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Oliver Dragojević (Split, 7. prosinca 1947. – Split, 29. srpnja 2018.) bio je hrvatski glazbenik.
Već 1963. godine okušao se s velikim uspjehom kao pjevač i klavijaturist kultnog splitskog sastava Batali. Na natjecanju amatera pjevača Hrvatske osvojio je prvo mjesto pjevajući Yesterday (J. Lennon - P. McCartney). Festivalski debut imao je na Splitskom festivalu 1967. na nagovor Zdenka Runjića s njegovim Picaferajem, skladbom koja nije dospjela na završnu festivalsku večer, no koja će postati jednim od vječno zelenih Oliverovih standarda. Nakon neuspjeha na Splitskom festivalu 1967. sve do 1972. Oliver je pekao zanat svirajući po brojnim zapadnoeuropskim klubovima, usvajajući temeljne odlike kasnijeg izvođačkog stila. Poslije kratke epizode s Dubrovačkim trubadurima koja je trajala manje od godinu dana, te sudjelovanja na pionirskim prvim sessionima splitske super-star grupe More u ljeto 1974. ponovno se priključio Batalima.
Na Prokurative se vratio 1974. godine te u velikom stilu osvojio prvu nagradu publike sa skladbom Ča će mi Copacabana. Nakon toga ponovno je uspostavio suradnju sa Zdenkom Runjićem i na Splitskom festivalu 1975. pjevao šansonu Galeb i ja, ultimativan zgoditak i početak višegodišnje plodonosne suradnje najnakladnijeg i najnagrađivanijeg autorsko-izvođačkog dvojca.
Pobravši najprestižnije festivalske i diskografske nagrade, Oliver je bio i laureat prve dodjele Hrvatske diskografske nagrade Porin koja je dobrano prošla u znaku njegove izvedbe Gibonnijeve Cesarice. Osam dobivenih Porina te odličja Reda Danice hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića, samo su neka od brojnih Oliverovih priznanja.
I njegov album Dvi, tri riči (2000. god.) dokazuje da je Oliver ipak samo jedan. Jer kako objasniti da nakon toliko vremena na hrvatskoj estradnoj sceni i dalje istom snagom privlači sve generacije. Stoga i ne čudi što je ovaj album prodan u platinastoj tiraži što znači preko 50.000 primjeraka. Ovo zaista vrijedno priznanje dodijeljeno mu je na proslavi 40-te obljetnice rada Zdenka Runjića 8. srpnja 2001. godine.
Humanitarnim koncertom koji je održao u ljeti, 25. kolovoza 2001. god. u pulskoj areni dokazao je još jednom zbog čega je i nakon toliko dugo godina iznimno bogate i uspješne glazbene karijere na samom tronu. U prepunoj Areni, s Oliverom su pjevale i mlade i starije generacije, a gostovanje još nekih naših velikih renomiranih imena, poput Gibonnija, Vanne, Ota Pestnera, Tedija Spalata, klape Fortunal i Tonyja Cetinskog, samo su dokaz počasti koju zaslužuje Oliver, kao i cijela akcija, jer je prihod s koncerta išao za pomoc Općoj bolnici u Puli. Audio zapis tog koncerta, objavljen je krajem 2001. god. pod imenom Oliver u Areni i to kao dvostruki CD i kazeta.
U listopadu 2010. napunio je Spaladium arenu na koncertu. Oliver Dragojević jedan je od rijetkih hrvatskih glazbenika koji se mogu pohvaliti nastupima u njujorškom Carnegie Hallu, londonskom Royal Albert Hallu, pariškoj Olympiji te Opera Houseu u Sydneyju.
Već 1963. godine okušao se s velikim uspjehom kao pjevač i klavijaturist kultnog splitskog sastava Batali. Na natjecanju amatera pjevača Hrvatske osvojio je prvo mjesto pjevajući Yesterday (J. Lennon - P. McCartney). Festivalski debut imao je na Splitskom festivalu 1967. na nagovor Zdenka Runjića s njegovim Picaferajem, skladbom koja nije dospjela na završnu festivalsku večer, no koja će postati jednim od vječno zelenih Oliverovih standarda. Nakon neuspjeha na Splitskom festivalu 1967. sve do 1972. Oliver je pekao zanat svirajući po brojnim zapadnoeuropskim klubovima, usvajajući temeljne odlike kasnijeg izvođačkog stila. Poslije kratke epizode s Dubrovačkim trubadurima koja je trajala manje od godinu dana, te sudjelovanja na pionirskim prvim sessionima splitske super-star grupe More u ljeto 1974. ponovno se priključio Batalima.
Na Prokurative se vratio 1974. godine te u velikom stilu osvojio prvu nagradu publike sa skladbom Ča će mi Copacabana. Nakon toga ponovno je uspostavio suradnju sa Zdenkom Runjićem i na Splitskom festivalu 1975. pjevao šansonu Galeb i ja, ultimativan zgoditak i početak višegodišnje plodonosne suradnje najnakladnijeg i najnagrađivanijeg autorsko-izvođačkog dvojca.
Pobravši najprestižnije festivalske i diskografske nagrade, Oliver je bio i laureat prve dodjele Hrvatske diskografske nagrade Porin koja je dobrano prošla u znaku njegove izvedbe Gibonnijeve Cesarice. Osam dobivenih Porina te odličja Reda Danice hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića, samo su neka od brojnih Oliverovih priznanja.
I njegov album Dvi, tri riči (2000. god.) dokazuje da je Oliver ipak samo jedan. Jer kako objasniti da nakon toliko vremena na hrvatskoj estradnoj sceni i dalje istom snagom privlači sve generacije. Stoga i ne čudi što je ovaj album prodan u platinastoj tiraži što znači preko 50.000 primjeraka. Ovo zaista vrijedno priznanje dodijeljeno mu je na proslavi 40-te obljetnice rada Zdenka Runjića 8. srpnja 2001. godine.
