Jovana Tipsin on Colic: Driver Brought Me a CD
On the podcast Pravo lice estrade, the singer described how Colic's driver handed her a CD with a dedication outside her building, and what Colic said when wine spilled on contracts.
Jovana Tipsin told the podcast “Pravo lice estrade” about three meetings with Zdravko Colic, speaking publicly about them for the first time; her remarks were reported on the evening of October 10. The story covers a first sighting in a restaurant on Banovo brdo, a CD with a dedication that reached her through Colic’s driver, and a meeting in a restaurant on Dedinje where wine spilled over contracts.
The singer did not say when the meetings took place, so their order is known only from her retelling. In her words, the stories show best what Colic is like in private.
Where did Tipsin first meet Colic?
The first meeting was in a restaurant on Banovo brdo, where Colic lived at the time. Tipsin says he has long been her favorite singer: “I always loved Zdravko Colic, Colo was always number one for me. I loved his music and his presence,” she said on the podcast.
How did the CD with a dedication arrive outside her building?
The second story is about Colic’s album “Carolija.” When it came out, Colic’s driver called her and handed her a disc with a personal dedication outside her building. The singer singles the gesture out as one that stuck with her, and describes it this way:
“Colic’s driver calls me, he’s outside my building, and that’s when Colic’s CD with a dedication reaches me. He personally sent it to my address. What respect.”
That is how Tipsin described the gesture on “Pravo lice estrade.” The disc was brought to her by someone from Colic’s circle, and the dedication, she says, came from him personally.
What happened in the restaurant on Dedinje?
Tipsin calls the third meeting the most interesting one and says she will never forget it. Colic was sitting in a restaurant on Dedinje with a man, and contracts lay in front of them. According to her retelling, when he saw her he spread his arms and exclaimed: “Where are you, Jovanica!” As they greeted each other and kissed, the wine he had been drinking spilled over the contracts.
Tipsin began apologizing at once, and Colic, as she tells it, answered:
“I grabbed my head: ‘Oh, Colo, I’m sorry!’ And he says to me: ‘Why are you apologizing, Jovana? It’s nothing. We’ll print the next ones!’”
She told the story with a smile and finished with a short verdict: “What a gentleman!” The reported remarks do not say who the man sitting with Colic was or what the contracts were for.
Did Colic comment on the story?
The remarks reported on October 10 contain no response from Colic to Tipsin’s retelling. The words attributed to him in this text are her account from the podcast. The photo accompanying the article is a frame from the podcast recording in which the singer was speaking.
