@@Dazaidr hahah yet the story goes its a greek folk song from his uncle? I get that people like to pretend they are some other nationality because of trends...but how do we get the greek folk song story if he is polish and lebanese?
Dick Dale: Son of a Libanesan father and a polish mother. Real name: Richard Anthony Monsour. Nothing stolen, cultural influence and congenial cover version.
To be fair even if he didn't have middle eastern ancestry his cover of this song would still be just. Mediterranean culture is human culture, it belongs to all of us :)
عندما تكسو القفار الظلال تسكن البيد والربى والرمال وهواك ليس يغفو والجمال همافي الروح شعر وخيال اه يا امال اين لي ذكر الليالي الطوال من هوانا والحنين للجمال ذاك عهد مر كالطيف وزال اه يا امال اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح اه يا امال يا امال اه يا امال اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح اه يا امال يا امال
From WIKIPEDIA: "Misirlou" (Greek: Μισιρλού < Arabic: مصر Miṣr 'Egypt' < Turkish: Mısırlı 'Egyptian'[1]) is a traditional song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko composition influenced by Middle-Eastern music. Some people incorrectly believe that the earliest was a song by the legendary Egyptian composer Sayyed Darwish titled "Bint Misr" and sometimes written as "El-Masreya" (both of which mean "Egyptian girl" in Arabic); however, the Darwish song sounds nothing like the song "Misirlou".
This is definitely is a lot older than Sayyed Darwish . The Greek Rebetiko is a treasure of Byzantine music(The ancient written middle eastern music of the great mathematicians and scientists who wrote a music treasure to the western world like Al-Farabi, IBn sina(Avicenna),Zuriab among others. The burning of the world's largest libraries Of Alexandria , Baghdad and Constantinople and Damascus a thousand years ago by the Moghuls (Genghis Khan and Hulagu) was one of world's greatest atrocities in history, nothing survived, especially music. But the Byzantine monasteries in Greece and Turkey kept many transcripts and oral music alive! So the Greek Rebetiko version is more likely the earlier recording of this haunting melody...but the origin of the music is more likely Arabic or Persian most likely Persian music!
Wikipedia is corrupt sometimes ! This is definitely is a lot older than Sayyed Darwish . The Greek Rebetiko is a treasure of Byzantine music(The ancient written middle eastern music of the great mathematicians and scientists who wrote a music treasure to the western world like Al-Farabi, IBn sina(Avicenna),Zuriab among others. The burning of the world's largest libraries Of Alexandria , Baghdad and Constantinople and Damascus a thousand years ago by the Moghuls (Genghis Khan and Hulagu) was one of world's greatest atrocities in history, nothing survived, especially music. But the Byzantine monasteries in Greece and Turkey kept many transcripts and oral music alive! So the Greek Rebetiko version is more likely the earlier recording of this haunting melody...but the origin of the music is more likely Arabic or Persian most likely Persian music!This is def 1 Jimmy Khansa Jimmy Khansa 3 weeks ago You may listen to my version on piano with a middle eastern rhythm
So am I my friend . if you carefully read what I said This music belongs to Alfarabi who studied in Baghdad a 1000 years ago . Please go to my channel and listen to Arabic Tango...on piano Yes on piano on the streets of Canada !
Ahmad Nur Aminah Can you please translate some lyrics in English from Arabic? I know Misirlou with Greek lyrics and I’m curious to know if they somehow match. Thank you in advance. 🌺🎶😘
HER NAME IS SAMIA JAMAL AN EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCER SHE CONVERTED FROM JUDAISM TO ISLAM WHEN THE EUROPEEN JEWS COME TO INVADE PALESTINE DUE TO THE TENSIONS OF THE TIME A LOT OF ARABS WITH JEWISH ROOTS DECIDED TO CHANGE RELIGION TO CHRISTIANISM OR TO ISLAM
@@AdventuresThings well, arabic music mostly uses only 8 scales: 1)"Ajam" which is just the major western scale. 2)"nahawand" which is the minor scale. 3)"kurd" this is the frygian mode in western music. 4)"hejaz" the one used in this song. These four are all playable on guitar or piano. the other four require quarter note intervals, they are called 5)"saba" very sad scale sounds like a mother crying her dead son. 6)"rast" don't know much about it. 7)"bayate" this one is considered to be the father of all arabic music scales. 8)"sekah" very dancing and full of soul. These last four can be played on violin or any un-freted instrument.
This is the saddest version of this song I have ever heard; I think his Egyptian girl rejected him. Great artwork and music video, thanks for posting, Amina Ali!
A beautiful song transcends language. I don't speak Italian, or French, or German, but a beautiful operatic aria is beautiful just to hear the voice and the tones. A true opera buff has already learned the libretto by heart and know what is being sung and don't need to hear the exact words.
