Konobar
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"Konobar" is the first single recorded and released by the Serbia
Serbia
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n new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 band Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...

. It was released in 1981 by Jugoton
Jugoton
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. The song also appeared on the band's debut album and several various artists compilations. The track is actually the first ever song written by the band.

History

Hipnotisano Pile members gathered one evening in the "Mornar" Kafana
Kafana
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 in Belgrade
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 and decided to form one more band. The band would feature Hipnotisano Pile members but they would play different instruments. The lead vocalist was chosen to be Srdjan Gojkoviċ Gile who was the band's drummer. The first appearance the band was to have at Palilula Guitar festival, so the band had to write and prepare some material within a month. The first song "Konobar" was written that evening by Ljubomir Đukić while they were waiting for the waiter to come.

Having participated in the Paket aranžman project with Idoli and Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata
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, the band started preparing their debut album and the only single from the record was chosen to be "Konobar". For the B-side the band chose to record a cover version of The Beatles
The Beatles
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' track I've Got a Feeling
I've Got a Feeling
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. A different mix of the song appeared on the debut album.

The track was later included on a 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...

 compilation Svi marš na ples!
Svi marš na ples!
Svi marš na ples! is a compilation album released by Jugoton in 1981 in SFR Yugoslavia.The compilation features various pop and rock artists, mostly from the local new wave scene...

. Live version of the song also appeared on several of the band's live releases.

Track listing

  1. "Konobar" (Ljubomir Đukić) (2:08)
  2. "I've Got a Feeling
    I've Got a Feeling
    "I've Got a Feeling" is a song by The Beatles, from the 1970 album Let It Be. It is one of the songs on the album from the Rooftop Concert...

    " (Lennon
    John Lennon
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    /McCartney
    Paul McCartney
    Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

    ) (2:23)

Personnel

  • Srđan Gojković (guitar, vocals)
  • Ljubomir Đukić (organ, piano, vocals)
  • Marina Vulić (bass)
  • Branko Kuštrin (drums)
  • Ljubomir Jovanović (guitar)

External links and references

  • Konobar at Discogs
  • EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
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