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 In December 1980, Bijelo Dugme released new wave-influenced album ''Doživjeti stotu'' (Live to Be 100).<sup>[34]</sup> This was the first Bijelo Dugme album produced by Bregović.<sup>[34]</sup> Unlike the songs from the band's previous albums, which were prepared much before the album recording, most of the songs from Doživjeti stotu were created during the recording sessions.<sup>[52]</sup> As the recordings had to be finished before the scheduled mastering in London, Bregović had to use cocaine to stay awake, writing the lyrics in the nick of time.<sup>[53]</sup> The saxophone on the recording was played by jazz musician Jovan Maljoković and avant-garde musician [[Paul Pignon]].<sup>[54]</sup> From the songs on Doživjeti stotu, only the new version of "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće" and "Pjesma mom mlađem bratu" ("The Song for My Little Brother") resembled Bijelo Dugme's old sound.<sup>[34]</sup> The songs "Ha ha ha" and "Tramvaj kreće (ili kako biti heroj u ova šugava vremena)" ("Streetcar Is Leaving (or How to Be a Hero in These Lousy Times)") were the first Bijelo Dugme songs to feature political-related lyrics.<sup>[34]</sup> The provocative cover designed by Mirko Ilić, an artist closely associated with Yugoslav new wave scene, appeared in three versions.<sup>[34]</sup> In accordance with their shift towards new wave, the band changed their hard rock style: the members cut their hair short, and the frontman Željko Bebek shaved his trademark mustache.<sup>[55]</sup> Due to new sound, the album was met with a lot of skepticism, but most of the critics ended up praising the album.<sup>[55]</sup> At the end of 1980, the readers of Džuboks magazine polled Bijelo Dugme as the Band of the Year, Bebek the Singer of the Year, the Pravdić the Keyboardist of the Year, Jankelić the Drummer of the Year, Redžić the Bass Guitarist of the Year, Bregović the Composer, the Lyricist, the Producer and the Arranger of the Year, ''Doživjeti stotu'' the Album of the Year, and the ''Doživjeti stotu'' cover the Album Cover of the Year.<sup>[55]</sup>
-The band started their Yugoslav tour on February 24, 1981 of the following year, with a concert in Sarajevo, and ended it with a concert in the club Kulušić in Zagreb, on which they recorded their second live album, 5. april '81 (April 5, 1981).[34] The album, featuring a cover of Indexi song "Sve ove godine" ("All These Years"), was released in a limited number of 20,000 copies.<sup>[34]</sup> Bijelo Dugme performed in Belgrade several times during the tour: after two concerts in Pionir Hall, they performed, alongside British band Iron Maiden and Yugoslav acts Atomsko Sklonište, Divlje Jagode, Film, Aerodrom, Slađana Milošević, Siluete, Haustor, Kontraritam and other acts, on the two-day festival Svi marš na ples! (Everybody Dance Now!) held at Belgrade Hippodrome,<sup>[34]</sup> and during the New Year holidays they held three concerts in Hala Pinki together with Indexi.<sup>[56]</sup> In early 1982, Bijelo Dugme performed in Innsbruck, Austria, at a manifestation conceptualized as a symbolic passing of the torch whereby the Winter Olympic Games last host city (Innsbruck) makes a handover to the next one (Sarajevo).<sup>[34]</sup> On their return to Yugoslavia, the band's equipment was seized by the customs, as it was discovered that they had put new equipment into old boxes.<sup>[34]</sup> The band's record label, Jugoton decided to lend 150,000,000 Yugoslav dinars to Bijelo Dugme, in order to pay the penalty.<sup>[34]</sup> In order to regain part of the money as soon as possible, Jugoton decided to release two compilation albums, ''Singl ploče (1974-1975)'' and ''Singl ploče (1976-1980)''.<sup>[34]</sup> To recover financially, during July and August 1982, the band went on a Bulgarian tour, during which they held forty one concerts.<sup>[57]</sup> As Jankelić went to serve the army in April, on this tour the drums were played by former Leb i Sol drummer Garabet Tavitjan.<sup>[57]</sup> At the end of 1982, the media published that Bregović was excluded from the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, with the explanation that he did not attend the meetings of the League in his local community.<sup>[56]</sup> However, due to the growing liberalization, this event did not affect Bregović's and the band's career.<sup>[57]</sup>