Bint Misr 'Egyptian girl' or ya Amal is an arabic song composed by Sayed Darwish in 1916 . in 1927 there was a Greek rebetiko composition of this song influenced by Middle-Eastern music under the name "Misirlou". There are also traditional Arabic (belly dancing), Jewish (klezmer), Armenian and Turkish versions of the song. The song gained worldwide popularity through Dick Dale's 1962 American surf rock version (he was of Lebanese descent from his father), originally titled "Miserlou", which popularized the song in Western popular culture. Arabic version ua-cam.com/video/n3tJ_XyBwyE/v-deo.html Turkish version ua-cam.com/video/Vba0vumJ10s/v-deo.html Greek version ua-cam.com/video/_r_lt-iTzc0/v-deo.html Jan August piano version Dick dale's version ua-cam.com/video/V4eEqN4HY7Q/v-deo.html Black eyed pease ua-cam.com/video/ZaI2IlHwmgQ/v-deo.html
The most beautiful woman, ever I laid my eyes upon, was a dark-skinned wonder at the Cairo Airport in 1993. It was as if she had just stepped off the wall in a Pharonic tomb. I will cherish my memory of her until the day I leave this Earth. Blessings be upon her and her children.
@Amina Bacali Dear Amina, This video of yours, is a true work of art. Well done! The selection of the images and their combination with this divine music, transports the viewer back across the centuries into Ottoman Egypt. Magnificent! Thank you for uploading!
I agree on the beautiful work. Just not only travels it us to Egypt but also to Greece and Turkey, as many monuments, statues and clothing represent the greek identity, as well as the picture of kemal ataturk represents the turkish culture.
There's a difference between taking and old forgotten song and making a it into a modern version and blatantly ripping a song without changing it and adding disgusting prattling.
To be fair, Dick Dale was half Lebanese and learnt to play middle-eastern instruments as a kid. That very influence helped him develop his style and surf rock.
For centuries, this magnificent song known in Greece and Turkey.... that is a Turkish world.(that mean is Egyptian) .... and now; Music and scene are from Istanbul; from Istanbul's Greek Musicians... Additionally thanks a lot @little pet for explanation (From WIKIPEDIA: "Misirlou" (Greek: Μισιρλού < Arabic: مصر Miṣr 'Egypt' < Turkish: Mısırlı 'Egyptian'[1]) is a traditional song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko composition influenced by Middle-Eastern music. Some people incorrectly believe that the earliest was a song by the legendary Egyptian composer Sayyed Darwish titled "Bint Misr" and sometimes written as "El-Masreya" (both of which mean "Egyptian girl" in Arabic); however, the Darwish song sounds nothing like the song "Misirlou".)
That is true what you are saying. However, some people believe that the composers and musicians at that time of Sayed Darwish was working together and got influenced by each other when it comes to not only melodies, but also names, lyrics and ideas. Since Sayed Darwish was from Alexandria ( the upper Egypt), there was a lot of Greek and Turkish artists and musicians there as it is not far from Alexandria where they traveled a lot with boats. They played together and mixed music together a long time before they started to record anything. However, I dont think Sayyed Darwish made up the name, but the influence by "Egyptian girl" was from Egypt as they traveled to the borders as artists and got influenced by each other in many ways. Its very interesting. Lets leave it to our fantasy :D
In Carnatic music ( South Indian traditional music), this scale is very famous that kids to this date start their classes in this scale. It is called “Maya Malava Gowlai”. Ragam #15.
Yes it's an original Greek song dating the 1873 from the thriving Greek community of Cairo speaking about a legendary girl from Egypt that the singer praised her exotic beauty and he want to still her from Africa!
Can any Greek explain, if this song is originally Greek, how would the name be "Misirlou"? "Misirlou" means in Turkish "Egyptian", it is not in Greek, not in Arabic. If it was written in Greek its name sould be "Αιγύπτιος". In Turkish you call country name and add "lı" (pronounced "lou") for "from". Mısırlou is "Mısırlı" in Turkish. "Mısır" is the name of the country "Egypt" and "Mısırlı" means "Egyptian" in Turkish. Only Turks say "Misirlou" for "Egyptian" not Greeks, not Arabs or Jews.
@@alperkaraoguz Copied from another post: The fact that the word misirlu is not greek doesnt mean that the song and the people that wrote it arent Greeks. Greeks were living for many years in parts of today's turkey ( for example Pontos, Kapadokia and in minor asia. Especially in Minor asia cities like smirni ( izmir) were Greek. Just mentioning in case u didnt know). But since 1914 Greeks were forced with the worst way ever to leave their homes because Kemal Ataturk said that we had to exchange population ( turks in Greece would go to turkey and Greeks in turkey would go to Greece). I dont want to analyze the way turks treated Greeks bcoz thats not the point of the comment. So many Greeks came to Greece and one of them who was living in minor asia composed this song. Its logic to use some words with ottoman heritage when you live near to them for so long. So , Greek composer ,Greek song with an ottoman word for a title.
Dick Dale loved this music and he loved it's hypnotic rhythms. He wanted to share it with the world and that's how this song became immortal. He brought a little bit of his home country, Lebanon, to the West.
Very old mysterious sounding love Ong about a beautiful Egyptian maiden...Many artists have been fascinated by this tune, including Western ones.....Her beauty inspires desperate love...
This is definitely is a lot older than Sayyed Darwish of Egypt . The Greek Rebetiko is a treasure of Byzantine music(The ancient written middle eastern music of the great mathematicians and scientists who wrote a music treasure to the western world like Al-Farabi, IBn sina(Avicenna),Zuriab among others. The burning of the world's largest libraries Of Alexandria , Baghdad and Constantinople and Damascus a thousand years ago by the Moghuls (Genghis Khan and Hulagu) was one of world's greatest atrocities in history, nothing survived, especially music. But the Byzantine monasteries in Greece and Turkey kept many transcripts and oral music alive! So the Greek Rebetiko version is more likely the earlier recording of this haunting melody...but the origin of the music is more likely Arabic or Persian most likely Persian music!This is def 1 Jimmy Khansa Jimmy Khansa 3 weeks ago You may listen to my version on piano with a middle eastern rhythm
I heard this song in Greek from an old man who had learned it in 1908 from another, by then old man, who had learned it when he was young sometime in the 1800s. So it is an original Greek song from sometime in the 19th century.