Humanitarnim koncertom koji je održao u ljeti, 25. kolovoza 2001. god. u pulskoj areni dokazao je još jednom zbog čega je i nakon toliko dugo godina iznimno bogate i uspješne glazbene karijere na samom tronu. U prepunoj Areni, s Oliverom su pjevale i mlade i starije generacije, a gostovanje još nekih naših velikih renomiranih imena, poput Gibonnija, Vanne, Ota Pestnera, Tedija Spalata, klape Fortunal i Tonyja Cetinskog, samo su dokaz počasti koju zaslužuje Oliver, kao i cijela akcija, jer je prihod s koncerta išao za pomoc Općoj bolnici u Puli. Audio zapis tog koncerta, objavljen je krajem 2001. god. pod imenom Oliver u Areni i to kao dvostruki CD i kazeta.
U listopadu 2010. napunio je Spaladium arenu na koncertu. Oliver Dragojević jedan je od rijetkih hrvatskih glazbenika koji se mogu pohvaliti nastupima u njujorškom Carnegie Hallu, londonskom Royal Albert Hallu, pariškoj Olympiji te Opera Houseu u Sydneyju.
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00:31Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
00:33I am very glad that we are together again.
00:36Tonight we will hang out in Latin under the title
00:40Believe in Love.
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00:56Ladies and gentlemen, Oliver Dragojevic.
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01:02Good evening, welcome.
01:06Tell me, how did you travel?
01:08By plane.
01:09By plane?
01:10Traveling is always the same.
01:12I get up early, and the planes are usually in the morning.
01:15It's a bit tiring.
01:16It's tiring.
01:17People think that you enjoy it,
01:19that you have a lot of money,
01:21that everything goes smoothly,
01:23but they have no idea how many dead people are there.
01:26As far as I know, all those who get up in the morning
01:29at the offices, they are also dead.
01:31They have been in the office since now,
01:33and they get up as early as I do.
01:35It's just that I travel a lot.
01:37And you go to bed much later.
01:39Twelve, normally.
01:41When do you sleep the most?
01:43When do you work?
01:45When I work, then I go to bed at least
01:48at four o'clock in the morning,
01:50about four hours, on average.
01:52There are some new young stars in Croatia,
01:55on the Croatian stage,
01:57to whom their managers assign everything.
01:59They are not allowed to drink,
02:01they are not allowed to smoke,
02:03they are not allowed to go out
02:05under strict contract,
02:07that's why you don't have a manager.
02:09That's why you don't have a manager.
02:11I can't live under such rules.
02:13At night, when there is a good company,
02:15and it's fun,
02:17then really no one can stay there.
02:19You have to empty yourself a bit.
02:21What do you think, is it good
02:23that these young people are put
02:25under that glass bell?
02:27Can they profiteer from it?
02:29Well, it's good that they can
02:31easily endure what they do,
02:33but for a man it's not very good.
02:35It's not good for their morale,
02:37it doesn't matter.
02:39When you want to relax,
02:41I know that in the West
02:43there is a clause, a contract,
02:45that he is not allowed to
02:47smoke so much at night.
02:49That's why they do some incidents
02:51that we don't know yet.
02:53They break a hotel,
02:55they break five cars that day,
02:57who knows.
02:59I wouldn't be in their shoes,
03:01because it's too hard,
03:03I should have been born earlier.
03:05Yes, but in the fact that you
03:07drink, smoke, have fun,
03:09and stay late at night,
03:11you sold a lot of records.
03:13How many?
03:15I don't even know the number
03:17of recorded LP records.
03:19I think there are a few
03:21of children's records,
03:23so I'm not sure.
03:25You mentioned twenty, right?
03:27Yes, twenty, I'm not sure.
03:29I don't know the number
03:31of my ten hits, I know that.
03:33You know that.
03:35Because I always sing those songs.
03:37Yes, but there is one record
03:39that was sold, if I'm not mistaken,
03:41in 700 copies.
03:43The first record?
03:45Yes. Mom and dad bought it.
03:47No, no.
03:49That year, in 1974,
03:51I won the split with Copacabana,
03:53so we immediately thought
03:55to release an LP record.
03:57There was no time for that record,
03:59so the record was sold
04:01in 600 or 700 copies.
04:03There was a song called
04:05Ljubavna.
04:07It was a song that
04:09some young people listen to now.
04:11I almost forgot that song,
04:13but they still listen to it.
04:15We'll come back to that later.
04:17I have a tough question.
04:19Did you ever buy records
04:21at festivals?
04:23I don't know what that is.
04:25I have no idea.
04:27Did you ever buy records?
04:29I don't know.
04:31I've never seen anyone
04:33have a snop card.
04:35You don't know how it works?
04:37I don't know.
04:39It's said that the manager
04:41buys the records
04:43so that he can
04:45make a tour with the singers.
04:47I don't know.
04:49I see that you've been
04:51to Italy a lot lately.
04:53Italy?
04:55Italy attracts you a lot.
04:57Italy is like
04:59a split for me.
05:01I've been listening to Italian music
05:03since I was born.
05:07Italy is close to the Mediterranean.
05:09I like that melos.
05:11I like their clothing.
05:13I like their manners.
05:15I like the Italian design.
05:17I like the Italian cuisine.
05:19What do you think of Eros Romanzotti?
05:21He's a great singer.
05:23He's a true Mediterranean singer.
05:26He managed to enter
05:28the western music scene.
05:30But I think
05:32his main manager
05:34is the most important.
05:36To enter MTV
05:38or Europe
05:40or the world,
05:42you have to invest a lot.
05:44He has a big team.
05:46He's a good singer.
05:48You tried to
05:50break through
05:52the Italian music scene.
05:54Did you sign a contract
05:56to record an album in Italy?
05:58I recorded an album.
06:00It was a small album.
06:02The author told me
06:04that he would place me
06:06as a Croatian singer
06:08in Russia.
06:10I don't know why.
06:12I think they saw their profit.
06:14He told me
06:16that there was no profit.
06:18I saw the album
06:20and I don't know what happened.
