| Bajaga i Instruktori | |
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| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genre(s) | Rock Pop-rock |
| Years active | 1984 – present |
| Label(s) | PGP RTB, Diskoton, Red Luna Records, Produkcija Stig, PGP RTS, Komuna Belgrade, Biveco |
| Associated acts | Riblja Čorba Dejan Cukić Babe |
| Website | www.bajaga.com |
| Members | |
| Momčilo Bajagić Žika Milenković Saša Lokner Miroslav Cvetković Čeda Mačura Čeda Mačura Ljubiša Opačić |
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| Former members | |
| Dejan Cukić Nenad Stamatović Vladimir Golubović Vlada Negovanović |
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Bajaga i Instruktori (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори; English: Bajaga and the Instructors) are a highly popular rock band from Serbia. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music PGP-RTB (Full Serbian name Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Beograd) was a major Record label and chain Record store Diskoton was a major Record label based in Sarajevo, PGP-RTS (in the Serbian language:Produkcija Gramofonskih Ploča Radio-Televizije Srbije is a major Record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. Komuna (full legal name Komuna-International mešovito preduzeće za unutrašnju i spoljnu trgovinu d Riblja Čorba ( Serbian Cyrillic: Рибља Чорба translation Fish Stew, although the name of a 1989 compilation album titled in English is Dejan Cukić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Цукић born November 4, 1953) is a Serbian Rock musician, Journalist Babe ( Serbian Cyrillic: Бабе translation Grandmas) were a Serbian rock band Momčilo Bajagić - Bajaga ( Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Бајагић - Бајага is a highly popular Serbian rock Musician. Dejan Cukić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Цукић born November 4, 1953) is a Serbian Rock musician, Journalist The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (српска/Вукова ћирилица srpska/Vukova ćirilica, literally " Serbian/Vuk's Cyrillic alphabet " is English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The group was founded in Belgrade in 1984 by composer, lyricist and guitarist Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga, and continue to record music today. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A lyricist is a Writer who specializes in Song Lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song(s A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Momčilo Bajagić - Bajaga ( Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Бајагић - Бајага is a highly popular Serbian rock Musician. The group possesses a rich discography and a plethora of hit songs that place them at the very top of the all-time former Yugoslav Pop Rock scene, alongside other mega-selling bands such as Bijelo Dugme and Riblja Čorba. The article is about sound recordings For the Pet Shop Boys album see Discography The Complete Singles Collection. Bijelo dugme ("White Button" were a highly influential Rock band stationed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally when in Yugoslavia Riblja Čorba ( Serbian Cyrillic: Рибља Чорба translation Fish Stew, although the name of a 1989 compilation album titled in English is
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History
1980s
Momčilo Bajagić founded Bajaga i Instruktori in 1984. Momčilo Bajagić - Bajaga ( Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Бајагић - Бајага is a highly popular Serbian rock Musician. A native of Zemun, Bajagić was part of the then popular Serbian rock group Riblja Čorba from 1978 to 1984. Zemun ( Serbian Cyrillic: Земун, German: Semlin Hungarian: Zimony is an urban neighborhood and one of the 17 municipalities Riblja Čorba ( Serbian Cyrillic: Рибља Чорба translation Fish Stew, although the name of a 1989 compilation album titled in English is Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) At that point, Bajagić decided to release an album composed of songs that he had originally written for Riblja Čorba, titled Pozitivna geografija (1984). Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Bajagić did not intend to leave Riblja Čorba, but events unfolded in that direction, and by April 12, 1984, Bajaga i Instruktori played their first concert as a group, in Zagreb, Croatia. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Zagreb (ˈzɑːgrɛb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between The album went on to become a hit, with songs such as Limene trube and Papaline, and the group busily began preparing their second release for the following year.
Bajaga i Instruktori followed their debut album with Sa druge strane jastuka (1985), considered by many to be one of the greatest pop-rock albums in Yugoslav-Serbian history. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Bajaga i Instruktori rose to mega-fame that year, and virtually every song on the album became an instant hit. The group received a song-of-the-year award for the mega-hit Zažmuri, and the album also featured the now-classic songs 220 u voltima, Ti se ljubiš, Dvadeseti vek, Dobro jutro, džezeri, Vidi šta sam ti uradio od pesme, mama, Francuska ljubavna revolucija and the popular title track Sa druge strane jastuka, among several other songs.