عندما تكسو القفار الظلال تسكن البيد والربى والرمال وهواك ليس يغفو والجمال همافي الروح شعر وخيال اه يا امال اين لي ذكر الليالي الطوال من هوانا والحنين للجمال ذاك عهد مر كالطيف وزال اه يا امال اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح اه يا امال يا امال اه يا امال اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح اه يا امال يا امال
يا الله على جدك قديش فظع في هالغنويه. كل الاحترام. بتقدري تكوني فخوره في هيك اصل. بس ياريتك تقوليلي مين المغني ومين الملحن.؟.وللا جدك بجمع التلاته مع بعض؟ وباي سنه سجلت الاغنيه؟ ومعلش السؤال التالي: لبنان ارض هاي العبقريه؟ وشو معلوماتك عن نجاحها وليش مش معروفه كتير حاليا؟ الف شكر على جوابك.
Sami Daher هذه الموسيقى صنعها شيطان من الصحراء العربية وليس إنسان مستحيل أن تكون هذه التحفة الفنية من صنع إنسان والدليل على كلامي إنو الكل بهديك الفترة أول ماطلعت حاول يئلدها اليونانيين الأتراك الإطاليين الفرس لأنن إنسحرو فيا متل ما أنا إنسحرت
Yes, its me who putted the pictures in the video. Its just for fun, as I relate the song to the turks, greeks and arabs etc. Its just a amateur fantasy illustration from my side =) Enjoy
The translation of the name misirlou has two odds, the first is Egyptian girl and the second means the woman who sells corn . The language is Greek spoken in Turkish-occupied areas.
Read up, everyone. The original isn't the greek version, that's only the first ever recording of it. The song was around for many centuries before that, and although it's present on most of the mediterranean, it's roots have been determined as being arabic. So don't go spreading misinformation just because you misunderstood an article on Wikipedia.
I don't see where it explicitly states the roots are Arabic? Yes, it originates from Egypt or Asia Minor, but the Byzantines (Greeks) owned Egypt for quite a long time and Asia Minor for even longer. Then there's also the fact the Ottoman's (Turks) also owned Egypt (all be it from the 16th century onwards) and they've had a foothold in Asia minor since the 13th century. Whilst this obviously doesn't mean either of those civilisations produced the music, neither does it mean Arabic people produced the music. It's one of the many mysteries lost to time, so how about YOU either stop spreading disinformation or provide proof for your claims. Mine are obviously from Wikipedia, which I presume you've read.
Bint Misr *Egyptian girl* or *Ya Amal* is an arabic song composed by *Sayed Darwish* *in 1916* . in 1927 there was a Greek rebetiko composition of this song influenced by Middle-Eastern music under the name *Misirlou* . There are also traditional Arabic [ belly dancing ] Jewish [ *klezmer* ], Armenian and Turkish versions of the song Misirlou .... The song gained worldwide popularity through Dick Dale's 1962 American surf rock version *he was of Lebanese descent from his father* , originally titled *Miserlou* , which popularized the song in Western popular culture ....
I believe the tune of this song was first ever song to be performed in ancient Egypt. It is a evereverst song recorded on papyrus for an Egyptian string instrument seen on ancient paintings in tombs and palaces. It was performed with singing . The name i do not know. But it is sung very slow with different arrangement. However i can still tell it is this song.
Jelica, you are music to my ears! I am now in my 70's, and as a child I remember my grandfather (born c1880) humming this tune, which he was taught by his Grandmother. He told me it went back to old Smyrenia and back beyond that to ancient days, possibly Babelonian empire, which fits in with your comment. He was not happy when in the 1960's the Greeks tried to claim it for their very own from the 1920's period of resettlement.
@@davidprice2020 But the greeks are right though the song is greek not egyptian💀. You have to stop believing in propaganda the first ever recording of this song was by greeks not arabs , everyone with a little education on this subject knows about it
for some reason I thought this was a greek song for the longest time. but it would make sense for greeks to cover an arabic song. they cover a lot of turkish music and turks seems close to the arabs in culture.
I see confused greeks. I hope they research about those important values before they claim it. Misirlou, (Mısırlı in Turkish) means egyptian. A soldier at the end of the WW1 falls in love with an egyptian girl in İzmir(Smyrna), Turkey and the girls sing this song to him. When he returns Greece he uses the melody. If I'm wrong please let me know
This is the most common translation of the lyrics: Desert shadows creep across purple sands. Natives kneel in prayer by their caravans. There, silhouetted under an eastern star I see my long lost blossom of Shalimar. Oooooo, Misirlou, you're the moon and sun, fairest one! Old temple bells are calling across the sand We'll find our Kismet answering love's command. You, Misirlou, are a dream of delight in the night. To an oasis, sprinkled by stars above, Heaven will guide us, Allah will bless our love.
