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Bajaga i Instruktori

January 08, 2023

Bajaga i Instruktori (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори; trans. Bajaga and the Instructors) are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1984. Founded and led by vocalist, guitarist and principal composer and lyricist Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga", the group is one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.

Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori performing live in 2009
Background information
OriginBelgrade, Serbia
Genres
Years active
  • 1984–1994
  • 1996–present
LabelsPGP-RTB, Diskoton, Red Luna Records, Produkcija Stig, PGP-RTS, Komuna Belgrade, Biveco, Dallas Records, Metropolis Records, Hi-Fi Centar, Take It Or Leave It Records, Long Play
MembersMomčilo Bajagić
Živorad Milenković
Miroslav Cvetković
Aleksandar Lokner
Čedomir Macura
Marko Nježić
Past membersDejan Cukić
Nenad Stamatović
Vladimir Golubović
Vladimir Negovanović
Ljubiša Opačić
Websitewww.bajaga.com

The band was formed while Bajagaić was still a guitarist for the highly popular band Riblja Čorba, originally to promote Bajagić's side project Pozitivna geografija. The success of the album and the promotional tour led to the continuation of the band's activity. Bajaga i Instruktori's following releases, Sa druge strane jastuka (1985), Jahači magle (1986) and Prodavnica tajni (1988), brought a plethora of hit songs, placing the band at the top of the Yugoslav rock scene, alongside other mega-selling bands like Riblja Čorba and Bijelo Dugme. The band's work and Bajagić's often poetic lyrics were also were widely praised by the music critics. The band continued their activity after the breakup of Yugoslavia, throughout their whole career remaining one of the most popular groups in Serbia and other former Yugoslav republics.

History

Bajagić's beginnings and career with Riblja Čorba

Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" started his musical career in 1974, at age 14, as vocalist for the band TNT.[1] He wrote his first lyrics as a TNT member, for their song "Dvadeseta noć" ("Twentieth Night").[1] After TNT disbanded, in the summer of 1976, he moved to the band Ofi, led by organist Toma Stojković, nicknamed "Ofinger" ("Coat Hanger").[1] The lineup consisted of Stojković on organ, Bajagić on bass guitar, Dragan Đerić "Đera" on drums and Živorad "Žika" Milenković on vocals.[1] After Stojković decided to retire from music, Bajagić and Dragan Đerić formed the band Glogov Kolac (Hawthorn Stake) with organist Dragan Pliško and guitarist Rajko Kojić.[1] The group disbanded after only one live performance, and disappointed Bajagić decided to give up music, refusing an invitation from Zdravo leader Boban Petrović to join his band.[1] However, on the suggestion of Rajko Kojić – who had joined SOS, which had evolved into Riblja Čorba – in 1979 he became rhythm guitarist for Riblja Čorba, which already had gained significant popularity with their debut single, "Lutka sa naslovne strane" ("A Doll on the Front Cover").[1] With Riblja Čorba Bajagić recorded five studio albums and a live album, writing music and both music and lyrics for several Riblja Čorba hits, achieving nationwide popularity.[1] During his time spent with Riblja Čorba he also produced the debut album of the band Bezobrazno Zeleno.[2]

1980s

During his time in Riblja Čorba, Bajagić wrote a large number of humorous pop-oriented songs that did not fit into Riblja Čorba's hard rock sound and social-related lyrics.[1] In 1983 he decided to release these songs on a solo album, starting to work on the album with a group of Belgrade musicians: vocalist Dejan Cukić (a former Dizel, Tilt, and Bulevar member, at the time a journalist for the magazine Rock), bass guitarist Miroslav Cvetković "Cvele" (a former Tilt, Pop Mašina, and Papatra member), guitarist Nenad "Nele" Stamatović (a former Tilt, Zebra, Suncokret, and Bulevar member), and drummer Vladimir "Vlajko" Golubović (a former Tilt and Suncokret member, at the time also playing with Riblja Čorba as a temporary replacement for Miroslav "Vicko" Milatović, who was serving his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav Army).[1] Bajagić originally intended only to record an album of his own songs and to remain a member of Riblja Čorba.[1] The songs for the album were recorded in a rented apartment in Belgrade and in Radio Television Belgrade Studio V and produced by Kornelije Kovač.[1] The album, beside mentioned musicians, featured studio musician Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" on bass guitar, a former Generacija 5 member Dragan "Krle" Jovanović on guitar, KIM leader Kire Mitrev on trombone, jazz musician Ivan Švager on clarinet, and actress Suzana Petričević on vocals. Petričević sung a duet with Bajagić in the song "Papaline" ("Bristlings").[1] The album, entitled Pozitivna geografija (Positive Geography), was released at the end of January 1984 and was well received by the audience, bringing numerous hits: "Berlin", "Mali slonovi" ("Little Elephants"), "Poljubi me" ("Kiss Me"), "Limene trube" ("Brass Trumpets"), "Tekila gerila" ("Tequila Guerrilla"), "Marlena", and "Tamara".[1] For the opening of the song "Tamara" Bajagić, on the suggestion of musician Dušan Mihajlović "Spira", decided to include a recording of a girl saying several lines in Russian language. However, he was dissatisfied with the accent of all the possible candidates. Eventually, on Mihajlović's suggestion, they used the recording of a girl reading report on Danube water level on Radio Belgrade.[3] The album featured the anti-drug song "Znam čoveka" ("I Know a Man"), dedicated to Dragan Đerić "Đera", Bajagić's former bandmate from Ofi and Glogov Kolac.[1]

Initially, Bajagić had no intention of promoting Pozitivna geografija in concert, but eventually decided to listen to the advice of fellow musicians and music journalists and hold several concerts.[1] Bajagić and musicians working on the album held their first concert in Zagreb club Kulušić on 12 April 1984.[1] Beside the musicians that worked on the album, the concert also featured vocalist Žika Milenković (a graduate from Belgrade Faculty of Applied Arts,[4] Bajagić's former bandmate from the band Ofi, a former Mačori member and an actor in the amateur theatre Teatar levo), keyboardist Dragan Mitrić (a former Bulevar and Propaganda member) and Kornelije Kovač,[1] Milenković soon becoming an official member of the band.[5] During their staying in Zagreb, Bajagić and Cukić appeared as guests on the recording of Parni Valjak album Uhvati ritam (Get into the Rhythm), singing backing vocals on the title track, as a sign of gratitude to Parni Valjak for lending them a piece of drum kit for their first concert.[1] The band held the official album promotion, organized by the Rock magazine, in Belgrade's Trade Union Hall on 21 April.[1] On this performance the band appeared under the name Bajaga i Instruktori – chosen after the idea of journalist Peca Popović – for the first time.[1] The concert featured Valentino and Bezobrazno Zeleno as the opening bands.[1] The concert was well attended and the band's performance was well received by the teenage audience.[1]

The success of Bajagić's solo album intensified already existing problems and conflicts inside Riblja Čorba.[1] On 19 July 1984 Bajagić was, alongside Rajko Kojić, excluded from the band.[1] During the summer of 1984 Bajaga i Instruktori went on a tour, with experienced musician Rade Radivojević on keyboards, playing mostly at youth work actions.[1] At the end of the year, in the Rock magazine Bajagić was proclaimed the Rock Musician of the Year, and Pozitivna geografija was voted the Album of the Year by fellow musicians.[1]

At the beginning of 1985 Bajaga i Instruktori recorded the album Sa druge strane jastuka (On the Other Side of the Pillow), co-produced by Kornelije Kovač and Saša Habić.[1] The album featured a large number of guests: jazz veterans Stjepko Gut on trumpet and flugelhorn, Jovan Maljoković on saxophone and Mića Marković on saxophone, young jazz musicians Branko Mačić on jazz guitar and Sava Medan on double bass, Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" on bass guitar, Dragan "Krle" Jovanović on guitar.[6] Sa druge strane jastuka was the band's first album to feature Milenković as an author: he co-wrote the song "Francuska ljubavna revolucija" ("French Love Revolution") with Bajagić.[1] The album brought hits "220 u voltima" ("220 Volt"), "Vidi šta mi je uradio od pesme, mama" (a Serbo-Croatian cover of the Melanie Safka song "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma"), "Ti se ljubiš (Na tako dobar način)" ("You Kiss (In a great Manner)"), "Dvadeseti vek" ("Twentieth Century"), and ballads "Dobro jutro, džezeri" ("Good Morning, Jazzers"), "Sa druge strane jastuka" and "Zažmuri" ("Close Your Eyes").[1] The jazz tune "Dobro jutro, džezeri" was partially inspired by the time the band had spent with Belgrade jazzers in Belgrade Youth Center jazz club and would eventually become a jazz standard in Yugoslavia.[7] The band chose "Zažmuri" as a single for the music chart TV show Hit meseca (Hit of the Month), much to dissatisfaction of the editors of their record label, PGP-RTB, who insisted on a fast-tempo song. "Zažmuri" eventually climbed to the top of the Hit meseca chart.[7] The album was promoted with a 7-inch single with "220 u voltima" as the A-side. On the record's B-side was a track with software for ZX Spectrum entitled "Kompjuterska informacija (za Sinclair Spectrum)" ("Computer Information (for Sinclair Spectrum)").[8]

