The song Miserlou or Misirlou is among the most well known songs of the Greek American community. Whatever its ultimate origins - whether Arabic, Turkish or Greek - it became one of the most belove...
The song Miserlou or Misirlou is among the most well known songs of the Greek American community. Whatever its ultimate origins - whether Arabic, Turkish or Greek - it became one of the most beloved songs and dances of second and third generation Greek Americans from which it spread to the rest of the country and then the world, being one of the most internationally recorded popular tunes of the 20th century. First recorded in 1928 by Mikes Patrinos in Athens the first American version was attributed to the Greek immigrant from Egypt, Nick Roubanis. Part of a genre of songs called "Oriental" or "Anatolitiko" they were musically a synthesis of an orientalist "fantasy" of Near East music with often Latin & Hollywood influences. Miserlou is one of the first of this genre which became very popular in Greece in the 1950s with songs such as Zaira, Mandoubala, Serah, Zehra,etc. Here I present both vocal and instrumental versions as recorded in the USA by Greek (& other) Americans.
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@Gutsyndicate Everyone knows this is heavily influenced by middle eastern music but this has nothing to do with Ottomans.
Remember that Asia had been colonised by Greeks before any Ottomans came into history. The 1 of the 3 main styles of Byzantine music too was very "eastern Minor Asian - north Middle Eastern" too. A part of Arabic music was inflluenced by Byzantine one. Some specific styles of Arabic music (mainly nowadays saved in Morroco-Algeria for some reason I ignore) are 100% Byzantium.
vobero anevasma h ektelesis einai pan paleais kai an fantasis oti exoyn ftasi mexris to Soundtrack tou Pulp Fiction kai to 'Pump It' ton black eyes peas sixaritiria para poli kali doulia !!!
Nice lol, the only Miserlou that i knew of was the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack, and i knew it originated form an old Greek Classic, but this is quite surprising, i didnt expect sumthing like this :)
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Remember that Asia had been colonised by Greeks before any Ottomans came into history. The 1 of the 3 main styles of Byzantine music too was very "eastern Minor Asian - north Middle Eastern" too. A part of Arabic music was inflluenced by Byzantine one. Some specific styles of Arabic music (mainly nowadays saved in Morroco-Algeria for some reason I ignore) are 100% Byzantium.
sixaritiria para poli kali doulia !!!
Pulp Fiction Soundtrack, and i knew it originated form an old Greek Classic, but this is quite surprising, i didnt expect sumthing like this :)