rock, acoustic ballads with folk hints)
Riblja corba - Kost u grlu (1979) YUG (good hard rock)
Riblja corba - Mrtva priroda (1981) YUG (good hard rock with more commercial approach)
S vremena na vreme - Moj svet (1977 compilation) YUG (excellent collection of best singles)
S vremena na vreme - S vremena na vreme (1975) YUG (masterpiece of largely acoustic, accessible folk rock)
Smak - Crna dama (1977) YUG (masterpiece of fusion/blues rock)
Smak - Zasto ne volim sneg (1981) YUG (another excellent fusion with dark instrumentals)
Teska industrija - Ho-ruk (1976) YUG (very good debut of heavy prog band, psyche/symphonic elements)
Teska industrija - Jahorina (1975 single) YUG (heavy prog, folk)
Teska industrija - Kadija (1975 single) YUG (heavy prog, folk)
Yu grupa - Yu zlato (1976 compilation) YUG (excellent collection of best singles, heavy boogie rock with folk themes)
YU Record Collector Dream - Singles (interesting collection of rare singles including some obscure 70s bands, recommended)
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Posted: October 03 2007 at 14:06 |
...continuation in blue
Andrea Cortese wrote:
I've found these lists of recommendations while sailing through internet:
Part 2:
Anastasija - Na rjekah vavlionskih (1990) YUG (excellent dark ambient ethno)
Arandjelovic, Boris - Iz profila (1982) YUG (not very good solo album of SMAK singer, mainstream oriented)
Asanovic, Tihomir Pop - Majko zemljo (1974) YUG (good jazz rock funk soul, solo album of keyboardist of ex-TIME)
Atomsko skloniste - Infarkt (1978) YUG (good hard rock/heavy prog)
Ave - Zakaj so vsi pozabili (1979 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
Begnagrad - Begnagrad (1982) YUG (excellent RIO, accordion, clarinet, crazy rhythms)
Bijelo dugme - Eto! Bas Hocu! (1976) YUG (good classic rock of the most popular YU band ever)
Bijelo dugme - Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (1974) YUG (good debut of the classics, title track important prog contribution)
Bijelo dugme - Koncert kod hajducke cesme (1977) YUG (not essential live album)
Brecelj, Marko - Cocktail (1975) YUG (very good debut of BULDOZER founder, jazz, blues, rock)
Clan - Motor hocu, mama (1977) YUG (have not listened yet)
Domijan, Darko - Stani bar na tren (1974) YUG (have not listened yet)
Elektricni orgazam - Elektricni orgazam (1981) YUG (excellent punk with DOORS-like organ, like THE STRANGLERS)
Grupa 220 - Prolazi jesen (1968 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
Grupa 92 - Od sestih do dveh (1980 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
Igra staklenih perli - Igra staklenih perli (1979) YUG (essential psyche album, highly recommended)
Igra staklenih perli - Soft Explosion Live (1978) YUG (excellent live album of previously unreleased material)
Ipe i Laza - Stizemo (1977) YUG (interesting GENESIS style symphonic prog)
Jutro - Dobro jutro (1980) YUG (interesting symphonic/jazz rock mix)
Kladivo konj in voda - Vidov ples (1983) YUG (have not listened yet)
Korni grupa (with Dado Topic & Josipa Lisac) - Poema 1941 (1979) YUG (very good early prog, recorded live in 1971)
Korni grupa - Miris (1974 single) (have not listened yet)
Korni grupa - Mrtvo more (1975) YUG (not good, half-live, half-greatest hits collection)
Kovacic, Jani - Jani Kovacic (1980) YUG (have not listened yet)
Leb i sol - Beskonacno (1981) YUG (very good jazz rock with new wave influence)
Leb i sol - Rucni rad (1979) YUG (essential fusion)
Lepo je (1982 compilation) YUG (have not listened yet)
Mama rock - Pokreni me (1985) YUG (have not listened yet)
Marjanov cudni zajec - Svinjam dijamante (1985) YUG (excellent RIO-ish avant rock, with Marko Brecelj)
Mlinarec, Drago - A ti se ne daj (1971) YUG (IMO the first full prog rock album in YU, essential, prog folk, psychedelic, hard rock)
Mlinarec, Drago - Negdje postoji netko (1977) YUG (very good, more acoustic folk oriented)