In March 1985 Bajaga i Instruktori presented their new songs to the Zagreb audience in Kulušić club, as a part of the BG-ZG: Bolje vas našli (Belgrade-Zagreb: Happy to Be Here) action.[1] Several days later, on the night of 9–10 March, they performed in Toulouse on the Night of Mediterranean Rock festival. Although they performed around 4:00 am, they were well received and performed three encores.[1] After this concert Rade Radivojević was replaced by a former Potop (The Flood) and Galija member Saša Lokner.[9] The band went on a successful Yugoslav tour, on which they held two concerts in Tašmajdan Stadium, on 8 and 9 June. For both of the concerts the Stadium was sold out, and on the first one the band played during pouring rain.[1] In May 1985 Bajagić and Cukić took a part in YU Rock Misija, a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid, and on 15 June Bajaga i Instruktori performed on the YU Rock Misija concert held on the Red Star Stadium.[9]

 
Members of Bajaga i Instruktori and Bijelo Dugme together in Moscow, July 1985

In the autumn of 1985 Bajaga i Instruktori and Bijelo Dugme represented Yugoslavia on the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students held in Moscow.[9] The two bands should have held their first concert on 28 July in Gorky Park.[10] The soundcheck, during which Yugoslav technicians played Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd songs, attracted some 100,000 people to the location.[11] Bajaga i Instruktori opened the concert, however, after some time, the police started to beat the ecstatic audience, and the concert was interrupted by the Soviet officials, so Bijelo Dugme did not have the opportunity to go out on the stage.[12] Fearing new riots, the Moscow authorities scheduled the second concert in Dinamo Hall, and the third one in the Moscow Green Theatre. The first one, held on 30 July, was attended by about 2,000 uninterested factory workers, and the second one, held on 2 August and also featuring British bands Misty in Roots and Everything but the Girl, by about 10,000 young activists with special passes.[9][12] During their staying in Moscow, Bajaga i Instruktori also performed in Pioneers Home and Vakhtangov Theatre.[9]

After the group returned to Yugoslavia, they continued Sa druge strane jastuka tour, during which they held more than 120 concerts.[9] During the year they also performed on the rock evening of the Intertalent Festival in Prague.[9] At the end of 1985 in the magazine Rock Bajaga i Instruktori were polled by the critics the Rock Band of the Year, Bajagić was polled the Rock Musician of the Year, "Zažmuri" was polled the Song of the Year, and Sa druge strane jastuka was polled the Album of the Year.[9] By the end of the year the album was sold in more than 350,000 copies,[9] Bajaga i Instruktori becoming one of best-selling Yugoslav acts and teen idols.[13] At the end of the year the band was awarded with the 25 May Plaque by the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia.[9] After the tour ended, the band went on a break, during which Lokner and Golubović performed in jazz clubs with jazz musicians Stjepko Gut (trumpet), Miša Krstić (piano) and Nenad Petrović (saxophone).[9]

In the summer of 1986 the band members reunited to record the album Jahači magle (Fog Riders). The album, produced by Saša Habić, featured numerous guests: Josipa Lisac on vocals in "Ja mislim 300 na sat" ("I Think at 300 kmph"), Nariman "Nera" Mahmud of Aske on vocals in "Kao ne zna da je gotivim" ("Like She Doesn't Know I Like Her"), Kornelije Kovač on keyboards, Bata Božanić on fretless bass, Duda Bezuha on guitar, Bajagić's former bandmate from Riblja Čorba Rajko Kojić on guitar, Vlada Negovanović on guitar, Jane Parđovski of Jakarta on guitar, Goran Grbić on trumpet and Đorđe Petrović on keyboards.[9] The album cover was designed by renowned painter Radovan Hiršl.[14] To promote the album, the band recorded a cover of The Beatles song "All You Need Is Love", entitled "All You Need Is Love (verzija 1986)" ("All You Need Is Love (Version 1986)"), which was released on a 7-inch single given as a gift with an issue of Rock magazine. The B-side featured audio clips from the Jahači magle songs. The single was printed in 99,999 copies, which was the circulation of Rock magazine.[9] After the single, the album was released, bringing hits "Ja mislim 300 na sat", "442 do Beograda" ("442 to Belgrade"), with a bass guitar riff written by Bata Božanić, "Bam, bam, bam", "Rimljani" ("Romans"), and Milenković's "Samo nam je ljubav potrebna" ("All We Need Is Love").[9] The band went on a successful tour, which ended with a concert held at Belgrade Fair on 22 November 1986 in front of about 20,000 people.[9] After the end of the tour, the band made a break once again, during which Bajagić travelled to Thailand, and Cukić released his first solo album, Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm).[9] After the break, Bajaga i Instruktori went on a two-month Soviet Union tour, during which they held 42 concerts.[9] After they returned to Yugoslavia, Cukić left Bajaga i Instruktori conventionally, forming his Spori Ritam Band.[9]

 
Momčilo Bajagić on a concert in Niš at the end of 1980s

Bajaga i Instruktori recorded their following album, Prodavnica tajni (The Shop of Secrets), in 1988 in Novi Sad.[9] The album, named after Dino Buzzati book La boutique del mistero (with the songs, however, having no connection with the book),[15] was produced by Saša Habić.[1] Milenković co-wrote the songs "Ruski voz" ("Russian Train"), "Život je nekad siv – nekad žut" ("Life Is Sometimes Grey – Sometimes Yellow"), and "Vesela pesma" ("Merry Song").[9] The album marked a slight stylistic change in the band's sound: the songs were simpler, without brass instruments and numerous guest musicians, frequent on the band's previous releases, based on acoustic guitars and keyboards, and the songs "Plavi safir" ("Blue Sapphire"), "Vesela pesma", "Život je nekad siv – nekad žut" and "Ruski voz" featured folk music elements.[9] However, virtually every song on the album became a hit. During the year Bajagić also found time to produce the album 88 by the band Heroji.[2]

The band went on another successful tour, during which they recorded the double live/compilation album Neka svemir čuje nemir (May the Universe Hear the Unrest). The album featured new songs "Na vrhovima prstiju" ("On the Tips of Your Toes"), "Idem (Kao da ne idem, a idem)" ("I'm Going (Like I'm not Going, but I'm Going")), the first Bajaga i Instruktori song sung entirely by Milenković, and "Neka svemir čuje nemir", a cover of a traditional Indian song.[9] It also featured acoustic studio versions of "Tamara" and "Tekila gerila".[9] The live recordings were made on the band's concerts in Zagreb's House of Sports, held on 6 March 1989, and on Novi Sad EBU Rock Festival, with the recording of the journalist Dražen Vrdoljak announcing the band on their concert in Kulušić, held on 8 December 1984.[9] The album also featured a live version of the song "Kad hodaš", written by Bajagić and originally recorded by Riblja Čorba.[16] During the tour that followed the album release, the band held two sold-out concerts in Belgrade's Pionir Hall.[9] Despite the growing nationalism, the band was well-accepted in all parts of Yugoslavia.[9] The only incident on the tour happened in Split, where the fans of the football club Hajduk Split threw various objects on the stage, but after the intervention of the security, the concert was continued.[9] At the beginning of 1990 Bajaga i Instruktori, alongside Yugoslav acts Riblja Čorba, Valentino, Viktorija and Galija and several less known British acts, performed in Timișoara, Romania, at the three-day concerts organized two months after the Romanian Revolution.[9] All five Yugoslav acts performed on three concerts in Timișoara Olympia Hall in front of some 20,000 people each night.[17]

1990s

In 1991 the band released the EP Četiri godišnja doba (Four Seasons), which featured the songs "Uspavanka" ("Lullaby"), "Buđenje ranog proleća" ("Awakening of the Early Spring"), "Dobro jutro" ("Good Morning"), and "U koži krokodila" ("In Crocodile Skin").[9] The EP featured guest appearance by opera singer Jadranka Jovanović.[9] During 1992, despite the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars, Bajaga i Instruktori performed and held successful concerts in Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Slovenia.[9] During the same year Milenković, with Električni Orgazam member Goran Čavajda, Riblja Čorba member Zoran Ilić, and a former Bezobrazno Zeleno member Bojan Vasić, formed the supergroup Babe.[18]