+The band started their Yugoslav tour on February 24, 1981 of the following year, with a concert in Sarajevo, and ended it with a concert in the club Kulušić in Zagreb, on which they recorded their second live album, 5. april '81 (April 5, 1981).[34] The album, featuring a cover of Indexi song "Sve ove godine" ("All These Years"), was released in a limited number of 20,000 copies.<sup>[34]</sup> Bijelo Dugme performed in Belgrade several times during the tour: after two concerts in Pionir Hall, they performed, alongside British band Iron Maiden and Yugoslav acts Atomsko Sklonište, Divlje Jagode, [[Film]], Aerodrom, [[Slađana Milošević]], Siluete, [[Haustor]], Kontraritam and other acts, on the two-day festival Svi marš na ples! (Everybody Dance Now!) held at Belgrade Hippodrome,<sup>[34]</sup> and during the New Year holidays they held three concerts in Hala Pinki together with Indexi.<sup>[56]</sup> In early 1982, Bijelo Dugme performed in Innsbruck, Austria, at a manifestation conceptualized as a symbolic passing of the torch whereby the Winter Olympic Games last host city (Innsbruck) makes a handover to the next one (Sarajevo).<sup>[34]</sup> On their return to Yugoslavia, the band's equipment was seized by the customs, as it was discovered that they had put new equipment into old boxes.<sup>[34]</sup> The band's record label, Jugoton decided to lend 150,000,000 Yugoslav dinars to Bijelo Dugme, in order to pay the penalty.<sup>[34]</sup> In order to regain part of the money as soon as possible, Jugoton decided to release two compilation albums, ''Singl ploče (1974-1975)'' and ''Singl ploče (1976-1980)''.<sup>[34]</sup> To recover financially, during July and August 1982, the band went on a Bulgarian tour, during which they held forty one concerts.<sup>[57]</sup> As Jankelić went to serve the army in April, on this tour the drums were played by former Leb i Sol drummer Garabet Tavitjan.<sup>[57]</sup> At the end of 1982, the media published that Bregović was excluded from the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, with the explanation that he did not attend the meetings of the League in his local community.<sup>[56]</sup> However, due to the growing liberalization, this event did not affect Bregović's and the band's career.<sup>[57]</sup>
 At the end of 1982, Ivandić was released from prison and was approached to rejoin the band. With his return to the band, Bijelo Dugme's default lineup reunited.<sup>[58]</sup>

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 '''-Dušan Vesić in 2014'''<sup>[95]</sup>
-Bijelo Dugme is generally considered to have been the most popular act ever to appear in SFR Yugoslavia and its successor countries, inspiring many artists from different musical genres. The musicians that were, in their own words, influenced by Bijelo Dugme include guitarist and leader of Prljavo Kazalište Jasenko Houra,<sup>[96]</sup> singer and former Bulevar and Bajaga i Instruktori member Dejan Cukić,<sup>[97]</sup> guitarist and former leader of KUD Idijoti Aleksandar "Sale Veruda" Milovanović,<sup>[98]</sup> singer and former Merlin leader Dino Merlin,<sup>[99]</sup> and others. The acts that recorded covers of Bijelo Dugme songs include Aska,<sup>[100]</sup> Srđan Marjanović,<sup>[101]</sup> Regina,[102] Revolveri,<sup>[103]</sup> Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi,<sup>[104]</sup> Viktorija,<sup>[105]</sup> Sokoli,<sup>[76]</sup> Massimo Savić,<sup>[106]</sup> Vasko Serafimov,<sup>[107]</sup> Zoran Predin and Matija Dedić,<sup>[108]</sup> Branimir "Džoni" Štulić,<sup>[109]</sup> Teška Industrija<sup>[110]</sup> and others. The song "Ima neka tajna veza" was performed by Joan Baez on her 2014 concerts in Belgrade and Zagreb.<sup>[111]</sup> The band's work has been parodied by [[Paraf]],<sup>[112]</sup> Gustafi,<sup>[113]</sup> Rambo Amadeus,<sup>[114]</sup> S.A.R.S., and others.