Mlinarec, Drago - Pjesme s planine (1972) YUG (essential heavy prog with folk rock)
Mlinarec, Drago - Pomaknuto (1983) YUG (weak album with electronic experiments)
Mlinarec, Drago - Sabrano (1980) YUG (collection of re-recorded old songs, recommended)
Na lepem prijazni - Na lepem prijazni (1980) YUG (have not listened yet)
Nepocin - Svijet po kojem gazim (1977) YUG (good but not essential heavy prog with flute, see DRUGI NACIN)
Novi punk val (1981 compilation) YUG (punk rock compilation)
Oko - Raskorak (1976) YUG (powerful heavy acid rock trio a la CREAM, JH EXPERIENCE)
Opus - Opus 1 (1975) YUG (not successful attempt at symphonic prog, good Hammond organ)
Orange - Madbringer (1983) YUG (heavy metal)
Pankrti - Namesto tebe (1981 single) YUG (punk rock)
Paraf - A dan je tako lepo poceo (1980) YUG (punk rock)
Paraf - Izleti (1981) YUG (very good post punk/new wave with avant elements)
Paraf - Rijeka (1979 single) YUG (punk rock)
Pejakovic, Zlatko - Lice (1976) YUG (have not listened yet)
Petkovski, Miki - Ko zna (1978) YUG (good jazz rock with vocals, ex SMAK pianist)
Pomaranca - Peklenska pomaranca (1981) YUG (heavy metal)
Pop masina - Na izvoru svetlosti (1975) YUG (good, not essential heavy prog with psyche)
Pop parada (1977) YUG (live album with various artists, some prog, DRUGI NACIN, TIME, PARNI VALJAK, POP MASINA...)
Popovic, Davorin & Indexi - Svaka je ljubav ista (1976) (nice solo album by INDEXI singer, more pop rock)
Predmestje - Brez naslova (1977) YUG (excellent jazz rock)
Predmestje - Danes, vceraj in ... (1979) YUG (excellent jazz rock)
Predmestje - Hazard (1980) YUG (excellent jazz rock)
Pro arte - Pruzi mi ruke ljubavi (1970) YUG (very good psychedelic/beat/pop/rock in the mid-60s style, see my Avatar!:-)
Sedmina - 2. dejanje (1982) YUG (essential prog acid folk)
September - Domovino moja (1979) YUG (very good jazz rock with hit potentials)
September - Zadnja avantura (1976) YUG (very good jazz rock, violin)
Slovenska gruda - Pesmi (1983) YUG (have not listened yet)
Smak - Dab in the middle (1978) YUG (not good, English version of "Stranice naseg vremena" issued for Western market, I prefer the original)
Smak - Stranice naseg vremena (1978) YUG (very good fusion album with prog rock)
Stijene - Cementna prasina (1981) YUG (have not listened yet)
Stijene - Jedanaest i petnaest (1982) YUG (have not listened yet)
Suncokret - Gde ces biti lepa kejo (1976 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
Time - Time 2 (1975) YUG (hard rock mixed with prog ballads, less good than their debut)
Tocak, R. M. - R. M. Tocak (1976) YUG (have not listened yet)
Yu grupa - Opasno (1978 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
Sarlo akrobata - Bistriji ili tuplji covek biva kad (1981) YUG (essential avant/post-punk trio)
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Posted: October 03 2007 at 12:41 |
Andrea Cortese wrote:
Thanks again, Seyo, for the suggestions and comments.
I hope to cast the track listings of the three compilations I've bought in august while searching for yugo prog in Istria.
It's a three cds compilation issued in 2000 (over 70 mns each) and is all about the seventies. There are lots of bands and names. Some of the tracks aren't prog, though, even when credited to the big names as Korni Grupa etc...
Some of the tunes seem to be radio and commercial outputs.
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You are correct!
PGP was (and still is I guess) a state-run music company notorious for having poor, conservative and uneducated musical editors, usually prefering the cheap mainstream, massively popular music.
However, they had a huge catalogue and licence rights so occassionally they released very interesting stuff.
But, this 3CD collection is obviously hastily assembled by non-experts, even some titles are misspelled, without any style or thematic reasoning as to why these artists are here together, apart from the 1970s timeline.
Still, it can be a good introduction to Yugo music of the period and key names are represented. But key prog tracks are missing, instead they included more commercial stuff from prog bands (Indexi, Korni, Smak...)
All said, I guess it is a useful compilation for first time listeners... Enjoy!
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Posted: October 03 2007 at 06:15 |
PGP ARHIV
Pop-Rok 70-tih 1
Na drumu za haos - Pop masina
Pokloni svoj mi foto - Korni grupa
Oprosti mi Katrin - Rani mraz
Diksi bend - S vremena na vreme
Biska 13 - Smak
Sta cu nano dragi mi je ljut - B. Veletanlic
Ti si bila naj, naj, naj - Indeksi
Prevela me zednog preko vode - Parni valjak
Rok en' rol u Beogradu - Dado Topic i "Time"
Ti nikada neces znati - Zdenka Kovacicek
Svet po kojem gazim - Nepocin
On i njegov BMW - Riblja corba
Na Balkanu - Smak i Dado Topic
Seksi dama - Sladjana Milosevic
Ima nesto u tebi - Zlatni prsti
Rucni rad - Leb i sol
PGP ARHIV
Pop-Rok 70-tih 2
 (...when the cover has nothing to do with the content...!)
Secanje na Keti - Siluete
Put ka Suncu - Pop masina
Etida - Korni grupa
Parni valjak - Parni valjak
Ako jednom budes sama - Indexi
Devojcice mala - Korni grupa
Moj svet - S vremena na vreme
Novi dan - Novi nacin
Rok pajaci - Nepocin
Tendzi-tandzi - Smak
Domovino moja - September
Nesto si mi umorna i bleda - YU grupa
Dok ja i moj mis sviramo dzez - Time
Rok en' rol za kucni savet - Riblja corba
Moj frend ima rok en' rol bend - Rani mraz
Letnja pesma - Leb i sol
PGP ARHIV
Pop-Rok 70-tih 3
Umoran od svega - Generacija 5
Biska 16 - Smak
Recept za Rock 'n' Roll - Vatreni poljubac
Carstvo samoce - Drugi nacin
Dez - Predmestje
Halo Mr. Elton Dzon - Zdenka Kovacicek
Nie cetvoricata - Leb i sol
Nokaut - Zlatni prsti
Ba-tunga-re - 7 mladih
Petak je popodne - S vremena na vreme
Svidjas mi se - Indeksi
Amsterdam - Sladjana Milosevic
Flojd - Dado Topic
Nisam bolan, kad ti kazem, nisam tebe mi - Vatreni poljubac
Super star - Dado Topic i "Time"
Helga - Buldozer
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Posted: October 03 2007 at 06:07 |
Thanks again, Seyo, for the suggestions and comments.
I hope to cast the track listings of the three compilations I've bought in august while searching for yugo prog in Istria.
It's a three cds compilation issued in 2000 (over 70 mns each) and is all about the seventies. There are lots of bands and names. Some of the tracks aren't prog, though, even when credited to the big names as Korni Grupa etc...
Some of the tunes seem to be radio and commercial outputs.
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Posted: October 03 2007 at 04:21 |
... continuation (in blue)
Andrea Cortese wrote:
I've found these lists of recommendations while sailing through internet:
Dah - Povratak (1976) YUG (nice melodic heavy prog)
Dah - Veliki cirkus (1974) YUG (heavy prog with symphonic moments)
Den za den - Den za den (1979) YUG (very good jazz rock a la LEB I SOL)
Divlje jagode - Motori (1982) YUG (poor although popular heavy (hair) metal)
Don Huan - Drzte lopova (1983) YUG (have not listened yet)
Don Huan - Ugasi luc (1982) YUG (have not listened yet)
Dr. Project Point Blank - Blues (1984) YUG (excellent blues and blues-rock sung in English)
Dr. Project Point Blank - Dr. Project Point Blank (1985) YUG (excellent blues and blues-rock sung in English)
Drugi nacin - Drugi nacin (1975) YUG (essential melodic heavy prog rock with flute, influence DEEP PURPLE, JETHRO TULL, WISHBONE ASH)
Drugi nacin - Ponovo na putu (1982) YUG (poor album, pop rock with several hits)
Dzejbi - Dzejbi (1981) YUG (have not listened yet)
Gordi - covek (1978) YUG (I barely listened once, seems like good melodic heavy prog, this is their debut, the band is formed by ex-DAH leader Z. Manojlovic)
Grupa 220 - Slike (1975) YUG (very good hard/heavy rock)
Had - SunŸani dan (1973 single) YUG (have not listened yet)
Hobo - Hobo (1975) YUG (excellent lost gem of Yugo prog, electric violin, lots of keyboards, highly recomended)
Igra staklenih perli - Drives (1978) YUG (not essential, collection of archival tracks)
Igra staklenih perli - Inner Flow (1978) YUG (very good collection of early unreleased tracks, this band is the best ex Yugo psychedelic act, influence FLOYD, HAWKWIND, CAN...)
Indexi - Indexi (1974) YUG (the first official compilation of previously released singles 1971-73, and oddly the first LP record by the band, very good for prog listeners, contains legendary "Plima")
Indexi - Modra riijeka (1978) YUG (masterpiece of symphonic prog!)
Kornelyans - Not an Ordinary life (1974) YUG (very good symphonic prog like YES, recorded in English for Western market)
Korni grupa - Korni grupa (1972) YUG (essential early prog album with long songs, mixing jazz rock elements)
Kovac, Kornelije - Izmedju Svetlosti i Tame (1977) YUG (interesting solo by KORNI leader K. Kovac, mix between jazz rock and symphonic)
Leb i sol - Kalabalak (1983) YUG (good jazz rock with more mainstream song structures, contains legendary "Bistra voda")
Leb i sol - Leb i sol (1978) YUG (essential jazz rock)
Leb i sol - Leb i sol 2 (1978) YUG (essential jazz rock)
Leb i sol - Sledovanje (1981) YUG (not very good although pleasant to listen, more mainstream oriented)
Lisac, Josipa - Dnevnik jedne ljubavi (1973) YUG (excellent soft prog with jazz/r'nb elements, one of best female vocals)
Mlinarec, Drago - Sve je u redu (1978) YUG (good although not essential soft prog folk rock with psyche moments, one of best singers/songwriters of the classic 1970s era but his other albums are better)
More - More (1974) YUG (melodic soft prog, ballads with good female vocals and nice instrumentals)
Pomaranca - Orange III (1985 tape rip) YUG (have not listened yet, heavy metal)
Pomaranca - Orange III (1985) YUG (have not listened yet, heavy metal)
Pop masina - Kiselina (1973) YUG (important early heavy prog album)
Predmestje - Kamasutra (1982) YUG (very good jazz rock band but this album is their weakest)
Rezonansa - Hitovi (1991) YUG (collection of hit singles, interesting mix of pop, rock, folk and prog, contains violins and some traditional instruments)
Smak - Smak (1975) YUG (good debut, hard rock/jazz rock mix with powerful blues base)
Sobic, Miladin - Oziljak (1981) YUG (acoustic pop rock, singer/songwriter)
Sobic, Miladin - Umesto gluposti (1982) YUG (acoustic pop rock, singer/songwriter)
Suncokret - Moje bube (1977) YUG (interesting folk rock with prog elements)
Tako - Tako (1978) YUG (very good mostly instrumental space prog, with FLOYD and J TULL similarities)
Tako - U vreci za spavanje (1980) YUG (very good mostly instrumental space prog, with FLOYD and J TULL similarities, slightly better than debut)
Tantadruj - Tantadruj (1989) YUG (have not listened yet)
Teska Industrija - Zasviraj i za pojas zadjeni (1978) YUG (heavy prog, this is the weakest of the three albums from 1970s)
Vatreni poljubac - Recept za rock 'n' roll (1979) YUG (heavy metal/boogie/hard rock)
Yu grupa - Kako to da svaki dan (1974) YUG (very nice melodic hard rock with Balkan ethno and prog influences)
Yu grupa - Yu grupa (1973) YUG (very nice melodic hard rock with Balkan ethno and prog influences)
Yu grupa - Yu grupa (1975) YUG (very nice melodic hard rock with Balkan ethno and prog influences)
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Posted: October 03 2007 at 03:30 |
Andrea Cortese wrote:
How about Yu Grupa? I don't think they're included in this site.
