12 Facts About Titanik

1.

Titanik's songs combine satirical lyrics on human nature and the silliness of local politics with a mixture of musical styles including jazz, rock, hip-hop and lately drum and bass, and self-conscious ironic wit; for example, his most popular alias is "Rambo Amadeus Svjetski Kilo Car", formerly "Rambo Amadeus Svjetski Mega Car" .

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2.

Titanik's concerts are never mere repetitions of recorded songs, but a mixture of free improvisation and satirical humor exploiting all aspects of human nature in a crude manner.

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3.

Titanik's writer and painter mother Bosiljka was born in Cuprija and raised in Jagodina, Serbia before meeting Ilija Pusic from the coastal village of Kumbor near Herceg Novi and moving there upon marrying him.

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4.

Titanik completed six grades of elementary music school for piano before dropping out.

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5.

Titanik began to sing and compose during his first year of high school which soon led to involvement with various local bands in Herceg Novi and Titograd.

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6.

Titanik's sound was a seemingly coarse blend of folkish ululations and opera, further mixed in with humorous lyrics and classic guitar riffs.

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7.

Titanik jokingly referred to his own musical style as turbo folk, long before this term would begin to be applied to an actual musical style, which critics refer to with a grave social connotation and came to symbolise the moral and cultural decline throughout the Balkans during the wars of the 1990s.

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8.

Titanik threw the microphone on the floor, left the stage and the show was over.

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9.

Titanik simultaneously released Muzika za decu, a personal musical take on Ljubivoje Rsumovic's poetry featuring two bonus new tracks – "Sex" and "ABVGD".

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10.

Titanik made a song "Dikh tu kava" in collaboration with ethno-jazz fusion band Kal, and in 2007 he appeared on their album as a featured artist in the song "Komedija".

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11.

Titanik's winning song "Euro Neuro" gained controversy for its video.

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12.

Titanik ultimately succeeded in his goal of obtaining a very low ranking in the competition and announced that he is honoured to have written the worst song on Eurovision.

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