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Cecina snaga — The power of Ceca.
Ceca will be performing in Ljubljana tomorrow. If you don’t know who Ceca is, she’s a famous Serbian turbo-folk
singer and widow of the notorious (and Slovenian-born) Zeljko
Raznatovic, a.k.a. Arkan. If you don’t know who Arkan is,
suffice it to say that he was an active and enthusiastic participant in
the Bosnian War. His activities therein were either heroic or criminal
depending on your perspective and ethnicity.
Besides trying to expand Serbia’s borders, Arkan also expanded his
wife’s physical mass, by encouraging her to get breast implants and
undergo other forms of plastic surgery. As anyone who has ever watched Pink TV knows, extravagant cleavage is a necessary component of turbo-folk music, not just in Serbia but also here. (This isn’t to say that Americans have no interest in such things <– obnoxious flash video, NSFW) It’s just that it’s very much par-for-course over here.
I won’t be going to the concert tomorrow. I’d be quite curious to
see it, though, despite having an unpleasant (and nearly destructive)
introduction to Ceca. Last summer in Belgrade, I (foolishly) took a picture of her villa and was immediately
confronted by some of her bodyguards. I don’t think I need to describe them. They looked like the kind of guys
whose first language is violence and feel uncomfortable speaking
anything else. I can only thank the Lord that I was with a Serb, who
managed to defuse their anger and save my teeth from being knocked out
in every possible direction. I’m sure that if I had opened my mouth it
would have been a disaster.
Michael: (with a Texas twang) "Howdy, y’all! Oh, don’t
mind me, just snappin’ some pictures here. What’s that ya say? Sorry, I
don’t speak Russian or whatever the heck you’re talkin’. I’m from the
States! You know, America? U.S.A.? Don’t ya’ll remember the Kosovo
conflict? The bombin’ and everythin’? Yeah, that was us. (pause)
Soooo…… what can I do for ya?"
The aura of violence that surrounds Ceca is, of course, part of her appeal. And the reason why GQ magazine recently crowned her The Most Dangerous Pop Star in the World.
But it also works against her. You may remember that she was detained
by police in connection with the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
To be fair, she was only held — never convicted of anything. But it
was enough to make people want to suddenly keep their distance. In the
GQ article, Ceca talks about whiling away lonely days at home sleeping
and watching soap operas. Add the fact that her husband was a wanted
war criminal, and you can understand why many countries refused to
grant her a visa when she tried to go on tour.
Slovenia wasn’t one of them, obviously, but according to one poll
almost half of all respondents (47%) believed that she shouldn’t have
been allowed to appear in the captial. (31% said yes, 22% said they
didn’t care) And this despite a very aggressive media blitz. Ceca
posters are absolutely everywhere (see above) and there have been a
bunch of generally gushing pieces about her in print and television.
I’m sure Hala Tivoli will be full tomorrow night, and I’m sure that there will be plenty of three-finger salutes
waving around, but I’m not so sure it will translate into anything
resembling a comeback. Ceca is far too stuck in the past to ever return.
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Well, they turned her down at the border. Another funny thing was the contest at TV PAprika for a date with the silicone monster. I bet I know who would enter if the contest involved Natalija Verboten
They sent her back to BG right away because she didn’t have a visa to enter Slovenia, but also said she will get the visa.
It was the only right thing to send her back to BG. Who the f*** did she think she is to enter Slo withouth visa?
Hehe, it would be hilarious to see her sent back twice because of the visa. Same rules apply to all >:D
I just don’t get it why ANYONE would go to that concert. Not because of her notorious reputation… but rather that awful music she’s making. Jesus. It’s like a toothache combined with a broken jaw - it hurts me that much to listen to it.
I bet I know who would enter if the contest involved Natalija Verboten
First I’d have to get the restraining order revoked. I’m working on that, though.
Arkan’s wife a popstar? Wow, trippy, man.And I thought me knowing Milosevic’s daughter’s doctor was surreal…
Just a quick update: Ceca has had her visa confirmed, so all systems are go. Apparently, the old one had expired; hence her problems at the airport.
She’s too ‘fragile ‘ and ‘delicate’ to be married to a war ciminal,
yeah right. She is my proof it’s all baboon politics. Whiche ever
baboon creates the most havoc gets all the ‘naners!
I don’t think it’s necessary demonising her even more than she
already is… She didn’t think different rules apply for her, just her
lousy agents didn’t study carefully Slovene visa rules.This is how her visa looks like, and she came to Slovenia by an Air Sierra private jet, hired by TV Paprika.
lol you losers … she came and she filled Tivoli, went back to Belgrade with some extra money and she is waving her middle finger to y’all ;-)You can feel however you wanna feel, obviously she is not as stuck in the past as some people that were against her coming to Slovenia. She did what she came to do and she left … and the dust is not down yet!
She still scks and is pointless and I am glad the states did not ler her in she had rented the bigest arena in Chicago shes full of it.
Ceca - we love you
It is a blend of various musical traditions, including popular music of Serbian and Roma brass bands, Middle Eastern beats, Turkish and Greek pop music on the one side and rock and roll and contemporary electronic dance music on the other. Turbo-folk was derived from contemporary Balkan folk, but it uses electronic instruments instead of the traditional accordion, and it is mainly the vocals with characteristic ululations that distinguish it from Western pop music.
All production and marketing strategies in the Serbian turbo-folk music both emulate and worship global trends in music, dance, fashion and design. The turbo-folk star Ceca started as a girl who sang “I am a cheeky flower” at a local music festival in Ilidža, but has achieved a level of fame and glamour greater than that of any Balkan folk music performer, and is frequently compared to such global stars as Madonna and Britney Spears. Before Ceca’s big concert in the Belgrade Marakana stadium, there had already been confessionals, serials, and all other sorts of mechanisms already seen in the global popular culture. This was also reflected in, and perhaps caused by, the fact that when the war and economic crisis started, many professionals who had previously worked in the Yugoslav new-wave circle during the 1980s had offered their services to the more profitable Balkan folk camp, which they otherwise often despised
no matter what all of you say you’ll never be able to suade her fans from loving and respecting her.all of you badmouth her, and all you are able to achieve is to make more and more people want to see the fenomenon which you haven’t been able to slow down.no matter how hard you try to ban her, she’ll continue to fill stadiums and bring hundreeds of thousands people to see her and rise three fingers, while she just has to show you one finger to let you know what she and all of us think of all of you.the only finger that you understand, is the only one you’ll get from all of us, THE MIDDLE FINGER
CECA WE LOVE YOU
CECA WE LOVE YOU
CECA WE LOVE YOU
CECA WE LOVE YOU
CECA WE LOVE YOU
She had a concert in Vienna too, and official Austria also did not
have anything against. It was quite controversial in the Yugo-scene,
since refugees from either sides live in Austria.The concert was held without any incident, but probably was the most expensive one (lots of private security forces).
CECO SVI TE VOLIMOOO
CECO ti si ZAKON!
ceca has a new song called “Lepi grome moj”. Does anybody know weather she is singing about Arkan or not?
JELENA KARLEUSA RULES
JELENA KARLEUSA - JK- IS BIGGESST STAR IN SERBIA- NOT THAT CRIMINAL CECA
Ceca wolim te puno pozdrav iz SLO a ko je ne voli marÅ¡ u 3………..
Ma CECO najbolja si. Ma kavka Jelena KarleuÅ¡a. ÄŒovjeÄ?e jesi je ikad vidio uživo, bljak…