Bajaga i Instruktori moved in a slightly different direction with the release of their third album Jahači magle (1987). Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The album featured further experimentation with musical genres and presented a technical masterpiece of sound quality and creative output. Again, virtually every song on the album was an instant hit. It featured the classic Bajaga rock numbers 300 na sat, Samo nam je ljubav potrebna and Kao ne zna da je gotivim, as well as the popular song 442 do Beograda and another rock-jazz fusion, Red i mir. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly As with Sa druge strane jastuka, Bajaga and Dejan Cukić shared vocal duties – particularly apparent in the hit song Svemirska policija. Dejan Cukić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Цукић born November 4, 1953) is a Serbian Rock musician, Journalist
After Jahači magle, Dejan Cukić left Bajaga i Instruktori and formed his own group known as Spori Ritam Bend. Spori Ritam Bend is a Serbian rock Music group formed by guitarist singer and songwriter Dejan Cukić after he split away from Bajaga i Nonetheless, Bajaga i Instruktori released a new album titled Prodavnica tajni (1988). Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Inspired in part by Bajaga i Instruktori’s tour of Soviet Union, Prodavnica tajni had a more melancholy mood than the previous three albums, but included several beautiful slower songs and ballads. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. Among those was the folkish-sounding Plavi safir, which would become one of the greatest Yugoslav pop hits of all time. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure The album also featured hits such as Gore-dole, Verujem, ne verujem, Ruski voz, Tišina, Godine prolaze and Život je nekad siv, nekad žut.
The group returned with the release of Neka svemir čuje nemir (1989), a compilation of new songs and live recordings. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The album’s title track Neka svemir čuje nemir and the pop number Na vrhovima prstiju became two of the band’s biggest hits to date.
1990s
Despite mounting problems in the former Yugoslavia, Bajaga i Instruktori had a highly successful decade. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: The group released a successful mini-album titled Četri godišnja doba (1991), featuring four songs that were each tied to one of the four seasons of the year. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. A season is one of the major divisions of the Year, generally based on yearly periodic changes in Weather. Muzika na struju (1993), is considered by many fans to be the group’s last great full album. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) It featured several hit songs including the title track Muzika na struju as well as Grad, Jedino to se zove ljubav, Balkan and Montenegro. The album was followed up one year later by the highly popular soundtrack from the feature film Ni Na Nebu Ni Na Zemlji (1994). Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) In addition to the title track and several previously released songs, the release also featured what may be the group's greatest hit song ever, the single Moji drugovi, a folk-inspired mega-hit that is tremendously popular both in Serbia and Montenegro and amongst the Serbian diaspora throughout the world. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! The term Diaspora (in Greek, διασπορά &ndash " a scattering or sowing of seeds " refers any population sharing common ethnic
Bajaga i Instruktori followed up with Od bižuterije do ćilibara (1997), a self-recorded full album. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar This release was only moderately successful and can be best remembered for the song Iza nas. The diminished technical quality and seemingly bland, uninspired and almost depressive sound pointed to what many fans feared was a decline in the band’s inspiration and creativity.
2000 And Beyond
After a lengthy hiatus, Bajaga i Instruktori released a studio album titled Zmaj od noćaja (2001). Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The release was met with mixed reviews. The songs Zmaj od noćaja and Ala were moderately successful, as was the bonus track Zvezda, a tribute to FC Red Star Belgrade that was released simultaneously to the album. Later, the band also recorded a music video for the previously-released single Pesma protiv maleri. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics
In a fitting move for the ‘new’ political times in Serbia, Bajaga agreed to compose the soundtrack for the feature film Profesionalac (2003). Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. This included the hit song Pada vlada (trans: The government is falling). The band followed up by releasing a compilation of past hits that had a relation to the city of Belgrade, titled Ruža vetrova Beograda (2004). Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. The compilation included two new songs: Novosti and the title track Ruža vetrova, as well as an urban remix of the same track. Urban contemporary is a music Radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Both versions of the title track were moderately successful.
