Finally we have the chance to combine two of our favourite topics in one news item: Yugoslavia and the Beatles. The occasion is the new film Get Back, which retells the story of the recording of the album "Let it Be" and in which Yugoslavia is mentioned twice. On the Nova.rs website it says: It... Weiterlesen →
Historical New Year’s wishes from Yugoslavia
Image Source: Screenshot from You Tube We wish all visitors to this website a Happy New Year. We would like to do so by pointing out three specifically Yugoslavian videos with New Year wishes. 1967: Criticism between the lines The first is the song "Srećna nova godina" (Happy New Year) from 1967, which was written... Weiterlesen →
„You can count on us“: Even if we play rock music, we are still good communists
Strange topics and separate paths Because of the themes sung about on it, the single „Raćunajte na nas“ (freely translated: „You can count on us“) by the band Rani Mraz (Early Frost), which was released in 1978, is a musical curiosity. The B-side is called „Strašan žulj“ (freely translated: „I have a mighty bubble on... Weiterlesen →
Make Music not War: Footprints in Sarajevo through the ages
Rock music has aged somewhat: In Britain, it is already routine for rock veterans to be ennobled, Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize and in London and Berlin, plaques commemorate important events in the careers of the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. At least the commemorative plaque trend has now also arrived in... Weiterlesen →
With Đorđe Balašević, another piece of Yugoslavia has also died
He was an essential part of the soundtrack of Yugoslavia in its last two decades, which he analysed and described critically and melancholically in his songs. In doing so, he did not shy away from critical political commentaries and was not afraid to take on the powerful, first and foremost Slobodan Milošević. And his concert... Weiterlesen →
Gavrilo Princip: Hero for some, criminal for others
The portrait of this young man is not necessarily known in the West. In the territory of the former Yugoslavia this is (very) different. And in some areas there, the assessment of this person differs considerably from that in Western Europe. This is borne out by the inscriptions next to these murals of the Sarajevo... Weiterlesen →
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