@@farshimelt the first two verses roughly translates to: When the shadows clothes the wasteland it dwells the deserts and the hills and the sands and your love doesn't sleep on beauty both of them in the soul are poetry and fantasy Ah, Oh Amaal Wherefrom do I get the remembrance of the long nights that's from our love and the yearning and the beauty? That's an epoch that was like an illusion and it's long gone Ah, Oh Amaal
This song has an interesting history. From what I've been able to piece together, the Greeks, Turks, Arabs, Muslims and Jews all claim it to be from their respective culture. This makes me wonder, if all of these ethnic groups are from a common ancestral ethnic origin? And if y'all think this song's history is crazy, check out the history of "Just A Gigolo." I've traced it back to about 1910, and it might be older than that!
Misirlu was originally a Greek zeibekiko song. Turned to oriental rythm by Nick Rubanis who claimed it as his own. And then it became international and penetrated to so many styles and cultures.
The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition influenced by Middle Eastern music. --> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou
@@hexagonlyrics1595 of course it belongs to all. But a guy wrote it’s music and lyrics. We know who he was, so it happened to be a greek guy. That’s all
Can't believe this became covered into one of the ultimate surfer songs!!!
Arabic song>>greek song>>surf song>>black eyed peas... This song has been raped a lot lol
everything gets stolen. then thieves sue for plagerism
AntiMissileMissile Arabs are white
@@uphillwalrus5164 they are brown
@@ashwinirabidas9080 italians and spainiards are brown too, but they're genetically white
Dick Dale's origin was lebanese. That's how he knew this song
No it's Greek song. The video start in Acropolis in Athens Greece.
@@whisperm21 The song had it's origin in the Ottoman Empire, which covered most of the Eastern Mediterranean.
@@wezzuh2482 No. It's a popular rebetiko from 20s.
@@xNazgrel You're silly if you think this melody originated in the 20's.
@@BlGGESTBROTHER You are cleary ignorant of how popular music works in eastern mediterranian.
Dick Dale was very much in touch with his Syrian heritage, when I met him in West Virginia, we spoke in Arabic!
ديك ديل تكلم بالعربي؟
ما علاقته بالسوريين؟ والاغنية اصلها غير سوري . قيل انها لحن مصري لفتاة كانت تغنيها.
Dick Dale had Lebanese and polish roots.
@@adambox197dick dale men asl soury
@@Dazaidr hahah yet the story goes its a greek folk song from his uncle? I get that people like to pretend they are some other nationality because of trends...but how do we get the greek folk song story if he is polish and lebanese?
Dick Dale: Son of a Libanesan father and a polish mother. Real name: Richard Anthony Monsour. Nothing stolen, cultural influence and congenial cover version.
To be fair even if he didn't have middle eastern ancestry his cover of this song would still be just. Mediterranean culture is human culture, it belongs to all of us :)
@@ashmckinlay1402 -- Damn right; well put!
Yeah, but imagine naming ur son Dick
@@mendsaikhanunurbat2393 dick is short for Richard though
@@romajikaiser8450 yeah, I also found out Johnson means wiener wtf
You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in the Eastern Mediterranean region?
Walter
@@pilsudskireloaded7884 I like fire trucks and monster trucks
Royale with joobna.
Halal with cheese
lahmacun > pizza
عندما تكسو القفار الظلال
تسكن البيد والربى والرمال
وهواك ليس يغفو والجمال
همافي الروح شعر وخيال
اه يا امال
اين لي ذكر الليالي الطوال
من هوانا والحنين للجمال
ذاك عهد مر كالطيف وزال
اه يا امال
اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح
وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه
ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح
اه يا امال يا امال
اه يا امال
اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح
وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه
ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح
اه يا امال يا امال
Sex
Insane
I just got a boner
من أي بلد أنت؟
lmao what
From WIKIPEDIA: "Misirlou" (Greek: Μισιρλού < Arabic: مصر Miṣr 'Egypt' < Turkish: Mısırlı 'Egyptian'[1]) is a traditional song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko composition influenced by Middle-Eastern music. Some people incorrectly believe that the earliest was a song by the legendary Egyptian composer Sayyed Darwish titled "Bint Misr" and sometimes written as "El-Masreya" (both of which mean "Egyptian girl" in Arabic); however, the Darwish song sounds
nothing like the song "Misirlou".
This is definitely is a lot older than Sayyed Darwish . The Greek Rebetiko is a treasure of Byzantine music(The ancient written middle eastern music of the great mathematicians and scientists who wrote a music treasure to the western world like Al-Farabi, IBn sina(Avicenna),Zuriab among others. The burning of the world's largest libraries Of Alexandria , Baghdad and Constantinople and Damascus a thousand years ago by the Moghuls (Genghis Khan and Hulagu) was one of world's greatest atrocities in history, nothing survived, especially music. But the Byzantine monasteries in Greece and Turkey kept many transcripts and oral music alive! So the Greek Rebetiko version is more likely the earlier recording of this haunting melody...but the origin of the music is more likely Arabic or Persian most likely Persian music!
You may listen to my version on piano with a middle eastern rhythm
Wikipedia is corrupt sometimes !