06:22He probably released it
06:24for Argentina.
06:26He told me that it was
06:28made in South America.
06:30What do you think?
06:32Is it possible
06:34that a singer
06:36can break through
06:38the Italian market?
06:40It's hard.
06:42There are several attempts
06:44to break through
06:46in Italy.
06:48We can't finance
06:50everything.
06:52It's very hard here.
06:54You have to find a lot of sponsors.
06:56You have to have people
06:58who are very capable.
07:00You have to be honest.
07:02There are singers
07:04who have existed
07:06all their lives.
07:08You have to be popular.
07:10Who were your role models?
07:12In the beginning?
07:14Gianni Morandi.
07:16Then I listened to Conny Francis.
07:18I don't think I should reveal
07:20how much I listen to him.
07:22Conny Francis is a woman
07:24in her 60s.
07:26Then I listened to
07:28The Beatles
07:30from the 60s
07:32to the 80s.
07:34I liked Spencer Davis
07:36and then
07:38Steve Wonder
07:40and Ray Charles.
07:42It's all classic.
07:44I don't have my own role models.
07:46There are people
07:48who are very talented
07:50in music.
07:52When you were a kid,
07:54you didn't have
07:56a role model.
07:58You had a neighbor
08:00who was a butcher.
08:02No.
08:04I said that one day.
08:06We had the same daughter.
08:08We had a desire
08:10to be with her.
08:12She went to the movies
08:14because her father was a butcher.
08:16Because there was meat
08:18every day.
08:20I wanted to be a butcher
08:22when I grew up.
08:24Now we will see
08:26a portrait of you
08:28made by Gordon Stoich.
08:30When he was a kid,
08:32he wanted to be a butcher,
08:34but he was enrolled
08:36in a music school
08:38where he learned
08:40to play the clarinet.
08:42He was a member
08:44of a local band
08:46that later became
08:48the Batala.
08:50He earned money
08:52by singing
08:54and playing
08:56more than his professors.
08:58In 1967,
09:00his friend Denko Runjic
09:02gave him his song
09:04that he performed
09:06at the Split Festival.
09:08Denko was born
09:10in Mexico City.
09:12He spent four and a half years
09:14in the world
09:16earning a lot of money
09:18and even a little more.
09:20He spent his money
09:22on drinking and women.
09:24After his return to the country,
09:26he became a member
09:28of the Dubrovnik Troubadours.
09:30Today, he claims
09:32that he felt bad
09:34as a troubadour.
09:36In 1974, he won
09:38the Split Festival
09:40with Copacabana.
09:42Oliver was still not a star
09:44at the time
09:46because his records were
09:48not selling well.
09:50That's when his good spirit
09:52appeared,
09:54the composer Denko Runjic.
09:56It started like this.
10:00Galeb didn't win,
10:02but he became
10:04a star.
10:06Oliver went from festival
10:08to festival
10:10so that his and Runjic's
10:12songs would reach
10:14the top of the charts.
10:16Oliver became a star,
10:18an anti-star.
10:20He wore big glasses
10:22and when he sang,
10:24his eyes were closed
10:26to the horror
10:28of the photojournalist
10:30who was circling
10:32around him.
10:48According to some sources,
10:50Oliver and Denko sold
10:52over 6 million records.
10:54This tandem was especially
10:56powerful at the end of the 70s.
10:58They remember the times
11:00when they were drunk.
11:17With time, Oliver was able
11:19to avoid performing
11:21at some festivals
11:23and concerts less often.
11:25In the 80s, Oliver released
11:27several anthology albums
11:29and became a star.
11:31Some people think
11:33that Oliver would never
11:35make such a career
11:37as Dalmatian.
11:39In Dalmatia,
11:41Dalmatian singers
11:43enjoy a special status,
11:45some almost messianic
11:47like Mate Kovac.
11:49But Oliver is not only
11:51a Dalmatian star.
11:53Wherever he appears,
11:55he will fill the hall.
11:58When you are far away,
12:00singers and singers
12:02forget you.
12:04When you are in the center,
12:06you get bored.
12:08I am also a Dalmatian
12:10from head to toe.
12:12But I have to tell you
12:14that when I see
12:16the image of a Dalmatian
12:18in Zagreb,
12:20I sometimes get a little
12:22angry.
12:24I don't know
12:26if you get angry.
12:28No, I don't.
12:30I love it so much
12:32that I can't get angry.
12:34It's killing me.
12:36That's great.
12:38I would like to know
12:40if you are a Dalmatian
12:42or a Belarussian.
12:44I was born in Split.
12:46I live in Split.
12:48I am a Belarussian
12:50by mother and father.
12:52Belarussian in Split.
12:54Have you ever had
12:56an incident
12:58between Zagreb and Split?
13:00No.
13:02Have you ever had
13:04any rude words?
13:06Never.
13:08I have never had
13:10such problems.
13:12A lot of Dalmatians
13:14come to the concert in Zagreb.
13:16A lot of Zagrebians
13:18come to the concert.
13:20When I sing,
13:22they don't talk about
13:24their problems.
13:26They just sing.
13:28I close my eyes
13:30and don't look at them.
13:32I enjoy what I do.
13:34It's nice to be a Dalmatian
13:36in Zagreb.
13:38Yes.
13:40Have you ever had
13:42an incident
13:44during a concert?
13:46No.
13:48I don't remember.
13:50I never had a fight
13:52during a concert.
13:54I never had a provocation.
13:56I didn't have to talk.
13:58I just justified myself
14:00in front of the audience.
14:02That's very interesting.
14:04How do you experience
14:06Vela Luka?
14:08I remember the pictures
14:10from my childhood.
14:12I remember the summer
14:14with my friends
14:16from Vela Luka.
14:18It's always nice
14:20to come to Vela Luka.
14:22I refresh my memory
14:24every summer.
14:26I remember Vela Luka
14:28by the old boats
14:30from Split.
14:32They took tourists
14:34to Vela Luka.
