Nostalgija

Beogradski Sindikat - Balada Disidenta

Da li se secas kako bilo nam je pre,
Posle svega sta sad ostalo je, moj Beograde
(2x)

Secam se davno, jos u zlatnom bokalu,
Prvi put sam video mikrofon, staj'o na astalu,
U hladu starog kestena, gde je moja draga nestala,
Ja urez'o sam ime, bacio prve rime,
Ja sam odrast'o na pesmama gradskih boema,
I pricama alasa kojih danas vise nema,
Kalio se s najboljima, po zadimljenim birtijama,
Udvarao se damama, kockao sa lihvarima,
Nekad kuci srecan, nekad sve izgubio,
Nekad zenu grlio, nekad kaldrmu ljubio,
I nisam sebi sudio, gde god bi se probudio,
Bol je bio isti, s njim sam se udruzio,
Zato secanja sam skupljao, k'o oziljke da podsete,
Da nije uvek bilo samo hladno I sivo,
Da krv crvena k'o vino, bojila je noci,
Kroz odraze u casi, to su bile tvoje oci,
A ja sam morao da odem, fijaker me je cekao,
Beograde zbogom, mnoge ti stvari nisam rekao.

Da li se secas kako bilo nam je pre,
Posle svega sta sad ostalo je, moj Beograde
(2x)

Zaboravi me draga, zaboravi da te volim,
Nastavi da zivis, mozda vise ne postojim,
Grlim secanja u mraku, dok ih kljucom srece bojim,
Da ne mislim na krike shto cuju se niz hodnik,
Dok borim se sa ranama, sanjam da,
Opijam se vinom, rakijom I tamburama,
Starom violinom, I pocepanim glasovima,
Tuznom pesmom cigana, dimom, i polomljenim casama,
Sa boemima mojim se nadvikujem za stolom,
Gadjam, pesmama recitujem, otimam za slovom,
Zbog samo jednog stiha, moj zivot sad je gotov,
Pustinja u srcu dok kroz prozor gledam otok,
Sanjam da mirisem tvoj parfem, dok se privijas uz mene,
Suze mi poteku kao kise u jesen,
'Ej ne svani pusta zoro, pusti me da ceznem
Nikad ne svani dok u meni ima pesme,
Al' ja sam morao da odem, jer nekome sam smetao,
Beograde zbogom ovo ti josh nisam rekao.

Da li se secas kako bilo nam je pre,
Posle svega sta sad ostalo je, moj Beograde
(2x)


Danas rane vise bole, nego zuce iza skole,
Nego zvuci one strofe kad sam morao da odem,
Al' sad sam opet ovde, al' sve nam se izgubilo,
Posekli su kesten, gde sam nekad tebe ljubio,
Ne mirisu lipe, nema stare violine,
Nema ciganina sedog da za moju tugu brine,
Moj Beograde
Izgubio sam korene, dzabe nosim ordenje,
Kad niko me ne poznaje,
Pa zvezdu Crnog Djordja, dadoh sad za bokal grozdja,
Sta ce meni ona, kad ja nemam bilo koga,
Samo nespokoj i bol, moji najbolji drugovi,
U kafani lomim case dok mi dusa ne iskrvari,
Balada disidenta, jedna tuzna srpska pesma,
Nekim buducim kafanama, za bolja vremena,
Neka zastane u grlu, kad je neko drugi peva,
Sve je isto u mom kraju, samo mene vise nema,
Ja sam morao da odem, takav nikom nisam trebao,
Beograde zbogom, pamti dobro sta sam rekao!

Da li se secas kako bilo nam je pre,
Posle svega sta sad ostalo je, moj Beograde
(2x)

Wanted: World-class nickname for Toronto

Originally Posted by Article @ FBTZ forum

Wanted: World-class nickname for Toronto

In some thriving urban centres everyone from the CEO to the cabbie knows exactly what the city is - or wants to be. So what's Toronto's "core identity"?

