Greek and Turkish music thread

[kastamonu]

Sorry - pop pop pop - but these two sing well together - Rafet El Roman & Yusuf Guney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSFNB4OS ... re=related

[kastamonu]

Yalın - still on a pop 'roll' here - but this guy is really great - saw him live here in Eski Foça

'Gunaydın'
(Good Morning)

Good Night all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgEyhbIs ... re=related

&

Sahte - even better - I may be biased but I really think Turkish pop singers (on the whole) have excellent voices!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhGxlwHm ... re=related

[Willy]

Good Night Kastamonu!

Just found a high quality audio version of Dön Gel Birtanem available to play here:
http://mp3juices.com/search/abadan-halmedova

[kastamonu]

Thanks Willy - that song is really so beautiful (as is she) - you may like this guy's music - he sings in Folk Venues & hails from Diyarbakır in S.East Turkey (I'm forever posting him on this thread - another obsession I'm afraid, but his style is very unusual...)

http://www.google.com.tr/url?sa=t&rct=j ... 50gFsJdoKw

Stay with it for the duration if you can - apologies for the appalling video quality - he has an unusual way of playing saz(bağlama).... (the 2nd half is sung in Kurdish :-)
Regards

Pauline

[Gordon Neill]

Thanks for the two Goksel tracks, Pauline/Kastamonu. I thought she was a stray one-hit wonder that I'd rescued from obscurity, but she's a star!

I can't help noticing that you tend to favour the boy singers. I suspect you're being swayed by their superficial charms rather than the music. Me, I always go for something more deep and meaningful. Something that will pass the test of time and fleeting fashion. Something that makes me look at the world with a deeper understanding of its pain and injustice while tapping my toes at the same time. Such as Nil Karaibrahimgil's horrifying 'Hakkında Her Şeyi Duymak İstiyorum', providing what I take to be quite a balanced public information film on the risks of not wearing a seat belt whilst strumming the guitar or, indeed, the outside of the windscreen. I wince every time I watch it, all too aware of the horrible risks that she is taking and the inconvenience to the driver. But it does give hope to hay fever sufferers everywhere. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNXaqpkfFk

[Rob Hall]

Gordon, it's good to have you back.

[Adam Blake]

Gordon, it's good to have you back.

Seconded!

[kastamonu]

Oh yes Gordon - thanks for the Nil (point!) - marvellous.....

Yes, I'm easily pleased ;-) - life here nr Izmir can be such fun - disco dancing at the local cafe starts in June (NOT) all welcome!

:-))))))))

[Willy]

Hi Pauline, Yes, I like Hozan Beşir and having played a few more of his songs, found an in-sync version of your link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4MvAJMaxq4
I'm not too crazy about his use of special effects though.

Now this I like a lot -weird editing but a nice home movie feel about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBBA4iDauBk

[kastamonu]

Thanks Willy - much better - I agree his special effects are an acquired taste - I think he gets a bit carried away with the emotion of it all (gets to me every time - I have travelled to S.East Turkey a few times, his singing brings back many happy memories of life & culture there) - as for the 'Vanlı Kız' - Girl from Van (where they had the terrible earthquake during (bitter) winter this year :( - she is quite marvellous - her version so much enjoyed - I shall keep playing!

Bests.

[kastamonu]

Singing together in Kurdish

'Can'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw4pMov4 ... re=related

[kastamonu]

This is beautiful -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4dNWRg ... re=related

[Willy]

Singing together in Kurdish

'Can'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw4pMov4 ... re=related

Hi Pauline, Liking that one a lot especially the moody Tambur. Would rather like to have a go on a Tambur/Tembur/Tambour/Tanbour and have just discovered the joy of the Uyghur Tembur, Behold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4le3mfU6_s
and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8q5OANPzs

I know I'm drifting off course (East Turkestan)so I'll reign it back in again by sharing a link to some fascinating and expressive dancing by eastern Turkish folk, which also appeals :)
Caution: It's LOUD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fgoS3kBVE4

[kastamonu]

'Hi Pauline, Liking that one a lot especially the moody Tambur. Would rather like to have a go on a Tambur/Tembur/Tambour/Tanbour and have just discovered the joy of the Uyghur Tembur, Behold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4le3mfU6_s
and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f8q5OANPzs

I know I'm drifting off course (East Turkestan)so I'll reign it back in again by sharing a link to some fascinating and expressive dancing by eastern Turkish folk, which also appeals :)
Caution: It's LOUD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fgoS3kBVE4[/quote]'


All lovely - thank you - did you notice how restrained the Uyghur audience were??

Gosh the Diyarbakır lot were rather loud - wonderful though - they certainly know how to enjoy/express themselves through music and dance in S. East (in fact in the whole of) Turkey.
Well we seem to be hogging this thread a bit so cheers & have a nice Sunday.

Sweden won the Eurovision song contest evidently - UK & Turkey's entries were beyond ghastly - poor old Engelburt - didn't come over well live & maybe bad luck being the 1st on!

[kastamonu]

One more for today (I'm waiting for Gordon's comment ;-)

Fab folk singing & dance from Gaziantep (I believe the lad is from Urfa)

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A ... RC13WQLxxA