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[[Vidoja Božinović|Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović]], a former [[Pop Mašina]], [[Dah (band)|Dah]], [[Opus (progressive rock band)|Opus]] and [[Rok Mašina]] member, and [[Zoran Dašić]] became the band's new guitarists. After only couple of rehearsals Dašić left the band (he would later form the [[starogradska muzika]] band [[Legende (band)|Legende]], and Đorđević would write lyrics for seven and music for two songs released on their debut album ''Dođi druže do Srbije uže'') and was replaced by a former Kredit, Bicikl, Zamba, [[Siluete]] and [[Električni Orgazam]] member [[Nikola Čuturilo]]. During this period the band performed mostly at the clubs. At this time Đorđević made a guest appearance on [[Bijelo Dugme]]'s self-titled album ''[[Kosovka djevojka|Bijelo Dugme]]'', on the song "Pediculis Pubis", having co-written it with his main rival at the time, [[Goran Bregović]]. This guest appearance helped Riblja Čorba's shattered status. During the winter the band entered the studio to record their next album.
[[Vidoja Božinović|Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović]], a former [[Pop Mašina]], [[Dah (band)|Dah]], [[Opus (progressive rock band)|Opus]] and [[Rok Mašina]] member, and [[Zoran Dašić]] became the band's new guitarists. After only couple of rehearsals Dašić left the band (he would later form the [[starogradska muzika]] band [[Група Легенде|Legende]], and Đorđević would write lyrics for seven and music for two songs released on their debut album ''Dođi druže do Srbije uže'') and was replaced by a former Kredit, Bicikl, Zamba, [[Siluete]] and [[Električni Orgazam]] member [[Nikola Čuturilo]]. During this period the band performed mostly at the clubs. At this time Đorđević made a guest appearance on [[Bijelo Dugme]]'s self-titled album ''[[Kosovka djevojka|Bijelo Dugme]]'', on the song "Pediculis Pubis", having co-written it with his main rival at the time, [[Goran Bregović]]. This guest appearance helped Riblja Čorba's shattered status. During the winter the band entered the studio to record their next album.


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Riblja Čorba

Riblja Čorba (Serbian Cyrillic: Рибља Чорба; translation: Fish Stew, although the name of a 1989 compilation album titled in English is The Best Of Fish Dish) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević. Known for their provocative political- and social-related lyrics, Riblja Čorba were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene.

Band history

1970s: The beginning and rise to fame

The 1979—1984 Riblja Čorba lineup, from left to right: Miša Aleksić, Momčilo Bajagić, Vicko Milatović, Rajko Kojić and Bora Đorđević

Riblja Čorba was officially formed on August 15, 1978 in the kafana Šumatovac in Belgrade by Bora Đorđević (vocals, acoustic guitar, songwriter), and SOS members Miša Aleksić (bass guitar), Miroslav "Vicko" Milatović (drums) and Rajko Kojić (guitar). Đorđević was previously a member of the acoustic rock bands Zajedno and Suncokret and the pop rock band Rani Mraz. The band SOS previously released three 7" singles and recorded a studio album Prvi poziv (The First Call) which featured Đorđević on vocals as guest, however, it remained unreleased until the present day. The four intended to name the band Bora i Ratnici (Bora and the Warriors), Popokatepetl (Popocatépetl) or Riblja Čorba (Fish Stew, at the time the Belgrade slang for menstruation), but as the magazine Radio TV revija published a poster of the band with the name Riblja Čorba, the band decided to continue performing under that name.[3]