This is definitely is a lot older than Sayyed Darwish . The Greek Rebetiko is a treasure of Byzantine music(The ancient written middle eastern music of the great mathematicians and scientists who wrote a music treasure to the western world like Al-Farabi, IBn sina(Avicenna),Zuriab among others. The burning of the world's largest libraries Of Alexandria , Baghdad and Constantinople and Damascus a thousand years ago by the Moghuls (Genghis Khan and Hulagu) was one of world's greatest atrocities in history, nothing survived, especially music. But the Byzantine monasteries in Greece and Turkey kept many transcripts and oral music alive! So the Greek Rebetiko version is more likely the earlier recording of this haunting melody...but the origin of the music is more likely Arabic or Persian most likely Persian music!This is def
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Jimmy Khansa
Jimmy Khansa
3 weeks ago
You may listen to my version on piano with a middle eastern rhythm
But he talks Egyptian Arabic, and I know because I am Arab.
So am I my friend . if you carefully read what I said This music belongs to Alfarabi who studied in Baghdad a 1000 years ago . Please go to my channel and listen to Arabic Tango...on piano Yes on piano on the streets of Canada !
i love that traditional ancient middle eastern type of sound.
It's Greek song
@@whisperm21 no
@@karamaji181 the first performance of the song was made in greek
@@whisperm21 a greek that took it from a folk Arabic song. bint misr = misirlou = Egyptian girl
Greeks always think they created everything. The only thing they are famous for is packing fudge.....🙄😂
I could no longer listen to the surfer version of Misirlou after listening to this. This is beyond beautiful. Sublime.
Also check the Greek version
why not?
very different vibes. love both for different reasons
Ahmad Nur Aminah
Can you please translate some lyrics in English from Arabic? I know Misirlou with Greek lyrics and I’m curious to know if they somehow match. Thank you in advance. 🌺🎶😘
Even more enthralling rendition: ua-cam.com/video/sYm4-vNMgw0/v-deo.html
2:26 Out of all the belly dancers I've seen in my lifetime, this one is the sexiest
Isaac G. Lol! A bit stiff if you ask me! ;-)
ahahahahaahahah made my day
thanks ahahahahahaha
Isaac G.
Cute, lol!
HER NAME IS SAMIA JAMAL AN EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCER SHE CONVERTED FROM JUDAISM TO ISLAM WHEN THE EUROPEEN JEWS COME TO INVADE PALESTINE DUE TO THE TENSIONS OF THE TIME A LOT OF ARABS WITH JEWISH ROOTS DECIDED TO CHANGE RELIGION TO CHRISTIANISM OR TO ISLAM
I always thought the opening scale sounded a little middle-eastern. Makes perfectly good sence now.
It's called hejaz scale if you are interested
Mohab Alrouby is there more scales like it that I could look up and learn?
@@AdventuresThings well, arabic music mostly uses only 8 scales:
1)"Ajam" which is just the major western scale.
2)"nahawand" which is the minor scale.
3)"kurd" this is the frygian mode in western music.
4)"hejaz" the one used in this song.
These four are all playable on guitar or piano. the other four require quarter note intervals, they are called
5)"saba" very sad scale sounds like a mother crying her dead son.
6)"rast" don't know much about it.
7)"bayate" this one is considered to be the father of all arabic music scales.
8)"sekah" very dancing and full of soul.
These last four can be played on violin or any un-freted instrument.
Mohab Alrouby thank you very much for this. I love this sound and these scales will be fun to learn thank you again
Yeah I actually thought the same thing but this song is actually originally greek
What does Marsellus Wallace look like?
What?
Does... he look... like a BITCH?!!! 😂
LV Justo They speak English in what?!!
He... He's black
GO ON
This is the saddest version of this song I have ever heard; I think his Egyptian girl rejected him. Great artwork and music video, thanks for posting,
Amina Ali!
The original meditation song talks about a forbidden love story between a Greek christian borne man and an Egyptian muslim borne girl
@@anthracosisinteresting…. Culture is so interesting.
It's amazing how beautiful a song is even if you don't understand the words.
A beautiful song transcends language. I don't speak Italian, or French, or German, but a beautiful operatic aria is beautiful just to hear the voice and the tones. A true opera buff has already learned the libretto by heart and know what is being sung and don't need to hear the exact words.
The way sick dale adapted this to guitar was genius. RIP king of the surf guitar
and then pulp fiction...
"Stole it".
@JARED BARATTA yes this Arabic you r listening to is like the British English, the old british english :D
@JARED BARATTA Whhaatt?? 😂
@JARED BARATTA Dude! That's Brett's reply..!!
You mean dick dale
Bint Misr 'Egyptian girl' or ya Amal is an arabic song composed by Sayed Darwish in 1916 . in 1927 there was a Greek rebetiko composition of this song influenced by Middle-Eastern music under the name "Misirlou". There are also traditional Arabic (belly dancing), Jewish (klezmer), Armenian and Turkish versions of the song.
The song gained worldwide popularity through Dick Dale's 1962 American surf rock version (he was of Lebanese descent from his father), originally titled "Miserlou", which popularized the song in Western popular culture.
Arabic version ua-cam.com/video/n3tJ_XyBwyE/v-deo.html
Turkish version
ua-cam.com/video/Vba0vumJ10s/v-deo.html
Greek version
ua-cam.com/video/_r_lt-iTzc0/v-deo.html
Jan August piano version
Dick dale's version
ua-cam.com/video/V4eEqN4HY7Q/v-deo.html
Black eyed pease
ua-cam.com/video/ZaI2IlHwmgQ/v-deo.html
يا أمل!!!
