As Jura Stublić became a variant of Miša Kovač, he doesn't have to sing or do anything, he just raises his hands on stage

Is Jura Stublić a phenomenon of the local scene, or is it actually just a confirmation of the rule that even people who haven't recorded a new song in almost 30 years still have an aura of "misfits" and successfully work on the foundations of a better past? With two concerts a year in Zagreb, for decades - usually Tvornica at the end of the year, and Boogaloo in the spring - Jura Stublić with what is now called the Film group is able to sell out those venues, so obviously there is a devil there In fact, last month, Stublić "stole the show" at Trg ban Jelačić at the reception of the football team who wanted him because, as they said, his songs are sung in the dressing room

The question is whether they were surprised when Stublić appeared on stage and whether he was exactly "that Jura" they wanted Namely, neither did Stublić sing much, nor did it all resemble anything, but the form was satisfied

And instead of someone interrupting the broadcast (television) in which the former champion of the local rock scene was disgraced, the public remained amused by the story of a man who was once the main support of Zagreb's new wave, equal to, and in many ways superior to, the Film group the names of that time It was an era of the strongest competition among which Stublić and Film managed perfectly

40 years ago, they released their second and third albums "Zona sumraka" (1982) and then "Sva čuda svijeta" (1983), but after the album "Signals in the Night" the following year, the original lineup of Film stopped working Although he was from Sesvetski Kraljevac near Zagreb, where he still lives today, Stublić and Film managed to capture the spleen of the city better than many on the excellent first album "Novo! Novo! Novo! Yesterday only on film, and now in your head" in 1980, which, despite the flawed production, remains one of the best albums in the overall history of the country rock scene

Released for Ljubljana's Helidon, it has not been reissued on CD to this day, which is one of the biggest cultural crimes of domestic and regional discography If we add to that debut the legendary mini LP "Film in Kulušić Live" from 1981, it becomes clear that in the earliest phase of their career, Stublić and Film reached the peaks that made them the most striking figures of new and exciting music that year on the summer tour with the Idols along the Adriatic coast

domestic rock music Both young and old knew who the "little girl" was and that "three beers in one" was the solution to refreshment

"Now everything is different", says the old song of Film, but Jura has always been complicated, which brings us to the mentioned album "Twilight Zone", which recently celebrated its 40th anniversary Let's hope that Croatia Records will soon reissue it on vinyl, as well as "All the Wonders of the World", because they show many of the paradoxes of Stublić's career that followed him from the beginning, but then he managed to overcome challenges in full authorial strength and with a great film that "kept his back" (Max Juričić on guitars, Marinko Pelajić on bass, Piko Stančić on drums and Jurij Kuzma Novoselic on saxophone) to survive life in the rhythm of dance music with the first and then slightly changed second line-up of Film until 1984, when everything went to hell

Those two songs that football players sing in the locker room ("Bili cvitak" and "Chicago", and maybe "E moj druže Belgradeski") are actually covers that Stublić patented in the nineties, and since then he hasn't recorded a single new song, but that doesn't stop him from filling halls in the present with that past old wave In fact, after the happening on the Square, someone ironically commented that Stublić has become a new wave version of Miša Kovač, he doesn't have to sing or do anything, he just raises his two hands on stage, or calls a younger guitarist who sings for him (and very well, and he has similar voice), and everything goes in its own way

Although he did not record much, in the mid-nineties Stublić, in an innovative business maneuver, re-recorded many old songs from the early period of the Film group with the help of computer tracks - so that he, and not the record company, would own those materials - so when you hear those old songs today movies on the radio, you're actually listening to covers, not originals, which were never even released on CD Jura's renunciation of the past and the old society from the original Film group goes so far that after the (only) joint concert of the original Film group at the "Zagreb gori" concert at Šalata in Zagreb in 1998, he refused any thought of a possible joint tour

Although that project would probably bring money, in the interview we conducted at the time, he explained to me why there was no chance of the old Film reuniting: "It was a little difficult for me, because the group members decided not to play newer songs I didn't care It's a pity that we didn't perform 'Srce na cesta', which is a very dear song to me, neither was 'Pjevajmo do zora' played

Well, I have to play with musicians who want it " When asked directly if, in that era of reformation of many world lineups, he ever seriously thought about doing a concert in the big Sports Hall, if nothing else at least for the money, he told me briefly and clearly: "Yes, but I must warn you that there was a joint concert at Šalata, where it was normal for us to play for forty minutes

Since there was no desire to play new songs, in the conception of the former members of Film, it was not possible to do an all-night concert in the old line-up " And that's where it all stopped

It's a shame, but Stublić also later showed an aversion to the songs of the "old", the first Film For example, after the sold-out concert "The Magnificent Seven" in 2007 on the occasion of the 30 anniversary of the new wave in Tvornica - at which all the first team members of the new wave, Vlada Divljan, Električni orgasam, Pero Lovšin, Jasenko Houra and Davorin Bogović, Zoran Predin and Lačni Franz and Darko Rundek performed together for the first and last time on stage together with Stublić - Jura is wanted his newer songs to be published on the future double CD, and not the old hits of Film from the time of the new wave, which is why he was the only one not to be on that record release Once upon a time, everything was really different

As a generational member of the new wave scene from the end of the seventies with musicians who would later found Film, Stublić collaborated with Johnny Štulić in the first line-up of Azra in 1978 After his faction (Mladen Juričić Max, Marino Pelajić, Jurij Novoselic Kuzma) founded Film, the group began a rapid breakthrough in clubs and recorded a brilliant debut single " The following "Sunce sja" (1987) and "Good Vibrations" (1989) were recorded by Stublić with a significantly changed lineup of the Film, which officially became only a supporting group