I'm also curious to put my hands on a classic cd by Drugi Nacin. I only have their same titled cd from 1993...well, I agree with you. That's not prog. |
YU GRUPA is a classic rock band from ex YU. Contains elements of hard rock, blues, boogie, Balkan folk and prog rock. Very good band, especially their first three studio albums. Still, I think the prog elements are not sufficient to be considered prog rock, but I know many sites put them into "progressive" category.
DRUGI NACIN self-titled debut (1975) is essential (heavy) prog rock with lots of flute. I know it has been reissued on CD together with only album by NEPOCIN, which is a separate band founded by DN leader I. Kurtovic upon their breaking up in 1977. They play similar style of prog with flute.
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 17:17 |
How about Yu Grupa? I don't think they're included in this site.
I'm also curious to put my hands on a classic cd by Drugi Nacin. I only have their same titled cd from 1993...well, I agree with you. That's not prog.
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 17:08 |
Thanks Seyo for the valuable info and for the translations, very much appreciated.
I knew Modra Rijeka was inspired by real poems but the english version is waaay more accessible to me...  |
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:53 |
Wow, it's very impressive list of Yugo bands.
I'll try to add a brief note to each of them for explanation (in blue):
Andrea Cortese wrote:
I've found these lists of recommendations while sailing through internet:
Part 1:
Aerodrom - Kad misli mi vrludaju (1979) YUG (good symphonic prog, sounds like YES)
Bebic, Toma - Oya noya (1980) YUG (avant singer/songwriter, humour surreal topics of Dalmatia region, rough voice like Tom Waits)
Bijelo dugme - Dozivjeti stotu (1980) YUG (popular ska/new wave, not interesting for prog)
Bijelo dugme - Uspavanka za Radmilu M (1983) YUG (pop phase of the band, not good)
Bijelo Dugme - sta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (1975) YUG (essential mix of heavy prog rock and so-called "shepherds rock" (Balkan folk influence), recommended for prog listeners)
Boom Pop fest '73 (1973) YUG (all Boom Pop Festivals are highly recommended for prog listeners!)
Boom Pop fest '74 (1974) YUG (all Boom Pop Festivals are highly recommended for prog listeners!)
Boom Pop festival Ljubljana 72 (1972) YUG (all Boom Pop Festivals are highly recommended for prog listeners!)
Buco i Srdjan - Vece je nas prijatelj (1974) YUG (acoustic singer/songwriter duo reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel, nice melodic light folk rock)
Buldozer - Izlog jeftinih slatkisa (1980) YUG (good album but not essential to prog, contains diversity of styles from punk to polka to reggae to psyche)
Buldozer - Nevino srce (1983) YUG (the worst album by the band, only for fans)
Buldozer - Noc (1995) (very good "come back" album, recommended, heavy prog moments)
Buldozer - Rok end roul (1981) YUG (nice experiment and/or joke - rockabilly 50s with hilarious lyrics as usual, mini LP, musically not prog)
Buldozer - zivi bili pa vidjeli (1979) YUG (another mini LP, film soundtrack, not essential, for fans)
Cod - Bijeli Bagremi (1978) YUG (a campy pop glam rock group recorded this album which has some prog rock elements, notably the title track)
What to say?
How huge this progressive rock scene was! |
to be continued...
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:27 |
clarke2001 wrote:
andu wrote:
And it has a lovely cover... |
And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
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I also found translation of another song from that album, "Slovo o covjeku", here it is
| Mak Dizdar |
| A WORD ABOUT MAN |
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First
Enclosed within a body encased in skin
You dream of heaven's fecund return
Housed in a brain imprisoned in a heart
The sun you revere from this dark cave
Imprisoned in flesh locked up by these bones
How can this space
To heaven be bridged?
Second
Confined in a ribcage captured by silver
In your grandeur no finer than the peasant
Enclosed within a body shut in by skin
You dream that this earth with heaven agrees
Wrenched from heaven bread and wine you desire
But will your dwelling
Your home ever be?
Third
Locked in flesh encaged by bones
These bones your flesh will gore
Wrenched from heaven bread and wine you desire
But stone and smoke are all there are
Of these two hands is one not yours?
The one who wants
The other to kill?
Fourth
Encased in a brain captured in a heart
The sun you call ceaselessly from the dark pit
You dream of heaven drawing nigh
Through blades of grass the body drunkenly swerves
Held fast by roots immersed in blood
In this sorrowful dance
Are you last or first?
