Ićo Kelemen wrote thundering "Oluja" (The storm) as big number for that year pop festival in Opatija. As it was the rule,the song was performed by two different artists with slightly changed arrangements but nobody remembers version by "Mladi levi" today. If you check LP with the songs from "Opatija '70" all the other performers were cutesy and sugary while Lisac screams and shocks - it could be pointed that she ushered rock in a Trojan horse in the mainstream pop music.
B side is completely forgotten today but actually very interesting song from another festival (Split '70) where Lisac was again artist who had to compete with another version on the same stage. If I understand correctly, "Osamljenost" (Solitude) was performed by some foreign singers and Lisac was our own variation on music by certain A.Spyropulos. It's doom and gloom, heartbreak and disaster but Lisac sounds fine in it.
One interesting thing is - recording company "Jugoton" was apparently slow in catching up with new trends and instead of releasing "Oluja" like a hit single at the time of actual festival performance, they waited until the summer to use new song for B side. Completely wasted opportunity.
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Oluja je Runjićeva skladba, Kelemen je napisao aranžman.
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