Riblja Čorba had its first concert in Elemir on September 8, 1978. In the first part of the concert Aleksić, Kojić and Milatović performed Humble Pie, ZZ Top, Johnny Winter and Deep Purple covers, and in the second part they were joined by Đorđević, with whom they performed their songs and The Rolling Stones and Joe Cocker covers.[4] In November, Radio Belgrade show Veče uz radio celebrated its birthday in Subotica sport hall. Riblja Čorba played only two songs but managed to win the audiences attention. They won new fans at a fund raising concert in Sarajevo and the 1978 BOOM festival in Novi Sad. On December 22 they released their first single, "Lutka sa naslovne strane", a hard rock ballad about a fame-hungry model, which became an immediate hit. The song featured jazz trumpeter Stjepko Gut on piano. At the time Đorđević decided to leave acoustic guitar and dedicate himself to singing. Soon Riblja Čorba was joined by a rhythm guitarist, Momčilo Bajagić, on the recommendation of Kojić, who previously played with Bajagić in the band Glogov Kolac. This lineup held its first concert on January 7, 1979 in Jarkovac. On February 28 they held a long promoted concert in Dom omladine, which was the band's first concert in Belgrade. Minka Kamberović's ballerinas took part in the concert, and while the band performed "Lutka sa naslovne strane" Đorđević broke a fashion doll. During that concert Riblja Čorba played most of the songs that would be released on their first album. At the beginning of March the band held several concerts in Macedonia. On their concert in Dolovo Aleksić fell from the stage and broke his leg, so until the end of the tour he was replaced by Miroslav Cvetković (who would later become a member of Bajagić's band Bajaga i Instruktori). On March 19 they released their second single with songs "Rock 'n' Roll za kućni savet" and "Valentino iz restorana". Marina Tucaković wrote part of "Valentino iz restorana" lyrics, which was the only time in the history of the band that the author of the lyrics was someone outside the band. Riblja Čorba spent the summer in Makarska, where they practiced for the upcoming debut album promotion. The concert was held on September 1 in Tašmajdan Stadium. Although the album was released ten days after the concert, the stadium was sold out. Bulevar, Formula 4 and Meri Cakić's antiballet group Ribetine also performed at the concert (Meri Cakić, who appeared on the concert wearing garter belts, has, by some, inspired Đorđević to write "Lutka sa naslovne strane", although he denied the claims). At this concert Đorđević got his concert nickname Bora Majstor (Bora the Master). On the concert the band played all the songs that would be released on their debut album, the songs released on their 7" singles, and the covers of Joe Cocker's version of "The Letter" and The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash". Several days later Đorđević went to Doboj and Kojić went to Sarajevo, to serve the Yugoslav People's Army. On November 28, the band, without Đorđević and Kojić performed at the marathon concert in Sarajevo with Aleksić on vocals, which was the only time that Riblja Čorba performed without Đorđević.[5]

Riblja Čorba's debut album, Kost u grlu (Bone in the Throat) was soon released and well received by both fans and critics. It brought a large number of hits: "Zvezda potkrovlja i suterena", "Egoista", "Ja sam još ona ista budala", and "Ostani đubre do kraja". The songs "Mirno spavaj" was written by Đorđević and Nenad Božić during Đorđević's days in Suncokret, and was previously recorded for the SOS' never released album. The verse "Popij svoje sedative" ("Take your sedatives") from this song, by the PGP-RTB editors, might have reminded on drug abuse, and the first number of copies of the album with the version of the song containing this verse were soon retrieved from the stores. The album cover was designed by the cartoonist and a former Porodična Manufaktura Crnog Hleba member Jugoslav Vlahović, who would later design covers for all Riblja Čorba albums released until the present day, except Osmi nervni slom and Koza nostra covers. Kost u grlu was sold in more than 120,000 copies, Đorđević was proclaimed the rock musician of the year by some music magazines, and Riblja Čorba's hard rock sound with blues and heavy metal elements achieved success, although the age of New Wave in Yugoslavia was about to begin.

