Baja Mali Knindža: Difference between revisions

1989 would be the year he contributed to writing the [[Tromeđa]] album "[[Izvorne pjesme Dalmacije, Like i Krajine]]", which included the now legendary song "[[Nema raja bez rodnoga kraja]]". Later in the year Baja wanted to compete in the music competition "Prvi glas Livna", but was denied when the judges found out that the song "Nema raja" was already a on an album and that Baja was a professional musician. Nonetheless he was allowed to perform it together with his song "[[Nemoj me lagati mila]]", just not enter the competition.<ref>[https://archive.vn/Q2pRm Baja Mali Knindža Biography]. ''Biografija.org.'' Archived link.</ref><ref>[https://archive.vn/J0KnL "Ispovijest Mirka Pajčina"]. ''Medium.com.'' Archived link.</ref>

When the breakup of Yugoslavia started, Baja's songs turned patriotic. He managed to gather just enough money to record his own first album, but somehow lost it all on the way to the studio. Now in debt and in search of a record label to take him, he eventually found [[Jugodisk]] after being rejected by [[PGP RTS]]. Finally published in early 1992, "[[Ne dam Krajine]]" would become a huge hit that catapulted Baja to fame.

In February 1993 Baja would release his best selling album, "[[Živeće ovaj Narod]]", which would go on to sell 700,000 copies<ref>[http://baja-mali-knindza.com/licna%20karta.html "Karijera"]. ''Baja-mali-knindza.com.'' Archived link.</ref> and carry popular but also controversial songs like "[[Ne volim te Alija]]".

Shortly after, Baja's first VHS, "[[Najveći hitovi (Baja Mali Knindža 1993)|Najveći hitovi]]" would be released featuring his more popular songs in music video form. Notably, a second music video for the song [[Ne dam Krajine (Song)|Ne dam Krajine]], aswell as a [[SRTV Knin]] video for [[Vrati se Vojvodo]] can be found on the VHS.

Baja also wrote many songs for other singers of this genre. "[[Koridor slobode]]" by [[Gordan Krajišnik]] and "[[Ne daj se Srbijo moja]]", among others, both have Baja lyric and music credits.

[[Rat i mir]] contains arguably Baja's most popular and controversial song in the western community, "[[Tata]]". [[Kockar bez sreće]] would, however, be a diversion from Baja's usual patriotic songs, instead gathering older material and creating an album with love songs, similar in style to his mid 80s work.

With the beginning of 1994, Baja would aid in writing the lyrics and music for [[Gordan Krajišnik|Gordan Krajišnik's]] second album, "[[Život damo Krajine ne damo]]" and [[Rade Tešić|Rade Tešić's]] "[[Samotnjak]]", but also form a band with his brother [[Novak Pajčin]] and friend [[Lujan]] with the name "[[Braća sa Dinare]]".

After their first self-titled album "[[Braća sa Dinare (Album)|Braća sa Dinare]]" in 1994, the second Baja VHS would release, called "[[Rat i Mir (Baja Mali Knindža VHS)|Rat i mir]]". It would feature Baja songs from the last two albums, aswell as "[[Loš učenik]]" from the [[Braća sa Dinare (Album)|Braća sa Dinare]] album.

Early 1995 sees the release of "[[Igraju se delije]]" and Braća sa Dinare's second album "[[Bila jednom jedna zemlja]]" in January, together with more writing contributions. "[[Nema laži, nema prevare]]" and "[[Desilo se čudo / idemo do kraja]]" both have contributions by Baja.

After the release of [[Idemo dalje]], Baja would work with his friend [[Đole]] on one of the rarest and mysterious releases of the war, "[[Seobe]]". With heavy emphasis on the fall of Krajina, [[Seobe]] has mostly very sad lyrics, with the exception of a few songs, and also lacks in production quality, reusing instrumentals of previous songs and feels overall rushed.

A year later in 2003, [[Uživo (Baja Mali Knindža 2003)|"Uživo"]] released on Dassette and another concert recording on CD also called "[[Uživo (Baja Mali Knindža 2004)|Uživo]]" a year later. 2004 also saw the release of "[[Još sad pa ko zna kad !]]", both as a two part Cassette release and a two CD version.