VOLJELA JE "SJAJ U TRAVI"

As the 1970s progressed, the once beloved Yugoslav prog rock icons continued to decline, recording ever more irrelevant and insignificant pop songs. In September 1977 Indexi recorded at Jugoton studio in Zagreb a schlager- ballad "Voljela je 'Sjaj u travi'" (She Loved 'Splendor in the Grass') and with this song they participated in the famous Zagreb Festival of Popular Music in late October. Although by the public vote it scored relatively high fifth place, it is a rather boring song with cheap and sleezy chorus made on the blueprint of their earlier hit "Predaj se srce". The only redeeming value of the song is a nice piano playing by Nenad Jurin in the verses. Guitar solo by Bodo Kovacevic is played more as a routine and not with his true conviction and emotions.

There is a much better song on the flipside of this single. "Pokazi mi dlan" (Show Me Your Palm), a story of the pitfalls of wandering musician's lifestyle, was penned by bassist Fadil Redzic, and it brings back heavy progressive sound of their yesteryears. Introductory heavy guitar and organ riffing reminds of Deep Purple's classic style. Kovacevic elegantly adds a few nice guitar flageolets. The bridge is characterized by dual-mixed solo guitars playing ascending scales, while some organ-led rhythmic pattern recalls a groovy part of Pink Floyd's "Echoes". Unfortunately, this composition is destroyed by a terrible chorus including some clumsy and forced rhymes in the lyrics. Too bad, because it had enough good semi-prog rocking elements to elevate it to the status of a forgotten classic of Indexi.

PA rating: 2/5 Personal rating: 2,5/5

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