Cacadou Look was a five-piece pop rock band from Opatija, Croatia that was the first Yugoslav all-female band to release a long play record.[2][3]
Cacadou Look | |
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| Origin | Opatija, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Genres | Power pop[1] |
| Years active | 1983–1991 |
| Labels | Jugoton |
| Past members | Jasmina Simić Tatjana Simić Suzana Kožić Tamara Vrančić Sandra Vrančić Giovanna Kirinić Alenka Mendiković |
| Website | Cacadou Look on Myspace |
Cacadou Look was formed in Opatija in 1983.[4] They were not the first all-female band in Yugoslavia — at the time, already active were Tožibabe from Ljubljana and Boye from Novi Sad[4] — but they were the first to achieve a degree of mainstream popularity, helped by radio play of their two demo tracks, "Sama" and "Kao pjesma" (both 1987),[2] and by TV appearances such as those on Stereovizija,[4] a popular 1980s music show broadcast by Radio Television Zagreb.[5]
Their first album Tko mari za čari (Jugoton, 1987) was produced by Husein Hasanefendić and Tomo in der Mühlen,[2][6] and featured a guest appearance by Vlada Divljan. The album yielded three hit songs: "Sama", "Kao pjesma" and "Tako lako". Apart from "Tako lako", a cover of Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy",[2][6] and "Ne dozvoli", which was written by Divljan,[2] all songs on the album were composed by the band.[6] Despite these accomplishments, the band found working in the men-dominated music scene difficult at times, and occasional malicious remarks motivated them to work even harder.[7]
Their second and equally successful[4] album Uspavanka za Zoroa was released in 1989. Hit tracks from the album were "Baum bam bam", "Budi mi prijatelj", and "Krenite s nama",[4] the latter a cover of Bryan Ferry's "Let's Stick Together".[2] An English version of "Budi mi prijatelj" — named "Be My Friend" — was also recorded, appearing on Yu-Go Pop (Jugoton, 1990),[8] a compilation of Yugoslav pop and rock artists performing their songs in English.
Cacadou Look played their last gig in Zagreb on 25 May 1991.[4] Members of the band were not willing to start solo careers — seeing them as meaningless without the band teamwork — and left the music scene.[7]
Members edit
- Jasmina Simić (vocals)
- Tatjana Simić (drums)
- Suzana Kožić (bass)
- Tamara Vrančić (keyboards) (1983–1985)
- Sandra Vrančić (guitar) (1983–1984)
- Giovanna Kirinić (guitar) (from 1985)
- Alenka Mendiković (keyboards) (from 1986)
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References edit
- ^ Rizvanović, Nenad (August 2, 2008). "Xenia - Uzlet do vrha hrvatskoga rocka". Rirock.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ a b c d e f Janjatović, Petar (1998). Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960–1997 (in Serbian) (2nd ed.). Geopoetika.
- ^ "Cacadou Look". Last.fm. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ a b c d e f Rizvanović, Nenad (April 25, 2007). "Erotska čednost". Glas Istre (in Croatian). Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ "Leksikon YU mitologije - Stereovizija". Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ a b c "Cacadou Look - Tko Mari Za Čari". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- ^ a b "Cacadou Look - Intervju". Novi list (in Croatian). December 2003. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ "Cacadou Look". Discogs. Retrieved 2008-09-10.