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ROCK INTERVIEW: JURICA PAĐEN, MUSICIAN
Today's music lacks character; truth and attitude need restoring The frontman of rock band Aerodrom, who also played with Štulić in Azra, founded the band Parni Valjak with “Hus” and was one of the 4 Aces, recently released a double vinyl Greatest Hits album, because he says that his songs are listened to more today than when they were created
Nedavno je izašao dvostruki vinilni album Greatest hits , sa najvećim hitovima grupe Aerodrom The double vinyl album Greatest hits,with the greatest hits of the band Aerodrom, was recently released
“We released the double vinyl album Greatest hits, which is also on CD, with the greatest hits of the band Aerodrom, which includes Fratello, Ordinary Love Song, Put The Right Thing etc. You are right when you say that many people know me but don‘t know that these are my compositions. It‘s simply that I was never ded- icated to marketing; I was more interested in working on music, so this double album is a good opportuni- ty for people to connect the songs to the performers.” What does it feel like to celebrate 40 years working in the world of rock, which unfortu- nately seems to be increasingly dying out in our country, while rock legends elsewhere in the world are still in full swing? “I must admit that I‘m not really conscious that so many years have passed, because when you do what you love it also entertains you, and time flies when you‘re having fun. It is a fact that nowadays rock doesn‘t have the influence in our countries that it had during its gold- en age, because the market and trends are dominated by corporations that produce music on a conveyor belt. However, this is mostly music that lacks character, mod- elled by trends and with uniformed production, while a large number of people want to hear honest messages,
I t has been more than 40 years since the band was founded, but their songs still play on all radio sta- tions, and Jurica Pađen & Aerodrom enjoy the status of rock greats throughout the entire terri- tory of the former Yugoslavia. The Greatest Hits compilation has been released, including hits that gen- erations grew up with, but Jurica still creates tirelessly and is just as in love with music as he was all those dec- ades ago. There is an urban legend that everyone knows who Pađen is but they often don‘t know that the songs they so enjoy listening to are performed by Aerodrom, so we start this interview by asking him if that was the reason for releasing this compilation of hits...
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