Vol 12, No 1, 2013 pp. 69-83
UDC 316.723:78(497.11)
NEW WAVE IN YUGOSLAVIA: SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT
Jelena Božilović
University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, Serbia
Email: jelena.bozilovic@filfak.ni.ac.rs
This paper analyzes the social and political implications of a popular culture music trend known as New Wave in SFRY. This trend was created in Great Britain and USA by the end of the 1970’s but it “moved” to our country, as well, due to its opennes to Western culture. The Yugoslav New Wave was not a sheer copy of the Western trend but it managed to create its own original music expression becoming a phenomenon of one generation. The most popular new wave bands (Prljavo kazalište, Azra, Haustor, Film, Lajbah, Šarlo akrobata, Električni orgazam, Idoli) left a significant mark on the society, generation and the whole epoch not only in the sense of the music they created but also in the social, cultural and political sense. The New Wave was an avant-gard music trend whose ideals were reflected in simple musical forms, characteristic ideological engagement, visual presentations (music album covers and posters) and particularly in their lyrics full of irony, allusions and metaphors in relation to the establishment of the time. The paper compares the Western and Yugoslav new wave and punk music with a reference to their achievements and influence which is still present in contemporary culture.
Key words: New Wave, Subculture, SFRY, Socialist ideology, Urban culture.
NOVI TALAS U JUGOSLAVIJI: SOCIO-POLITIČKI KONTEKST
U radu se analizuju društvene i političke implikacije muzičkog pravca popularne kulture koji se u SFRJ proslavio pod imenom Novi talas. Ovaj pravac nastao je krajem sedamdesetih godina XX veka u Velikoj Britaniji i Americi, ali se, zahvaljujući otvorenosti zemlje prema kulturi Zapada, „preselio“ i kod nas. Jugoslovenski Novi talas nije bio prosta kopija zapadnog uzora, već je kao generacijski fenomen uspeo da izgradi vlastiti identitet kroz jedinstveni muzički izraz. Najpoznatiji bendovi ovoga pravca (Prljavo kazalište, Azra, Haustor, Film, Lajbah, Šarlo akrobata, Električni orgazam, Idoli) obeležili su svoje društvo, generaciju i epohu ne samo u muzičkom, već u socio-kulturnom i političkom smislu. Alternativna ponuda Novog talasa ogledala se u muzički jednostavnoj formi, u osobenom ideološkom angažmanu, u vizuelnoj prezentaciji (omoti ploča i plakati) i, naročito, u tekstovima punim ironije, aluzija i metafora u odnosu na vladajući poredak. U radu se daje komparacija zapadnog i jugoslovenskog Novog talasa i panka, sa osvrtom na njihove domašaje i uticaj u savremenosti.
Ključne reči: New Wave, subkultura, SFRJ, socijalistička ideologija, urbana kultura.