Early 1980s

At the end of July 1980 Đorđević, who was still serving the army, appeared in Belgrade to record "Nazad u veliki prljavi grad" with Bajagić, Milatović and Kojić. The B-side featured the uncensored version of "Mirno spavaj". On December 31 and January 1, 1981 Riblja Čorba held two concerts with the hard rock band Atomsko Sklonište. The concerts were held in Belgrade's Pionir Hall and were advertised as 'Atomska Čorba' (Atomic Stew). In February 1981 Riblja Čorba released its second album Pokvarena mašta i prljave strasti (Perverted Imagination and Sordid Passions). The album was produced by Enco Lesić, who also played keyboards on the album recording and wrote the music for the song "Rekla je". The album brought a large number of hits: "Ostaću slobodan", "Lak muškarac", ballads "Neke su žene pratile vojnike", "Nemoj srećo, nemoj danas", "Dva dinara druže", and "Rekla je". The band promoted the album on their Yugoslav tour. After their return to Belgrade, they held a concert in Kalemegdan's Rockoteka. The band's special guest on the concert, on the cover of the ZZ Top song Tush,[6] was Ian Gillan Band bass guitarist John McCoy, who would produce the band's third album Mrtva priroda (Still Life). Mrtva priroda, also released in 1981, brought Riblja Čorba's first song with political-related lyrics, "Na zapadu ništa novo". The album was sold in more than 450,000 copies.

Ledena dvorana incident

In January 1982 Riblja Čorba started their Yugoslav tour with a concert in Čačak. Ironically, the tour's slogan was "Ko preživi - pričaće" (The One Who Survives Will Tell about It). On their concert in Ledena dvorana in Zagreb, due to the organizers' inconsideration, there were 15,000 people in the hall with only 10,500 seats. In the rush at the end of the concert a fourteen-year old girl Željka Marković was ran over. This was a reason for some politicians to publicly attack Riblja Čorba and rock music in general. After the concert in Zagreb some of the concerts on the tour were cancelled.

This was also the time of the first political scandal that followed Riblja Čorba. League of Communist Youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina demanded Mrtva priroda to be banned because of the lyrics "Za ideale ginu budale" ("Fools get killed for their ideas") and "Kreteni dižu bune i ginu" ("Jerks organize uprisings and get killed") from the song "Na zapadu ništa novo". Before the concert in Sarajevo, Đorđević had to write an explanation for this problematic lyrics and sign a statement that he would sing the song "Na zapadu ništa novo" on his own risk.

Riblja Čorba finished the tour with four concerts in Pionir Hall. Live album U ime naroda (In the Name of the People, the title referring to the political scandal around "Na zapadu ništa novo") was recorded on their concert on April 11. On the Youth Day the band was unexpectedly awarded with Majska nagrada award by the Belgrade Committee of the League of Socialist Youth as the band which "sings about the life and the problems of the young people" and which "has become a symbol of the large part of the youth"[7]

Their next album Buvlja pijaca (Flea Market) was released at the end of 1982. The producer was once again John McCoy. The album featured softer sound than the previous Riblja Čorba albums, as some of the songs featured string instruments. This album brought a large number of successful songs: ironic love songs "Draga ne budi peder", "U dva će čistači odneti đubre", "Dobro jutro", and political songs "Ja ratujem sam", "Pravila, pravila", "Kako je lepo biti glup". However, the final number of copies sold was 250,000 which was less than expected. Album was followed by a tour, which ended with a concert in Belgrade's Sajmište. The opening bands on the concert were Dʼ Boys and Siluete, the later performing with guitarist Nikola Čuturilo, who would later become a member of Riblja Čorba. As Milatović had to leave the band after the concert due to his army obligations, a barber cut his hair off on stage. After the concert Milatović left the band and was temporarily replaced by a former Tilt and Suncokret member Vladimir Golubović (who would later join Bajagić's band Bajaga i Instruktori).

Prior to leaving to serve the army, Milatović started a side project: he formed the heavy metal band Ratnici (later known as Warriors) with the vocalist Dušan Nikolić, but recorded only an EP with them. After he went to serve the army, the band recorded their first self-titled album with Tom Martin on drums. A short break after the Buvlja pijaca tour was used by another two Riblja Čorba members for their side projects: Kojić released his solo EP Ne budi me bez razloga (Don't Wake Me Up Without a Good Reason), with lyrics written by Đorđević and Bajagić and featuring Đorđević and Golubović as guests, and Bajagić worked on songs for his solo album Pozitivna geografija (Positive Geography). Although working on his solo album, Bajagić, also found time to write the songs for Riblja Čorba's next album.

Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju (Tonight You Will Be Entertained by Musicians Who Drink) was released in 1984. As riblja Čorba's record label PGP-RTB refused to pay for the recording in London, the band signed a contract with PGP-RTB's main competitor Jugoton. The album was produced by Kornelije Kovač. Immediately after the album was released, state's censors declared songs "Mangupi vam kvare dete" and "Besni psi" ethically unacceptable. "Besni psi" caused an international scandal. Because of the lyrics "Grčki sverceri, arapski studenti, negativni elementi, maloletni delikventi i besni psi". ("Greek smugglers, Arab students, negative elements, juvenile hooligans and mad dogs") embassys of three Arab countries and Zaire protested because, in their words: "Đorđević equated foreign students and mad dogs", and the Yugoslav Ministry of culture ordered an analysis of the song by the experts. With dark, depressive atmosphere, album was not as nearly successful as Riblja Čorba's previous albums, bringing only one hit, Bajagić's gentle ballad "Kad hodaš". In the spring of 1984 Bajagić's Pozitivna geografija was released and very well received. However, Riblja Čorba spring tour was unsuccessful, bringing conflicts inside the band. Kojić did not appear on two television appearances and one press conference, and left the band on tour several times. Although Đorđević and Aleksić wanted to exclude Kojić from the band, Bajagić insisted that Kojić remains a member. However, after both Kojić and Bajagić refused to perform in Greece during the summer, Đorđević and Aleksić excluded them from the band. Shortly after Bajagić started a successful career as a frontman of the pop rock band Bajaga i Instruktori.

Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović

Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović, a former Pop Mašina, Dah, Opus and Rok Mašina member, and Zoran Dašić became the band's new guitarists. After only couple of rehearsals Dašić left the band (he would later form the starogradska muzika band Legende, and Đorđević would write lyrics for seven and music for two songs released on their debut album Dođi druže do Srbije uže) and was replaced by a former Kredit, Bicikl, Zamba, Siluete and Električni Orgazam member Nikola Čuturilo. During this period the band performed mostly at the clubs. At this time Đorđević made a guest appearance on Bijelo Dugme's self-titled album Bijelo Dugme, on the song "Pediculis Pubis", having co-written it with his main rival at the time, Goran Bregović. This guest appearance helped Riblja Čorba's shattered status. During the winter the band entered the studio to record their next album.

Istina

Istina (The Truth) was released in 1985. As Jugoton refused to release songs "Snage opozicije", "Pogledaj dom svoj, anđele", "'Alo" and "Dvorska budala" because of their political-related lyrics, the band signed back with PGP-RTB, which refused to release only "Snage opozicije". Although after Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju was released many critics claimed that Riblja Čorba belongs to the past, Istina was praised by both fans and critics. Produced by McCoy and more heavy metal-oriented than any of the band's previous works, album is often considered Riblja Čorba's magnum opus. Album is perhaps most memorable for apocalyptic "Pogledaj dom svoj, anđele", which went on to become one of Riblja Čorba's signature songs. However, Istina is also the album after which the band, although still generally fitting into hard rock sound, started turning towards more commercial sound. On the Bosnian tour that followed the album release the former YU grupa bass guitarist Žika Jelić replaced Aleksić, who was not able to perform due to illness. In May the band performed in Belgrade Sports Hall, and Đorđević released his first book of poems entitled Ravnodušan prema plaču (Apathetic towards Crying).