امال
😕😕😕
تعرف شسم المغني ؟
Underrated comment, thanks for all the relevant links.
Black eyed peas version is blasphemy pls remove from comment
This is one of the greatest pieces of music I've ever heard in my life
BWV 1007
Che Gelida Manina
When i heard misirlou for the 1st time i was thinking that it sounded Egyptian. Now i know why.
Set speed to 1.5x
THANK YOU!
Got it
Furkan Erdoğan Thank you !
Wow!!!!
thank you sir.
The most beautiful woman, ever I laid my eyes upon, was a dark-skinned wonder at the Cairo Airport in 1993. It was as if she had just stepped off the wall in a Pharonic tomb. I will cherish my memory of her until the day I leave this Earth. Blessings be upon her and her children.
Quit beating the meat.😁
this might be one of the most beautiful things i ever read about a woman
Egyptians are not dark skinned
Pharaonic Patriot Go to Upper Egypt and see
@@gfoot9916 the nubians?
I can’t understand a word
But I cannot stop listening to that arab language
And melody
And the girls in the vid
I always love how mysterious and sultry Arabic music is ❤
@Amina Bacali
Dear Amina, This video of yours, is a true work of art. Well done! The selection of the images and their combination with this divine music, transports the viewer back across the centuries into Ottoman Egypt. Magnificent! Thank you for uploading!
I agree on the beautiful work. Just not only travels it us to Egypt but also to Greece and Turkey, as many monuments, statues and clothing represent the greek identity, as well as the picture of kemal ataturk represents the turkish culture.
I always hated Black Eyed Peas for "ripping off" Dick Dale and now IDK what to think, lol.
There's a difference between taking and old forgotten song and making a it into a modern version and blatantly ripping a song without changing it and adding disgusting prattling.
To be fair, Dick Dale was half Lebanese and learnt to play middle-eastern instruments as a kid. That very influence helped him develop his style and surf rock.
Dick Dale also literally gave it the same name. So it's not like he was hiding the cover
Still hate BEP and Love Dale’s version, nothing changed
Thanks to sampling in hip-hop culture, I get to learn about the original and the original of the original of songs.
I like how the piano accompanies, and the bossa nova rhythm behind. :-)
Original Misirlou / Μισιρλού is a very old song, a Eastern Mediterranean song.
Typical Greek Anatolian music (Byzantine) mixed with Arabic melodies.
Wow, this sounds really different to the fast surf versions I’m used to! Both are beautiful in their own way.
For centuries, this magnificent song known in Greece and Turkey.... that is a Turkish world.(that mean is Egyptian) .... and now; Music and scene are from Istanbul; from Istanbul's Greek Musicians... Additionally thanks a lot @little pet for explanation (From WIKIPEDIA: "Misirlou" (Greek: Μισιρλού < Arabic: مصر Miṣr 'Egypt' < Turkish: Mısırlı 'Egyptian'[1]) is a traditional song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko composition influenced by Middle-Eastern music. Some people incorrectly believe that the earliest was a song by the legendary Egyptian composer Sayyed Darwish titled "Bint Misr" and sometimes written as "El-Masreya" (both of which mean "Egyptian girl" in Arabic); however, the Darwish song sounds
nothing like the song "Misirlou".)
That is true what you are saying. However, some people believe that the composers and musicians at that time of Sayed Darwish was working together and got influenced by each other when it comes to not only melodies, but also names, lyrics and ideas. Since Sayed Darwish was from Alexandria ( the upper Egypt), there was a lot of Greek and Turkish artists and musicians there as it is not far from Alexandria where they traveled a lot with boats. They played together and mixed music together a long time before they started to record anything. However, I dont think Sayyed Darwish made up the name, but the influence by "Egyptian girl" was from Egypt as they traveled to the borders as artists and got influenced by each other in many ways. Its very interesting. Lets leave it to our fantasy :D
Beautiful, heavenly, a joy to our soul. With love from a Peruvian-American.
This is going to be my go-to song I will blast on while hitting the beach in the summer. No one's gonna stop me 😎
Taku S you’re not going to the beach this summer, and you won’t play this song. Lets be honest with ourself, for once Taku S.
@@ookie4179 Nah, I will play it this summer and definitely will hit the beach. Already made my mind man
Taku S make a video about it and upload it, or it never happened.
Ookie asshole
Already did
In Carnatic music ( South Indian traditional music), this scale is very famous that kids to this date start their classes in this scale. It is called “Maya Malava Gowlai”. Ragam #15.
Even in classical Bengali music
Yes it's an original Greek song dating the 1873 from the thriving Greek community of Cairo speaking about a legendary girl from Egypt that the singer praised her exotic beauty and he want to still her from Africa!
I AGREE WITH YOU .i VISIT EGYPT MANY TIMES I SPOKE WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT THIS SONG AND THEY ALL TOLD ME IS GREEK
Greek culture comes from Middle Eastern and African culture.
Can any Greek explain, if this song is originally Greek, how would the name be "Misirlou"? "Misirlou" means in Turkish "Egyptian", it is not in Greek, not in Arabic. If it was written in Greek its name sould be "Αιγύπτιος". In Turkish you call country name and add "lı" (pronounced "lou") for "from". Mısırlou is "Mısırlı" in Turkish. "Mısır" is the name of the country "Egypt" and "Mısırlı" means "Egyptian" in Turkish. Only Turks say "Misirlou" for "Egyptian" not Greeks, not Arabs or Jews.
