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21 Feb 2018, 3:41 am




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21 Feb 2018, 3:48 am

Do you know Arabic, traven? The types of songs you posted are very hard to be related for a non-arabic fluent speaker.



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21 Feb 2018, 4:00 am

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Persian Jazz trio - Cold Dream, performing their rendition of Naima, one of my favorite Jazz pieces of all time, composed by John Coltrane, in 1959.



I noticed a lot of Americans are into Persian music, more than Arabic music - I think part of why is due to the anti-religious regime iranian diaspora; and the music produced by the diaspora got more mixed with Western styles, hence easier on the ears of Americans.

Notice how the diaspora often refer themselves as 'Persian' but not as 'Iranian', sadly the are crying for their lost persian identity and glory.

Speaking of which, the music industry is Iran is almost dead and highly restricted.

The local Arabic music industry (*in* Arab countries) is eons far beyond the Iranian music industry; even surprisingly in the most conservative Arab countries of the Gulf.

For instance you don't see worldwide music competition programs occuring in Iran such as The Voice, Star Academy, Celebrity duels, or "Iran idol" - while all these programs had been running in Arab countries for years and candidates (of which more than half are females, except Saudis) come from all Arab countries, even from the highly extremist Saudi Arabia.

While many Iranians boast about their country's technological achievements and cultural wealth, I see no bright cultural future for Iran as a Persian culture, it will be a dead culture, if it remains so.



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21 Feb 2018, 4:12 am

Thanks for sharing that^.



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21 Feb 2018, 6:36 am

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popular bollywood song, 80s ? at least that's where i known it from



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21 Feb 2018, 6:56 am

traven wrote:
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popular bollywood song, 80s ? at least that's where i known it from



This is a very famous indian song (oriental cover version - Palestinian singer):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kiIa6OAhtU




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21 Feb 2018, 7:02 am

^Same Palestinian singer, another popular Hindi song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phTJmVWkWRU



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21 Feb 2018, 7:25 am

Syriac / Aramaic (What you know as the "language of Jesus") Song - I can understand many words with a lot of effort:



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23 Feb 2018, 12:18 pm

For those into persian music:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JNHcC6zZdPU




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23 Feb 2018, 12:29 pm

Cuteness from the war-torn Yemen, Maria made it to the finals.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=swYdqTmLFd0




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28 Feb 2018, 2:05 am

From my favourite Korean vocalist:


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Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide;
But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air –
There's the rub, the task.


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01 Mar 2018, 4:33 am

far-east
this one's doable for the ears


and/or http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2008277
scroll to the bottom 8O 8) 8O



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01 Mar 2018, 4:55 am

Arabic / Japanese - this was an arabic choir concert for old Japanese Anime songs.

The first one is sang in Arabic in first half, in Japanese in the 2nd half.



my favorite Anime music piece is this though:



The original Arabic version for Sasuke: