[Visitor's comment] A quite famous Italian rock band wrote, in the 90s, a whole album on the bosnian conflict. They recorded an impressive live concert in a cd entitled “La guerra, la terra” (the war, the earth), and the most touching song is indeed “Cupe vampe” (gloomy flames). I watched them playing it in Banja [...]
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Cranberries’ Video Music “Bosnia”
After reading an article about Cranberries’ lead singer’s/activist’s commitment in helping the postwar Bosnia, for a long time, I thought “Zombie”, one of Cranberries’ biggest hits, described the events in this country. Only until 2004 when I met a friend from Ireland that I learned “Zombie” was about the ongoing chaos in Northern Ireland. I [...]
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This movie chases after a hide-and-seek game between an American pilot and Serbs. Owen Wilson plays Chris Burnett, a witty and bored pilot who is sent on a holiday mission—just to practice I think. Dying for excitement, he convinces his co-pilot to change course and thus stumble into a no-fly zone controlled by Serbs. While [...]
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Jack-of-all-trade, master of quite a few, Rambo Amadeus is a talented guitarist, pianist, song writer, composer, boat sailing champ from former Yugoslavia. He is known for his dry-witted and jovial song with weird lyrics, many of which making fun of his people and society. A true representative of Yugoslavia having a Serbian mother and Croat-Montenegrin [...]
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Bosnia – Marija Sestic – Rijeka Bez Imena Croatia – Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic – Vjerujem U
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This analysis is a fun thing I do for myself. Read it for your own risk. (:-D) I made a few changes to last year’s template. Influential factors 1. Neighbor 2. Culture (religion, political, common language, etc) 3. Ethnic minority (immigrants vote for their former countries) 4. Music taste Notes – Voters -> Votees [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Serbia’s “Prayer” Was Answered, Winning Eurovision 2007
I watched in disbelief as Serbia started racking up high points (8, 10, 12), competing neck-to-neck the first slot with Ukraine before solidifying the number one spot. It was Eurovision history all over again. In 2004, Ukrainian Rustlana’s exotic and electrifying Wild Dancer inched above talented Serbian Zeljko Joksimovic’s beautiful ballads “Lane Moje” to snatch [...]
Read the rest of this entry »When the Road Bends: Tale of a Gypsy Caravan
I saw “When the Road Bends” at One World Documentary Film Festival in Prague. This beautiful documentary reveals, though briefly, a tidbit of Romany culture from Asia to Europe, represented by five famous gypsy musical groups touring United States and Europe. In this colorful film, live concert tours and performances were mixed with well-knit stories [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Sountrack of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
The music from this hilarious comedy movie about Kazakhstan-meet-world has nothing to do with Kazakhstan and surrounding area. In fact, much of the movie soundtrack is of Balkan origin. The opening lament is Chaje Shukarije, sung by the “Queen of the Gypsies”, Esma Redzepova from Macedonia. Goran Bregovic, a Bosnian singer/composer also has music featured [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Eurovision Revisited – Severina – Moja stikla (2006)
Eurovision 2007 is approaching, so it’s time to rehash some performances I like from previous years. Severina represented Croatia with the song “Moja Stikla/My High Heel.” This song didn’t rank high, and the majority of her votes came from former Yugoslavian countries. Lyrics Jer jos trava nije nikla Tamo gdje je stala moja stikla Tika [...]
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