Bajaga i Instruktori released a new studio album titled Šou počinje u ponoć (2005). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The album features nine new songs and a diverse mix of musical genres. Potential hits include the title track Šou počinje u ponoć, as well as the songs Otrov, Padaj kišo, keve ti and Kap po kap. The release is expected to fare better than Zmaj od noćaja.
Legacy
Bajaga i Instruktori are one of the most successful and influential pop-rock groups in the history of the former Yugoslavia and Serbia. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Their string of albums and awards in the mid-to-late 1980s rounded out the golden age of Yugoslav pop-rock. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The album Sa druge strane jastuka is considered to be one of the best Yugoslav-Serbian pop-rock albums of all time.
People from Belgrade feel a particular attachment to Bajaga’s material of the 1980s and early 1990s, as his music was thought in large part to symbolize that city. Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Bajaga i Instruktori’s recent concert appearances in the former Yugoslavia (including performances in Slovenia,Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina ) as well as in the remainder of Europe, Canada and the United States, have proven that the group still enjoys an extensive fan base. A concert is a live Performance, usually of Music, before an Audience. Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Momčilo Bajagic "Bajaga" is widely (and rightfully) accepted to be the leading figure in the group. He is regarded as an outstanding lyricist and composer, having also written many songs for the famous pop singer Zdravko Čolić. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance Zdravko Čolić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Чолић (born May 30, 1951 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia Respect for Bajaga remains high in Serbia, particularly in upper/intellectual social circles.
Critiques
One of the major criticisms of Bajaga i Instruktori is the fact that Bajaga himself is the band’s lead vocalist. Though admitting his outstanding composing and lyrical skills, some people do not regard Bajaga as a good singer and point to his monotone, 'narrative' vocal style with limited range. However, this factor does not seem to have diminished the perceived quality of the band’s hits. In fact, many loyal fans regard Bajaga’s vocal style as one of the band’s trademarks, as he is perhaps the best suited to recite his own complex and descriptive lyrics.
Another common criticism amongst the followers of Yugoslav/Serbian pop-rock is the allegedly diminished quality of Bajaga’s material beginning with the release of Od bižuterije do ćilibara in 1997 and continuing through the release of Zmaj od noćaja in 2001. Some people believe that the alleged drop in song quality and the lack of an ability to create more mega-hits means that Bajaga i Instruktori have run their course and should discontinue the band so as not to damage their own legacy by releasing more poor material. This is a somewhat controversial question, as there is evidence of a rise in quality with Ruža vetrova Beograda in 2004 and Šou počinje u ponoć in 2005.
Discography
Full Albums
- Pozitivna geografija (Positive geography) - 1984
- Sa druge strane jastuka (On the other side of the pillow) - 1985
- Jahači magle (Fog riders) - 1986
- Prodavnica tajni (Secrets shop) - 1988
- Muzika na struju (Electrical music) - 1993
- Od bižuterije do ćilibara (From tinsel to amber) - 1997
- Zmaj od Noćaja (Dragon of Noćaj) - 2001
- Šou počinje u ponoć (The show begins at midnight) - 2005
Compilations, Live Albums and Mini-Albums
- Neka svemir čuje nemir (May the universe hear the unrest) (live album/compilation) - 1989
- Četri godišnja doba (The four seasons) (mini-album) - 1991
- Ruža vetrova Beograda (Belgrade wind rose) (compilation) - 2004
Movie Soundtracks
- Music from the film Ni Na Nebu Ni Na Zemlji - 1994
- Music from the film Profesionalac - 2003
See also
External links
- Bajaga i Instruktori - Official Website
- Bajaga i Instruktori - photo gallery, concert Osijek, 22.10.2006.
| Pop and Rock music of Serbia |
| Music of Serbia - Serbian rock - Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest |
| Record labels |
| City Records - Bassivity - One Records - Komuna - PGP RTS |
| Pop and rock music of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Music of Yugoslavia - SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene - Yugoslav Band Aid (YU Rock Misija) - Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest |
| Record labels |
| Jugoton - PGP RTB - Suzy Records - Diskoton - ZKP RTLJ - Jugodisk |
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