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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | April 1981 | |||
| Studio | RTZ Tone Studio (Zagreb, Yugoslavia) | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 26:30 | |||
| Label | Jugoton | |||
| Producer | Ivan "Piko" Stančić | |||
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VIS Idoli [lower-alpha 1] was the first and only EP by the Serbian new wave band Idoli. The cover of the EP is the Red Nude, an act by Amedeo Modigliani.
The euphoria Idoli have made with their single Maljčiki / Retko te viđam sa devojkama resulted a great expectation on the next release. The band entered the studio in April 1981. Photographs from the recording sessions were released in newspapers and magazines. The band recorded six songs, including two cover versions. The whole material was released on a 12" self-titled EP.
The band covered in an Elvis Costello style Chuck Berry's hit “Come On” but with lyrics in Serbo‐Croatian entitled "Hajde!" and "Devojko mala" for which the lyrics were taken from Nebojša Krstić's poetry book "O, Ima Načina". "Hajde!" appeared on the Dečko koji obećava movie soundtrack.
The record design and production was done by Ivan Stančić Piko and the cover was chosen to be "The Red Nude" act by Amedeo Modigliani. Guest appearances featured Film members Mladen Juričić (also known as Max Wilson) who made a guest appearance playing harmonica and Jurij Novoselić (also known as Kuzma Videosex) who played organ.
VIS Idoli was also released as a double cassette EP with Film's Live in Kulušić EP entitled Zajedno. A remastered version was released on the band's 2007 box set with two bonus tracks.
Promotional video was recorded for "Devojko mala" as the TV stations already broadcast the video for "Malena" and "Zašto su danas devojke ljute", which had its TV premiere on the 1981 New Year's Eve as part of Rokenroler show. The video for "Maljčiki" also premiered on the same show. For "Zašto su danas devojke ljute" was recorded a new video after the EP was released.
The EP was presented to the audience on tour with Film. Most of the shows were held at the seaside resorts. By the end of the tour Kokan Popović became the band's new drummer.
"Dok dobuje kiša (u ritmu tam-tama)" and "Malena" appeared on Vlada Divljan's 1996 live album Odbrana i zaštita.
All tracks by Idoli except where noted. Remastered edition included the band's second single as bonus.
Idoli were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album Odbrana i poslednji dani was on several occasions voted by the music critics as the greatest Yugoslav rock album.
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Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan, was a Serbian singer and songwriter. He was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which initiated the Yugoslav new wave on the music and cultural scene of Yugoslavia in the 1980s, as well as for his solo works.
"Maljčiki" is the second single by the Serbian and Yugoslav new wave band Idoli. Its re-recorded version appeared on the Yugoslav new wave compilation Paket aranžman, which is one of the most important Yugoslav rock releases.
"Retko te viđam sa devojkama" is the second song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band Idoli.
"Pomoć, pomoć" is the first song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band Idoli. The song, with "Retko te viđam sa devojkama" appeared on the A-side while the B-side contained Slobodan Škerović's narrative poem called "Poklon". The song was performed live by the band for a very short time.
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Odbrana i poslednji dani is the first studio album by Yugoslav new wave band Idoli released in 1982.
"Bambina" is the third single by the Serbian band Idoli. It was chosen to be the only single from the Čokolada album which was the band's highest commercial peak.
Zdenko Kolar is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B.
Srđan Šaper is a founder of I&F McCann Grupa. He is also well known as a founder and a member of the Yugoslav new wave band Idoli in the 1980s.
Čokolada is the second studio album by Yugoslav new wave band Idoli, released in 1983. It is considered to be one of the best selling Yugoslav records, and was ranked #46 on the list of Greatest Yugoslav Rock and Pop Music Albums.
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VIS Idoli is a collection of four albums by Yugoslav new wave band Idoli. The albums included in the set are:
"Devojko mala" is a popular fifties song composed by Darko Kraljić and recorded by Vlastimir "Đuza" Stojiljković as part of the soundtrack for the 1960 musical comedy film Love and Fashion in which he was also had the starring role. The song became popular in former Yugoslavia and later in the Soviet Union, especially the version recorded by Đorđe Marjanović.
Aleksandar Prokopiev is a Macedonian PhD in comparative literature and literary theory working in the Institute of Macedonian Literature at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, the Republic of North Macedonia. He is also notable as a writer, essayist and a former member of the eminent Yugoslav rock band Idoli.
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