Late 1980s

In February 1986 the band released Osmi nervni slom (Eighth Nervous Breakdown). The album featured British reggae musician Eddy Grant on vocals in the song "Amsterdam". Other hits included "Nemoj da ideš mojom ulicom", "Tu nema Boga, nema pravde", "Južna Afrika '85 (Ja ću da pevam)". At the beginning of 1986 Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia discussed Riblja Čorba's lyrics, but that did not affect the audience. On March 8, in front of 10,000 people in Sarajevo's Skenderija Riblja Čorba started its most successful tour since Mrtva priroda. During the year Milatović released his first solo album U ritmu srca malog dobošara (In the Rhythm of the Little Drummer's Heart). At the 1986 MESAM Festival the band was awarded with the Rock Band of the Year Award, Đorđević was proclaimed Composer of the Year, and "Amsterdam" was proclaimed Hit of the Year.

In February 1987 they released their ninth studio album Ujed za dušu (Soul Bite), which featured their first cover, "Zadnji voz za Čačak" (cover of The Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville"). Surprisingly, "Član mafije" was the album's only political song. Songs "Nesrećnice nije te sramota" and "Zašto kuče arlauče" were released on a gift 7" single.

Đorđević's 1987 unplugged performance with Arsen Dedić in Terazije Theatre resulted in a famous bootleg album Arsen & Bora Čorba Unplugged '87, which is included in the official Bora Đorđević discography.[8] The performenace feaured Stjepan Mihaljinec on piano and Božinović and Čuturilo on guitars. Đorđević was indicted for "disturbing the public" in 1987, when he red his poems in Sava Centar, but because he was reading poems already published in his books and in various magazines, charges were dropped. In 1988, after reading his poems in Bar, he was indicted for "insulting the working people of Yugoslavia", but these charges were also dropped. In 1988 Đorđević released Bora priča gluposti (Bora's talking Rubish), which featured a recording of his poetry evening held in Belgrade's KST.

In 1988 Riblja Čorba celebrated ten years of existence by releasing Priča o ljubavi obično ugnjavi (Talking about Love Is Usually Annoying) and the compilation album Riblja Čorba 10, which was released in a limited number of 1,000 copies only, and was given to the friends of the band and the media. The band planned to hold a fund raising concert in front of the Cathedral of Saint Sava, with all the funds raised dedicated to the construction of the Cathedral, and with Đorđe Balašević, Ekatarina Velika and Piloti as special guests, but did not manage to get the permission to organize it. In 1988 Čuturilo released his first solo album 9 lakih komada (9 Easy Steps). The band held their last concert with Čuturilo on October 14, 1989 in Sarajevo.[9] After releasing his second studio album Raskršće (Crossroads) in 1989, he decided to leave the band. He was replaced by Zoran Ilić, a former Bezobrazno Zeleno member. In 1990 the band released Koza nostra (Cosa Nostra, also a word play, with "Koza" meaning "goat" in Serbian). Album featured Branimir Štulić and Azra members on backing vocals on the track "Al Kapone", former Suncokret members Bilja Krstić, Gorica Popović and Snežana Jandrlić on backing vocals and Saša Lokner on keyboards. After the album release the band performed in Sweden, Romania and Australia.

1990s

After the outbreak of the Yugoslav wars Riblja Čorba members decided to record their farewell album. Labudova pesma (Swan Song), recorded in Vienna, featured sevreal anti-war songs and only one hit, "Kad sam bio mlad" (cover of Eric Burdon's "When I Was Young"), However, it did not turn out to be Riblja Čorba's last album, as they eventually changed their decision to disband. Oliver Mandić, who was approached to join the band as a keyboard player, eventually did not become a Riblja Čorba member, and songs recorded with him were not released on the album. During the same year Zoran Ilić formed the comedy rock supergroup Babe with Bajaga i Instruktori member Žika Milenković, Električni Orgazam member Goran Čavajda and a former Bezobrazno Zeleno member Zoran Vasić. The next Riblja Čorba album Zbogom, Srbijo (Farewell, Serbia) was not very successful either. It featured "Zelena trava doma mog" (cover of Tom Jones' "Green Green Grass of Home"), "Danas nema mleka" (a heavy metal cover of Herman's Hermits' "No Milk Today") and "Tamna je noć" (cover of Mark Bernes' "The Dark Night") as the album's only hits. At this period Vlada Barjaktarević, a former Van Gogh member, became the band's first official keyboard player.

At this time Đorđević became an active supporter of the Serbian troops in Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska Krajina. With Knin band Minđušari he recorded songs "E moj druže zagrebački" ("Oh, my Zagreb Comrade"), as a response to Jura Stublić's song "E moj druže beogradski" ("Oh, my Belgrade Comrade"), and "Ljetovanje". This has, alongside with the unsuccessful Riblja Čorba albums, made Riblja Čorba lose a part of their fans in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Đorđević's support for Serbian nationalism did not, however, imply support for the government of Slobodan Milošević, and he would express his attitude in Riblja Čorba political songs recorded on albums Ostalo je ćutanje and Nojeva barka, as well as on his 1996 solo album Njihovi dani (Their Days) which he released in his own name rather than that of his band. Nevertheless, the songs from Njihovi dani were performed at Riblja Čorba concerts and "Baba Jula" (the song that innuends to Mirjana Marković) became an anthem on 1990s protests in Serbia. During the same year Milatović formed the hard rock band Indijanci, infamous for their pornographic lyrics.

In the summer of 1996 Ilić left Riblja Čorba. He was not replaced, and the band continued with only Božinović on guitar. The album Ostalo je ćutanje (The Rest Is Silence), released in 1996, featured a cover of John Lennon's song "Jealous Guy", Riblja Čorba version titled "Ljubomorko". At the beginning of 1997 a compilation album Treći srpski ustanak (The third Serbian Uprising) with a choice of Riblja Čorba political songs, previously unreleased "Snage opozicije" and the new song "Volim i ja vas" was released. In 1997 the band held a tour named "Po slobodnim gradovima Srbije" ("Around the Free Cities of Serbia") which ended with two concerts in Tašmajdan, with Rambo Amadeus, Babe, Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi, Direktori, Indijanci, Aleluja, and Kraljevski Apartman as the opening acts.[10] On these two concerts Riblja Čorba recorded live albums Beograd, uživo '97 - 1 and Beograd, uživo '97 - 2. (Belgrade, Live 97 - 1 and 2). Đorđević's political involvement caused Riblja Čorba concert in Tivoli Hall in Ljubljana to be banned.

In 1999 Riblja Čorba released Nojeva barka (Noah's Ark), produced by Aleksić and Miša Popović. Album featured a cover of Merle Travis' "Sixteen Tons" (Riblja Čorba version titled "16 noći"). The former band member Momčilo Bajagić made a guest appearance on the song "Gde si". At the beginning of 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Riblja Čorba recorded the patriotic tune "Samo Sloga Srbina Spašava" with Bajagić, Dejan Cukić, Van Gogh frontman Zvonimir Đukić, and Generacija 5 frontman Đorđe David.

2000s

Bora Đorđević in concert, in Belgrade Arena in 2009

The first Riblja Čorba album after the 2000 political changes in Serbia was Pišanje uz vetar (Pissing With the Wind), released in 2001, on which Riblja Čorba experimented with different musical genres. "Crno-beli svet" featured Eyesburn frontman Hornsman Coyote on vocals. After the tour following the album release Barjaktarević left the band in 2002 and was replaced by Nikola Zorić. In 2003 Milatović released a children's music album entitled Dečaci o devojčicama (Boys about Girls). In 2003 Riblja Čorba released Ovde (Here), with songs "Zašto uvek kurcu sviram" and "Pičkin dim" released on the bonus CD. The album saw little success, with the ballad "Poslednja pesma o tebi" becoming the album's only hit. On December 20, Riblja Čorba, alongside Orthodox Celts, performed in Belgrade's KST. The Riblja Čorba performance was interrupted due to a bomb threat.[11] On July 3, 2004 Riblja Čorba, alongside the Belgrade faction of the band Zabranjeno Pušenje, held a concert at the Belgrade Ušće, in order to celebrate Riblja Čorba's twenty-five and Zabranjeno Pušenje's twenty years on the scene. However, the concert is best remembered by the fact that Zabranjeno Pušenje performance was ended after about half an hour, as the band performed the songs they recorded as The No Smoking Orchestra, and the angry fans threw various objects on stage. The other acts that performed on the concert included Negative, Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi, Bjesovi, AlogiA, Roze Poze, Abonos, Kraljevski Apartman, Đorđe David, and others.[12]