Stublić used the wartime to record the songs "E moj druže Belgradeski" and "Bili cvitak", released on compilations of the greatest hits with re-recorded versions of old songs Stublić undisputedly belongs among the best local rock authors of all time

However, the problem with his career was that his top form lasted relatively short, along with Štulić, he is probably the author who reached the highest level and then fell the lowest The absence of a manager to direct media campaigns did not keep the group together after the first major successes

As a new wave author, Stublić significantly contributed to redefining the settings that were the basis of the domestic rock scene at the turn of the seventies into the eighties If the domestic new wave had a representative who expressed the urban mentality with unmistakable ease and delivered a series of storytelling vignettes with precise textual observations about Zagreb with infectious eloquence, it was Jura Stublić

Although with a permanent residence in Sesvetski Kraljevac, or maybe because of that, Stubić managed to record the events in the big city more authentically than those who grew up just behind Zvečka or Kavkaz The film was a prototype of modern rock that was in no way lagging behind similar attempts from the international scene

If it was necessary to prove to a foreigner that there is an autochthonous domestic new wave expression, without relying on ska and similar genre crutches, it was not necessary to look further than Film's first album Of course, disagreements within the group significantly contributed to the breakup of the winning combination, and already the second album "Twilight Zone" indicated the problems that followed them in the following years

However, while they were at their best, Stublić and Film were unreachable VIDEO Photos of our actors kneeling have become a hit on the Internet, and it is also known why they are on their knees on Sunday at 2

In the announcement of the new guest, Stanković writes: A believer and, according to one politician, a 'third-rate actor' Challenges of Nikolina Pišek after a difficult 2022: Molila I wanted my children to suffer as little as possible, I felt the pain of betrayal for three years without a diva She was seriously injured in a fall from the third floor, and then a tragedy followed from which she never recovered

disagreements within the group significantly contributed to the breakup of the winning combination and already the second album "Twilight Zone" indicated the problems that followed them in the following years However, while they were at their best, Stublić and Film were unreachable

VIDEO Photos of our actors kneeling have become a hit on the Internet, and it is also known why they are on their knees on Sunday at 2 In the announcement of the new guest, Stanković writes: A believer and, according to one politician, a 'third-rate actor' Challenges of Nikolina Pišek after a difficult 2022: Molila I wanted my children to suffer as little as possible, I felt the pain of betrayal for three years without a diva

She was seriously injured in a fall from the third floor, and then a tragedy followed from which she never recovered disagreements within the group significantly contributed to the breakup of the winning combination and already the second album "Twilight Zone" indicated the problems that followed them in the following years

However, while they were at their best, Stublić and Film were unreachable VIDEO Photos of our actors kneeling have become a hit on the Internet, and it is also known why they are on their knees on Sunday at 2

In the announcement of the new guest, Stanković writes: A believer and, according to one politician, a 'third-rate actor' Challenges of Nikolina Pišek after a difficult 2022: Molila I wanted my children to suffer as little as possible, I felt the pain of betrayal for three years without a diva She was seriously injured in a fall from the third floor, and then a tragedy followed from which she never recovered

indicated the problems that followed them in the following years However, while they were at their best, Stublić and Film were unreachable

VIDEO Photos of our actors kneeling have become a hit on the Internet, and it is also known why they are on their knees on Sunday at 2 In the announcement of the new guest, Stanković writes: A believer and, according to one politician, a 'third-rate actor' Challenges of Nikolina Pišek after a difficult 2022: Molila I wanted my children to suffer as little as possible, I felt the pain of betrayal for three years without a diva

She was seriously injured in a fall from the third floor, and then a tragedy followed from which she never recovered indicated the problems that followed them in the following years

However, while they were at their best, Stublić and Film were unreachable VIDEO Photos of our actors kneeling have become a hit on the Internet, and it is also known why they are on their knees on Sunday at 2

In the announcement of the new guest, Stanković writes: A believer and, according to one politician, a 'third-rate actor' Challenges of Nikolina Pišek after a difficult 2022: Molila I wanted my children to suffer as little as possible, I felt the pain of betrayal for three years without a diva She was seriously injured in a fall from the third floor, and then a tragedy followed from which she never recovered

With two concerts a year in Zagreb, for decades - usually Tvornica at the end of the year, and Boogaloo in the spring - Jura Stublić with what is now called the Film group is able to sell out those venues, so obviously there is a devil there In fact, last month, Stublić "stole the show" at Trg ban Jelačić at the reception of the football team who wanted him because, as they said, his songs are sung in the dressing room The question is whether they were surprised when Stublić appeared on stage and whether he was exactly "that Jura" they wanted Namely, neither did Stublić sing much, nor did it all resemble anything, but the form was satisfied And instead of someone interrupting the broadcast (television) in which the former champion of the local rock scene was disgraced, the public remained amused by the story of a man who was once the main support of Zagreb's new wave, equal to, and in many ways superior to, the Film group the names of that time It was an era of the strongest competition among which Stublić and Film managed perfectly 40 years ago, they released their second and third albums "Zona sumraka" (1982) and then "Sva čuda svijeta" (1983), but after the album "Signals in the Night" the following year, the original lineup of Film stopped working Although he was from Sesvetski Kraljevac near Zagreb, where he still lives today, Stublić and Film managed to capture the spleen of the city better than many on the excellent first album "Novo!