Riblja Čorba was my primary and secondary school in this business of ours. I learned all the most important things about the business during that period, so I remember it as one great experience Riblja čorba mi je bila kao osnovna i srednja škola u ovom našem poslu. Sve najbitnije stvari u vezi sa poslom naučio sam u tom periodu, tako da ga pamtim kao jedno sjajno iskustvo
nyl releases. Now everything has relocat- ed to the Internet, so sales of CD and vi- nyl releases are modest and intended only for connoisseurs. Did you find it much easier to cre- ate songs at the beginning of your career than today, after almost 40 years on the scene? - In one way it was easier creating songs at the beginning of my career, be- cause when you’re a young author you have lots of energy and ideas, and little experi- ence. In your mature years that switches around, so you have less energy and ide- as, and more experience. You’ve been dealing with music pro- fessionally since you were 18, hav- ing earned your first royalty payment with Riblja Čorba. What memories do you have of that collaboration? - I had a good experience with Riblja Čorba, because I joined that group before I turned 18. I think everyone happily re- calls the period of their lives when they were 18 to 24. As I was interested only in music at that time, Riblja Čorba was like my primary and secondary school in this business of ours. I learned all the most im-
portant things about the business during that period, so I remember it as a great experience. How did the band name “Bajaga and The Instructors” emerge? Is it true that the name was invented by jour- nalist and rock critic Peca Popović? - It’s true. Peca helped us to organ- ise our first concert at Union House in Belgrade, and I found it impossible to come up with a name for the band. As it was necessary to print posters, and I wasn’t answering the phone, Peca broke and put the name “Bajaga and the In- structors of Positive Geography”. We lat- er shortened that name to “Bajaga and The Instructors”, so Peca is certainly the band’s godfather. People recall your concerts fond- ly and can hardly wait to hear you again. Which concert do you re- member? - I remember Rolling Stones concerts - one way back in the ’80s in Prater Park in Vienna, and that one when they per- formed for us on Ušće. Then I was in the first row, with my daughter on my back. How is it possible that you’ve per-
formed more times throughout your life in Maribor than in your own Bel- grade? - We played a lot in Maribor due to circumstances. It just happened that way. I’m not sure that we were seen by more people there than in Belgrade, but if you compare the population, then Maribor is certainly leading. In any case, there’s no major difference between the audiences wherever we play. In Maribor, in Belgrade, and even in Sydney, people more or less respond to our songs in the same way.
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