14:36I remember
14:38when I was 10 years old
14:40I went to the serenade
14:42with the old people.
14:44We sang in front of the window
14:46and I didn't drink.
14:48I was with the old people.
14:50I didn't clean the picture
14:52of Vela Luka.
14:54It's an urban environment.
14:56It has changed a bit.
14:58There are no tourists.
15:00It's like you're back
15:02to the old times.
15:04What kind of people
15:06are the people from Vela Luka?
15:08Why do they live?
15:10They are hard workers.
15:12They work a lot.
15:14Those who don't work
15:16drink a lot.
15:18I know that
15:20because Vela Luka has
15:22a lot of pubs.
15:24They have music,
15:26children's choirs,
15:28folklore.
15:30Where do people
15:32come from?
15:34They love each other.
15:36They respect each other.
15:38They go out
15:40to fish.
15:42They have fun and drink.
15:44It seems to me
15:46that they have more sense
15:48for art than others.
15:50You live in Split.
15:52You see the way of life
15:54here in Zagreb.
15:56When you compare it
15:58to Vela Luka,
16:00which one do you like more?
16:02You don't have to ask me.
16:04I rest there.
16:06I know all the people
16:08who live in Diaspora.
16:10It's fantastic.
16:12Everyone comes here to rest.
16:14But when you work there,
16:16you don't have to rest.
16:18I rest in Vela Luka.
16:20It's fantastic.
16:22You can relax there.
16:24You don't have to worry
16:26about your family.
16:28You said you would sing
16:30at least for 30 years.
16:32I didn't promise.
16:34I don't even know
16:36when I started.
16:38Do you plan to go
16:40to a small island?
16:42No, no.
16:44Vela Luka.
16:46There are a lot of islands there.
16:48There is Brodic.
16:50What will you do there?
16:52I don't know if I will work there.
16:54It seems to me
16:56that it would be
16:58according to a family law.
17:00When my father retired,
17:02he went around Maslina,
17:04around Vino Velodzina.
17:06I don't know what to expect.
17:08I'm not a worker.
17:10But it will be fun.
17:12Your father was
17:14a ship's pilot.
17:16That's right.
17:18Do we have to explain it to people?
17:20A ship's pilot is a man
17:22who makes sure
17:24that some ships are parked correctly,
17:26that the passengers are in order,
17:28that he takes care of the passengers.
17:30You have a yacht called Marko.
17:32It's quite big.
17:34It's not a yacht.
17:36It's a ship.
17:38It's a bit faster.
17:40I want to go everywhere.
17:42It's impossible, but I want to.
17:44You get enough rest
17:46during the summer.
17:48Then you go there
17:50and you're not there anymore.
17:52When the children finish school,
17:54I go to Vela Luka.
17:56It lasts until the beginning
17:58of the school year.
18:00So if someone wants to
18:02go to Vela Luka,
18:04I let him go.
18:06I can't do too much with my beard.
18:08I have to wash myself.
18:10I don't use
18:12soap and soap.
18:14Let's go back
18:16to your childhood.
18:18You were a good singer
18:20as a kid,
18:22so they took you
18:24to sing in some people's houses.
18:26I was shown as a rarity.
18:28My brother also sang.
18:30I was in the first place.
18:34My father was a great singer.
18:36My mother has an ear.
18:38My aunt was a barber.
18:40Everyone in Zagreb
18:42was a barber.
18:44My grandfather was an Australian.
18:46He played the clarinet.
18:48That's a tradition.
18:50There are a lot of people
18:52in Vela Luka who are talented.
18:54I'm one of them.
18:56There are a few
18:58who don't have an ear.
19:00You played harmonica
19:02on a boat
19:04and entertained people.
19:07I was a singer
19:09right away.
19:11But when you went
19:13to a music school,
19:15there were problems.
19:17There were no problems.
19:19I was just a kid.
19:21Instead of practicing the piano,
19:23I went to football games.
19:25That's normal.
19:27When I went to school,
19:29they told me
19:31that it would be better
19:33if I played the clarinet
19:35and not the piano.
19:37I played the clarinet
19:39and that was it.
19:41Which instruments do you play?
19:43I play everything.
19:45Piano, clarinet, guitar,
19:47cello.
19:49I wanted to play the violin,
19:51but I didn't want to.
19:53The piano is my favorite.
19:55Did you go to a music school?
19:57What happened?
19:59I came back from Germany.
20:01I was a first-year student
20:03and I was assigned
20:05a subject.
20:07I think it was
20:09harmonica.
20:11I don't know what it was.
20:13I took the highest grade
20:15and then I quit.
20:17I knew I could do it.
20:19It all worked out
20:21that I had to go and sing.
20:23Did you play in some bands?
20:25Young Battalions?
20:27No, not young.
20:29I played in old Battalions.
20:31Old Battalions are
20:33family-related.
20:35They founded young Battalions
20:37and then they played
20:39much longer than old Battalions.
20:41I'm the first generation
20:43of those Battalions.
20:45You were also in the group
20:47More.
20:49Yes, I played the drums.
20:51You went to Dubrovnik
20:53and played in Dubrovnik Troubadours.
20:55I played in Troubadours
20:57and then in More.
20:59Troubadours were
21:01a part of my life.
21:03Marko Brešković is watching this
21:05and you often say
21:07that it was your big fiasco.
21:09It was a fiasco
21:11because I didn't play
21:13the instrument I play.
21:15I played the guitar
21:17which is not close to my heart.
21:19And the piano was played
21:21by another pianist
21:23in Troubadours.
21:25So it was always
21:27something in between.
21:29That's why I don't need it.
21:31They are great people.
21:33You made a lot of money
21:35in Dubrovnik.
21:37You met your wife there.
21:39Can you tell us
21:41how you met your wife?
21:43I was walking
21:45in Straduna
21:47with my wife.
21:49I was walking
21:51for 7 days
21:53and I told my wife
21:55to introduce me to her.
21:57One day she came
21:59and actually
22:01my wife was sitting
22:03in a gas chamber.
