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DOGOVOR IZ 1804 ("Agreement from 1804.") were an progressive rock group from Belgrade. In 1968 the band were founded by Aleksandar Stojić (vocal), Dejan Vasiljević (vocal, flute), Predrag Simić (sitar), Saša Forenbaher (table), Nebojša Ignjatović (vocal, guitar), Robert Nemeček (bass, flute, vocal) and Stevan Milutinović (drums). In 1969, they released only one four-track EP titled Circle and they split up in 1970.

Edited by Svetonio - September 30 2015 at 01:15

GORDI were founded in November 1977 by guitarist Zlatko Manojlovic, former member of several bands. The original-line up were keyboardist Goran Manojlović, drummer Stevan Milutinović, former member of the group Agreement From 1804. , and bassist Dragan. The band in 1979 won the first place at the International Rock Festival in Poznan, Poland. After five full-lenght studio albums, GORDI were ceased in fall of 1984 when the leader of the band Zlatko Manojlovic was released his first solo album.

Re discussion that slightly touched Šarlo akrobata at Hybris vs Spirit of Eden the poll thread, i.e. the Belgrade's punk / new wave act which is almost a synonyme for that genre in the former Yugoslavia but already in the Prog Archives, I'd like to clear what actually deceive someone who has no idea what kind of music is Šarlo akrobata ("Sharlo The Acrobat") and pushed Šarlo akrobata in Avant Prog as it unfortunately happened on this site, is the fact that the drummer, the late Ivan "Ivica" Vdović, was very of talent and that he took classes in jazz drumming; before Sharlo The Acrobat, he played in a progressive rock band Limunovo drvo ("Lemon Tree"), who never released an album because of punk hysteria. And therefore, his drumming was too good and pretty complex for the standards of punk bands in Yugoslavia back in the day. Otherwise he was known in town as a cheerful and smiling guy, never really punk, more focused on the visual arts and literature as a person with multiplied talents, but in that circle of Belgrade's punks, he become intravenous drug addict and the very first registered person who died by AIDS in Yugoslavia.

Edited by Svetonio - October 10 2015 at 07:36

Put za Istok ("Journey to East") by Korni Grupa, a live version from their last gig (1975).

Ja odlazim sutra ("I Am Leaving Tommorow") by Indexi (live 1970)





Edited by Svetonio - October 19 2015 at 06:47

GKR wrote: I've seen a lot of videos (from Smak, Time and others) on Youtube, but there is no indication of them oficially released in Progarchives. Are these only television promo videos? Yugoslavia had a music channel?

Yes, those are television videos. Tito's Yugoslavia, had no rock music tv channel, but the rock bands were represented extremely well in popular and numerous tv programs for youth.
Rock music has been nicely represented in Yugoslavia also on the radio, so some audio-only live videos of Yugoslav bands at Youtube, from the early seventies, actually comes from the direct radio transmissions from the rock concerts and festivals, who were also recorded.
In the sixties Yugoslavia, there was even a joint venture program, dedicated to rock music only, of the Belgrade Radio and the BBC, and a graduated student of Slavic studies at Cambridge, Englishman Mr Malcom Hurlston (aka Mark Eastern) was DJ so he was played the rock hits from swinging London and commented the songs and the bands on air, in a great style and in perfect Serbo-Croatian language, every Wednesday and Sunday.


Edited by Svetonio - October 21 2015 at 11:48

GKR wrote: Oh, very interesting. Brazil had a similar tradition, with musical festivals on television in early and late sixties. It was about time to collect those videos and release them, no? It would be interesting to have this collections. Brazilians groups also havent made their "Video History", sadly.

Tv stations produced several nice rockumentaries, (only about Smak it was released four rockumentaries, and the first one, from 1976, "Smak in America", was filmed in NYC by TV Belgrade and contain some live footage at one of their two gigs in NYC). Sadly, no one rockumentary is subtitled in English.

Edited by Svetonio - October 26 2015 at 05:43

Biska 2 (instrumental), Ljudi nije fer ("My People, It Isn't Fair", feat. Najda) and Na Balkanu ("At Balkan", feat. Dado Topić, ex-Time) by Smak, live at Ušće 2015, official live vids, top quality sound 

Edited by Svetonio - November 10 2015 at 11:22

Sve će to, o mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" ("All of this, my darling, will get covered by rosemary, snow and sedge") from Bijelo Dugme 1979 album Bitanga i princeza ("The rogue and the princess") of which I think that is the best Bijelo Dugme's album.

 

http://lyricstranslate.com/en/sve-ce-mila-moja-prekriti-ruzmarin-snjegovi-i-sas-sve-ce-mila-moja-prekriti-ruzmarin-snjegovi-i-sas.html#ixzz3t3AIAYom

All of this , oh my darling,
will get covered by rosemary , snow and sedge
and two sodden birds
will fly to the south from your eye
no tear, no will
no omen, no voice , and it could have been better

you will say its a little sad
and he was a b*****d and misery
and we will stand ,naked and alone
in front of this ice sky in the dark
wormwood smells, empty field
faded roses and honey , and it could have been better
Refren
where, show me where
when destiny doesn´t love the sad ones
and how will you protect yourself from the world
like a rose with two funny torns or a dream
in vain, in vain, everything is against us

All of this , oh my darling,
will get covered by rosemary , snow and sedge
and two sodden birds
will fly to the south from your eye
no tear, no will
no omen, no voice , and it could have been better

Edited by Svetonio - December 06 2015 at 19:34