@@alperkaraoguz song was likely cultivated during turkish rule of greece
@@alperkaraoguz Copied from another post:
The fact that the word misirlu is not greek doesnt mean that the song and the people that wrote it arent Greeks. Greeks were living for many years in parts of today's turkey ( for example Pontos, Kapadokia and in minor asia. Especially in Minor asia cities like smirni ( izmir) were Greek. Just mentioning in case u didnt know). But since 1914 Greeks were forced with the worst way ever to leave their homes because Kemal Ataturk said that we had to exchange population ( turks in Greece would go to turkey and Greeks in turkey would go to Greece). I dont want to analyze the way turks treated Greeks bcoz thats not the point of the comment. So many Greeks came to Greece and one of them who was living in minor asia composed this song. Its logic to use some words with ottoman heritage when you live near to them for so long. So , Greek composer ,Greek song with an ottoman word for a title.
I like all versions of the song, but THIS is my favourite!❤❤
Dick Dale loved this music and he loved it's hypnotic rhythms. He wanted to share it with the world and that's how this song became immortal. He brought a little bit of his home country, Lebanon, to the West.
Thats a Greek old song from late 1890s ... Not Arabian not Turkish or either...
Do you have any source or evidence for your claim?
He is from Greece what you need in addiction?
Yes he is from Greece singing an old Arabian tune @@algreen1231
Those Egyptian playboys
😂
Ya aisyah, wanna ride my kamal?
For sure Egyptian not Bedouins 😛
magdi ahmed not everyone in the gulf is bedouin 🤪
@@maya9345
To be Bedouins is an honor and it's not affordable to everyone anywhere . Head up
Very old mysterious sounding love Ong about a beautiful Egyptian maiden...Many artists have been fascinated by this tune, including Western ones.....Her beauty inspires desperate love...
This is a Greek sonk
Tq for this wonderful music .... really realy cool
Thanks for sharing this masterpiece! Would be lost if not shared here 😍
I had never heard this. Thanks. I love both versions. Powerful melody on an exotic minor scale.
Its based on Arabian music scale called “Hejaz”
Just as cool as Dick Dale... And not as different as you might think. Truly, truly awesome song.
May I ask where you found the recording? I have been struggling to find a copy I can get from a source that doesn't involve malware risks. Thanks!
+PracticalDancer If you google "youtube downloader" you can find a link to download the audio of any video.
Can you tell me who the singer is?
@@Basim_Daoud His name is Clovis El-Hajj
@El Dimos Karam Okay.
0:27 Ataturk and Turkish soldiers in the photo. Turks is not arab
Turks are arabs in denial. You think ur white? cute LOL
@@Cd5ssmffan lol pathetic ignorant troll.
Turks are arabs.
You need to read "l'Arabisation des Turcs et Ses Effets Phénotypiques et Culturels en Anatolie", Étienne Généreuxpluie 1941.
@@Cd5ssmffan They neither white or arab, they are turkic people.
*Imagine you travel back in time and dating a beautiful girl from Egypt 1000 years ago.*
This is absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
If you think that this sounds older than the Hellenic version, you have no idea about listening! Very nice cover though!! Greetings from Hellas!!!
This is definitely is a lot older than Sayyed Darwish of Egypt . The Greek Rebetiko is a treasure of Byzantine music(The ancient written middle eastern music of the great mathematicians and scientists who wrote a music treasure to the western world like Al-Farabi, IBn sina(Avicenna),Zuriab among others. The burning of the world's largest libraries Of Alexandria , Baghdad and Constantinople and Damascus a thousand years ago by the Moghuls (Genghis Khan and Hulagu) was one of world's greatest atrocities in history, nothing survived, especially music. But the Byzantine monasteries in Greece and Turkey kept many transcripts and oral music alive! So the Greek Rebetiko version is more likely the earlier recording of this haunting melody...but the origin of the music is more likely Arabic or Persian most likely Persian music!This is def
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Jimmy Khansa
Jimmy Khansa
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You may listen to my version on piano with a middle eastern rhythm
I heard this song in Greek from an old man who had learned it in 1908 from another, by then old man, who had learned it when he was young sometime in the 1800s. So it is an original Greek song from sometime in the 19th century.
كلمات هذه الاغنية قد كتبها جدي المايسترو كلوفيس الحاج و غناها سنة ١٩٥١
ما هي الكلمات من فضلك؟ لأنني لا أفهم بعضها
عندما تكسو القفار الظلال
تسكن البيد والربى والرمال
وهواك ليس يغفو والجمال
همافي الروح شعر وخيال
اه يا امال
اين لي ذكر الليالي الطوال
من هوانا والحنين للجمال
ذاك عهد مر كالطيف وزال
اه يا امال
اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح
وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه
ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح
اه يا امال يا امال
اه يا امال
اين جرح العود يا اخت الصباح
وشفاه الورد وثغر الغطاه
ذكر عهد لي ترائ وراح
اه يا امال يا امال
يا الله على جدك قديش فظع في هالغنويه. كل الاحترام. بتقدري تكوني فخوره في هيك اصل. بس ياريتك تقوليلي مين المغني ومين الملحن.؟.وللا جدك بجمع التلاته مع بعض؟ وباي سنه سجلت الاغنيه؟ ومعلش السؤال التالي: لبنان ارض هاي العبقريه؟ وشو معلوماتك عن نجاحها وليش مش معروفه كتير حاليا؟ الف شكر على جوابك.