22:05I came to meet her
22:07but I never saw her face.
22:09She told me
22:11that she was walking
22:13in Straduna
22:15and that she was looking at me
22:17but she didn't know
22:19why I was looking at her.
22:21So we met there
22:23and I saw her face.
22:25It was a year later.
22:27You got married
22:29and started to live
22:31in Split.
22:33I think it was 1967.
22:35Until then
22:37you were an instrumentalist.
22:39You played the instruments.
22:41You got a chance
22:43to play a song
22:45called Pizza Ferrari
22:47at the Festival in Split.
22:49It's probably your...
22:51Zdenka Runjić
22:53and Dante Duplančić.
22:55I think
22:57that this song
22:59is what I always wanted to do.
23:01I played in a band
23:03and it was hard
23:05to come to the concert
23:07and play something by myself.
23:09It was hard
23:11because I didn't know
23:13what to do with my hands.
23:15I didn't know
23:17what to do with my hands.
23:19I don't know
23:21what to do with my hands.
23:23I just know
23:25that they let me go
23:27on the stage
23:29and I got out of there.
23:31It's not true.
23:33It's not true.
23:35It's not true.
23:37It's not true.
23:39The song is great.
23:41How did you get to Split?
23:43How did you get to Split?
23:45I was in Split
23:47and I saw Oliver
23:49playing in a band
23:51and it was great.
23:53I came to the Festival
23:55and everybody supported me
23:57and I was just
23:59cheering for Oliver.
24:01You made use of it.
24:03You had to go abroad
24:05and you sang in
24:07Sweden, USA, Canada
24:09and even in Mexico.
24:11You must have learned a lot.
24:13I learned from 8 to 4
24:15every night.
24:17How does it feel
24:19to play in a band in Mexico?
24:21They are Europeans and they love it.
24:23I was in a band
24:25where there were Germans,
24:27Danes,
24:29and one guy from Split,
24:31Mr.
24:33It was professional.
24:35I only knew that I sang
24:37all the songs from Luxembourg,
24:39Top List, USA.
24:41You once said
24:43that you started playing
24:45because you can make a living
24:47from playing music
24:49and you can make a good living.
24:51Do you still think so?
24:53I think that
24:55apart from the fact
24:57that I make a good living
24:59as a singer,
25:01I can't do anything else.
25:03I can't start a business.
25:05I can't open a cafe,
25:07a restaurant, a bar.
25:09I don't want to do that.
25:11I would never do that.
25:13They say that you make
25:15the most money
25:17on the Croatian stage.
25:19I wouldn't say that.
25:21Let's go back
25:23to the 70s.
25:25Those were the years
25:27of your biggest success.
25:29You came back
25:31and you started singing
25:33at the Split Festival.
25:35Čačemeni kopa kabana,
25:37Galebija, Romanca,
25:39Skalinada, Malinkonija,
25:41Pope, Poeta.
25:43You got along very well
25:45with Zdenko Runjić.
25:47I'll tell you now.
25:49Zdenko Runjić was the author
25:51of those songs
25:53when I sang Pizza Ferraia in 1967.
25:55Of course, I hated
25:57that performance.
25:59But I had no problems
26:01with time, years and songs.
26:03Zdenko Runjić showed me
26:05that he was a great man.
26:07We worked together for a long time.
26:09You still work with Zdenko Runjić,
26:11but now you work
26:13with other young authors.
26:15The only problem is
26:17that Zdenko is too active
26:19in organizing festivals.
26:21He has his own company.
26:23He has a lot of other obligations.
26:25He doesn't have time
26:27to sing other songs.
26:29Do you like how Nenad Belan
26:31and Djiboni work?
26:33That's what should happen.
26:35A group of young people
26:37comes to the forefront.
26:39Just mention them.
26:41There are 10 of them in Croatia.
26:43I think they are very close.
26:45They are friends,
26:47and they know Split.
26:49Something very strange
26:51is happening in the Split scene.
26:53A lot of very good young people.
26:55When you come to Split,
26:57it seems that everything
26:59was a bit messed up,
27:01but a whole generation
27:03of great people
27:05has come to Split.
27:07How do you explain that?
27:09I don't know.
27:11Maybe it's the order
27:13of the planets.
27:15I don't know.
27:17I'm glad it's like that.
27:19They are great young people.
27:21In the 70s,
27:23in Belgrade,
27:25when you read the entire archive
27:27where everything is written about you,
27:29more than 50 percent
27:31of those interviews
27:33are about you.
27:35It's incredible.
27:37I haven't been to that case yet.
27:39It's about the fact
27:41that they always loved the sea,
27:43and that you were a symbol
27:45of that sea.
27:47I think they still love that song.
27:49Do you think they still listen to you?
27:51In the beginning,
27:53when we were recording
27:55My Homeland,
27:57in Montenegro,
27:59I was the enemy number one.
28:01In Belgrade, too.
28:03But they tell me
28:05that they still listen to me.
28:07They made some Serbian covers
28:09of my songs.
28:11Do you think
28:13I could sing there again?
28:15I don't think so.
28:17Even if the official Croatian politics
28:19were good for normalization,
28:21I wouldn't sing in the Savacenter.
28:23I wouldn't.
28:25You haven't been involved
28:27in politics much in your life.
28:29All the singers
28:31are more or less on the same side.
28:33Except for the fact
28:35that you showed
28:37that you love your homeland
28:39and that you were committed
28:41to it whenever it was necessary.
28:43You haven't been a supporter
28:45of HRDZ or any other party.
28:47I can assume
28:49that Croatia is a legal state.
28:51I always have to say
28:53that it's always in my heart.
28:55When a foreigner comes to Croatia,
28:57we hate him
28:59because he is a nuisance.
29:01We don't follow traditions
29:03and we are not a tourist country.
29:05He is a nuisance
29:07in our peace and order.
29:09We hate him.
29:11He is a nuisance
29:13in our peace and order.
29:15I would love
29:17him to hate us.