In 1993 Bajaga i Instruktori released the album Muzika na struju (Electric Music).[9] The song "Marinina tema" ("Marina's Theme") was originally written by Bajagić for the theatre play Život Jovanov (Life of Jovan) directed by Darko Bajić, and the theme "Nakostrešena mačka" ("Bristled Cat") was written by Milenković.[9] The anti-war ballad "Golubica" ("Dove") featured Aleksandra and Kristina Kovač, Tanja Jovićević of Oktobar 1864 and Marija Mihajlović on backing vocals. The song was based on the instrumental Bajagić played at Terazijska česma during the 9 March 1991 protest.[9] Beside "Golubica", the album featured anti-war songs "Gde si" ("Where Are You") and "Ovo je Balkan" ("This Is the Balkans").[9] The album was promoted on concerts in Montenegro and Macedonia, and on a sold-out concert in Sports Hall in Belgrade.[9] After the album release, Bajagić started to perform alone in the clubs abroad, with the audience usually consisting of young people who emigrated from former Yugoslav republics.[2] At the beginning of 1994 Bajaga i Instruktori announced their performances in Slovenia, with a huge interest of the audience for these concerts. However, Slovenian authorities refused to issue visas to the band, which caused a scandal in Slovenian media. After the intervention of the Slovenian president Milan Kučan, visas were issued to the members of the band, and they performed several concerts including a sold-out concert in Ljubljana's Tivoli Hall.[9] In March 1994 the band held three concerts in Belgrade's Trade Union Hall, with which they celebrated ten years of existence.[9]

In November 1994, after a concert in Pristina, the existing conflicts – caused by Bajagić's solo performances abroad and by the change in management[19] – erupted. Bajagić excluded Stamatović and Golubović from the group, which led to Bajaga i Instruktori ending their activity.[9] At the time Bajagić, with Lokner, wrote music for Miša Radivojević's film In the Middle of Nowhere. The recordings featured members of the old town music band Legende, in the hit song "Moji drugovi" ("My Friends"), Dragan Jovanović "Krle" of Generacija 5 on acoustic guitar, Sava Latinović on tarabuka, and Aleksandra and Kristina Kovač on backing vocals. The music was released on the album Ni na nebu ni na zemlji (In the Middle of Nowhere).[9] During the same year Bajagić wrote music for the TV show Otvorena vrata (Opened Door),[9] and Lokner recorded the instrumental music album Naos (Cella) with keyboardist Laza Ristovski.[2]

In 1996 Bajagić reformed Bajaga i Instruktori. The new lineup, beside Bajagić, Žika Milenković on vocals and guitar, Miroslav Cvetković on bass guitar, and Saša Lokner on keyboards, featured the guitarist Vlada Negovanović (a former member of Butik, Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića, Slađana Milošević's backing band, Tunel, and Dejan Cukić's Spori Ritam Band), and the drummer Čedomir "Čeda" Macura (a former member of Neverne Bebe, Viktorija's backing band, Legija and Revolveri).[9] At the end of 1996 the band recorded the album Od bižuterije do ćilibara (From Bijouterie to Amber).[2] Bajagić wrote all the songs for the album, except "Ne volim zimu" ("I Don't Like Winter"), featuring music written by Milenković.[2] The album was produced by the band members themselves, and featured Saša Habić on cello.[2] The album brought hits "Silikon (2004)" ("Silicon (2004)"), Tvoja je gajba sigurna" ("Your Place Is Safe"), "Još te volim" ("I Still Love You"), "Iza nas..." ("Behind Us..."), "Ne volim zimu", and "Što ne može niko možeš ti" ("You Can Do What Nobody Else Can").[2] The album was promoted with a free concert held in Belgrade's Republic Square on 12 May 1997.[2]

In 1997 Slovenian record label Biveco released the compilation album Neizbrisano (Unerased). The album featured recordings from the various periods of Bajagić's and Bajaga i Instruktori career. It featured previously unreleased songs "Montenegro" and "Januar" ("January"), remixed songs from the Četiri godišnja doba EP, the instrumental "Radovan III", written for the play of the same name, "Tribute to Buldožer", which was a cover of Buldožer song "Yes My Baby, No", a new version of "Moji drugovi", featuring Vlada Divljan, and Sokoli cover of Bijelo Dugme song "Ne spavaj, mala moja" ("Don't You Sleep, Baby") featuring Bajagić and Boris Bele of Buldožer.[2] During the same year journalist Ivan Ivačković published a book about the band entitled Obe strane jastuka (Both Sides of the Pillow).[2]

2000s

 
Bajaga i Instruktori performing live in Sokobanja in 2008

In 2000 Bajagić took an active role in Democratic Opposition of Serbia rallies preceding the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.[20] In 2001 the band released the album Zmaj od Noćaja (Dragon of Noćaj), recorded with the new guitarist, Ljubiša "Buba" Opačić (previously a member of several less-known bands),[21] and produced by Saša Habić.[2] It featured a cover of The Clash song "Should I Stay or Should I Go", entitled "Da li da odem ili ne".[2] The album brought the hits "Zmaj od Noćaja" and "Lepa Janja, ribareva kći" ("Pretty Janja, the Fisherman's Daughter"), as well as minor hits "Da li da odem ili ne" and "Ala" ("Ala"). Zmaj od Noćaja featured a bonus CD entitled I ja sam Zvezdaš (I'm a Red Star Fan, Too), which featured three versions of the song "Zvezda" ("Star"), dedicated to the football club Red Star Belgrade.[22]

In 2002 the band released the album Best of Live, which featured recordings from their concerts in Belgrade, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Timișoara, Skopje and Niš.[2] It featured two previously unrecorded songs: "Slovenačka reč" ("A Word in Slovenian"), recorded live and sung by Milenković, featuring music from the band's old song "Idem (Kao da ne idem, a idem)" and Slovenian language lyrics written by journalist Sonja Javorik, and "Pesna protiv maleri" ("A Song against Bad Luck"), recorded in studio for the theatre play Kutrite mali hrčki (Poor Little Hamsters) by Skopje Drama Theatre and sung by Bajagić, featuring Macedonian language lyrics.[2] In 2003 Bajagić, with the members of the band Apsolutno Romantično, recorded the soundtrack for Dušan Kovačević's film The Professional, released on the album Profesionalac: Muzika iz filma (The Professional: Music from the Film).[2] During the same year, the band released the compilation album Ruža vetrova Beograda (Belgrade Wind Rose), which, after the idea of journalist Peca Popović, featured the band's songs inspired by the city of Belgrade. The compilation included two new songs, "Novosti" ("The News") and "Ruža vetrova" ("Wind Rose").[2] The album was promoted on a concert in the building of Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra on 27 December 2003.[2] During 2003 the band performed in Split, Croatia, for the first time after the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars. The band performed on the city summer stage, and on three occasions tear gas was thrown over the fence into the audience. Despite the interruptions, the band finished the concert, after four encores.[23] In 2004 Lokner released the solo album entitled Evropa Electro Exprees (Europe Electro Express).[2]

In 2005 the band released the album Šou počinje u ponoć (The Show Begins at Midnight), produced by Voja Aralica.[2] Most of the songs were written by Bajagić, with Milenković composing only the song "Pod jasenom" ("Under the Ash tree").[2] The album featured numerous guests: folk singer Vida Pavlović (who died soon after the recording, before the album release) in the song "Padaj kišo, keve ti" ("Fall, Rain, Please"), Negative frontess Ivana Pavlović on vocals in the song "Funky Taxi", Bebi Dol on vocals in "Bademi i so" ("Almonds and Salt") and "Pesma slobode" ("The Song of Freedom"), Marko Đorđević on trumpet, Orthodox Celts member Ana Đokić on violin and the ethnic music band Vrelo.[2] The song "Pesma slobode" is a Serbian language cover of Bob Marley & The Wailers' "Redemption Song".[2] A tour and a release of a live DVD recorded at a concert in the Belgrade Arena followed the album release.[24] In 2008 the band recorded two new songs: "Bežiš od mene ljubavi" ("You're Running Away from Me, My Love") and "A ti se nećeš vratiti" ("And You're not Coming Back"), the latter featuring guest appearance by Plavi Orkestar frontman Saša Lošić, for the TV show Vratiće se rode (The Storks Will Be Back).[25]

On 28 September 2008 Opačić died in Maribor, in a hotel room after the band's concert.[26] He was replaced by former VROOM guitarist Marko Nježić.[27]

In December 2009 the band celebrated 25 years of existence with three concerts held in Belgrade's Sava Centar.[28] During the same year they performed in the United States, in Boston, New York City (in Cooper Union Great Hall), Montreal, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago,[29] and director Miloš Jovanović recorded a documentary about the band entitled Muzika na struju.[30]

2010s

 
Bajagić in 2013

In 2010 PGP-RTS released the box set entitled Antologija (Anthology), featuring remastered editions of the first four Bajaga i Instruktori studio albums.[31] On 6 June 2012 the band released the studio album Daljina, dim i prašina (Distance, Smoke and Dust). The album, announced by the singles "Ako treba da je kraj" ("If It Should Be the End")[32] and "Vreme" ("Time"),[33] featured a new version of "Bežiš od mene, ljubavi" and a version of the song "Od sumraka do svitanja" ("From Dusk till Dawn"),[34] written by Bajagić and originally recorded by pop singer Karolina Gočeva in 2005.[35] The album was released with the book of Bajagić's poetry entitled Vodič kroz snove (Guide through Dreams). The book featured lyrics Bajagić had written for Bajaga i Instruktori and his solo albums, as well as for other artists, with accompanying texts by playwright and academic Dušan Kovačević, Belgrade University professor Aleksandar Jerkov and journalist Peca Popović.[36] In November the band released the video for the album title track, featuring actor Srđan Todorović.[37]

