U okviru skandinavske turneje legendarni Čola održaće koncerte 7. aprila u Malmeu, 14. aprila u Stokholmu i 21. aprila u Horsensu During his Scandinavian tour, the legendary Čola will hold concerts on 7 th April in Malmo, 14 th April in Stockholm and 21 st April in Horsens
our nearest and dearest happy with some nice things. That’s what life means. Is it true that there can be no good ca- reer, nor concert, without a quick song? - It is. If you do not have a merry song, it’s impossible to have a big career, as it’s bor- ing.You can be the greatest singer of ballads, you can be Pavarotti, but at one point you have to raise the adrenaline that will stir up passions and emotions. It is well known that your adoring fans shower you with gifts at concerts. Which gifts daren’t you take home? - There were no such gifts, but there were always flowers the most. Now you’ve reminded me of the tour I once had around the Soviet Union. That was the first time we’d seen so many bouquets. At my performanc- es, Macedonian girls brought the most flow- ers, probably because it’s warm down there, so there were always plenty of roses. How old were you when you got your first guitar? - Even as a child I loved to sing at my grandparents’placeinthecountrysidedown
in Herzegovina. And as we didn’t have ra- dio in the flat that we lived in Sarajevo, by the age of two-three I’d already knocked on the door of my neighbour and said to her, “Lady, let me in to listen to the radio”. And then I would listen to music on the radio all day long at her place until my mother called me. So that kind of special feeling and love for music always existed in me. My fa- ther later asked me if I wanted a harmoni- ca or a guitar, and I decided for the strings. Back then our cousin, Branko Krunić, had his own shop on Baš čaršija in Sarajevo and pro- duced stringed instruments. And then he brought my dad a guitar that was used at our summerhouse in Sarajevo until the war. I thought with sadness for a long time that it had probably been thrown on a fire, but then I received information that that guitar still lives on somewhere. You graduated from the Faculty of Eco- nomics at a moment when you were al- ready a regional star. What did the late Davorin Popović give you when you graduated?
- It’s a beautiful episode when a person grad- uates. I remember leaving the professor’s office, and in the corridor my friendsw were waiting for me, and all more or less brought chocolates, flow- ers, some whisky, and then came Davorin Popo- vić, who brought a loaf of bread and said, “Here, now you’re your own man”. In the sense, your voice could betray you, but now you have a diploma, which will always mean that you can do some- thing in life for yourself. When you went in the army, everyone al- ready knew who Zdravko Čolić was. Why did they call you the musical drugstore in the army? - The army like an army, when they get some- thing for free, then they exploit that to the max- imum. When you get a soldier who’s a popular singer, then you utilise him. I also sang for Tito several times, and at fantastic parties that includ- ed a great choir and an army orchestra. I guar- antee that that was the best choir and orchestra that existed on the territory of our region, wid- er than the former Yugoslavia, and it was a great honour and pleasure to sing with them. I liked to be a good soldier.
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