Monday, October 13, 2014

Misirlou

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y3h9p_c5-M

Гланой музыкальной темой "Криминального чтива" является песня "Misirlou" Дика Дэйла, писавшего песни в стиле серф–рок. Сам Дейл имел ливанские корни и видимо часто слышал одноименную греческую песню, которую впервые исполнил Тетос Деметриадес в 1927 году. Переделав ее и придав роковое звучание Дейл выпустил ее в 1962 году. В 2006 году был выпущен кавер на песню группой Black Eyed Peas под названием "Pump It".

Original is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW6qGy3RtwY



Если идти дальше, то:

The song "Misirlou" ("Misir" meaning Egypt in Arabic, and the Greek suffix "lou" meaning girl) is most likely a cover version of an Egyptian song titled "Bint Misr" (Egyptian Girl or Girl of Egypt) composed by Sayyed Darwish (1892–1923) and released on record in 1919 on the Mechian label. 

Darwish was a furiously prolific Egyptian composer who died at 31 in 1923, and is one of the most influential figures in modern Arab music. He befriended and employed many Greek session musicians available at that time.
http://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/37371

Nicholas Roubanis composed the song in the 1920's by either his own hand or as was proposed earlier through an Egyptian melody. Tetos Demetriades recorded the song for Columbia circa 1928 (56079–F). Mike Patrinos recorded the song a few years later at about 1930–1931. It then was recorded again by Demetriades for RCA Victor on the Orthophonic label at approximately 1937–1938 and once again for Standard in 1945. There were also versions recorded in Greece as well most notably by Danai Stratigopoulou. The song became so popular that many of the big bands in the States recorded the song. 

Nicholas Roubanis was a composer of primarily church music aimed at taking Byzantine church hymns and westernizing them for the church choirs of the 1930's — 1940's etc. By using western notation and adding western influence he was able to allow Greek Americans born in the states to read music for their church choirs. His arrangements have fallen into somewhat obscurity as the move towards stricter Byzantine scales has come into use.

http://vintagelounge.blogspot.com/2005/10/four–versions–of–misirlou.html#475357980180331094


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