Retko te viđam sa devojkama

Infobox Single
Name = Retko te viđam sa devojkama


Artist = VIS Idoli
from Album =
A-side = Pomoć, pomoć
B-side =
Released = May, 1980
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1980
Genre = New Wave

Length = 3:17
Label = Vidici
Writer = Vlada Divljan
Producer =

"Retko te viđam sa devojkama" ("I Rarely See You With Girls") is the second song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band Idoli. The song did not actually appear as a B-side as both of the songs appeared on the A-side while the B-side contained Slobodan Škerović's narrative poem called "Poklon".

History

Having formed as a band, Idoli got a chance to record their first single within a month after their formation, which was a true record in former Yugoslavia and later.Fact|date=October 2008 The band recorded two songs which would appear as the A-side of the single given as a present with the May release of the "Vidici" magazine.

The song was credited to Vlada Divljan who continued the VIS Dečaci tradition of making fun of homosexuals.Fact|date=October 2008 However, other sources claim that it was written by the former Idoli member Aleksandar Prokopiev."Danas": [http://www.danas.co.yu/20030503/vikend5.htm] , Weekend edition, May 3 and 4, 2003, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro sr icon] "Zarez": [http://www.zarez.hr/191/zariste6.htm] , biweekly, November 2, 2006, Zagreb, Croatia hr icon] This is one of the first gay-themed songs in Yugoslavia (the first was "Neki dečaci" by Prljavo kazalište).

Track listing

# Idoli - "Pomoć, Pomoć"
# Idoli - "Retko Te Vidjam Sa Devojkama"
# Slobodan Škerović - Poklon

Personnel

* Vlada Divljan (guitar, vocals)
* Srđan Šaper (percussion, vocals)
* Nebojša Krstić (percussion)
* Zdenko Kolar (bass guitar)
* Boža Jovanović (drums)

External references

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1022503 Pomoć, Pomoć / Poklon at Discogs]

Second version

Infobox Single
Name = Retko te viđam sa devojkama


Artist = VIS Idoli
from Album =
A-side = Maljčiki
Released = 1981
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1981
Genre = New Wave
Post-punk
Length = 3:05
Label = Jugoton
Writer = Srđan Šaper
Vlada Divljan
Producer = Goran Bregović

"Retko te viđam sa devojkama" was recorded once again in Zagreb with producer Goran Bregović and was released as a B-side of the Maljčiki single. This version of the song also appeared on the "Svi marš na ples!" compilation.

Track listing

# "Maljčiki" (S. Šaper, V. Divljan)
# "Retko te viđam sa devojkama" (V. Divljan)

Personnel

* Vlada Divljan (guitar, vocals)
* Srđan Šaper (percussion, vocals)
* Nebojša Krstić (percussion)
* Zdenko Kolar (bass guitar)
* Boža Jovanović (drums)

Cover versions

* A Polish version of the song (entitled Rzadko Widuje Cie Z Dziewczetami) appeared on the Yugoton tribute album and was performed by Kasia Nosowska and Pawel Kukiz in 2001.

*Serbian hard core/punk band Lude Krawe recorded a version of the song on their 2007 album "Sve Tuđe".

External references

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/922428 Maljčiki / Retko Te Viđam Sa Devojkama at Discogs]