On 19 April 2013 the band performed in Poland for the first time.[38] The band performed in Proxima Club in Warsaw, and the concert featured guest appearance by Polish singer Maciej Maleńczuk, who, in 2011, covered Bajaga i Instruktori 1988 song "Verujem – Ne verujem" ("I Believe – I Don't Believe"), his version entitled "Ostatnia nocka" ("Last Night").[39] On 26 June 2013 the band held a concert at Belgrade Kalemegdan Fortress in front of 30,000 spectators, as a part of Daljina, dim i prašina promotional tour. The concert featured Shark, Snakes and Planes, Eva Braun and Bombaj Štampa as the opening bands, and actor and drummer Srđan Todorović, YU Grupa bass guitarist Žika Jelić and Plavi Orkestar frontman Saša Lošić "Loša" as special guests.[40] The concert was preceded by Meet Belgrade from Bajaga's Songs contest organized by Long Play concert agency and Tourist Organization of Belgrade. On 12 June the winners of the contest toured Belgrade with rock journalist Peca Popović, visiting locations mentioned in Bajaga and Instruktori songs, and at Topčider the winners were welcomed by Bajagić.[41] In August 2013 Daljina, dim i prašina was released on vinyl, in a limited number of 200 copies only, each one signed by Bajagić.[42] In 2014 the band started a tour with which they celebrated 30 years since the formation of the band and the release of their debut album.[43] The tour included three concerts in Tvornica kulture in Zagreb,[43] and a concert in 100 Club in London.[44]

In April 2018 Bajaga i Instruktori released their twelfth studio album, U sali lom (Rumpus in the Hall). The album was produced by Saša Habić and post-produced in London's Abbey Road Studios and co-released by PGP-RTS and Croatia Records.[45] It featured Neverne Bebe member Saša Ranđelović "Ranđa" on guitar, singer-songwriter Nikola Vranjković on guitar, Majke member Davor Rodik on pedal steel guitar and Marko Kuzmanović on drums as guests.[45] The album featured the song "Kad mesec prospe rekom srebra sjaj" ("When the Moon Spills Silver Glow over the River"). The song was originally recorded in 2015 for the album Gitarologija: Povratak korenima (Guitarology: Return to the Roots) by Serbian blues rock band Point Blank, with Bajagić and YU Grupa member Dragi Jelić making guest appearances on the song.[45] The lyrics for the song "Noćima sanjam" ("For Nights I've Been Dreaming") were written by Dušan Kovačević.[45] In August 2018 Bajaga i Instruktori concert on the Days of Beer festival in Karlovac, Croatia was cancelled, after protests from the veterans of Croatian War of Independence.[46] Croatian rock band Hladno Pivo was invited as a replacement, but refused to perform as a sign of support for Bajaga i Instruktori.[47] U sali lom was followed by the live album U Puli lom – Live at Arena (Rumpus in Pula – Live at Arena), recorded on the band's concert at Pula Arena on 11 August 2019. The video recording of the concert was released on Blu-ray[48]

2020s

In September 2020 the band released their thirteenth studio album, entitled Ovaj svet se menja (This World Is Changing). The album was produced by Saša Habić and co-released by PGP-RTS and Croatia Records.[49] The album featured a new version of the song "Ni na nebu ni na zemlji", a new version of the Otvorena vrata theme song, and a new version of the song "Mladost" ("Youth"), originally written for the theatre play Ženidba i udadba (Marriage), with altered lyrics dedicated to deceased singer-songwriter Arsen Dedić.[49] The album also featured covers of the songs "Tvoje oči" ("Your Eyes") and "Moja draga" ("My Darling"), written by Bajagić and originally recorded by singer Zdravko Čolić, and a cover of "Ja sam se ložio na tebe" ("I Had Hots for You"), written by Bajagić and originally recorded by Riblja Čorba.[49] Ovaj svet se menja featured three new songs: the title track, inspired by COVID-19 pandemic, "Darja", a duet with actor Miloš Biković, and "Kako se to naziva" ("How Do You Call It"), the latter two originally recorded at the beginning of 2020 for the Russian-Serbian film Hotel Belgrade.[49]

In 2021 Bajagić was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, for his contribution to Serbian culture.[50] During the year the band released the live album Koncert Bajaga I Instruktori – Tašmajdan 2021 (Bajaga i Instruktori Concert – Tašmajdan 2021), recorded on the concert held on Tašmajdan Stadium on 16 July 2021. The album was released in digital form only.[51] During the year Bajagić composed four songs on Dušan Kovačević's lyrics and instrumental music for Kovačević's film Nije loše biti čovek (It's Not Bad to Be Human). The compositions were released on the soundtrack album Nije loše biti čovek, featuring singer and actress Lena Kovačević and actor Gordan Kičić on vocals.[52] In 2022 Croatia Records and PGP-RTS released the double live album Koncert za rock grupu, orkestar i zbor – Sava Centar 2019. Live (Concert for Rock Band, Orchestra and Choir – Sava Centar 2019 Live), recorded on the concert the band held On 6 December 2019 in Sava Centar with the orchestra Beogradski solisti and the choir Lola. The concert was also released on Blu-ray.[53]

Legacy

In April 1984 we went to a concert in Trade Union Hall, to check how much a Riblja Čorba guitarist can do on his own, without a leader and a tutor, and went out realizing that Momčilo Bajagić flew into our lives to stay. He moved a dose of positivism, not predicted by Orwell for the year 1984, into the space of common intimacy [...]

During the 25 years of career, in the business in which the time of the idols passes quickly, despite intense temptations and bad moments, he kept the status of a decent fellow, a beloved musician and a tolerant family guy. In the cruelest days of Yugoslav tsunamis, he helped us keep the most human emotions with romance, cheerfulness and optimism. He kept us from ugly reality with emotional amulets.

Although Bajaga's composing and poetic talents are unquestionable, the critics were reserved towards his vocal capacity, pointing out to monotonous baritone and narrative vocal style of modest range.

However, Bajaga's "impefect voice", as one of the trademarks of domestic music scene, is maybe the most suitable for his complex and descriptive lyrics. That poetry always rose above the trivialities. Those are the lyrics one believes, which one can feel and recognize. With that sort of poetics he won hearts and respect.

Belgradians share a special attachment to his songs which, in a large extent, symbolize the [Serbian and former Yugoslav] capital. Bajaga is among the chosen Belgrade authors. Just like Vladimir Velmar-Janković, who climbed to the Kalemegdan hill to reveal a deep analysis of men from these lands, just like Dušan Radović, who placed his nest at the top of Beograđanka to foster, watch over and defend the spirit under these skies, just like Momo Kapor, who collected the golden dust of the city while fooling around – Bajaga, in his own time, left originally poetic and colorful image of an emotional pot which is always boiling.

-Petar "Peca" Popović in 2011.[54]

In 2015 Serbian jazz singer Lena Kovačević released a tribute album to Bajaga i Instruktori, entitled Džezeri (Jazzers), featuring covers of ten songs by the band.[55] The song "Strah od vozova" ("Fear of Trains") was covered by Serbian pop duo Next of Kin on their 1990 album Way to the Top.[56] The song "Tišina" ("Silence") was, with altered lyrics and entitled "Alkoholičarka" ("Alcoholic Girl"), covered by Serbian punk rock band Trula Koalicija on their 1992 album Plakao sam kad je pala Sekuritatea (I Cried When the Securitate Had Fallen).[57] The song "Francuska ljubavna revolucija" was covered by the Serbian punk rock band Six Pack, their version entitled "La Musique", on their 2004 album Musique, with Žika Milenković making a guest appearance on the song.[58] The song "Ti se ljubiš (Na tako dobar način)" ("You Kiss (In a Great Manner)") was covered by the Serbian pop singer Teodora Bojović on her 2004 album Teodora.[59] The song "Verujem – Ne verujem" was covered in 2011 by Polish singer Maciej Maleńczuk, his version entitled "Ostatnia nocka" ("Last Night").[60] In 2014, Serbian alternative rock band Bjesovi recorded a medley comprising Bajaga i Instruktori song "Godine prolaze" ("Years Are Passing") and Riblja Čorba song "Užasno mi nedostaje" ("I Miss Her so Much").[61] In 2020 Serbian rock singers Đorđe David and Ivana Peters released a cover of the song "Gde si".[62] In 2021 Serbian jazz duo Lidija Andonov & Andy Pavlov recorded a cover of "Plavi safir" on their album Mlad & Radostan - Homage to Yugoslav Music from the 80s and Beyond (Young & Joyful - Homage to Yugoslav Music from the 80s and Beyond).[63]

