Parni valjak (pronounced [pâːrniː ʋǎːʎak]; Croatian: 'steamroller') is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.
Biography
Parni valjak was founded in 1975. Unlike many rock bands that would come later, their style was becoming more mainstream, becoming closer to pop, especially compared with the bands like Prljavo kazalište or Film.
As years went by, their refusal to change style proved to be the important factor in the band's longevity. They kept a loyal following in 1980s and in 1990s, refusing to allow elements of folk and turbo folk music to become part of their repertoire. Because of that the band enjoys great respect among many Croatian rock critics, being seen as the embodiment of "true" rock and urban culture and many of their songs are considered evergreens in the former Yugoslavia like "Sve još miriše na nju", "Jesen u meni", "Ugasi me" and "Zastave". Parni valjak kept a relatively small but dedicated following for 30 years, and many people tend to gather at their concerts that feature energetic performances, despite advanced age of the band's members: Aki Rahimovski - vocals, Husein Hasanefendić-Hus - guitars, Marijan Brkić Brk - guitars, Berislav Blažević-Bero - keyboards, Zvonimir Bučević-Buč - bass guitar, Dražen Scholz-Šolc - drums, Tina Rupčić - vocal, Anita Mlinarić - sax.
The Parni (/ˈpɑːrnaɪ/; Ancient Greek: Πάρνοι, Parnoi) or Aparni (/əˈpɑːrnaɪ/; Ἄπαρνοι, Aparnoi) were an east Iranian people of the Ochus (Ancient Greek: Ὧχος Okhos) (Tejen) River valley, southeast of the Caspian Sea. The Parni were one of the three tribes of the Dahae confederacy.
In the middle of the 3rd century BCE, the Parni invaded Parthia, "drove away the Greek satraps, who had then only just acquired independence, and founded a new dynasty", that of the Arsacids.
Historical identity and location
There is no unambiguous evidence of the Parnian in native Iranian language sources,cf. and all references to these people comes from Greek and Latin accounts. In these accounts, which are not necessarily contemporaneous, it is difficult to unambiguously identify references to the Parni due to inconsistency of Greek/Latin naming and transliteration, and/or the similarity to names of other tribes such as the Sparni or Apartani and the Eparnoi or Asparioi. It may also be that the Parni are related to one or more of these other tribes, and that "their original homeland may have been southern Russia from where they emigrated with other Scythian tribes."
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ALBUMS
- Nema predaje released: 2013
- Stvarno nestvarno released: 2011
- Glavnom ulicom released: 2011
- Koncentrat 1984-2005 released: 2005
- Koncentrat 1977-1983 released: 2005
- Pretežno sunčano? released: 2004
- Live at S.C. - Kao nekada released: 2001
- Zastave released: 2000
- Vruće igre released: 1998
- Samo snovi teku uzvodno released: 1997
- Dođite na show released: 1996
- Bez struje: Live in ZeKaeM released: 1995
- Buđenje released: 1994
- Pusti nek' traje - Kolekcija Vol. 1 released: 1991
- Lovci snova released: 1990
- Levi's Red Tab released: 1990
- Sjaj u ocima released: 1988
- Anđeli se dosađuju? released: 1987
- E=MC² released: 1986
- Pokreni se! released: 1985
- Uhvati Ritam released: 1984
- Vrijeme je na našoj strani released: 1981
- City Kids released: 1980
- Gradske priče released: 1979
- Glavom kroz zid released: 1977
Koncentrat 1977-1983
Released 2005- Lutka za bal
- Stranica dnevnika
- Ona je tako prokleto mlada
- Javi se
- Hvala ti
- Neda
- Samo sjećanja
- Ti povuci prvi potez
- Večeras trebam društvo
- Moje dnevne paranoje
- Staska
- Kao ti
- Vrijeme je na našoj strani
- Glavnom ulicom
- Kao prije
- Hajde kaži pošteno
- Ne zovi
- Ma 'ajde (Gledaj stvari mojim očima)
- Kaži mi
- Nataša
- A ja bih sa vragom
- Ulične tuče
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Autoput
by: Parni ValjakJa sam covjek obican
radim svojim rukama
i nosim obraz koji traje.
Prokleta nam sudbina
samo udara
samo trazi
trazi, trazi
a malo daje.
Ja gradim autoput u glavi
da se vozim slobodno
i ne dam nikom da me gnjavi
kad vozim prebrzo.
Ja sam covjek obican
radim svojim rukama
al ovim putem necu dalje.
Vlakovi nam prolaze
sreca prati podobne
nek racun plati tko ga salje.
Ja gradim autoput u glavi
da se vozim slobodno
i ne dam nikom da me gnjavi
kad vozim prebrzo.
Jer ja samo sklopim oci
gdje god zelim ja cu doci
snovi teku uzvodno.
Nista novo, nista dobro
pod neonom ovog grada
nama gori crveno.