29:19When we go abroad,
29:21he will underestimate us.
29:23I would like this country
29:25to be recognized
29:27economically and legally.
29:29The same as all the other countries.
29:31That's the only thing you want?
29:33That's the only thing I want.
29:35A new, young country.
29:37People.
29:39A lot of energy is spent
29:41on some things that are not important.
29:43When you sing abroad,
29:45at least in Germany,
29:47how do people react to you?
29:49How do you feel there?
29:51Most of the people
29:53are Croatians.
29:55I don't know what the Germans
29:57think about me.
29:59There are Germans
30:01who love your songs
30:03and your sea.
30:05They are tourists
30:07who have been to Adriatic Sea
30:09before.
30:11You have the best audience
30:13in Macedonia.
30:15Slavs were not very fond of you.
30:17You sing a lot in Slovenia.
30:19I have been singing in Slovenia
30:21since Nadalina.
30:23That was in the 80s.
30:25When they heard Harmonica,
30:27they forgot about me.
30:29They love me.
30:31A lot of Croatian singers
30:33sing in Slovenia
30:35and earn a lot there.
30:37It depends on the singers.
30:39Do they want you to come?
30:41Yes, they do.
30:43Yugoslavia has a lot of shortcomings.
30:45Croatian singers
30:47don't sing only in Slovenia.
30:49I haven't met them.
30:51Yes, there are.
30:53I work with pharaohs.
30:55They are a group from the sea.
30:57They find a job for me.
30:59I think they know
31:01where I would like to sing.
31:03I don't meet such people.
31:05There is one more interesting
31:07story from the 70s.
31:09I don't remember
31:11who it was.
31:13It's about your performance
31:15in Umaga.
31:17All the newspapers
31:19accused you of being
31:21responsible for the death
31:23of lions.
31:25It was in Novigrad.
31:27My manager was smart.
31:29How did it happen?
31:31It was a circus in Novigrad.
31:33I had a concert there.
31:35My manager
31:37went to the circus
31:39and told them
31:41that I can't perform
31:43because I had a concert.
31:45The owner of the circus
31:47who lived in Italy
31:49heard that the circus
31:51had to move to Umaga.
31:53On their way to Umaga
31:55they saw three lions.
31:57The owner of the circus
31:59had a heart attack
32:01and died in Italy.
32:03A journalist
32:05from Rijeka
32:07published it in some newspapers.
32:09I don't know
32:11what happened
32:13to the circus owner.
32:15I didn't know
32:17what was going on.
32:19She said that Oliver
32:21was responsible for the death
32:23of three lions.
32:25I got a letter
32:27from my animal friends
32:29saying that they would
32:31take me to Lokrum in Dubrovnik.
32:33She was with two daughters.
32:35She said hello.
32:37I said hello.
32:39We talked for a while.
32:41She said that she didn't know me.
32:43I said that I was the journalist
32:45who published the article.
32:47It was published in some newspapers
32:49in Belgrade.
32:51Then my friend Zdravko Rejic
32:53translated it into Croatian
32:55and published it in the Weekly Dalmatian.
32:57They knew it in Split and Svoboda.
32:59I didn't know why you published it.
33:01I didn't have money for food.
33:03I published it
33:05so that I could sell it.
33:07You love animals so much.
33:09I love animals.
33:11Fish for example.
33:13I can't say anything about it.
33:15If I could,
33:17it would be crazy.
33:19It's the only scandal
33:21that I found
33:23in my 30 years of career.
33:25You are constantly
33:27floating in the sea.
33:29You are less and less resistant.
33:31No, I'm not saying that.
33:33You don't have any scandals.
33:35Your private life
33:37is mostly on the beach.
33:39You know everything there.
33:41I don't like such excitement.
33:43I'm here in singing
33:45and in the music that I love.
33:47I'm very clean here.
33:49This little part of the journey,
33:51the panic,
33:53the madness in the plane,
33:55in the car,
33:57sleeping in another hotel,
33:59changing the kitchen.
34:01It takes a lot of energy.
34:03You published it
34:05with a yellow stamp.
34:07You read it with a yellow stamp.
34:09Because I don't have time.
34:11I don't read anything in the summer.
34:13When I go to hotels, I read.
34:15What comes to my mind?
34:17When you travel by plane
34:19and on long flights
34:21or on short flights,
34:23how do you handle it?
34:25Well, I smoke.
34:27You smoke?
34:29And when it's forbidden?
34:31A few years ago,
34:33I flew to Canada
34:35and for the first time
34:37in the history of aeronautics
34:39it was forbidden to smoke
34:41over the ocean for about 9 hours.
34:43How did you manage?
34:45They caught me in the toilet.
34:47I told the police
34:49that they would drop me off
34:51in the toilet.
34:55How many diopters do you have?
34:57Six plus.
34:59Six plus.
35:01You are one of the rare singers
35:03who managed
35:05to make an advantage
35:07out of these glasses.
35:09These glasses don't have diopters.
35:11I wear glasses.
35:13You wear glasses.
35:15I wear glasses,
35:17and this is a sunglasses.
35:19They are very comfortable.
35:21Yes, they are comfortable,
35:23but you can't wear them
35:25when you enter the room.
35:27Or when you lose them
35:29somewhere in the room
35:31and you can't find them.
35:33They have a good feeling
35:35for space,
35:37like Ray Charles.
35:39Do you sometimes have problems
35:41with your throat?
35:43That was
35:45on a psychological level.
35:47A year ago,
35:49I had a throat problem
35:51before my first concert
35:53in Lisinski in 1978.
35:55That was on a psychological level.
35:57I told Dr. Padovan
35:59that if I had a throat like that,
36:01it would be terrible.
36:03I couldn't speak.
36:05What was the reason?
36:07Fear.
36:09Fear of the audience?
36:11Yes, fear of the audience.
36:13It was my first concert
36:15and I didn't have a stage yet.
36:17I didn't have a stage yet.
36:19Do you still have that fear
36:21when you perform?
36:23It's much easier for me.
