Balasevics songs have always had a strong pacifistic note and often talked about love in his unique way.Listening to Balasevic isnt just listening to music, its living a philosophy of peace, love, unity and tolerance.He worked with famous gitarists such are Jovan Demirovi, Elvis Stani, Nika Svilii and many others.
Upon joining band etva (Harvest), in the fall of 1977 he recorded his first song, titled U Razdeljak Te Ljubim. The song scored a great success and sold more than 180,000 copies. Next year he left etva and together with Verica Todorovi formed band Rani mraz (Early Frost). The same year Biljana Krsti and Bora orevi joined the band, and the band recorded Raunajte na nas (Count on Us), a song celebrating young generations as being the followers of the communist revolution. The song became popular with both the authorities and the people, making the song a kind of a hymn for his and generations to come. They couldnt have known that the same people who sang those songs and bought those records would be the ones to resented Balaevi for ever writing it. After just few months of cooperation, Verica and Bora left the band (Bora forming his famous Riblja orba band), so Biljana and Balaevi recorded Rani mrazs first album Mojoj mami umesto maturske slike u izlogu (To my Mother instead of Prom Photo in the Shop-Window) on their own. At the Split 79. music festival Balaevi won the first prize with single Panonski mornar (Pannonian sailor). Few months later he sold out Beograds Dom sindikata hall eight times in a row and a star was born. By the end of 1980 Rani mraz released their second and final album titled Odlazi cirkus and the band dissolved shortly afterwards. The album indead was one of Balaevis greatest and delivered few unforgettable songs such as Pria o Vasi Ladakom (Story of Vasa Ladaki) and ivot je more (Life is a Sea) which, 20 years after their release, still have great popularity. ![]() In the following 198283 tour he sold out Belgrades Sava Center hall for the first time. His Sava Center concerts would become his trademark in years to follow. The next two albums Celoveernji The Kid (1983) and 003 (1985) follow the same path of success and Balaevi established himself as respectable singer-songwriter. The next album, Bezdan (Abyss), released in 1986, was a milestone in his career. The record was produced by ore Petrovi and arrangement was done by Aleksandar Dujin. ![]() They became the backbone of Balaevi supporting band The Unfuckables (although this is just a nickname, as he performs under his own name and the support band is never mentioned) and part of his stage appearance. The next album was his first and (as of 2006) the last live album U tvojim molitvama (In Your Prayers). The album was recorded on his concerts in Sarajevo (Zetra hall), Zagreb (Ledena dvorana and alata), Belgrade (Sava Center) and Novi Sad (Studio M) in 1986 and 1987.
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