Oliver Dragojevic has died age 71
Croatian singer at the time Yugoslavian born legend over fourty years in music industry Oliver Dragojevic has died age 71.
He was born on December 7, 1947, in Vela Luka, on the island of Korcula, he was iconic singer during his career, the news hit today from Slobodna Dalmacija, family member announced that Oliver Dragojevic had passed away at age of 71, from a year-long battle of the lung-cancer, at 5:00 am, at the hospital of Split.
The country mourned for the loss of their most talented and enduring singer, who had a discography spanning almost forty years.
Over the years Yugoslavian’s noted in childhood memories, his music never ever dies but lives inside of us forever. Many fans has own collection of songs which instantly and unexplainably touches us in ways that is beyond comprehension.
Oliver song were serenada with lots of emotions a touchy feelings. Rest in peace Legendo!
Nadalina is one of the best of the Oliver’s Songs:
CESARICA
Cilega života ja sam tija samo nju,
da do njenog srca nađem put,
Cilega zivota moje tilo je bez nje,
ka cviće bez vode.
How does one even convey the perfection of this song? Written by Gibonni and performed with pure heart and soul, this is a simple song about a love that never came to fruition. There is nothing explicitly earth-shattering about the words or music but at the same time it is more than enough. Like all great things, the whole is so much bigger here than all the smaller parts combined.
Oliver Dragojevic and Gibonni
BEZ TEBE
Bez tebe, nestat ce sunca
Druge cu prositi, za malo ljubavi
Bez tebe, jedina moja
Za kog cu zivjeti
Za koga umrijeti, bez tebe.
Mesmerizing and throbbing with emotion, I got goosebumps the first time I ever heard this song. Years later, I still feel the same way. It is such a compelling, haunting melody that would seduce even a foreigner, despite not understanding a single word of it.
OPROSTI MI PAPE
Oprosti mi, pape
Sve te grube rici
I moj zivot sada
Na tvoj zivot slici
Oprosti mi, pape
Sad razumin tebe
Gledan tvoju sliku
Gledajuci sebe
The older I get, the more I appreciate this song, about a son who later discovers in life through life experiences that he has so much more in common with his father than he first believed.
A KAD ME DODES TI
A kad mi dodes ti
I osmijeh vratis mi
Sva patnja i bol
Zivota mog ce proc
U nocima bez sna
Ja tebe dozivam
Da dodes mi ti
I kao svi pocnemo mi
Mirno zivjeti
This song has always had a soft spot in my heart as it was written by my first cousin, songwriter Vinko Barcot, for Oliver. Melodic and heartfelt, this song is undeniably beautiful and cemented Oliver’s spot as the greatest musical superstar Croatia has ever produced.
DVA PUT SAN UMRA
Zivote moj, dva put san umra
Umra za njon
Prvi put kad san vidija ja
Drugi put kad je otisla
Zivote moj, dva put san umra
Umra za njom
Another song which perfectly captures the pain of having to say goodbye to something you wished you could hold in your arms forever.
ZUTO LISCE LJUBAVI
I ja cu nocas leptir postati
A ti za mnom neces suzu pustiti
Gdje mi dusa spava
Nikad neces saznati
Pokrit ce me, draga, zuto lisce ljubavi
Released the year I spent a long summer in Croatia back in 1987, I didn’t know what the song even meant as a twelve year old but I nonetheless immediately loved it from the first moment I heard it
U LJUBAV VJERE NEMAM
Nju da sam zenio
Ne bih tako uvenuo
Starim ja, a u ljubav vjere nemam
Svoju djecu sam sanjao
Njenim ih imenom nazvao
Starim ja, a u ljubav vjere nemam
Starim ja, a u ljubav vjere nemam
This song manages to perfectly capture every emotion about a longing for love that never came to fruition. The pain about never finding love is almost palpable. Oliver didn’t need a river of tears to share his pain – his words were simply enough.
Sreca Je Tamo Gdje Si was the first song on an old cassette mix-tape made by one of my best friends in Croatia.
#RIPOALIVER❤