The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music), published in 1998, features four Bajaga i Instruktori albums: Sa druge strane jastuka (polled No. 13), Pozitivna geografija (polled No. 37), Jahači magle (polled No. 58), and Prodavnica tajni (polled No. 79).[64] The list of 100 greatest Yugoslav album, published by Croatian edition of Rolling Stone in 2015, features two Bajaga i Instruktori albums, Pozitivna geografija (ranked No. 46) and Sa druge strane jastuka (ranked No. 81).[65] The list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, published in 2021 in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End), features two Bajaga i Instruktori albums, Muzika na struju (polled No. 34) and Daljina, dim i prašina (polled No. 48)[66]

In 2000, the song "Zažmuri" was polled No. 70 on the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list.[67] In 2006, the same song was polled No.40 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list.[68] In 2011, the song "Ti se ljubiš (Na tako dobar način)" was voted, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the 60 years of the labels existence.[69]

The lyrics of 10 songs by the band were featured in Petar Janjatović's book Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007).[70]

In 2021, Bajagić was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, for his contribution to Serbian culture.[50]

Discography

Main article: Bajaga i Instruktori discography

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bajaga, instruktori, serbian, cyrillic, Бајага, Инструктори, trans, bajaga, instructors, serbian, yugoslav, rock, band, formed, belgrade, 1984, founded, vocalist, guitarist, principal, composer, lyricist, momčilo, bajagić, bajaga, group, most, notable, acts, y. Bajaga i Instruktori Serbian Cyrillic Baјaga i Instruktori trans Bajaga and the Instructors are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1984 Founded and led by vocalist guitarist and principal composer and lyricist Momcilo Bajagic Bajaga the group is one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene Bajaga i InstruktoriBajaga i Instruktori performing live in 2009Background informationOriginBelgrade SerbiaGenresRock pop rock folk rockYears active1984 1994 1996 presentLabelsPGP RTB Diskoton Red Luna Records Produkcija Stig PGP RTS Komuna Belgrade Biveco Dallas Records Metropolis Records Hi Fi Centar Take It Or Leave It Records Long PlayMembersMomcilo BajagicZivorad MilenkovicMiroslav CvetkovicAleksandar LoknerCedomir MacuraMarko NjezicPast membersDejan CukicNenad StamatovicVladimir GolubovicVladimir NegovanovicLjubisa OpacicWebsitewww bajaga comThe band was formed while Bajagaic was still a guitarist for the highly popular band Riblja Corba originally to promote Bajagic s side project Pozitivna geografija The success of the album and the promotional tour led to the continuation of the band s activity Bajaga i Instruktori s following releases Sa druge strane jastuka 1985 Jahaci magle 1986 and Prodavnica tajni 1988 brought a plethora of hit songs placing the band at the top of the Yugoslav rock scene alongside other mega selling bands like Riblja Corba and Bijelo Dugme The band s work and Bajagic s often poetic lyrics were also were widely praised by the music critics The band continued their activity after the breakup of Yugoslavia throughout their whole career remaining one of the most popular groups in Serbia and other former Yugoslav republics Contents 1 History 1 1 Bajagic s beginnings and career with Riblja Corba 1 2 1980s 1 3 1990s 1 4 2000s 1 5 2010s 1 6 2020s 2 Legacy 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditBajagic s beginnings and career with Riblja Corba Edit Momcilo Bajagic Bajaga started his musical career in 1974 at age 14 as vocalist for the band TNT 1 He wrote his first lyrics as a TNT member for their song Dvadeseta noc Twentieth Night 1 After TNT disbanded in the summer of 1976 he moved to the band Ofi led by organist Toma Stojkovic nicknamed Ofinger Coat Hanger 1 The lineup consisted of Stojkovic on organ Bajagic on bass guitar Dragan Đeric Đera on drums and Zivorad Zika Milenkovic on vocals 1 After Stojkovic decided to retire from music Bajagic and Dragan Đeric formed the band Glogov Kolac Hawthorn Stake with organist Dragan Plisko and guitarist Rajko Kojic 1 The group disbanded after only one live performance and disappointed Bajagic decided to give up music refusing an invitation from Zdravo leader Boban Petrovic to join his band 1 However on the suggestion of Rajko Kojic who had joined SOS which had evolved into Riblja Corba in 1979 he became rhythm guitarist for Riblja Corba which already had gained significant popularity with their debut single Lutka sa naslovne strane A Doll on the Front Cover 1 With Riblja Corba Bajagic recorded five studio albums and a live album writing music and both music and lyrics for several Riblja Corba hits achieving nationwide popularity 1 During his time spent with Riblja Corba he also produced the debut album of the band Bezobrazno Zeleno 2 1980s Edit During his time in Riblja Corba Bajagic wrote a large number of humorous pop oriented songs that did not fit into Riblja Corba s hard rock sound and social related lyrics 1 In 1983 he decided to release these songs on a solo album starting to work on the album with a group of Belgrade musicians vocalist Dejan Cukic a former Dizel Tilt and Bulevar member at the time a journalist for the magazine Rock bass guitarist Miroslav Cvetkovic Cvele a former Tilt Pop Masina and Papatra member guitarist Nenad Nele Stamatovic a former Tilt Zebra Suncokret and Bulevar member and drummer Vladimir Vlajko Golubovic a former Tilt and Suncokret member at the time also playing with Riblja Corba as a temporary replacement for Miroslav Vicko Milatovic who was serving his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav Army 1 Bajagic originally intended only to record an album of his own songs and to remain a member of Riblja Corba 1 The songs for the album were recorded in a rented apartment in Belgrade and in Radio Television Belgrade Studio V and produced by Kornelije Kovac 1 The album beside mentioned musicians featured studio musician Nenad Stefanovic Japanac on bass guitar a former Generacija 5 member Dragan Krle Jovanovic on guitar KIM leader Kire Mitrev on trombone jazz musician Ivan Svager on clarinet and actress Suzana Petricevic on vocals Petricevic sung a duet with Bajagic in the song Papaline Bristlings 1 The album entitled Pozitivna geografija Positive Geography was released at the end of January 1984 and was well received by the audience bringing numerous hits Berlin Mali slonovi Little Elephants Poljubi me Kiss Me Limene trube Brass Trumpets Tekila gerila Tequila Guerrilla Marlena and Tamara 1 For the opening of the song Tamara Bajagic on the suggestion of musician Dusan Mihajlovic Spira decided to include a recording of a girl saying several lines in Russian language However he was dissatisfied with the accent of all the possible candidates Eventually on Mihajlovic s suggestion they used the recording of a girl reading report on Danube water level on Radio Belgrade 3 The album featured the anti drug song Znam coveka I Know a Man dedicated to Dragan Đeric Đera Bajagic s former bandmate from Ofi and Glogov Kolac 1 Initially Bajagic had no intention of promoting Pozitivna geografija in concert but eventually decided to listen to the advice of fellow musicians and music journalists and hold several concerts 1 Bajagic and musicians working on the album held their first concert in Zagreb club Kulusic on 12 April 1984 1 Beside the musicians that worked on the album the concert also featured vocalist Zika Milenkovic a graduate from Belgrade Faculty of Applied Arts 4 Bajagic s former bandmate from the band Ofi a former Macori member and an actor in the amateur theatre Teatar levo keyboardist Dragan Mitric a former Bulevar and Propaganda member and Kornelije Kovac 1 Milenkovic soon becoming an official member of the band 5 During their staying in Zagreb Bajagic and Cukic appeared as guests on the recording of Parni Valjak album Uhvati ritam Get into the Rhythm singing backing vocals on the title track as a sign of gratitude to Parni Valjak for lending them a piece of drum kit for their first concert 1 The band held the official album promotion organized by the Rock magazine in Belgrade s Trade Union Hall on 21 April 1 On this performance the band appeared under the name Bajaga i Instruktori chosen after the idea of journalist Peca Popovic for the first time 1 The concert featured Valentino and Bezobrazno Zeleno as the opening bands 1 The concert was well attended and the band s performance was well received by the teenage audience 1 The success of Bajagic s solo album intensified already existing problems and conflicts inside Riblja Corba 1 On 19 July 1984 Bajagic was alongside Rajko Kojic excluded from the band 1 During the summer of 1984 Bajaga i Instruktori went on a tour with experienced musician Rade Radivojevic on keyboards playing mostly at youth work actions 1 At the end of the year in the Rock magazine Bajagic was proclaimed the Rock Musician of the Year and Pozitivna geografija was voted the Album of the Year by fellow musicians 1 At the beginning of 1985 Bajaga i Instruktori recorded the album Sa druge strane jastuka On the Other Side of the Pillow co produced by Kornelije Kovac and Sasa Habic 1 The album featured a large number of guests jazz veterans Stjepko Gut on trumpet and flugelhorn Jovan Maljokovic on saxophone and Mica Markovic on saxophone young jazz musicians Branko Macic on jazz guitar and Sava Medan on double bass Nenad Stefanovic Japanac on bass guitar Dragan Krle Jovanovic on guitar 6 Sa