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banderas said:Pure nonsense. The man basically replaced Bregovic—he writes the scores for Emir Kusturica's films and stays on permanent tour with him under the name "Emir Kusturica & No Smoking Orchestra," selling out major venues globally.
Regarding "Zabranjeno pušenje"—the US version released the album "ja biti odavle," which I will concede is significantly superior to any of the local versions of "Zabranjeno pušenje" produced in the States. That specific album faced heavy accusations of being anti-American, so I certainly won't join in this supposed disparaging of his hometown.
I am not so sure they are actually filling the massive global arenas. In Munich, they sold maybe 200 tickets, and in Cologne it was 150, whereas someone like Bregovic, Kocan orkestar, or Boban Marković can easily pack halls with several thousand seats (like the Muffathalle in Munich). If we are talking about the latest star on the world music scene from the former Yugoslavia region, it is undoubtedly Darko Rundek—he spent three months in the Top 10 on the world music charts, and he recently played to 3,000 people in Landsberg, and he’s had cult status in Berlin for ages.
As for "ja biti odavle," personally, I find "fildžan viška" to be a much better album.