Extremely irritating! Gag - PLEASE NO MORE!!

I don't know....thinkin about belly dancers and Tarzan movies.Oh yeah,turkish hash...I mean pipes!

Tux wrote:

So funny; I just opened my window to make essentially this comment. I was intrigued at first....then I was just irritated. Sounds like filler music from a Bollywood soundtrack....

mperetz wrote:

like Dead Can Dance with dots, not feathers.

jcook wrote:
It started so good, but there was nothing that came from it.
It ends as it starts. I was about to give it a 8, but the fact that the song has no content, but just floats to void makes me drop to 5. Too turkish too.
And I don't see the comparison to Dead Can Dance, where almost every song has a nice framework and keeps you listening.

Thanks for turning me onto this. I like it.

south asian music to celebrate India's independence day? :-)

Let's just all be glad the Brittany Spears doesn't cover this song.

Love this song - sounds a lot like some of the Dead Can Dance stuff I have. The people who don't like it probably don't have much open in their brains for world music - and no - England doesn't count as world music :-)

How much longer can this song go on?

A lot of people in this forum really dislike this song... wow...

Personally, I'm sitting and listening while I work at the office, and my ears perked up at this song. Middle Eastern chords have so much depth to them and this piece is so complex. The instruments and the vocals mix together into a very zen and peaceful trance-like tune.

I really liked it, especially how it fit in with the other songs in the playlist.

I dig this, but not on a Monday morning. This is 3am stuff, with a really juicy girl.

Remember Ofra Haza, anyone? She was a bit like this.

yeah well here's to being political corret, and polite at the same time:
This song is very, very, veryvery, veryveryvery - very very very very very very loooonggggg... will it never stop? is this it? she has taken over RP for ever. we're stuck with her and her un-tuned saw...?

I'm sorry--once you've mastered the Arabic scale, there are just so many modulations thereof. A little of this music goes a long way! I agree--Dead Can Dance opened up some new avenues.

britrock wrote:

Enchanting - play more!

britrock wrote:


What he said....

Daveinbawlmer wrote:
While I can take or leave this song, to suggest that Dead Can Dance had the instrumental chops or authenticity to come close to pulling this off is just silly.

Awful - make it stop.

I really dig this...the mid-eastern rhytmic et al...

Dead Can Dance did this kinda stuff much better.

This is definitely something me and my lady can cuddle up together with. Some of this style is boring but I really enjoyed this song.

i'm bored...

The music of the Mideast, between the rhythmic patterns and the harmonic and melodic structures, interests me enough that I'd like to study it in depth (I'm a professional musician/producer). I've borrowed from that well a little bit already - fairly frequent use of 7/4 in a non-traditional, yet rock context, and one long solo that shifted through several modes, but it would be good to see how it was used in the original traditions. So this song didn't bore me in the least.

Raven

OK. I enjoy world music in the mix But if (like me) you sometimes lose interest in arabic music before the end of the track, you might try the Songs from the Victorious City CD by Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman. Its a wonderful fusion of styles.

spieler wrote:

Visit Turkey to see the real thing ;)

spieler wrote:

Yes! Very fine carpet! Very fine! And for you, only three thousand!

Nice

A little long, yes, but quite enjoyable.