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DRUGI COVJEK/AKO JEDNOM BUDES SAMA

Indexi

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Singles/EPs/Fan Club/Promo, released in 1968

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Drugi covjek
2. Ako jednom budes sama
3. Jutro ce promijeniti sve

Line-up / Musicians

- Ismet Arnautalic / guitar
- Davorin Popovic / vocal
- Slobodan Kovacevic / guitar
- Fadil Redzic / bass
- Kornelije Kovac / organ
- Miroslav Saranovic / drums

Releases information

7"-EP PGP RTB EP 50341 (1969 Yugoslavia)

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4.76
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(50%)
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Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(33%)
33%
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Review by Seyo
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
5 stars During 1968 Indexi saw another line-up change. Miroslav Saranovic joined as a stronger drummer, who had a more rocking approach to the instrument, unlike the previous jazzy treatment of the departed Djordje Kisic. More importantly, classically trained Kornelije Kovac perfected his use of the Vox Continental organ and proved himself as the main arranger of the band. In this period the group toured extensively and took the opportunity to expand their sound experimenting with tape effects in the studio. This line-up achieved major success in October 1968 when they won the third prize at the famous Opatija Festival.

This third EP, the last one on the PGP RTB label, was released in March 1969, at the time when Kovac was no longer in the band. Yet, he was still present on the cover photo, which was taken in front of hotel "Kvarner" in Opatija during their festival gigs. Following the festival, Kovac moved to Belgrade and formed his Korni Grupa (internationally known as the Kornelyans). The record opens with "Drugi covjek" ("Another Man"), a psychedelic beat penned by the band founder and rhythm guitarist Ismet Arnautalic. It is an up-tempo track driven by high-pitched organ and fuzz-infused guitar sounds. The song contains bird-chirping sound effects mixed with interpolated citation of the Beatles chorus from "All You Need Is Love". Backing vocals by Kovac, Redzic and Arnautalic are nicely arranged, while the lyrics suggest traces of hippie back-to-nature ideology: "I'm gonna lay down on wheat fields/I'm gonna sing along with birds/love, love, love/let the sunshine wakes me up/let the wind be my postman/I long for such a place". The song was recorded back in November 1967 with Kisic still behind the drum kit.

The remaining two songs were recorded in November 1968 following their premiere performances at the Opatija Festival, with Saranovic as a drummer and backed by the Festival Orchestra conducted by Miljenko Prohaska. Kovac's composition "Ako jednom budes sama" ("Once You're Alone") is characterized by an innovative drum pattern evoking a clickety-clack train noise and the leading role of piano and bass guitar. Saranovic reportedly borrowed the drumming technique of Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience fame. This track is also filled with psychedelic echo and fuzz effects along with Beatlesque harmony vocals singing about a desire for the return of a lost lover: "once you're alone/if I were still in your heart/come back to me once more/and forget about the past". The bridge carries an odd time signature while the orchestral brass section provides some taste of the "brass rock" style of Chicago or Blood, Sweat & Tears.

The whole of the flipside is filled by the lengthier, five-minute track, "Jutro ce promijeniti sve" ("The Morning Will Change Everything") by Petko Kantardziev. It is a dark and melancholic "proto-progressive rock" song evoking an atmosphere of a long sleepless night during which an estranged couple contemplates the end of a relationship, secretly hoping for a different outcome as penned by lyricist Ivica Krajac: "for what it's worth/the night has occupied us/and our hearts are empty/but no, it's all just a bad dream/the morning will change everything". Kovac's organ, Redzic's melodic picking on bass guitar's higher notes, jazzy drumming, and Popovic's unobtrusive and melancholic bluesy singing contribute to the overall psychedelic atmosphere. Orchestral backing during the bridge provides a space for a wonderful solo by Kovacevic, whose wah-wah pedal may turn your goosebumps, resulting in one of his most beautiful and memorable guitar moments. The song ends with fade-out sounds suggesting the imminent night storm coming. This song remains one of the best ever made, not only by Indexi but also in the entire Yugoslav music scene, equally loved by prog-rock fans as well as by the general pop audience. This excellent 7" release broke new ground for further development of Indexi's oeuvre and following ecstatic contemporary reviews in the music press, such as Dzuboks magazine, heavily influenced other Yugoslav pop and rock bands to pursue boundaries of musical expression.

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