36:25I have a lot of songs.
36:27I have to take care
36:29of other things.
36:31It's hard for me at festivals.
36:33Those three minutes
36:35when I'm shaking.
36:37Why do you perform
36:39at the Eurovision Song Contest?
36:41What do they need it for?
36:43I said I would sing
36:45and we tried it together.
36:47People don't know
36:49that you are a passionate player
36:51of billiards, tennis, football.
36:53They say that you
36:55played billiards
36:57from 9 a.m.
36:59to midnight.
37:01What is that?
37:03It's nothing.
37:05I can go fishing
37:07without food and water
37:09for at least three days.
37:11I can do that.
37:13You do a lot of things
37:15with a lot of passion.
37:17Yes, a lot of passion.
37:19Sometimes I forget
37:21the time, the place.
37:23Sometimes they find me
37:25with a hand and a stick.
37:27You once said
37:29that a real billiard player
37:31is much more important
37:33than winning at a festival.
37:35No, no.
37:37Winning at a festival
37:39is like winning the first league.
37:41It's the best.
37:43Good fish, fresh from the sea.
37:45You put it on a grill
37:47and the fish turns like this.
37:49You like fishing.
37:51Describe the atmosphere
37:53when you go fishing.
37:55What do you feel?
37:57What do you enjoy?
37:59I enjoy
38:01the loneliness,
38:03the power of the sea.
38:05I enjoy the waves.
38:07I enjoy the fear.
38:09I enjoy the joy.
38:11I can't explain it.
38:13Maybe someone older
38:15than me should.
38:17It's something that
38:19fills me up so much
38:21that I don't need anything else.
38:23Do you turn on the radio
38:25or do you listen to music?
38:27I turn it on.
38:29When I'm done swimming,
38:31I go to bed.
38:33I don't sleep at all.
38:35You're a real family man.
38:37I suggest we watch
38:39a reportage
38:41that Melinda Kuril
38:43recorded in Split.
39:05The family of Dragojevic is five members.
39:07Oliver and Vesna
39:09celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary.
39:11They have three sons
39:13and met in Dubrovnik in 1973.
39:15Oliver was playing in Troubadour
39:17and Vesna was working in a hospital.
39:19When I saw that Oliver
39:21would earn as much as I did per month
39:23in one day,
39:25I quit my job.
39:27Vesna comments
39:29on her 20 years of experience
39:31as a housewife,
39:33mother and wife.
39:35It doesn't bother me
39:37that I don't work.
39:39I don't have any complexes.
39:41Do you feel good
39:43organizing everything?
39:45I feel great.
39:47I can organize everything.
39:49I can do everything.
39:51You said you look very young
39:53considering you have three children.
39:55Yes.
39:57We went to a cafe.
39:59I was there.
40:01I wanted to know
40:03how old you are.
40:05A lot.
40:07I'm over 40.
40:10Oliver's songs are subtle.
40:12They are just songs for the soul.
40:14Oliver says
40:16that's how it is in private.
40:18I'm not happy.
40:20It bothers me too much.
40:22Are you a tolerant woman?
40:24I am when I quit my job.
40:26It doesn't bother you?
40:28It doesn't bother me.
40:30I like to sing.
40:32Which is your favorite Oliver's song?
40:35Always the last one.
40:37We listen to it a lot.
40:39He recorded the album
40:41and we've been listening to it
40:43for a month or two.
40:45When the album comes out
40:47we don't listen to it anymore.
40:49Which is your favorite Oliver's song?
40:51Which is your favorite?
40:53I got two songs
40:55from a young author
40:57from Pula.
40:59I like them both.
41:10All these years
41:12of his music career
41:14Oliver only stayed at home.
41:16He was always there.
41:18When was the last time
41:20you sang solo like this?
41:22When I come home
41:24I sing.
41:26I rarely come home
41:28because I'm sensitive.
41:30Do you know how to sing?
41:32I don't know.
41:34We know everything.
41:36Have you ever thought
41:38about recording an album?
41:40Yes, I have.
41:42I would sell everything
41:44in this house.
41:46I would have to buy
41:48all the things I need.
41:50Do people ask you
41:52about Oliver?
41:54No, they don't.
41:56Why is that?
41:58Because they don't want
42:00to record an album with him.
42:02What do you expect
42:04from a woman singer?
42:06She comes to our shelter
42:08and asks me
42:10what Oliver sees
42:12before winter.
42:14Then she says nothing.
42:16Why?
42:18Because then
42:20the questions follow.
42:22We love him.
42:24The good God
42:26is watching over you.
42:29Go, my soul,
42:31go, my soul.
42:33The good God
42:35is watching over you.
42:37The good God
42:39is watching over you.
42:41Here you are.
42:43It's not the worst song.
42:45It's not the worst at all.
42:47Their sons didn't want
42:49to talk.
42:51They are in their own circle.
42:53He has only been to Oliver's concerts
42:55three times this year
42:57and doesn't listen to music
42:59that much.
43:01I don't listen to anything
43:03except Djibon and Dvornik.
43:05I don't listen to anything else.
43:07Djibon is closer
43:09to your sons
43:11than to your music.
43:13I listen to Djibon.
43:15Oliver followed Vesna
43:17to some of his concerts
43:19in America and recently in Opatija.
43:21He followed me to his concerts
43:23in America.
43:25It was interesting.
43:27He wouldn't go with me
43:29to Krasica
43:31or to Juršice.
43:33He wouldn't go there.
43:35I went to a special event
43:37in Porin.
43:39Were you nervous?
43:41Were you crying?
43:43No, I wasn't.
43:45I was crying.
43:47She wasn't crying.
43:49I was glad she could
43:51sit down and perform.
44:12What would you say
44:14if your wife was so popular?
44:16I wouldn't believe it.
44:18If my wife wasn't so popular,
44:20I wouldn't have married her.
44:22I would have been with her
44:24for a night.
44:26Why?
44:28Because a woman
44:30can't be a drinker.
44:32It's hard.
