Garavi Sokak
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Garavi Sokak is a Serbia
n folk rock
/pop
band, formed in Novi Sad
in 1982.
), Petar Alvirović (bass guitar
), Milan Trifunović (drums
) and Šeri Toplica (rhythm guitar
) formed the band Pa Šta! (So What!). Initially influenced by The Beatles
and Bijelo Dugme
, Pa Šta! performed at school dances across Vojvodina
.
In 1986 they released the single with songs "Sećaš se" and "Bejbi" under the new name, Seks (Sex
). The single was released through the Association of Rock Musicians of Vojvodina. In 1987, under the influence of Krstić's religious parents, they changed the name to Garavi Sokak after the book of poems by Miroslav Antić. They rereleased the songs from their first single under different titles, "Solunska" and "67. bejbi", and started working on their debut self-titled album. Garavi Sokak was produced by Saša Habić and released through Panonija koncert on audio cassette only. However, the band's first official album, also titled Garavi Sokak, was released the following year through Jugoton
. The album was produced by Gabor Lenđel, and brought folk rock
hits "Skeledžijo", "Teci, teci, Dunave" and "Mađarica". Their following album, Garavi Sokak II, released in 1990, featured similar sound and hits "Ti si mene caknula", "Neko, neko ko je daleko" and "Na temerinskom vašaru". In 1991 they appeared at MESAM festival with the song "Pozdrav iz Soko Banje", which was released on the 7" single, the B-side of which featured a cover of Crni Biseri
song "Džudi, Džudi". In 1992 the band released the album Da se vrate srećni dani (May the Happy Days Return). The album was produced by Ivica Vlatković, and featured numerous guests. The album's main hits were "Kao ja", "Reci zašto", "Zima, leto..." and a new version of "Solunska". In 1994 the band released Slova tvoga imena (Letters of Your Name) in the new lineup: Bane Krstić (vocal, acoustic guitar), Slobodan Trkulja (bagpipes
, flute
, clarinet
, saxophone
), Zoran Brajović (drums), Nikola Oršoš (bass guitar), Miroslav Ilić (accordion
, prim), Šeri Toplica (acoustic guitar) and Milan Trifunović (percussion). The album, produced by Rambo Amadeus
, marked the bands shift towards acoustic
sound, and brought hits "Biće bolje ako budeš tu", "U Perlezu stao voz" and "Plavi svitac". After the album was released the band started performing with acoustic instruments only.
The album Dobro je (It's All Right), released in 1996 (and being one of the last albums released on vinyl record by PGP-RTS
), featured a cover of The Beatles song "Good Night
", Garavi Sokak version entitled "Laku noć ti, ljubavi". the recording of their unplugged
performance, held in Novi Sad Studio M in November 1996, was released on the album Najveći hitovi - Unplugged (Greatest Hits - Unplugged). In 1998 the band released the album Sagradićemo brod (We'll Build a Boat), which featured similar acoustic folk-oriented sound as their several previous releases.
, and a country
version of their old song "Za mene kasno je već" with a new title, "Tragovi tvojih točkova". At the time of the album release the band consisted of Krstić, Milan Trifunović, Miroslav Ilić, Boban Dževerdanović (guitar), Đorđe Urban (bass guitar), Suad Saračević (keyboards) and Milan Papić (drums). In 2003 Krstić formed the record label
Vojvodina Music, through which the band released the album Svako ima nekog koga više nema (Everybody Has Someone Who He Doesn't Have anymore). The album was produced by Zoran Maletić, and was more pop
-oriented than the band's previous releases. The album's main hit, "Ko te ima taj te nema" was recorded in three verions: beside the one featured on the album, the band recorded another one with Zvonko Bogdan
, and the third one, sung by Zvonko Bogdan followed by a tamburica orchestra, was released on the compilation album Ko te ima taj te nema.
In 2008 the band released their latest studio album entitled Ja bih za tebe dao sve (I Would Give Everything for You).
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
/pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band, formed in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
in 1982.
Late 1980s and 1990s
In 1980 Bane Krstić (vocals, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
), Petar Alvirović (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Milan Trifunović (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) and Šeri Toplica (rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
) formed the band Pa Šta! (So What!). Initially influenced by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
, Pa Šta! performed at school dances across Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
.
