Still, the concert was held in front of an estimated 250 thousand people. Yugoslav authorities had banned it from happening and police officers even came to disconnect the power. The Forbidden Concert), is one of the best known music events in Croatian history. To Our Beloved City), also known as Zabranjeni koncert ( eng. Popularity of this song in Croatia gained a major boost after a banned concert that was held in 1989. This resulted in a title change: verses zaspala je zadnja ruža hrvatska which translates into the last rose of Croatia has fallen asleep and ti si bila zadnja ruža hrvatska which translates into you were the last rose of Croatia served as an inspiration for new widely accepted title. However, since Croatia was part of Yugoslavia at that time and nationalist tensions that eventually escalated into the Croatian War of Independence (1991-1995) were rising, Croatian people turned the song into a patriotic symbol. Jasenko Houra, who wrote the song in the late 1980s, initially dedicated it to his mother, hence the original title. Original title of this song was Mojoj majci which means To My Mother.
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