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| Humdereel Octoglot Groupie United States Joined 4984 days ago 90 posts - 349 votes  Speaks: English, Spanish*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), Turkish, Persian, Urdu Studies: Russian | Message 9 of 14 06 December 2011 at 12:31am | IP Logged | ||
It's great to learn more names to listen to. However, I am absolutely ashamed that I did not mention Umm Kulthum earlier. Absolutely powerful music, ranging from "Al-Atlal" to "Alf Layla wa Layla" and "Ba3ed Annak." Certainly a singer every Arabic student should try listening to. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ilcommunication Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6698 days ago 115 posts - 162 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 10 of 14 17 December 2011 at 3:49pm | IP Logged | ||
I was watching the video and was like "wait, do I know that guy? Oh snap IT'S QUINCY JONES!!!!" Very cool song, shukran! As far as Arabic music goes, Natacha Atlas is my jam. Her music kind of makes me think about learning Egyptian Arabic. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5057 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 11 of 14 17 December 2011 at 5:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yaspop -- Y.A.S. - Mirwais
It's described as "electro-kasbah pop." The singer is Lebanese. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ANK47 Triglot Senior Member United States thearabicstudent.blo Joined 7103 days ago 188 posts - 259 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (classical) | Message 12 of 14 19 December 2011 at 1:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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I used to hate Arabic music, but I forced myself to listen to it because I wanted to have exposure to all parts of the culture and language. I actually have gotten to the point where I enjoy it. A lot of the music is based on totally different scales than western music so it really takes getting your ears used to it before you like it. True, there is westernized Arabic music, but the songs rooted in tradition are hard to like. Music from the gulf has taken me an especially long time to get used to because it is so different than western music. However, the mijwiz has actually become my favorite instrument now. Anyway, here are my favorite songs:
Watfi (Syrian) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2YbbYx-rk&list=FL7N8gZWztb0 mQrue_cr8U8w&index=50&feature=plpp_video Albi wa Omry (Egyptian) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hb2Uc5MQnA&list=FL7N8gZWztb0 mQrue_cr8U8w&index=47&feature=plpp_video The Job (Saudi and English) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8muFOquui3w&list=FL7N8gZWztb0 mQrue_cr8U8w&index=40&feature=plpp_video El Maw'ed El Da'ea' (Saudi, this one took me a while before I started liking it) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJE9n6zrXq0&list=FL7N8gZWztb0 mQrue_cr8U8w&index=37&feature=plpp_video Engaged (Saudi) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3ZJM8lyxfQ&list=FL7N8gZWztb0 mQrue_cr8U8w&index=32&feature=plpp_video For Your Eyes Damascus (Syrian) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_hY_XBE7I&list=FL7N8gZWztb0 mQrue_cr8U8w&index=27&feature=plpp_video Those are a few of my favorites. I've lost track of others that I liked so much that I listened to a TON and now they don't do much for me. Let me know if you'd like more. Most things from Faris Karam and Miriam Faris are good too. Edited by ANK47 on 19 December 2011 at 1:13pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| SmilingStraw Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4916 days ago 35 posts - 37 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 13 of 14 19 December 2011 at 10:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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I also like Rim Banna and Kazem al Saher. Edited by SmilingStraw on 19 December 2011 at 10:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Humdereel Octoglot Groupie United States Joined 4984 days ago 90 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), Turkish, Persian, Urdu Studies: Russian | Message 14 of 14 20 December 2011 at 7:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was on the same boat as ANK47 when I started Arabic. While I liked the sounds of a few Arabic songs, the sounds and different style of the rest of the music didn't attract me at first. Often I'd feel that the songs were slow or sounded very grim. However, I soon grew to really like much of the music, even the more traditional songs.
@SmilingStraw: I actually discovered Rim Banna a few months ago and must say I really like her music as well. Her voice is very particular and I like her focus on some folk songs and the themes of the other songs. At first, I wasn't so sure about Kazem Al-Sahir, but I grew to like his music as well. La Mahkama (with Asmaa Lmnawar), for example has caught my ears' attention before, and I like how he incorporates some of Nizar Qabbani's poetry into some of his songs. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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