• Winter mecca?

• Financial hub?

• International metro?

• Heart of a region?

• Something else?

Paul Sutherland still remembers the day back in the early '90s when Galen Weston approached North York politicians about his idea of relocating United Nations headquarters to the northeast corner of Yonge St. and Highway 401.

It's the kind of big, almost outrageous idea that Sutherland, a former North York councilor, says Toronto needs to consider in rejuvenating its economy. Sutherland's was one of the more provocative thoughts voiced as Invest Toronto, the city's fledgling investment attraction agency, canvassed more than 100 business, academic, labour and community leaders across the city this week about how to promote jobs, investment and excitement in Toronto.

Invest Toronto and its sister agency, Build Toronto, were created by splitting up the city's former development agency, the Toronto Economic Development Corp. Build Toronto's job will be to develop city-owned property.

The city hired Greg Clark, a London-based economic development guru who advises cities around the globe, to run the three days of consultations last week. Not all the ideas raised were as big as Sutherland's. Some were simple: Why not ask Toronto business people who travel frequently to put the Invest Toronto logo on their business cards? Others were whimsical: Why, asked one participant, is Toronto afraid to market itself as a great place to come in the winter? Some participants liked bidding for special events such as the Olympics; others said that after two failed Olympic bids it's time to put that dream to rest.

Some liked the idea of promoting Toronto's ranking as a financial or cultural centre; one skeptical participant noted that a wide-ranging ranking of U.S. cities once put Buffalo as America's top city because it was mediocre at everything and last-place in nothing.

While Clark was there to listen, he wasn't afraid to offer advice. To market itself, he said in an interview, Toronto needs a core identity that everyone understands, from CEOs to taxi drivers.

Examples?

Take Miami, said Clark: "Everyone can tell you that Miami is on the road to becoming the business hub and the capital city of the pan-American economy."

Or Hong Kong: "Any taxi driver will tell you Hong Kong is going to be the first city in the world where the Chinese language and system and the English language and system are going to be used by everybody, all the time. It will be completely bilingual in Chinese and English."

Invest Toronto, he said, needs to develop a "core story" for Toronto.

Clark agreed with Sutherland that while Toronto has an international population, it lacks international institutions. Thinking aloud, Sutherland wondered whether an organization like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations might want to open a North American office. If so, why not Toronto?

In the past, economic development efforts have sometimes been hampered by municipal rivalries. Toronto, after all, represents only about half the population of the Greater Toronto Area. Should the city charge ahead with its own independent marketing agency, without its neighbours? And suppose Invest Toronto lures a big investor to Toronto – but the investor sets up shop in Markham? Will that still be counted a success?

Clark says that's not a worry: Every important city-region in the world has a solid, vibrant city at its core. If Invest Toronto helps out its neighbours, that's fine, he said. "It is important that the region replenishes the city - and it's also important that the city replenishes the region in various ways."

Councilor Kyle Rae, who chairs Toronto's economic development committee, says the city's GTA neighbours have told him they want to see Toronto set its own, firm economic course, recognizing that benefits flow across borders. And if newcomers settle just outside Toronto's borders?

"Then that's what happens," he said with a shrug. "The people who work in that place will probably be Torontonians. They will shop in Toronto. They'll send their kids to U of T. The boundary doesn't matter to me."

Noble Chummar, a lawyer who was part of the consultations, agrees. Chummar is well versed in local politics: he's a former political aide at Toronto City Hall, and is currently working on the bid to bring the Pan American Games to the Golden Horseshoe.

"It certainly won't be up to Invest Toronto to say where (new businesses) locate," he said. "But attracting people to the city, attracting them to the region, can only be beneficial to Toronto."

Invest Toronto is operating with an interim board of senior city officials. A permanent board of directors, drawn mostly from the private sector, is to be appointed in spring. Recommendations flowing from Clark's consultations will be delivered to the new board.

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