+Bijelo Dugme is generally considered to have been the most popular act ever to appear in SFR Yugoslavia and its successor countries, inspiring many artists from different musical genres. The musicians that were, in their own words, influenced by Bijelo Dugme include guitarist and leader of Prljavo Kazalište Jasenko Houra,<sup>[96]</sup> singer and former Bulevar and Bajaga i Instruktori member Dejan Cukić,<sup>[97]</sup> guitarist and former leader of KUD Idijoti Aleksandar "Sale Veruda" Milovanović,<sup>[98]</sup> singer and former Merlin leader Dino Merlin,<sup>[99]</sup> and others. The acts that recorded covers of Bijelo Dugme songs include Aska,<sup>[100]</sup> Srđan Marjanović,<sup>[101]</sup> Regina,[102] Revolveri,<sup>[103]</sup> Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi,<sup>[104]</sup> Viktorija,<sup>[105]</sup> Sokoli,<sup>[76]</sup> Massimo Savić,<sup>[106]</sup> Vasko Serafimov,<sup>[107]</sup> Zoran Predin and Matija Dedić,<sup>[108]</sup> Branimir "Džoni" Štulić,<sup>[109]</sup> Teška Industrija<sup>[110]</sup> and others. The song "Ima neka tajna veza" was performed by Joan Baez on her 2014 concerts in Belgrade and Zagreb.<sup>[111]</sup> The band's work has been parodied by [[Paraf]],<sup>[112]</sup> Gustafi,<sup>[113]</sup> [[Rambo Amadeus]],<sup>[114]</sup> S.A.R.S., and others.
 There were several books written about the band: Istina o Bijelom dugmetu (The Truth about Bijelo Dugme, 1977) by Danilo Štrbac, Bijelo Dugme (1980) by Duško Pavlović, Ništa mudro (1981) by Darko Glavan and Dražen Vrdoljak, Lopuže koje nisu uhvatili (Rascals That Weren't Caught, 1985) by Dušan Vesić, Bijelo Dugme (2005) by Asir Misirlić, Bijelo Dugme - Doživjeti stotu (2005) by Zvonimir Krstulović, Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (2005) by Nenad Stevović, Kad sam bio bijelo dugme (When I Was a White Button, 2005) by Ljubiša Stavrić and Vladimir Sudar<sup>[76]</sup> and Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (2014) by Dušan Vesić.<sup>[115]</sup>

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 The band went on a Yugoslav tour, but experienced problems during it. The clashes within the band were becoming more and more frequent,<sup>[34]</sup> the concerts were followed by technical difficulties and bad reviews in the press,<sup>[36]</sup> and the audience was not interested in the band's concerts as it was during previous tours.<sup>[34]</sup> Three concerts in Belgrade's Pionir Hall, on March 3, 4 and 5, were not well attended, and the second one had to be ended too early after the shock wave from the Vrancea earthquake was felt.<sup>[37]</sup> The Adriatic coast tour was canceled, as well as concerts in Zagreb and Ljubljana for which the recording of a live album was planned.<sup>[34]</sup> After four years, Bijelo Dugme saw a decline in popularity and rumors about the band's disbandment appeared in the media.<sup>[34]</sup>
-The band wanted to organize some sort of spectacle to help their decreased popularity.<sup>[34]</sup> Following an idea by journalist Peca Popović, the band decided to hold a free open-air concert at Belgrade's Hajdučka česma on August 28, 1977.<sup>[34]</sup> Jutro had already performed on this location in 1973, on a concert organized by Pop Mašina.<sup>[34]</sup> The concert would also be Bijelo Dugme's last concert before an hiatus due to Bregović's army duty.<sup>[34]</sup> The whole event was organized in only five days.<sup>[38]</sup> Between 70,000 and 100,000 spectators attended the concert, which was the biggest number of spectators on a rock concert in Yugoslavia until then.