BIJELO DUGME (“White Button”)
YUGOSLAVIA, 1974-1989, PROG ROCK / NEW WAVE, .. Balkans)
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Bijelo Dugme (“White button”) was Yugoslavia’s most famous rock band. Its immense popularity sparked what the Yugoslav press dubbed « Dugmemania ». During its 15-year lifetime, it released 9 studio LPs, 5 live LPs and 15 singles, inititially in progressive rock but then also in ethno-rock and new wave genre.
Bijelo Dugme, 1974-1989, Sarajevo
The group was formed in 1971 in Sarajevo (Yug, Bosnia-Herzegovina) under the name ‘Jutro’ by – from left to right on the photo – Zoran Redžić (bass), Ipe Ivandić (drums), Goran Bregović (guitar and composer), Vlado Pravdić (keyboard) and Željko Bebek (vocals), and was officially renamed Bijelo Dugme in 1974. Željko Bebek left in 1982, the group’s singer then became Tifa (Miladen Vojičić) for two years (1984-85) and Alen Islamović during the band’s last 3 years (1986-1989).
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DOCUMENTARY FILMS
∙ 2017 ∙ Tribute to Bijelo Dugme 1974-1984 (Croatia Records, 24 songs, 80′) ∙ 2010 ∙ Bijelo Dugme documentary (2010, Bosnian, 84′) ∙
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Songs with Željko Bebek :
∙ 1974 ∙ KAD BI’ BIO BIJELO DUGME ∙ Kad bi’ bio bijelo dugme ∙ Selma ∙ 1975 ∙ ŠTA BI DAO DA SI NA MOM MJESTU ∙ Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (In my place what would you give?) ∙ Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me vise ∙ Dosao sam da ti kazem da odlazim (I came to tell you I’m leaving) ∙ Pozurite konji moji (instrumental) ∙ Ajd’ idemo rado ∙ 1975 ∙ GORAN BREGOVIĆ, BIJELO DUGME & ZAGREBAČKI BUDAČKI KVARTET ∙ Ima neka tajna veza ∙ I kad prođe sve, pjevat ću i tad (And when it’s all over I’ll sing too) ∙ 1976 ∙ ETO! BAŠ HOĆU ∙ Izgledala je malo cudno u kaputu zutom (She looked a little strange in a yellow coat) ∙ Sanjao sam nocas da te nemam ∙ Nije Znak ∙
∙ 1979 ∙ BITANGA I PRINCEZA ∙ Bitanga i princeza ∙ Na zadnjem siedistu moga auta ∙ Sve ce to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i sas ∙ 1980 ∙ DOŽIVJETI STOTU ∙ Doživjeti stotu (Live till 100 years) ∙ Ha, ha, ha ∙ Pristao sam, biću sve što hoće ∙ Pjesma mom mlađem bratu ∙ 1983 ∙ USPAVANKA ZA RADMILU M. ∙ Ako možeš zaboravi ∙ Polubauk Polukruzi Poluevropom ∙ Drugovi I Drugarice ∙ Kosovska ∙ U vrijeme otkazanih letova ∙ Zasto me ne podnosi tvoj tata ∙ Ovaj ples dame biraju ∙
Songs with Tifa :
∙ 1984 ∙ BIJELO DUGME ∙ Meni Se Ne Spava ∙ Za Esmu (ne racunaj na mene) ∙ Jer kad ostariš ∙ Lipe cvatu, sve je isto k’o i lani ∙ Lažeš (zlato, lažeš dušo) ∙ Da te bogdo ne volim ∙ 1986 ∙ PLJUNI I ZAPJEVAJ MOJA JUGOSLAVIJO ∙ Pljuni I Zapjevaj Moja Jugoslavijo ∙ Zamisli ∙ Hajdemo u planine ∙ Ruzica si bila Sarajevo ∙
Songs with Alen Islamović:
∙ 1988 ∙ ĆIRIBIRIBELA ∙ Ciribiribela ∙ Sta ima novo ∙ Neću To Na Brzaka ∙ Đurđevdan (je, a ja nisam s onom koju volim) ∙ Evo, zaklecu se ∙ Napile se ulice ∙
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BIJELO DUGME LIVE ∙ 1985 ∙ .Za esmu ∙ Meni se ne spava ∙ 1986 ∙ Ruzica si bila sarajevo ∙ 1987 ∙ Te noci kad umrem Sarajevo ∙ 2005 ∙ Selma (live, orig. 1974) ∙ Nakon svih ovih godina (orig. 1988) ∙ Đurđevdan (orig. 1988) ∙
SOLO WORKS – ŽELJKO BEBEK ∙ 1983 ∙ Jabuke i vino (with Žana) ∙ 1989 ∙ Sinoć sam pola Kafane popio – TIFA ∙ 1986 ∙ Ne pitaj me (with Vatreni Poljubac) ∙ 1995 ∙ A sada idem (with Elvira Rahić) ∙ 2000 ∙ Mamurno jutro – GORAN BREGOVIC ∙ 1993 ∙ In the death car (soundtrack ‘Arizona Dream’ ft. vocals by Iggy Pop) ∙
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COVER BY GRUPA REGINA (Sarajevo)
of Bijelo Dugme’s 1976 ‘She looked a little strange in a yellow coat‘ ∙ 1990 ∙ 2006 ∙ 2023 ∙
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Balkans, Bijelo Dugme – Goran Bregović & Tifa, 1985
