Leslie
(No. Calif) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2004 - 17:45 | |
bluedot wrote:Why does this sound so...CHEESY? I know it's spoze to be cool in its ethnicity and all, but I think it just might be a bad example.
You know it's very interesting that you say that because that's how the song strikes me as wellcheesy. Don't get me wrong, I like this type of music but upon hearing this tune (I think it's the back and forth male/female vocals) I can't help but see those horrible Turkish music videos in my head with the incredibly stereotyped models of a male/female relationship.
Maybe it's just the anthropologist in me.  |
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jblue
(Albuquerque, NM) | | Posted: Dec 27, 2003 - 11:42 | |
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slun
(Stockholm, Sweden) | | Posted: Dec 17, 2003 - 04:47 | |
Great that you have discovered Natacha Atlas! More of that!
May I also recommend Warda?
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plundis
(Carnegie, PA) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2003 - 21:51 | |
this song is pretty good... most music that is proximate to middle east and indian flavors can be way whiney on the vocal and cause white people's ears to point...
This is a nice smooth track... I wouldn't mind hearing more from this album and similar world artists....
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grahamophone
(Düsseldorf, Germany) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 14:25 | |
I'm too lazy to do the research right now, but isn't this Turkish? Someone made the comment about giving it better marks were it in English. <-X Well, one of my favourite turkish tunes (I'm subjected to way too many, turkish pop being the equivalent of hip-hop where I live....) was bastardized by some pre-pubescent brit-pop girl. "Simarik" by Tarkan. Can we maybe get THAT on RP? Now that's some turkish rock that doesn't suck!
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faramir
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2003 - 14:23 | |
FYI, Natacha Atlas is half Sephardic Jew (African/Asian Jew, not European), half English. She grew up in Morocco and France, I believe. She sings in Hebrew, Arabic, French, Spanish, and English. She is also one of the singers for English band Transglobal Underground. I don't know if this song is in Hebrew or Arabic, but definitely one of the two.
Though this particular song is more traditional than some of her music, fans of fusion/world beat will really like her stuff I think.
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yossarian
(Canada) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2003 - 06:26 | |
People either dig this kind of music or not. If your state line is the furtherst you've been to, you will likely not dig it. It's ok.
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bluedot
(Long Beach, CA) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2003 - 22:56 | |
Why does this sound so...CHEESY? I know it's spoze to be cool in its ethnicity and all, but I think it just might be a bad example.
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CaptTofu
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Oct 16, 2003 - 10:23 | |
Interesting how some people can't tell the difference between indian and arabic music, which are quite different from each other.
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philbertr
(Palm City, FL) | | Posted: Oct 16, 2003 - 10:23 | |
iggy33 wrote:Either ease up on the oatmeal or check your American passport at the door...In a nut shell, open up !!
Agreed--are all you grumpy people old, white, male...and probably Republican, to boot? |
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Pipes
(Murray, UT) | | Posted: Oct 16, 2003 - 10:22 | |
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iggy33
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Rick_M wrote:I might just be getting old, but this is crap. Either ease up on the oatmeal or check your American passport at the door...In a nut shell, open up !!
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philbertr
(Palm City, FL) | | Posted: Oct 16, 2003 - 10:20 | |
Rick_M wrote:I might just be getting old, but this is crap.
Yea, you are. |
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DrDIP
(Goteborg, SE) | | Posted: Sep 20, 2002 - 00:55 | |
Some of Natasha Atlas songs are written by the old (54) laser french man Jean-Michel Jarre!
13 days ago I attended Jean-Michel Jarres' outdoor consert in Denmark - awsome!
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Rick_M
(Sunnyvale, CA) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2002 - 14:55 | |
I might just be getting old, but this is crap.
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red
(San Diego, CA) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2002 - 14:54 | |
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ThesHunter
(Ann Arbor, MI) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2002 - 09:31 | |
I actually REALLY like this.
It gets me dancing and moving and makes me feel happy.
I bet though if this song was in English it would get better marks.
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KevinM
(Long Beach (upoads in bio), Ca) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2002 - 09:29 | |
Originally Posted by stinky:
This is horrible. Plain & simple.  Yup! |
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Cagey
([RPT+8] Hartlepool, England) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2002 - 03:55 | |
Have I really been away SOOO long? .....RadioParadise sponsored by Patak?????  |
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Ragnarr
(Hartlepool, England [RPT+8]) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2002 - 03:54 | |
Originally Posted by stinky:
This is horrible. Plain & simple. I'm with you on this one  |
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Platypus
(Baltimore, MD) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2002 - 17:34 | |
not too bad. you should check out some Talvin Singh for even better asian-flavored electronica.
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T.Rex
(Toronto) | | Posted: Jul 10, 2002 - 11:41 | |
Not bad. I'm not really into it though.
Kinda wierd to hear something like this right after Depeche Mode and Massive Attack!
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kephra
(Santa Clara, CA) | | Posted: Jul 10, 2002 - 11:37 | |
You could make the world a better place by throwing this Amulet into the center of middle earth.
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stinky
(Shippensburg, PA) | | Posted: May 20, 2002 - 09:04 | |
This is horrible. Plain & simple. |
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jim0266
(Akron, OH) | | Posted: May 20, 2002 - 09:03 | |
Makes me feeling like I'm eating at an Indian restaurant.
I love the food but this music gives me a headache
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crash
(Birmingham, AL) | | Posted: Apr 09, 2002 - 07:56 | |
Cool stuff...
But an odd place to be so early in the morning!
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forest
(Berkeley, CA) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2002 - 19:44 | |
Cool. Is there much variety to her music?
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anson@sopris.net
(Carbondale, CO) | | Posted: Mar 03, 2002 - 19:35 | |
Originally Posted by tawanda:
Very cool -- had me hooked within seconds and kept my attention all the way through.
:D I agree... |
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tawanda
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Feb 26, 2002 - 15:05 | |
Very cool -- had me hooked within seconds and kept my attention all the way through.
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Flowave
(Nürnberg, Ba) | | Posted: Feb 21, 2002 - 09:31 | |
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