Fifth
In that sorrowful dance neither last nor first
You are a gathering for creatures and a playground for worms
Trapped in a body that makes itself a grave
When will the body from its own accord
act?
Translated by Keith Doubt
© 2007 Keith Doubt
Published with permission of the Mak Dizdar Foundation |
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 10:17 |
Seyo wrote:
clarke2001 wrote:
andu wrote:
And it has a lovely cover... |
And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
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Hi, I found the translation of "Modra rijeka" title track:
Blue River
by Bosnian poet Mak Dizdar
English translation by Darja Bekan
Nobody knows
Where it is
Little we know
But it’s known
Beyond the mount
Beyond the valley
Beyond seven, beyond eight
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Through mortal,
Through bitter
Through haw thorn,
Through thorn bush,
Through heat,
Through restraint,
Through suspicion,
Through doubt,
Beyond nine, beyond ten.
Even deeper,
even stronger,
beyond silence,
beyond darkness.
Where roosters
never crow.
Where horn
Can’t be heard.
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Beyond the reason,
beyond God.
There’s one Blue river.
It’s wide.
It’s deep.
It’s hundred years
Wide and
thousand years deep it is.
Don’t even dream
About its length.
That’s murk and darkness
Full of grieving.
There is one Blue river.
There is one Blue river.
We should cross that river.
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Since it is a true poetry, not meant to be sung, I cannot say how accurate the translation is. Poetry translation is the very art as such, me guess... |
AND YET ANOTHER TRANSLATION OF THE SAME SONG:
| Mak Dizdar |
| DARK BLUE RIVER |
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None can say where it is found
We know little but 'tis known
Beyond mountain, beyond valley
Beyond seven, beyond eight
And still sadder and still madder
Over weary, over bitter
Over hawthorn, over thornbush
Over drought and over hindrance
Over dread and over doubt
Beyond nine and beyond ten
There below beneath the earth
Over yonder beneath the sky
And still deeper and still fiercer
Beyond silence, beyond nightfall
Where the roosters do not crow
And the horn's voice is unknown
And still sadder and still madder
Beyond mind and beyond God
For there is a dark blue river
It is broad and it is deep
It is broad one hundred years
A thousand summers is its depth
And its length not to be thought
Murk and darkness unrelenting
For there is a dark blue river
For there is a dark blue river
And that river we must cross
Translated by Wayles Browne
© 2007 Wayles Browne
of the Mak Dizdar Foundation
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 09:49 |
clarke2001 wrote:
andu wrote:
And it has a lovely cover... |
And lovely lyrics, too. Since it's probably one of the most appreciated prog rock albums from ex-Yugoslavia, I will translate them one of these days. They're worth checking.
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Hi, I found the translation of "Modra rijeka" title track:
Blue River
by Bosnian poet Mak Dizdar
English translation by Darja Bekan
Nobody knows
Where it is
Little we know
But it’s known
Beyond the mount
Beyond the valley
Beyond seven, beyond eight
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Through mortal,
Through bitter
Through haw thorn,
Through thorn bush,
Through heat,
Through restraint,
Through suspicion,
Through doubt,
Beyond nine, beyond ten.
Even deeper,
even stronger,
beyond silence,
beyond darkness.
Where roosters
never crow.
Where horn
Can’t be heard.
And elsewhere,
And crazier,
Beyond the reason,
beyond God.
There’s one Blue river.
It’s wide.
It’s deep.
It’s hundred years
Wide and
thousand years deep it is.
Don’t even dream
About its length.
That’s murk and darkness
Full of grieving.
There is one Blue river.
There is one Blue river.
We should cross that river.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Since it is a true poetry, not meant to be sung, I cannot say how accurate the translation is. Poetry translation is the very art as such, me guess...
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Seyo
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Joined: May 08 2004
Location: Bosnia
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 09:42 |
Wow, I was just a few days off this site and what news took place.
Andrea, congrats for your purchase of "Modra rijeka" and "Crna dama", they are both essential prog from YU.
Kalemegdan Disk is a good place to look for these gems, although I never myself bought anything from them (I stick to mp3 format for archival purposes... )
Hear from you later on impressions....
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