44:34It's hard to get
44:36800 men
44:38to come to your house
44:40and say they love you.
44:42It's hard.
44:44She has to.
44:46If she goes with you,
44:48it's because you're a drinker.
44:50I wouldn't go with her.
44:52We don't know each other
44:54because we don't drink.
44:56If we met
44:58she would have problems with me.
45:00Really?
45:02I would be the one
45:04who would cause problems.
45:06You say you're not pretty
45:08so you don't want to marry her.
45:10If I was pretty,
45:12I wouldn't be a drinker.
45:14Very well said.
45:44I heard
45:46that you want to be
45:48a dinosaur keeper.
45:50That I want to be a dinosaur keeper?
45:52Yes, that's what you said.
45:54For years?
45:56If I wanted to be someone else,
45:58I would want to be
46:00a dinosaur keeper.
46:02For music?
46:04I don't know what you mean.
46:06That's what I mean.
46:08I can't be a dinosaur keeper.
46:10I have a lot of reservations
46:12about everything.
46:14I don't want anything unplanned
46:16to happen to me.
46:18I don't want to hurt anyone.
46:20I don't want to be
46:22too exposed.
46:24I don't want to place myself
46:26where I shouldn't be.
46:28I don't know what to expect.
46:30A dinosaur keeper
46:32is a man of moments.
46:34When he's in a good mood,
46:36he sees half of the city.
46:38I'm not like that.
46:40He has a lot of energy.
46:42Like his father.
46:44He has energy for three men.
46:46You know Boris Dvornik
46:48and his son very well.
46:50You even sang with Boris.
46:52What kind of people are they?
46:54They are
46:56full of energy.
46:58Explosive.
47:00Romantic.
47:02Very romantic.
47:04Both of them.
47:06Dino and Boris.
47:08Impulsive.
47:10If they don't like something,
47:12they react right away.
47:14They don't want to keep
47:16anything to themselves.
47:18Everyone knows that.
47:20I don't know their real intimacy.
47:22But I think they are
47:24gentle and vulnerable.
47:26I mean, normal.
47:28Real drama queens.
47:30And romantic.
47:32Me too.
47:34You are a real drama queen.
47:36I'm not a colonel,
47:38but I'm a calm guy.
47:40What do you think
47:42about the Croatian
47:44entertainment and music scene?
47:46I think that
47:48what's happening now
47:50is a result of
47:52some kind of
47:54obsession
47:56or coercion.
47:58Some kind of
48:00exploitation
48:02in the last three or four years.
48:04And what's happening now
48:06is a result of
48:08what's growing
48:10and building in people.
48:12I think it's a very positive time.
48:14Do you ever want
48:16to be anonymous?
48:18No.
48:20It's great for me.
48:22I talk to everyone
48:24who wants to get close to me.
48:26It's not a burden.
48:28It probably won't be a burden
48:30if I ask you
48:32to sing for me.
48:34I can sing
48:36anything.
48:38But sometimes
48:40you have to sing.
48:42That's the worst.
48:44When you're in a bad mood
48:46and you really need to sing
48:48and you have to laugh
48:50and everyone says
48:52bravo and you get serious
48:54and you'd rather
48:56go to another room
48:58and sing.
49:00I'd rather sing
49:02than anything else.
49:04I want to sing.
49:06Why?
49:08I don't know.
49:10I want to sing something
49:12I've never sung at a concert.
49:14Something that's mine.
49:16Go ahead.
49:30¶
49:43¶ Počele su grube riči
49:46¶
49:48¶ Među svima, među nama
49:51¶
49:53¶ To na život večne sliči
49:56¶ Nismo dušo
49:58¶ Što je s nama
50:02¶ Počela je gruba zima
50:06¶ Veči repci kapotaju
50:11¶ Nevoja je tebe nima
50:15¶ Svi to znaju
50:17¶ Svi to znaju
50:20¶ Nevoja je tebe nima
50:24¶ Svi to znaju
50:26¶ Svi to znaju
50:30¶ Zašto uvijek bižiš
50:35¶ Zašto uvijek pritiš
50:39¶ Nemoj vrime gubit
50:44¶ Probajmo se jubit
50:49¶ Zaboravi ja te
50:53¶ Sve su to monade
50:58¶ Najljepše te jubi
51:03¶ Oni što te gubi
51:07¶ Najljepše te jubi
51:12¶ Oni što te gubi
51:22¶ Najljepše te jubi
51:26¶ Najljepše te jubi
51:31Oliver, you have three sons, right?
51:33Yes.
51:35How similar are they to you?
51:38How much are they the same as you?
51:41They are similar,
51:43only they love the sea,
51:45they love writing,
51:47but they don't listen to my songs too much.
51:49They don't sing.
51:51Do they listen to your songs at home?
51:53Lately, yes.
51:55Because when I'm not at home,
51:57they don't listen to my songs.
51:59They probably want to be with me.
52:03This show is called
52:05Faith and Love.
52:07What do you think about love?
52:09Love,
52:11towards the sea,
52:13it's perfect.
52:15Towards women,
52:17it's just as strong.
52:20I don't know what this song is about,
52:22but I think it's the best.
52:24It's something that could be written.
52:31¶ They believe in love ¶
52:33¶ Because love is everything ¶
52:35¶ They believe that love doesn't live without it ¶
52:37I mean, the one who lives without love,
52:39and there are few of them.
52:41Any kind of love is handicapped.
52:43Love is the best cure in life.
52:45I think so.
52:47I agree.
52:49In the end,
52:51I would like to make a request
52:53to our dear viewers.
52:55I invite all my guests to you.
52:57Tonight, I made a little exception.
52:59With Oliver,
53:01it's very hard to be new.
53:03Oliver,
53:05thank you very much.
53:07All the best,
53:09till the end of your life.
53:11Dear viewers,
53:13you've just watched
53:15the show in which
53:17the guest was Oliver Dragojević.
53:19Thank you and goodbye
53:21until the next Friday.
53:45¶¶ ¶¶
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