druge strane jastuka was the band s first album to feature Milenkovic as an author he co wrote the song Francuska ljubavna revolucija French Love Revolution with Bajagic 1 The album brought hits 220 u voltima 220 Volt Vidi sta mi je uradio od pesme mama a Serbo Croatian cover of the Melanie Safka song Look What They ve Done to My Song Ma Ti se ljubis Na tako dobar nacin You Kiss In a great Manner Dvadeseti vek Twentieth Century and ballads Dobro jutro dzezeri Good Morning Jazzers Sa druge strane jastuka and Zazmuri Close Your Eyes 1 The jazz tune Dobro jutro dzezeri was partially inspired by the time the band had spent with Belgrade jazzers in Belgrade Youth Center jazz club and would eventually become a jazz standard in Yugoslavia 7 The band chose Zazmuri as a single for the music chart TV show Hit meseca Hit of the Month much to dissatisfaction of the editors of their record label PGP RTB who insisted on a fast tempo song Zazmuri eventually climbed to the top of the Hit meseca chart 7 The album was promoted with a 7 inch single with 220 u voltima as the A side On the record s B side was a track with software for ZX Spectrum entitled Kompjuterska informacija za Sinclair Spectrum Computer Information for Sinclair Spectrum 8 In March 1985 Bajaga i Instruktori presented their new songs to the Zagreb audience in Kulusic club as a part of the BG ZG Bolje vas nasli Belgrade Zagreb Happy to Be Here action 1 Several days later on the night of 9 10 March they performed in Toulouse on the Night of Mediterranean Rock festival Although they performed around 4 00 am they were well received and performed three encores 1 After this concert Rade Radivojevic was replaced by a former Potop The Flood and Galija member Sasa Lokner 9 The band went on a successful Yugoslav tour on which they held two concerts in Tasmajdan Stadium on 8 and 9 June For both of the concerts the Stadium was sold out and on the first one the band played during pouring rain 1 In May 1985 Bajagic and Cukic took a part in YU Rock Misija a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid and on 15 June Bajaga i Instruktori performed on the YU Rock Misija concert held on the Red Star Stadium 9 Members of Bajaga i Instruktori and Bijelo Dugme together in Moscow July 1985 In the autumn of 1985 Bajaga i Instruktori and Bijelo Dugme represented Yugoslavia on the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students held in Moscow 9 The two bands should have held their first concert on 28 July in Gorky Park 10 The soundcheck during which Yugoslav technicians played Bruce Springsteen and Pink Floyd songs attracted some 100 000 people to the location 11 Bajaga i Instruktori opened the concert however after some time the police started to beat the ecstatic audience and the concert was interrupted by the Soviet officials so Bijelo Dugme did not have the opportunity to go out on the stage 12 Fearing new riots the Moscow authorities scheduled the second concert in Dinamo Hall and the third one in the Moscow Green Theatre The first one held on 30 July was attended by about 2 000 uninterested factory workers and the second one held on 2 August and also featuring British bands Misty in Roots and Everything but the Girl by about 10 000 young activists with special passes 9 12 During their staying in Moscow Bajaga i Instruktori also performed in Pioneers Home and Vakhtangov Theatre 9 After the group returned to Yugoslavia they continued Sa druge strane jastuka tour during which they held more than 120 concerts 9 During the year they also performed on the rock evening of the Intertalent Festival in Prague 9 At the end of 1985 in the magazine Rock Bajaga i Instruktori were polled by the critics the Rock Band of the Year Bajagic was polled the Rock Musician of the Year Zazmuri was polled the Song of the Year and Sa druge strane jastuka was polled the Album of the Year 9 By the end of the year the album was sold in more than 350 000 copies 9 Bajaga i Instruktori becoming one of best selling Yugoslav acts and teen idols 13 At the end of the year the band was awarded with the 25 May Plaque by the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia 9 After the tour ended the band went on a break during which Lokner and Golubovic performed in jazz clubs with jazz musicians Stjepko Gut trumpet Misa Krstic piano and Nenad Petrovic saxophone 9 In the summer of 1986 the band members reunited to record the album Jahaci magle Fog Riders The album produced by Sasa Habic featured numerous guests Josipa Lisac on vocals in Ja mislim 300 na sat I Think at 300 kmph Nariman Nera Mahmud of Aske on vocals in Kao ne zna da je gotivim Like She Doesn t Know I Like Her Kornelije Kovac on keyboards Bata Bozanic on fretless bass Duda Bezuha on guitar Bajagic s former bandmate from Riblja Corba Rajko Kojic on guitar Vlada Negovanovic on guitar Jane Parđovski of Jakarta on guitar Goran Grbic on trumpet and Đorđe Petrovic on keyboards 9 The album cover was designed by renowned painter Radovan Hirsl 14 To promote the album the band recorded a cover of The Beatles song All You Need Is Love entitled All You Need Is Love verzija 1986 All You Need Is Love Version 1986 which was released on a 7 inch single given as a gift with an issue of Rock magazine The B side featured audio clips from the Jahaci magle songs The single was printed in 99 999 copies which was the circulation of Rock magazine 9 After the single the album was released bringing hits Ja mislim 300 na sat 442 do Beograda 442 to Belgrade with a bass guitar riff written by Bata Bozanic Bam bam bam Rimljani Romans and Milenkovic s Samo nam je ljubav potrebna All We Need Is Love 9 The band went on a successful tour which ended with a concert held at Belgrade Fair on 22 November 1986 in front of about 20 000 people 9 After the end of the tour the band made a break once again during which Bajagic travelled to Thailand and Cukic released his first solo album Spori ritam Slow Rhythm 9 After the break Bajaga i Instruktori went on a two month Soviet Union tour during which they held 42 concerts 9 After they returned to Yugoslavia Cukic left Bajaga i Instruktori conventionally forming his Spori Ritam Band 9 Momcilo Bajagic on a concert in Nis at the end of 1980s Bajaga i Instruktori recorded their following album Prodavnica tajni The Shop of Secrets in 1988 in Novi Sad 9 The album named after Dino Buzzati book La boutique del mistero with the songs however having no connection with the book 15 was produced by Sasa Habic 1 Milenkovic co wrote the songs Ruski voz Russian Train Zivot je nekad siv nekad zut Life Is Sometimes Grey Sometimes Yellow and Vesela pesma Merry Song 9 The album marked a slight stylistic change in the band s sound the songs were simpler without brass instruments and numerous guest musicians frequent on the band s previous releases based on acoustic guitars and keyboards and the songs Plavi safir Blue Sapphire Vesela pesma Zivot je nekad siv nekad zut and Ruski voz featured folk music elements 9 However virtually every song on the album became a hit During the year Bajagic also found time to produce the album 88 by the band Heroji 2 The band went on another successful tour during which they recorded the double live compilation album Neka svemir cuje nemir May the Universe Hear the Unrest The album featured new songs Na vrhovima prstiju On the Tips of Your Toes Idem Kao da ne idem a idem I m Going Like I m not Going but I m Going the first Bajaga i Instruktori song sung entirely by Milenkovic and Neka svemir cuje nemir a cover of a traditional Indian song 9 It also featured acoustic studio versions of Tamara and Tekila gerila 9 The live recordings were made on the band s concerts in Zagreb s House of Sports held on 6 March 1989 and on Novi Sad EBU Rock Festival with the recording of the journalist Drazen Vrdoljak announcing the band on their concert in Kulusic held on 8 December 1984 9 The album also featured a live version of the song Kad hodas written by Bajagic and originally recorded by Riblja Corba 16 During the tour that followed the album release the band held two sold out concerts in Belgrade s Pionir Hall 9 Despite the growing nationalism the band was well accepted in all parts of Yugoslavia 9 The only incident on the tour happened in Split where the fans of the football club Hajduk Split threw various objects on the stage but after the intervention of the security the concert was continued 9 At the beginning of 1990 Bajaga i Instruktori alongside Yugoslav acts Riblja Corba Valentino Viktorija and Galija and several less known British acts performed in Timișoara Romania at the three day concerts organized two months after the Romanian Revolution 9 All five Yugoslav acts performed on three concerts in Timișoara Olympia Hall in front of some 20 000 people each night 17 1990s Edit In 1991 the band released the EP Cetiri godisnja doba Four Seasons which featured the songs Uspavanka Lullaby Buđenje ranog proleca Awakening of the Early Spring Dobro jutro Good Morning and U kozi krokodila In Crocodile Skin 9 The EP featured guest appearance by opera singer Jadranka Jovanovic 9 During 1992 despite the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars Bajaga i Instruktori performed and held successful concerts in Serbia Montenegro Macedonia and Slovenia 9 During the same year Milenkovic with Elektricni Orgazam member Goran Cavajda Riblja Corba member Zoran Ilic and a former Bezobrazno Zeleno member Bojan Vasic formed the supergroup Babe 18 In 1993 Bajaga i Instruktori released the album Muzika na struju Electric Music 9 The song Marinina tema Marina s Theme was originally written by Bajagic for the theatre play Zivot Jovanov Life of Jovan directed by Darko Bajic and the theme Nakostresena macka Bristled