Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju

Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju (English: "Tonight You Will Be Entertained by Musicians Who Drink") is the fifth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.

Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju
Studio album by
Riblja Čorba
ReleasedMarch 14, 1984
Recorded7 January – March 1984[1]
StudioTivoli Studio, Ljubljana
GenreRock
Length35:44
LabelJugoton
ProducerKornelije Kovač
Riblja Čorba chronology
Buvlja pijaca
(1982)		 Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju
(1984)		 Istina
(1985)

The album was polled in 1998 as the 80th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).[2]

Background and recording

Although the band's guitarist Momčilo Bajagić had already started his solo career, he contributed greatly to this album by authoring two and co-writing another two songs. Also, drummer Vladimir Golubović, who worked with Bajagić on his solo album Pozitivna geografija, temporarily replaced Vicko Milatović, who was doing a mandatory service in the army. Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju would be the only album recorded with Golubović and the last album before Bajagić and Rajko Kojić left the band.

As Riblja Čorba's record label PGP-RTB did not want to finance recording in London, the band moved to Jugoton. However, Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju would be the only album the band released through Jugoton.

In his autobiography Uživo!: Autobiografija (Live!: Autobiography) the band's bass guitarist Miša Aleksić described the atmosphere at the recording sessions:

January, cold days, Ljubljana was gloomy and without sun... Miles away from home, friends, families... from Belgrade! In Ljubljana we knew almost no one. There was no relaxing with friends outside the band. Sequestered and reliant on one another within the band, we all suffered from some sort of depression [...] Turning inwards, I started to isolate myself inside my own vicious circle, finding consolation in alcohol! Spirits, brandy or Vecchia Romagna were increasingly my only company before and after sleep. I ate very little and [...] soon I turned into a ghost!

The atmosphere in the studio was completely miserable. We worked mostly in the afternoon and at night. [...]

At the time, we all noticed Rajko started using heroin together with his girlfriend from Belgrade. [...] Since he couldn't get his hands on it regularly in Ljubljana he needed some substitute for that dangerous drug. He found an alternative in cough syrup Sanotus, which contained codeine. [...] It was available over-the-counter in SR Slovenia, so at one point he emptied all the chemist's shops in the city, cramming the stuff in his hotel room. I tried that syrup too, I drank half a bottle, and afterwards felt numb and sleepy. [...]

Vicko, who was away serving his army stint, was [...] replaced by Vlada, Vlajko Golubović. [...] On the recording, I personally missed Vicko very much. [...] Vlajko was a great drummer, but we were two different worlds, which was definitely confirmed on the recordings.

Bora was in his darkest lyrical phase.[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Kazablanka" ("Casablanca")B. ĐorđevićM. Bajagić3:36
2."Muzičari koji piju" ("Musicians Who Drink")M. BajagićM. Bajagić2:16
3."Mangupi vam kvare dete" ("Bad Boys Are Spoiling Your Kid")B. ĐorđevićM. Bajagić1:58
4."Džukele će me dokusuriti" ("Bastards Will Be the Death of Me")B. ĐorđevićR. Kojić, M. Bajagić3:16
5."Nemoj da kažeš mome dečku" ("Don't Tell My Boyfriend")B. ĐorđevićM. Aleksić, B. Đorđević3:37
6."Gluposti" ("Stupid Things")B. ĐorđevićB. Đorđević3:11
7."Priča o Žiki Živcu" ("The Story of Žika the Nerve")B. ĐorđevićM. Aleksić3:00
8."Besni psi" ("Mad Dogs")B. ĐorđevićB. Đorđević4:17
9."Kad hodaš" ("When You Walk")M. BajagićM. Bajagić4:01
10."Minut ćutanja" ("Minute of Silence")B. ĐorđevićR. Kojić3:20
11."Ravnodušan prema plaču" ("Apathetic to Crying")B. ĐorđevićB. Đorđević3:15

Reception and controversy

Immediately after the album's release, state censorship board declared the songs "Mangupi vam kvare dete" and "Besni psi" "ethically unacceptable". "Besni psi" in particular caused a protracted international scandal. Because of the lyrics "Grčki sverceri, arapski studenti, negativni elementi, maloletni delikventi i besni psi" ("Greek smugglers, Arab students, negative elements, juvenile delinquents, and mad dogs"), the embassies of three Arab countries as well as Zaire protested, complaining that songwriter Bora Đorđević had equated foreign students in SFR Yugoslavia with mad dogs. The Yugoslav Ministry of culture ordered an expert analysis of the song.

With a somewhat darker atmosphere, the album was not nearly successful as Riblja Čorba's previous albums, bringing only one hit, Momčilo Bajagić's gentle ballad "Kad hodaš".

Legacy

The album was polled in 1998 as the 80th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).[4]

In 2006, the song "Kad hodaš" was ranked #4 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs List.[5]

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Kornelije Kovač - keyboards, producer
  • Bob Painter - recorded by
  • Aco Razbornik - recorded by

References
  1. Riblja Čorba chronology Retrieved 9 November 2014
  2. Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 50.
  3. Aleksić, Miša (2012). Uživo!: Autobiografija. Belgrade: Laguna. pp. 335–336.
  4. Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 50.
  5. The B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list at B92 official site Archived March 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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