<sup>[34]</sup> After the opening acts — Slađana Milošević, Tako, Zdravo, Džadžo, Suncokret, Ibn Tup and Leb i Sol<sup>[38]</sup> — Bijelo Dugme played a very successful concert.<sup>[34]</sup> Despite the fact that the concert was secured by only twelve police officers,<sup>[39]</sup> there were no larger incidents.<sup>[40]</sup> Video recordings from the concert appeared in Mića Milošević's film Tit for Tat.<sup>[34]</sup> Eventually, it was discovered that the recordings could not be used for the live album, as the sound was bad due to technical limitations and the wide open space, so the band, on October 25 of the same year, played a concert in Đuro Janković Hall in Sarajevo, the recording of which was used for the live album Koncert kod Hajdučke česme (The Concert at Hajdučka česma).<sup>[34]</sup> The only part of the Hajdučka česma concert that appeared on the album were the recordings of the audience's reactions.<sup>[34]</sup>
+The band wanted to organize some sort of spectacle to help their decreased popularity.<sup>[34]</sup> Following an idea by journalist Peca Popović, the band decided to hold a free open-air concert at Belgrade's Hajdučka česma on August 28, 1977.<sup>[34]</sup> Jutro had already performed on this location in 1973, on a concert organized by Pop Mašina.<sup>[34]</sup> The concert would also be Bijelo Dugme's last concert before an hiatus due to Bregović's army duty.<sup>[34]</sup> The whole event was organized in only five days.<sup>[38]</sup> Between 70,000 and 100,000 spectators attended the concert, which was the biggest number of spectators on a rock concert in Yugoslavia until then.<sup>[34]</sup> After the opening acts — [[Slađana Milošević]], Tako, Zdravo, Džadžo, Suncokret, Ibn Tup and Leb i Sol<sup>[38]</sup> — Bijelo Dugme played a very successful concert.<sup>[34]</sup> Despite the fact that the concert was secured by only twelve police officers,<sup>[39]</sup> there were no larger incidents.<sup>[40]</sup> Video recordings from the concert appeared in Mića Milošević's film Tit for Tat.<sup>[34]</sup> Eventually, it was discovered that the recordings could not be used for the live album, as the sound was bad due to technical limitations and the wide open space, so the band, on October 25 of the same year, played a concert in Đuro Janković Hall in Sarajevo, the recording of which was used for the live album Koncert kod Hajdučke česme (The Concert at Hajdučka česma).<sup>[34]</sup> The only part of the Hajdučka česma concert that appeared on the album were the recordings of the audience's reactions.<sup>[34]</sup>
 After Koncert kod Hajdučke česme was mixed, Bregović went to serve the army in Niš and the band went on hiatus;<sup>[34]</sup> Melody Maker wrote about Bijelo Dugme's hiatus as about an event "on the edge of national tragedy".<sup>[26]</sup> Redžić continued to work on the Koncert kod hajdučke česme recordings, and a live version of "Dede, bona, sjeti se, de tako ti svega" was later used as a B-side for the single "Bitanga i princeza" ("The Brute and the Princess"), released in 1979.<sup>[34]</sup> In June 1978, Bebek released his first solo album, the symphonic rock-oriented ''Skoro da smo isti'' (We're almost the Same),<sup>[34]</sup> which saw mostly negative reactions by the critics.<sup>[41]</sup> During the same year, Ristovski and Ivandić recorded the album Stižemo (Here We Come). The album, featuring lyrics by Ranko Boban, was recorded in London with Leb i Sol leader Vlatko Stefanovski on guitar, Zlatko Hold on bass guitar, and Goran Kovačević and Ivandić's sister Gordana on vocals.<sup>[34]</sup> They met Bregović during his leave and played him the recordings, believing they could persuade him to let them compose for Bijelo Dugme.