Cat was written by Milenkovic 9 The anti war ballad Golubica Dove featured Aleksandra and Kristina Kovac Tanja Jovicevic of Oktobar 1864 and Marija Mihajlovic on backing vocals The song was based on the instrumental Bajagic played at Terazijska cesma during the 9 March 1991 protest 9 Beside Golubica the album featured anti war songs Gde si Where Are You and Ovo je Balkan This Is the Balkans 9 The album was promoted on concerts in Montenegro and Macedonia and on a sold out concert in Sports Hall in Belgrade 9 After the album release Bajagic started to perform alone in the clubs abroad with the audience usually consisting of young people who emigrated from former Yugoslav republics 2 At the beginning of 1994 Bajaga i Instruktori announced their performances in Slovenia with a huge interest of the audience for these concerts However Slovenian authorities refused to issue visas to the band which caused a scandal in Slovenian media After the intervention of the Slovenian president Milan Kucan visas were issued to the members of the band and they performed several concerts including a sold out concert in Ljubljana s Tivoli Hall 9 In March 1994 the band held three concerts in Belgrade s Trade Union Hall with which they celebrated ten years of existence 9 In November 1994 after a concert in Pristina the existing conflicts caused by Bajagic s solo performances abroad and by the change in management 19 erupted Bajagic excluded Stamatovic and Golubovic from the group which led to Bajaga i Instruktori ending their activity 9 At the time Bajagic with Lokner wrote music for Misa Radivojevic s film In the Middle of Nowhere The recordings featured members of the old town music band Legende in the hit song Moji drugovi My Friends Dragan Jovanovic Krle of Generacija 5 on acoustic guitar Sava Latinovic on tarabuka and Aleksandra and Kristina Kovac on backing vocals The music was released on the album Ni na nebu ni na zemlji In the Middle of Nowhere 9 During the same year Bajagic wrote music for the TV show Otvorena vrata Opened Door 9 and Lokner recorded the instrumental music album Naos Cella with keyboardist Laza Ristovski 2 In 1996 Bajagic reformed Bajaga i Instruktori The new lineup beside Bajagic Zika Milenkovic on vocals and guitar Miroslav Cvetkovic on bass guitar and Sasa Lokner on keyboards featured the guitarist Vlada Negovanovic a former member of Butik Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bica Slađana Milosevic s backing band Tunel and Dejan Cukic s Spori Ritam Band and the drummer Cedomir Ceda Macura a former member of Neverne Bebe Viktorija s backing band Legija and Revolveri 9 At the end of 1996 the band recorded the album Od bizuterije do cilibara From Bijouterie to Amber 2 Bajagic wrote all the songs for the album except Ne volim zimu I Don t Like Winter featuring music written by Milenkovic 2 The album was produced by the band members themselves and featured Sasa Habic on cello 2 The album brought hits Silikon 2004 Silicon 2004 Tvoja je gajba sigurna Your Place Is Safe Jos te volim I Still Love You Iza nas Behind Us Ne volim zimu and Sto ne moze niko mozes ti You Can Do What Nobody Else Can 2 The album was promoted with a free concert held in Belgrade s Republic Square on 12 May 1997 2 In 1997 Slovenian record label Biveco released the compilation album Neizbrisano Unerased The album featured recordings from the various periods of Bajagic s and Bajaga i Instruktori career It featured previously unreleased songs Montenegro and Januar January remixed songs from the Cetiri godisnja doba EP the instrumental Radovan III written for the play of the same name Tribute to Buldozer which was a cover of Buldozer song Yes My Baby No a new version of Moji drugovi featuring Vlada Divljan and Sokoli cover of Bijelo Dugme song Ne spavaj mala moja Don t You Sleep Baby featuring Bajagic and Boris Bele of Buldozer 2 During the same year journalist Ivan Ivackovic published a book about the band entitled Obe strane jastuka Both Sides of the Pillow 2 2000s Edit Bajaga i Instruktori performing live in Sokobanja in 2008 In 2000 Bajagic took an active role in Democratic Opposition of Serbia rallies preceding the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic 20 In 2001 the band released the album Zmaj od Nocaja Dragon of Nocaj recorded with the new guitarist Ljubisa Buba Opacic previously a member of several less known bands 21 and produced by Sasa Habic 2 It featured a cover of The Clash song Should I Stay or Should I Go entitled Da li da odem ili ne 2 The album brought the hits Zmaj od Nocaja and Lepa Janja ribareva kci Pretty Janja the Fisherman s Daughter as well as minor hits Da li da odem ili ne and Ala Ala Zmaj od Nocaja featured a bonus CD entitled I ja sam Zvezdas I m a Red Star Fan Too which featured three versions of the song Zvezda Star dedicated to the football club Red Star Belgrade 22 In 2002 the band released the album Best of Live which featured recordings from their concerts in Belgrade Ljubljana Zagreb Timișoara Skopje and Nis 2 It featured two previously unrecorded songs Slovenacka rec A Word in Slovenian recorded live and sung by Milenkovic featuring music from the band s old song Idem Kao da ne idem a idem and Slovenian language lyrics written by journalist Sonja Javorik and Pesna protiv maleri A Song against Bad Luck recorded in studio for the theatre play Kutrite mali hrcki Poor Little Hamsters by Skopje Drama Theatre and sung by Bajagic featuring Macedonian language lyrics 2 In 2003 Bajagic with the members of the band Apsolutno Romanticno recorded the soundtrack for Dusan Kovacevic s film The Professional released on the album Profesionalac Muzika iz filma The Professional Music from the Film 2 During the same year the band released the compilation album Ruza vetrova Beograda Belgrade Wind Rose which after the idea of journalist Peca Popovic featured the band s songs inspired by the city of Belgrade The compilation included two new songs Novosti The News and Ruza vetrova Wind Rose 2 The album was promoted on a concert in the building of Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra on 27 December 2003 2 During 2003 the band performed in Split Croatia for the first time after the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars The band performed on the city summer stage and on three occasions tear gas was thrown over the fence into the audience Despite the interruptions the band finished the concert after four encores 23 In 2004 Lokner released the solo album entitled Evropa Electro Exprees Europe Electro Express 2 In 2005 the band released the album Sou pocinje u ponoc The Show Begins at Midnight produced by Voja Aralica 2 Most of the songs were written by Bajagic with Milenkovic composing only the song Pod jasenom Under the Ash tree 2 The album featured numerous guests folk singer Vida Pavlovic who died soon after the recording before the album release in the song Padaj kiso keve ti Fall Rain Please Negative frontess Ivana Pavlovic on vocals in the song Funky Taxi Bebi Dol on vocals in Bademi i so Almonds and Salt and Pesma slobode The Song of Freedom Marko Đorđevic on trumpet Orthodox Celts member Ana Đokic on violin and the ethnic music band Vrelo 2 The song Pesma slobode is a Serbian language cover of Bob Marley amp The Wailers Redemption Song 2 A tour and a release of a live DVD recorded at a concert in the Belgrade Arena followed the album release 24 In 2008 the band recorded two new songs Bezis od mene ljubavi You re Running Away from Me My Love and A ti se neces vratiti And You re not Coming Back the latter featuring guest appearance by Plavi Orkestar frontman Sasa Losic for the TV show Vratice se rode The Storks Will Be Back 25 On 28 September 2008 Opacic died in Maribor in a hotel room after the band s concert 26 He was replaced by former VROOM guitarist Marko Njezic 27 In December 2009 the band celebrated 25 years of existence with three concerts held in Belgrade s Sava Centar 28 During the same year they performed in the United States in Boston New York City in Cooper Union Great Hall Montreal San Francisco Los Angeles and Chicago 29 and director Milos Jovanovic recorded a documentary about the band entitled Muzika na struju 30 2010s Edit Bajagic in 2013 In 2010 PGP RTS released the box set entitled Antologija Anthology featuring remastered editions of the first four Bajaga i Instruktori studio albums 31 On 6 June 2012 the band released the studio album Daljina dim i prasina Distance Smoke and Dust The album announced by the singles Ako treba da je kraj If It Should Be the End 32 and Vreme Time 33 featured a new version of Bezis od mene ljubavi and a version of the song Od sumraka do svitanja From Dusk till Dawn 34 written by Bajagic and originally recorded by pop singer Karolina Goceva in 2005 35 The album was released with the book of Bajagic s poetry entitled Vodic kroz snove Guide through Dreams The book featured lyrics Bajagic had written for Bajaga i Instruktori and his solo albums as well as for other artists with accompanying texts by playwright and academic Dusan Kovacevic Belgrade University professor Aleksandar Jerkov and journalist Peca Popovic 36 In November the band released the video for the album title track featuring actor Srđan Todorovic 37 On 19 April 2013 the band performed in Poland for the first time 38 The band performed in Proxima Club in Warsaw and the concert featured guest appearance by Polish singer Maciej Malenczuk who in 2011 covered Bajaga i Instruktori 1988 song Verujem Ne verujem I Believe I Don t Believe his version entitled Ostatnia nocka Last Night 39 On 26 June 2013 the band held a concert at Belgrade Kalemegdan Fortress in front of 30 000 spectators as a part of Daljina dim i prasina promotional