DIDN-DA-DA

This is the third single on Diskoton label, and it appeared probably during summertime or early autumn of 1974. Packed in a minimalist sleeve design by Dragan S. Stefanović, with four colorful stripes against the brown background, the record contains two more songs from the November 1973 recording sessions. Mere few days before Davorin Popovic and Bodo Kovacevic left the band for the mandatory military service, Indexi recorded a bunch of tracks to be stockpiled and sequentially released by Diskoton to keep the market saturated until the band's forseen reunion. This was still the line-up with drummer Miro Saranovic and keyboardist Vlado Pravdic, along with standard bassist Fadil Redzic.

This is one of the least known Indexi releases and these songs remained obscure and deep cuts, never reaching a wider public exposure. Yet, they are worthy revisiting. Despite its nonsensical title and seemingly childish lyrics about a kid writing his first song only to be ridiculed by his parents that suggest a bubblegum approach, "Didn-da-da" is really a solid pop-rock tune with a catchy chorus. Starts with a complex time signature of bass and guitar, with a nice backing by a melodic organ tune. Kovacevic plays both acoustic and electric guitar. Instrumental bridge brings a somewhat heavy prog sound with brief soli of drums and organ. The track had potentials to become a hit but oddly it never charted, probably beacuse the band was in hiatus so Diskoton never bothered to promote it.

The flipside brings a ballad "Dal' smo ljudi" (Are We Humans) introduced by electric piano, organ and acoustic guitar. This time, the lyrics are more poetically serious, singing about coldness and distance of human relations. There are two brief electric guitar soli during the bridge but they never reach the hights of Kovacevic's strenght as a player. I am also not a fan of the chorus melody, but musicianship is top-notch with an organ section invoking for a moment the sound of DEEP PURPLE in "Child in Time". This was the last single release before the reunion of INDEXI with a new line- up in the late 1974, which introduced a new phase in their work.