Why must you make me laugh so? [That said, I think the Turks might just have beaten the Yugoslavs at this mildly disturbing game.]

     by Daniel on January 31, 2006 at 1:49 pm

The really scary part of that album cover?  These two "guys" were singing "The Most Beautiful Children’s Songs." 
The discovery that purple dinosaurs make the best-selling kids’ records
had not yet been made, so I guess androgony had to do.

     by DarkoV on January 31, 2006 at 2:07 pm

Yes, what is it about adrogynous men and children’s songs / shows? Minja, Pee Wee Herman…

     by Poulette on January 31, 2006 at 2:48 pm

"Gone are the days when two men in jean jackets, one of them androgynous, could stand and point at you half-beckoningly."I was actually wondering if the other guy isn’t in fact a woman (thank god you saved me from this dilemma). The name wasn’t much of a help (although the title gives you a small hint).

     by Luka on January 31, 2006 at 3:42 pm

Is that duct tape on Minja’s shoulder?

     by Amerikanec on January 31, 2006 at 3:57 pm

regarding the slovene music scene: well, i don’t think everything is as bleak as all that. there are musicians in slovenia that have great lyrics, are talented or both. most of the major ones have been named in posts today and yesterday, and while not all of them are exactly to my liking, i acknowledge them all to be quality bands (except kingston - in my humble view, dropping a daisy cutter on that band would be money well spent… the problem is, however, that not all people think of music as essential in their lives and most don’t really care about band quality or lyrics or such. most people will be completely satisfied with AH or Saška “i-massage-my-teeth-as-well-you-know” Lendero as background music. as a music afficionado i found this attitude unfathomable until i tried figuring out why some people obsess so much about whether food is good or not - to me it’s mainly just nourishment. i figure, some people have a heightened sense for quality of food, some for quality of music, some actually find watching sports to be a reasonable way of spending their time and so on, and others just don’t. so the boob singers are just a way of getting the attention of people who couldn’t care less about music. no way of changing that, really. and no point in painting that reality in such bleak colors.

     by Cornelius on January 31, 2006 at 4:00 pm

Hmmm…Minja might be doing allright for himself these days — he looks exactly like my neighbor’s "Sugar Daddy" boyfriend.  Just substitute elbow patches for the duct tape/faux leather embellishments.  *shudder*

     by Susan on January 31, 2006 at 4:36 pm

How these men could have any association with "The Most Beautiful Children’s Songs", I just can’t understand. After someone else, and then Darkov here, pointed out the meaning of the title to me, I  will have to reassess my position on the Turks.  

     by Daniel on January 31, 2006 at 5:12 pm

ok first on the Turkish album covers WTF is with the scary
cow-headed guy on the one cover? I kind of thought the guy with the
mustache was cute! One thing I love about all of the Balkans
nations, is that really nerdy looking people can be on T.V. and get
some respect!  Still that cover is in a class by itself even for Ex Yu album covers!  

     by Katja on January 31, 2006 at 8:05 pm

Well Poulette, no wonder Momma Vi issued that warning, since you were living in (pause) friggin’ LEBANON (magna voce)!!!Great icons of ex-Yu are totally lost on you…

     by rainbow warrior on February 1, 2006 at 1:49 pm

very confused…. eheheh

     by Menezes on February 1, 2006 at 8:21 pm

to cornelius : I’m an outsider living in Slovenia (long story) and I found some thing in you lines really refreshfull ( like the fact that music is really like food) but I don’t think it’s such dark thinking after all : it’s only everyday reality : if people don’t care to put really bad singers on the top 20 then Iwonder there is really some problem with our culture : is it starting to shatter?Maybe the general point of view is as in the The Drinkers Pijemo ga radi  "Ej mas en Bier? …NE!" or just as simple as "I don’t care if there is quality music anymore here, let’s just hear what the other sheep so we can be trendy or kool.

     by gazicebear on February 1, 2006 at 10:52 pm

Those pictures of Turkish record covers…they’re also a laughing stock here in Turkey-especially the karate guy-they mostly could not make it big, except for…one guy. The record where the cow-headed man’s picture is seen, is entitled “The Poem with the Cow” I think that that record involves a political satire poem.

     by Maxi on April 20, 2006 at 4:34 pm