In 2005 the band released Trilogija 1: Nevinost bez zaštite (Trilogy 1: Virginity without Protection), the first part of the Riblja Čorba trilogy. Two other parts of the trilogy, Trilogija 2: Devičanska ostrva (Trilogy 2: Virgin Islands) and Trilogija 3: Ambasadori loše volje (Trilogy 3: Badwill Ambassadors) were released in 2006. Although imagined as Riblja Čorba's comeback to the top of the Serbian rock scene, trilogy did not manage to recover Riblja Čorba's popularity in Serbia, partly decreased because of Đorđević's political involvement as a Democratic Party of Serbia member. After releasing live album Gladijatori u BG Areni (Gladiators in Belgrade Arena) in 2008, the band, at the beginning of 2009, released their latest studio album Minut sa njom (A Minute with Her). Minut sa njom was the first Riblja Čorba album since Pokvarena mašta i prljave strasti which did not feature any political song. The band celebrated thirty years since the 1979 concert at Tašmajdan Stadium and the release of their debut album Kost u grlu (Bone In A Throat) with a concert in Belgrade Arena held on October 31, 2009.[13]

Legacy

Riblja Čorba is one of the best-selling and is considered one of the top and most influential acts on the former Yugoslav rock scene and remains one of the top mainstream acts on the Serbian rock scene. However, Bora Đorđević's support for Serbian nationalism during Yugoslav wars has caused Riblja Čorba's absence from mainstream media in Croatia and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The song "Pogledaj dom svoj, anđele" was voted Hit of the Year in 1985 by the listeners of Radio Beograd 202 and Song of the Decade in 1990.[14] The book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music) features eight Riblja Čorba albums: Kost u grlu (ranked #16), Mrtva priroda (ranked #19), Pokvarena mašta i prljave strasti (ranked #23), Istina (ranked #43), Buvlja pijaca (ranked #64), Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju (ranked #80), Osmi nervni slom (ranked #83), and U ime naroda (ranked #85).[15] The B92 Top 100 Yugoslav songs list fetaures two songs by Riblja Čorba: "Kad hodaš" (ranked #4) and "Lutka sa naslovne strane" (ranked #12).[16]

On 2009 Pošta Slovenije released the postage stamp that features Riblja Čorba logo.[17]

Discography

References

  1. ^ Pejović N., "Teškometalni Ikar protiv gravitacije", Popboks.com
  2. ^ Smiljanić U., Kraljevski Apartman: Čuvar tajni, Popboks.com
  3. ^ Riblja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  4. ^ Riblja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  5. ^ Riblja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  6. ^ Riblja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  7. ^ Riblja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  8. ^ Bora Đorđević biography on Riblja Čorba official site
  9. ^ Ribja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  10. ^ Ribja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  11. ^ Ribja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  12. ^ Ribja Čorba official biography by Vicko Milatović
  13. ^ Prepuna „Arena” za rođendan „Riblje čorbe”, rts.rs
  14. ^ Riblja čorba, Jakovljević Mirko; ISBN 86-83525-39-2
  15. ^ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press.
  16. ^ The B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list at B92 official site
  17. ^ Riblja Čorba na slovenačkoj poštanskoj marki
  • EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
  • Riblja čorba, Jakovljević Mirko; ISBN 86-83525-39-2

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