Samujem u samoći sama (1971) single by Josipa Lisac

Very interesting single from a time when Josipa Lisac was still a very young artists finding her place in pop music.

Both songs were performed on than-popular festivals and in both cases Lisac works with young composers instead of old veterans who were offended that such a young girl prefers her own generation. (I remember reading contemporary magazine articles describing her as "spoiled" and "impossible to work with")

Young Zdenko Runjić who would later became true hit maker wrote "Samujem u samoći sama" that nicely works a sequel to his "Kapetane moj" from a previous year. It's a dark ballad about loneliness and Lisac bravely thunders trough some depressing lyrics but brings some interesting vocal twists to a song that would sound boring if recorded by anybody else. She is very intense and has great affinity for this kind of ballads.

Great eccentric from Split, our own Tom Waitts born like Toma Bebić here wrote "Sve majke svijeta uz more" and the song is tailored for Lisac who sings about mothers cursing the sea where their sons were lost. Arrangements were done by Ićo Kelemen ("Oluja") who clearly enjoyed working with Lisac and who surrounds her with some almost cinematic sweeps that must have shocked audience used to sunny mainstream jingles of the time.