The album is called Odbrana i poslednji dani (Defense and the Last Days) after a novella by Borislav Pekić. It was only when they released it that Idoli presented themselves as multifaceted songwriters, offering an anthropological approach to Orthodoxy, enmeshing Tito in enigma (in the song “Poslednji dani” (“Last Days”), which was supposed to have been called “Marshal”), and delving into themes that had not been explored before. In the song “Igrale se delije” (“Lads were Dancing”) they referred to the folk song of the same name, which was at the time considered a Serbian nationalist song. Some of the text was truly confusing. “Moja si” (“You Are Mine”) is still one of their most thought-provoking and multidimensional songs. Driven by a strange rhythm, it intensifies throughout against a torrent of lyrics, and then it suddenly ends in a calming church chant (Šaper sings the chorus of the second antiphon of the liturgy performed on the feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit). The nightmare of the one who “receives advice in the bathroom” was best underlined by Divljan’s brief psychotic solo, which is reminiscent of similar guitar escapades by George Harrison in the later phase of the Beatles.