In 1986 they released the single with songs "Sećaš se" and "Bejbi" under the new name, Seks (Sex
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
). The single was released through the Association of Rock Musicians of Vojvodina. In 1987, under the influence of Krstić's religious parents, they changed the name to Garavi Sokak after the book of poems by Miroslav Antić. They rereleased the songs from their first single under different titles, "Solunska" and "67. bejbi", and started working on their debut self-titled album. Garavi Sokak was produced by Saša Habić and released through Panonija koncert on audio cassette only. However, the band's first official album, also titled Garavi Sokak, was released the following year through Jugoton
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
. The album was produced by Gabor Lenđel, and brought folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
hits "Skeledžijo", "Teci, teci, Dunave" and "Mađarica". Their following album, Garavi Sokak II, released in 1990, featured similar sound and hits "Ti si mene caknula", "Neko, neko ko je daleko" and "Na temerinskom vašaru". In 1991 they appeared at MESAM festival with the song "Pozdrav iz Soko Banje", which was released on the 7" single, the B-side of which featured a cover of Crni Biseri
Crni Biseri
Crni Biseri was a former Yugoslav rock band, notable as one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene.- 1963 - 1980 :...
song "Džudi, Džudi". In 1992 the band released the album Da se vrate srećni dani (May the Happy Days Return). The album was produced by Ivica Vlatković, and featured numerous guests. The album's main hits were "Kao ja", "Reci zašto", "Zima, leto..." and a new version of "Solunska". In 1994 the band released Slova tvoga imena (Letters of Your Name) in the new lineup: Bane Krstić (vocal, acoustic guitar), Slobodan Trkulja (bagpipes
Bagpipes
Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
, flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
, saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
), Zoran Brajović (drums), Nikola Oršoš (bass guitar), Miroslav Ilić (accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, prim), Šeri Toplica (acoustic guitar) and Milan Trifunović (percussion). The album, produced by Rambo Amadeus
Rambo Amadeus
Rambo Amadeus is the stage name of the Belgrade-based Montenegrin singer-songwriter Antonije Pušić, popular all over the former Yugoslavia...
, marked the bands shift towards acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
sound, and brought hits "Biće bolje ako budeš tu", "U Perlezu stao voz" and "Plavi svitac". After the album was released the band started performing with acoustic instruments only.
The album Dobro je (It's All Right), released in 1996 (and being one of the last albums released on vinyl record by PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1958 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
), featured a cover of The Beatles song "Good Night
Good Night (song)
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", Garavi Sokak version entitled "Laku noć ti, ljubavi". the recording of their unplugged
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
performance, held in Novi Sad Studio M in November 1996, was released on the album Najveći hitovi - Unplugged (Greatest Hits - Unplugged). In 1998 the band released the album Sagradićemo brod (We'll Build a Boat), which featured similar acoustic folk-oriented sound as their several previous releases.
2000s
The album Doviđenja tugo (Goodbye, Sadness), released in 2001, featured the song "Ruska", inspired by the music of Alla PugachevaAlla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva or Pugachova , born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day...
, and a country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
version of their old song "Za mene kasno je već" with a new title, "Tragovi tvojih točkova". At the time of the album release the band consisted of Krstić, Milan Trifunović, Miroslav Ilić, Boban Dževerdanović (guitar), Đorđe Urban (bass guitar), Suad Saračević (keyboards) and Milan Papić (drums). In 2003 Krstić formed the record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
Vojvodina Music, through which the band released the album Svako ima nekog koga više nema (Everybody Has Someone Who He Doesn't Have anymore). The album was produced by Zoran Maletić, and was more pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-oriented than the band's previous releases. The album's main hit, "Ko te ima taj te nema" was recorded in three verions: beside the one featured on the album, the band recorded another one with Zvonko Bogdan
Zvonko Bogdan
Zvonko Bogdan is an eminent performer of traditional folk songs of Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and Romania. Apart from being famous as a singer, he is also a composer, painter and harness racer...
, and the third one, sung by Zvonko Bogdan followed by a tamburica orchestra, was released on the compilation album Ko te ima taj te nema.
In 2008 the band released their latest studio album entitled Ja bih za tebe dao sve (I Would Give Everything for You).
Studio albums
- Garavi Sokak (1988)
- Garavi Sokak (1989)
- Garavi Sokak II (1990)
- Da se vrate srećni dani (1992)
- Slova tvoga imena (1994)
- Dobro je (1996)
- Sagradićemo brod (1998)
- Doviđenja tugo (2001)
- Svako ima nekog koga više nema (2004)
- Ja bih za tebe dao sve (2008)
Live albums
- Najveći hitovi - Unplugged (1996)
- Acoustic - najveći hitovi (LIVE) (2008)
Compilations
- Najlepše pesme (1991)
- Najlepše pesme - The Best of (2002)
- Ko te ima taj te nema (2006)
Singles
- "Sećaš li se" / "Bejbi" (as Seks, 1986)
- "67. bejbi" / "Solunska" (1988)
- "Pozdrav iz Soko Banje" / "Džudi, Džudi" (1991)