Cacadou Look

Cacadou Look was a five-piece pop rock band from Opatija, Croatia that was the first Yugoslav all-female band to release a long play record.cite book | title=Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960–1997 | last=Janjatović | first=Petar | year=1998 | edition=2nd edition | publisher=Geopoetika | language=Serbian] [cite web | url=http://www.last.fm/music/CACADOU+LOOK | title=Cacadou Look | publisher=Last.fm | accessdate=2008-08-13]

Cacadou Look was formed in Opatija in 1983.cite web | url=http://www.glasistre.hr/?34f0244fcc3360c524995770c05912a8,TS,2261,3828,18937,24988,236255,, | title=Erotska čednost | last=Rizvanović | first=Nenad | publisher="Glas Istre" | date=April 25, 2007 | language=Croatian | accessdate=2008-08-13] It was not the first all-female band in Yugoslavia — at the time, already active were Tožibabe from Ljubljana and Boye from Novi Sad — but it was the first to achieve a degree of mainstream popularity, helped by radio play of their two demo tracks, "Sama" and "Kao pjesma", and by TV appearances such as those on "Stereovizija", a popular 1980s music show broadcast by Radio Television Zagreb. [cite web | url=http://www.leksikon-yu-mitologije.net/read.php?id=863 | title=Leksikon YU mitologije - Stereovizija | accessdate=2008-08-13]

Their first album "Tko mari za čari" (Jugoton, 1987) was produced by Husein Hasanefendić and Tomo in der Mühlen, and featured a guest appearance by Vlada Divljan. The album yielded three hit songs: "Sama", "Kao pjesma" and "Tako lako". Apart from "Tako lako", a cover of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy", and "Ne dozvoli", which was written by Divljan, all songs on the album were composed by the band.cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/release/702914 | title=Cacadou Look - Tko Mari Za Čari | publisher=Discogs | accessdate=2008-09-09] Despite these accomplishments, working in the men-dominated music scene was sometimes difficult, and occasional malicious remarks motivated the band to work even harder.

Their second and equally successful album "Uspavanka za Zoroa" was released in 1989. Hit tracks from the album were "Baum bam bam", "Budi mi prijatelj", and "Krenite s nama", the latter a cover of Bryan Ferry's "Let's Stick Together". An English version of "Budi mi prijatelj" — named "Be My Friend" — was also recorded, appearing on "Yu-Go Pop" (Jugoton, 1990), [cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cacadou+Look | title=Cacadou Look | publisher=Discogs | accessdate=2008-09-10] a compilation of Yugoslav pop and rock artists performing their songs in English.

Cacadou Look played their last gig in Zagreb on May 25, 1991. Members of the band were not willing to start solo careers — seeing them as meaningless without the band team work — and left the music scene.cite web | url=http://www.rirock.com/rirock-scena/cacadou-look-intervju/ | title=Cacadou Look - Intervju | publisher="Novi list" | date=December 2003 | language=Croatian | accessdate=2008-09-10] __NOTOC__

Members

* Jasmina Simić (vocals)
* Tatjana Simić (drums)
* Suzana Kožić (bass)
* Tamara Vrančić (keyboards) (1983–1986)
* Sandra Vrančić (guitar) (1983–1986)
* Giovanna Kirinić (guitar) (from 1986)
* Alenka Medinković (keyboards) (from 1986)

Discography

* "Tko mari za čari" (Jugoton, 1987)
* "Uspavanka za Zoroa" (Jugoton, 1989)

See also

* Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

References

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