tour The concert featured Shark Snakes and Planes Eva Braun and Bombaj Stampa as the opening bands and actor and drummer Srđan Todorovic YU Grupa bass guitarist Zika Jelic and Plavi Orkestar frontman Sasa Losic Losa as special guests 40 The concert was preceded by Meet Belgrade from Bajaga s Songs contest organized by Long Play concert agency and Tourist Organization of Belgrade On 12 June the winners of the contest toured Belgrade with rock journalist Peca Popovic visiting locations mentioned in Bajaga and Instruktori songs and at Topcider the winners were welcomed by Bajagic 41 In August 2013 Daljina dim i prasina was released on vinyl in a limited number of 200 copies only each one signed by Bajagic 42 In 2014 the band started a tour with which they celebrated 30 years since the formation of the band and the release of their debut album 43 The tour included three concerts in Tvornica kulture in Zagreb 43 and a concert in 100 Club in London 44 In April 2018 Bajaga i Instruktori released their twelfth studio album U sali lom Rumpus in the Hall The album was produced by Sasa Habic and post produced in London s Abbey Road Studios and co released by PGP RTS and Croatia Records 45 It featured Neverne Bebe member Sasa Ranđelovic Ranđa on guitar singer songwriter Nikola Vranjkovic on guitar Majke member Davor Rodik on pedal steel guitar and Marko Kuzmanovic on drums as guests 45 The album featured the song Kad mesec prospe rekom srebra sjaj When the Moon Spills Silver Glow over the River The song was originally recorded in 2015 for the album Gitarologija Povratak korenima Guitarology Return to the Roots by Serbian blues rock band Point Blank with Bajagic and YU Grupa member Dragi Jelic making guest appearances on the song 45 The lyrics for the song Nocima sanjam For Nights I ve Been Dreaming were written by Dusan Kovacevic 45 In August 2018 Bajaga i Instruktori concert on the Days of Beer festival in Karlovac Croatia was cancelled after protests from the veterans of Croatian War of Independence 46 Croatian rock band Hladno Pivo was invited as a replacement but refused to perform as a sign of support for Bajaga i Instruktori 47 U sali lom was followed by the live album U Puli lom Live at Arena Rumpus in Pula Live at Arena recorded on the band s concert at Pula Arena on 11 August 2019 The video recording of the concert was released on Blu ray 48 2020s Edit In September 2020 the band released their thirteenth studio album entitled Ovaj svet se menja This World Is Changing The album was produced by Sasa Habic and co released by PGP RTS and Croatia Records 49 The album featured a new version of the song Ni na nebu ni na zemlji a new version of the Otvorena vrata theme song and a new version of the song Mladost Youth originally written for the theatre play Zenidba i udadba Marriage with altered lyrics dedicated to deceased singer songwriter Arsen Dedic 49 The album also featured covers of the songs Tvoje oci Your Eyes and Moja draga My Darling written by Bajagic and originally recorded by singer Zdravko Colic and a cover of Ja sam se lozio na tebe I Had Hots for You written by Bajagic and originally recorded by Riblja Corba 49 Ovaj svet se menja featured three new songs the title track inspired by COVID 19 pandemic Darja a duet with actor Milos Bikovic and Kako se to naziva How Do You Call It the latter two originally recorded at the beginning of 2020 for the Russian Serbian film Hotel Belgrade 49 In 2021 Bajagic was awarded the Order of Karađorđe s Star by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic for his contribution to Serbian culture 50 During the year the band released the live album Koncert Bajaga I Instruktori Tasmajdan 2021 Bajaga i Instruktori Concert Tasmajdan 2021 recorded on the concert held on Tasmajdan Stadium on 16 July 2021 The album was released in digital form only 51 During the year Bajagic composed four songs on Dusan Kovacevic s lyrics and instrumental music for Kovacevic s film Nije lose biti covek It s Not Bad to Be Human The compositions were released on the soundtrack album Nije lose biti covek featuring singer and actress Lena Kovacevic and actor Gordan Kicic on vocals 52 In 2022 Croatia Records and PGP RTS released the double live album Koncert za rock grupu orkestar i zbor Sava Centar 2019 Live Concert for Rock Band Orchestra and Choir Sava Centar 2019 Live recorded on the concert the band held On 6 December 2019 in Sava Centar with the orchestra Beogradski solisti and the choir Lola The concert was also released on Blu ray 53 Legacy EditIn April 1984 we went to a concert in Trade Union Hall to check how much a Riblja Corba guitarist can do on his own without a leader and a tutor and went out realizing that Momcilo Bajagic flew into our lives to stay He moved a dose of positivism not predicted by Orwell for the year 1984 into the space of common intimacy During the 25 years of career in the business in which the time of the idols passes quickly despite intense temptations and bad moments he kept the status of a decent fellow a beloved musician and a tolerant family guy In the cruelest days of Yugoslav tsunamis he helped us keep the most human emotions with romance cheerfulness and optimism He kept us from ugly reality with emotional amulets Although Bajaga s composing and poetic talents are unquestionable the critics were reserved towards his vocal capacity pointing out to monotonous baritone and narrative vocal style of modest range However Bajaga s impefect voice as one of the trademarks of domestic music scene is maybe the most suitable for his complex and descriptive lyrics That poetry always rose above the trivialities Those are the lyrics one believes which one can feel and recognize With that sort of poetics he won hearts and respect Belgradians share a special attachment to his songs which in a large extent symbolize the Serbian and former Yugoslav capital Bajaga is among the chosen Belgrade authors Just like Vladimir Velmar Jankovic who climbed to the Kalemegdan hill to reveal a deep analysis of men from these lands just like Dusan Radovic who placed his nest at the top of Beograđanka to foster watch over and defend the spirit under these skies just like Momo Kapor who collected the golden dust of the city while fooling around Bajaga in his own time left originally poetic and colorful image of an emotional pot which is always boiling Petar Peca Popovic in 2011 54 In 2015 Serbian jazz singer Lena Kovacevic released a tribute album to Bajaga i Instruktori entitled Dzezeri Jazzers featuring covers of ten songs by the band 55 The song Strah od vozova Fear of Trains was covered by Serbian pop duo Next of Kin on their 1990 album Way to the Top 56 The song Tisina Silence was with altered lyrics and entitled Alkoholicarka Alcoholic Girl covered by Serbian punk rock band Trula Koalicija on their 1992 album Plakao sam kad je pala Sekuritatea I Cried When the Securitate Had Fallen 57 The song Francuska ljubavna revolucija was covered by the Serbian punk rock band Six Pack their version entitled La Musique on their 2004 album Musique with Zika Milenkovic making a guest appearance on the song 58 The song Ti se ljubis Na tako dobar nacin You Kiss In a Great Manner was covered by the Serbian pop singer Teodora Bojovic on her 2004 album Teodora 59 The song Verujem Ne verujem was covered in 2011 by Polish singer Maciej Malenczuk his version entitled Ostatnia nocka Last Night 60 In 2014 Serbian alternative rock band Bjesovi recorded a medley comprising Bajaga i Instruktori song Godine prolaze Years Are Passing and Riblja Corba song Uzasno mi nedostaje I Miss Her so Much 61 In 2020 Serbian rock singers Đorđe David and Ivana Peters released a cover of the song Gde si 62 In 2021 Serbian jazz duo Lidija Andonov amp Andy Pavlov recorded a cover of Plavi safir on their album Mlad amp Radostan Homage to Yugoslav Music from the 80s and Beyond Young amp Joyful Homage to Yugoslav Music from the 80s and Beyond 63 The book YU 100 najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike YU 100 The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music published in 1998 features four Bajaga i Instruktori albums Sa druge strane jastuka polled No 13 Pozitivna geografija polled No 37 Jahaci magle polled No 58 and Prodavnica tajni polled No 79 64 The list of 100 greatest Yugoslav album published by Croatian edition of Rolling Stone in 2015 features two Bajaga i Instruktori albums Pozitivna geografija ranked No 46 and Sa druge strane jastuka ranked No 81 65 The list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia published in 2021 in the book Kako ni je propao rokenrol u Srbiji How Rock n Roll in Serbia Didn t Came to an End features two Bajaga i Instruktori albums Muzika na struju polled No 34 and Daljina dim i prasina polled No 48 66 In 2000 the song Zazmuri was polled No 70 on the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list 67 In 2006 the same song was polled No 40 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list 68 In 2011 the song Ti se ljubis Na tako dobar nacin was voted by the listeners of Radio 202 one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP RTB PGP RTS during the 60 years of the labels existence 69 The lyrics of 10 songs by the band were featured in Petar Janjatovic s book Pesme bratstva detinjstva amp potomstva Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 2007 Songs of Brotherhood Childhood amp Offspring Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 2007 70 In 2021 Bajagic was awarded the Order of Karađorđe s Star by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic for his contribution to Serbian culture 50 Discography EditMain article Bajaga i Instruktori 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