<sup>[41]</sup> After he refused, the two, encouraged by the positive reactions of the critics which had the opportunity to listen to the material, decided to leave Bijelo Dugme.<sup>[34][41]</sup> However, on September 10, the same day for which the beginning of the promotional tour was scheduled, Ivandić, alongside Goran Kovačević and Ranko Boban, was arrested for owning hashish.<sup>[42]</sup> Ivandić was sentenced to spend three years in jail (Kovačević was sentenced to year and a half, and Boban to a year).<sup>[42]</sup> Before he went to serve the sentence, Ivandić went to psychiatric sessions in order to prepare for the life in jail with psychiatrist Radovan Karadžić.<sup>[43]</sup>

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 === Doživjeti stotu: Switch to new wave (1980–82) ===
-At the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, the Yugoslav rock scene saw the emergence of the great number of new wave bands, closely associated to the Yugoslav punk rock scene. Bregović was fascinated with the new scene, especially by the works of Azra and Prljavo Kazalište.<sup>[50]</sup> During 1980, Bijelo Dugme decided to move towards this new sound.<sup>[51]</sup>
+At the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, the Yugoslav rock scene saw the emergence of the great number of new wave bands, closely associated to the Yugoslav punk rock scene. Bregović was fascinated with the new scene, especially by the works of [[Azra]] and [[Prljavo Kazalište]].<sup>[50]</sup> During 1980, Bijelo Dugme decided to move towards this new sound.<sup>[51]</sup>
 In December 1980, Bijelo Dugme released new wave-influenced album ''Doživjeti stotu'' (Live to Be 100).<sup>[34]</sup> This was the first Bijelo Dugme album produced by Bregović.<sup>[34]</sup> Unlike the songs from the band's previous albums, which were prepared much before the album recording, most of the songs from Doživjeti stotu were created during the recording sessions.<sup>[52]</sup> As the recordings had to be finished before the scheduled mastering in London, Bregović had to use cocaine to stay awake, writing the lyrics in the nick of time.<sup>[53]</sup> The saxophone on the recording was played by jazz musician Jovan Maljoković and avant-garde musician [[Paul Pignon]].<sup>[54]</sup> From the songs on Doživjeti stotu, only the new version of "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće" and "Pjesma mom mlađem bratu" ("The Song for My Little Brother") resembled Bijelo Dugme's old sound.<sup>[34]</sup> The songs "Ha ha ha" and "Tramvaj kreće (ili kako biti heroj u ova šugava vremena)" ("Streetcar Is Leaving (or How to Be a Hero in These Lousy Times)") were the first Bijelo Dugme songs to feature political-related lyrics.<sup>[34]</sup> The provocative cover designed by Mirko Ilić, an artist closely associated with Yugoslav new wave scene, appeared in three versions.<sup>[34]</sup> In accordance with their shift towards new wave, the band changed their hard rock style: the members cut their hair short, and the frontman Željko Bebek shaved his trademark mustache.<sup>[55]</sup> Due to new sound, the album was met with a lot of skepticism, but most of the critics ended up praising the album.<sup>[55]</sup> At the end of 1980, the readers of Džuboks magazine polled Bijelo Dugme as the Band of the Year, Bebek the Singer of the Year, the Pravdić the Keyboardist of the Year, Jankelić the Drummer of the Year, Redžić the Bass Guitarist of the Year, Bregović the Composer, the Lyricist, the Producer and the Arranger of the Year, ''Doživjeti stotu'' the Album of the Year, and the ''Doživjeti stotu'' cover the Album Cover of the Year.<sup>[55]</sup>