Dušan Prelević

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Dušan Prelević "Prele" (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Прелевић Преле; 11 November 1948 – 28 July 2007) was a Serbian and Yugoslav singer, journalist and writer. Prelević was widely known for his raspy voice, his transgressive public persona, and his trademark eyepatch (which he started wearing in mid-1990s, after he lost his right eye in a fight). During his musical career, Prelević released three solo albums and one album with the symphonic rock band Opus. He also made recordings with rock band Korni Grupa and jazz rock band Oliver. Prelević wrote articles and short stories for a number of Serbian and Yugoslav magazines and authored three books of short stories.

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Early life Prelević was born in Belgrade on 11 November 1948. As young, he studied to become a clockmaker. In his early years, Prelević was interested in sports: he played in football clubs Bulburderac and Red Star Belgrade, and was a goalkeeper in the ice hockey club Partizan.

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Musical career Prelević started to perform in 1965, mostly soul and rhythm and blues standards, as a member of the bands Orkani (The Hurricanes), Juniori (The Juniors), Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete and Vizije (The Visions). In 1968, he became the vocalist for Korni Grupa, but spent only several months with the band, as he was excluded from Korni Grupa by the leader Kornelije Kovač due to negligence towards professional obligations. He recorded only one song with Korni Grupa, "Čovek i pas" ("A Man and a Dog"), which would later appear as the B-side of the single "Cigu-ligu" ("Tweedle-dum, Tweedle-dee"), recorded with the band's new vocalist Dalibor Brun. In 1970, on the Belgrade Spring festival, Prelević performed the song "Da l' postoji ona koju sanjam" ("Does the Girl from My Dreams Exist"). During the same year, on the Youth Festival in Subotica he was awarded for the song "Kažu" ("They Say"), but he went on stage to receive the award intoxicated, which was the first in a series of scandals he made during his career. Due to the scandal, he was banned from all Radio Television Belgrade programs for a year, which he spent performing in clubs in the United…Citește mai mult

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Journalistic and literary career Since the first half of the 1980s, Prelević wrote for the magazines Duga, NIN, RTV Revija and Književne novine. In 1998, Prelević started the magazine Probisvet (Landloper), but only one issue was published due to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. In 1987, his first book of short stories, entitled Kako je umro Baš Ćelik (How Baš Čelik Died), was published. In 1991, he published his second book of short stories, Voz za jednu bitangu (A Train for a Rascal). With writer Milan Oklopčić and journalist Bogdan Tirnanić he coauthored the book of short stories Beogradske priče (Belgrade Stories, 1991). The book Poslednji krug u Monci (The Last Circle at Monza Circuit, 2006) featured the collection of his short stories originally published in magazines. He wrote the drama F odeljenje (Section F). He was the editor of the monography Njim samim (By Himself), which featured stories, poems and notes written by actor Zoran Radmilović. Prelević was a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia. In 2018, the book Ko želi da živi večno (Who Wants to Live Forever) was published, edited by Prelević's daughter Milica and featuring his articles originally published in RTV Revija and Kurir,…Citește mai mult

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Theatre, film and television In 1969, Prelević was part of the cast in the Yugoslav production of Hair, which premiered on 20 March 1969, in Atelje 212 theatre. He wrote the screenplay for Aleksandar Bošković's 1989 film Poslednji krug u Monci (The Last Circle at Monza Circuit), in which he made a cameo appearance. He acted in Branko Baletić's TV series Kako (How) and in the omnibus film Package Arrangement.

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Politics Prelević was a member of the Democratic Party of Serbia. He was arrested during March 9, 1991 protest. He fought in the Croatian War.

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Death Prelević died in Belgrade after long illness, on 28 July 2007. He was 58 years old. He was cremated and his remains were buried at the Belgrade New Cemetery. His tombstone bears the inscription "So far so good".

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Legacy A documentary about Prelević entitled U redu, pobedio sam (after his second studio album) was released in 2009. The film, directed by Vladimir Petrović, featured interviews with Prelević, actors Petar Božović and Dragan Nikolić, writers Momo Kapor and Brana Crnčević, journalist Bogdan Tirnanić, and others. Prelević's song "Bela soba" was covered by Serbian band 357 on their 2002 album Iz gazda Žikine kuhinje (From Innkeeper Žika's Kitchen). The song "Majko, na šta liči tvoj sin" ("Mother, Look at the State Your Son Is In") was remixed in 2010 by the Serbian project Laura 2000 on their debut studio album ...pobiću se zadnji put da vidim da l' sam star (... I'll Have a One Last Fistfight Just to See if I'm Old), named after a verse from the song.

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Singles "Čovek i pas" (B-side of "Cigu-ligu"; 1969)

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Singles "Da l' postoji ona koju sanjam" / "Kažu" (1970) "Hej, hej, okreni se" / "Jesenja pesma" (1973) "Nisam više tvoj" / "U noćima bez sna" (1973) "Vrati mi snove za dvoje" / "Ne traži ljubav" (1974) "Mojih pet minuta" / "Povedi me" (1978) "Hoću da pamtiš" / "Hoću da pamtiš – Instrumental" (1980)

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Other appearances "Ljubav naša umire" (duet with Nada Pavlović, B-side of Nada Pavlović – "Brodvej", 1980) "Hiljaditi metar" / "Mi smo ponos druga Tita" (O'ruk generacija, 1980) "La Nuit" (Goran Bregović – La Reine Margot, 1994) "Beograd" (Vlada i Bajka – Ja nisam ja, 1994) "Santa Maria Della Salute" (Santa Maria Della Salute, 2002)

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Voz za jednu bitangu (1991) Beogradske priče (With Milan Oklopčić and Bogdan Tirnanić, 1991)