YU Rock Misija

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.

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 which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The group included following musicians:
*Oliver Mandić
*Serđo Blažić (of Atomsko Sklonište)
*Željko Bebek
*Marina Perazić (of Denis & Denis)
*Momčilo Bajagić (of Bajaga i Instruktori)
*Vesna Vrandečić (of Xenia)
*Aki Rahimovski (of Parni Valjak)
*Husein Hasanefendić (of Parni Valjak)
*Zorica Kondža
*Slađana Milošević
*Jura Stublić (of Film)
*Dado Topić
*Massimo Savić (of Dorian Gray)
*Zdravko Čolić
*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

They recorded the Yugoslav Band Aid song "Za milion godina" (For a Million Years), which is still considered as an "evergreen" in the former Yugoslav countries. The song was written by former Generacija 5 leader Dragan Ilić and Mladen Popović The guitar solo in the song is played by Vlatko Stefanovski. Prominent artists who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid were Bora Đorđević, the leader of the cult band Riblja Čorba and Goran Bregović, the leader of Bijelo Dugme.

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.

References

* [http://www.live-aid-dvd.com/gallery4a.htm Live Aid DVD Website Foreign Contributors - Yugoslavia]
* [http://www.bobgeldof.info/Charity/liveaid.html Bob Geldof - Live Aid (see section: Live Aid performers)]
* [http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1504968/06292005/u2.jhtml VH-1 TV on Live Aid DVD incl. Yugoslavia]

ee also

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