YU Rock Misija (meaning, in the Slovenian, Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian languages, Yugoslav Rock Mission) was the contribution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the famous Bob Geldof's Band Aid famine relief campaign which culminated with the historical Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Solos and duets (in order of appearance) 1.2 Others 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Background

Beside the British "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the corresponding USA for Africa projects, many other countries also joined Geldof's campaign, including: Canada, West Germany, Austria, Norway and many others.

SFR Yugoslavia was not an exception. The elite of the Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia gathered and formed a Yugoslav Band Aid group called YU Rock Misija. The group recorded a charity song "Za million godina" ("For a Million Years"), which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The song was written by Dragan Ilić (the former Generacija 5 leader) and Mladen Popović. The guitar solo in the song was played by Vlatko Stefanovski. The group included following musicians:

[edit] Solos and duets (in order of appearance)

• Oliver Mandić
• Serđo Blažić (of Atomsko Sklonište)
• Željko Bebek
• Marina Perazić (of Denis & Denis)
• First duet
  • Momčilo Bajagić (of Bajaga i Instruktori)
  • Vesna Vrandečić (of Xenia)
• Second duet
  • Aki Rahimovski (of Parni Valjak)
  • Zorica Kondža
• Slađana Milošević
• Dado Topić
• Massimo Savić (of Dorian Gray)
• Zdravko Čolić

[edit] Others

• Jura Stublić (of Film)
• Husein Hasanefendić (of Parni Valjak)
• Snežana Stamenković (of Aska)
• Izolda Barudžija (of Aska)
• Snežana Mišković (of Aska)
• Alen Islamović (of Divlje Jagode)
• Sead Lipovača (of Divlje Jagode)
• Dejan Cukić (of Bajaga i Instruktori)
• Ljuba Ninković (of Tunel)
• Doris Dragović
• Anja Rupel (of Videosex)
• Srđan Šaper (of Idoli)
• Vlada Divljan (of Idoli)
• Peđa D' Boy (of D' Boys)
• Vlatko Stefanovski (of Leb i Sol)
• Zoran Predin (of Lačni Franz)
• Igor Popović (of Jakarta)
• Dragan Jovanović
• Dušan Petrović
• Slobodan Đorđević
• Dragan Ilić

Prominent artists who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid were Bora Đorđević, the leader of the Riblja Čorba and Goran Bregović, the leader of Bijelo Dugme, although both appeared on the video recording and can be seen in the song video.

At the end of the campaign, the Yugoslav musicians played a big 8 hour stadium concert on June 15, 1985 in Belgrade. The video for "Za milion godina" was played on many TV stations worldwide and also, on July 13, 1985 at the Wembley Stadium on the large video screens during a video interlude. It is included, though not completely, in the Overseas contributors section in the official Live Aid DVD which was released in 2004 by Warner Music Group.

[edit] See also

• Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• Band Aid
• Live Aid
• Bob Geldof
• Midge Ure

[edit] References

• Live Aid DVD Website Foreign Contributors - Yugoslavia
• Bob Geldof - Live Aid (see section: Live Aid performers)
• VH-1 TV on Live Aid DVD incl. Yugoslavia

[edit] External links

• The Yugoslav message to Live Aid and YU Rock Misija - "Za milion godina" video incl. subtitles

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