Sami Daher هذه الموسيقى صنعها شيطان من الصحراء العربية وليس إنسان مستحيل أن تكون هذه التحفة الفنية من صنع إنسان والدليل على كلامي إنو الكل بهديك الفترة أول ماطلعت حاول يئلدها اليونانيين الأتراك الإطاليين الفرس لأنن إنسحرو فيا متل ما أنا إنسحرت
جنسيه جدك ايه بقي ياسنيورة
My friends and myself dance to music like this on Monday night .10 women dancing racs . It's great fun. And it has made us good friends.
Some of the pictures in this video are about the old Turkey, the end of the Ottoman Empire and the beginning of the Republic of Turkey.
Yes, its me who putted the pictures in the video. Its just for fun, as I relate the song to the turks, greeks and arabs etc. Its just a amateur fantasy illustration from my side =) Enjoy
Merci Amina pour ce document rare
Now thats a tasty burger!
The translation of the name misirlou has two odds, the first is Egyptian girl and the second means the woman who sells corn
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The language is Greek spoken in Turkish-occupied areas.
I wonder if Dick Dale's version ever got any air play in the middle east?
Jay Ski I don’t know if it got air play at it’s time however people know it from pulp fiction and it was used in a lot of tv ads
It's a Greek songs.
@@whisperm21 no
No, only the 1998 generation knows the Black Eyed Peas version. I knew this by coincidence.
In israel its known cause of pulp fiction. This version sounds like something my grand perents would leastion to
Read up, everyone. The original isn't the greek version, that's only the first ever recording of it. The song was around for many centuries before that, and although it's present on most of the mediterranean, it's roots have been determined as being arabic. So don't go spreading misinformation just because you misunderstood an article on Wikipedia.
baloney
I don't see where it explicitly states the roots are Arabic? Yes, it originates from Egypt or Asia Minor, but the Byzantines (Greeks) owned Egypt for quite a long time and Asia Minor for even longer. Then there's also the fact the Ottoman's (Turks) also owned Egypt (all be it from the 16th century onwards) and they've had a foothold in Asia minor since the 13th century. Whilst this obviously doesn't mean either of those civilisations produced the music, neither does it mean Arabic people produced the music. It's one of the many mysteries lost to time, so how about YOU either stop spreading disinformation or provide proof for your claims. Mine are obviously from Wikipedia, which I presume you've read.
@@Baba-yv6ml This is a kind scientific breakdown!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
@@Baba-yv6ml it is literally fucking talking about arabs why would anybody sing fof another culture
this is one of historys first cover songs.
ua-cam.com/video/U-E4mKwN39s/v-deo.html This is another cover of Misirlou
that's a glorified enrique iglesias... : )
1927 origin Greek artists
Actually dick dale is the one who took this song not the other way around.
How ultimately gorgeous!!! Thank you for posting this treasure. Subscribed.
Still playing Misirlou on my red electric guitar, I played this to Dick Dale
Great... جميل
Aga kizilayda deveye bindiğimiz zamanlar hatrima geldi bak gözlerim doldu
Great version!
The first version of this song was recorded by a Greek in new York. It was in the 1920's. This is 1948.
Beautiful work! Thank you from Greece.
Bint Misr *Egyptian girl* or *Ya Amal* is an arabic song composed by *Sayed Darwish* *in 1916* .
in 1927 there was a Greek rebetiko composition of this song influenced by Middle-Eastern music under the name *Misirlou* . There are also traditional Arabic [ belly dancing ] Jewish [ *klezmer* ], Armenian and Turkish versions of the song Misirlou .... The song gained worldwide
popularity through Dick Dale's 1962 American surf rock version *he was of Lebanese descent from his father* , originally titled *Miserlou* , which popularized the song in Western popular culture ....
Très belle mélodie adoptée par plusieurs pays la Grèce, la Turquie les USA.
It would be nice to have it translated in English...very beautiful music..
vduncan54 It does have an english version.
Its lyrics are "Ha Ha HAAAA!"
@@SuperAxon2 I'm nervous about finding out where songs come ftom
to put it simply, it’s about a man depressed because he got rejected by an Egyptian girl
Wonderful Pictures from the past
I believe the tune of this song was first ever song to be performed in ancient Egypt. It is a evereverst song recorded on papyrus for an Egyptian string instrument seen on ancient paintings in tombs and palaces. It was performed with singing . The name i do not know. But it is sung very slow with different arrangement. However i can still tell it is this song.
Jelica, you are music to my ears! I am now in my 70's, and as a child I remember my grandfather (born c1880) humming this tune, which he was taught by his Grandmother. He told me it went back to old Smyrenia and back beyond that to ancient days, possibly Babelonian empire, which fits in with your comment.
He was not happy when in the 1960's the Greeks tried to claim it for their very own from the 1920's period of resettlement.
absolutely non senses....sorry.
@@davidprice2020 But the greeks are right though the song is greek not egyptian💀. You have to stop believing in propaganda the first ever recording of this song was by greeks not arabs , everyone with a little education on this subject knows about it
for some reason I thought this was a greek song for the longest time. but it would make sense for greeks to cover an arabic song. they cover a lot of turkish music and turks seems close to the arabs in culture.
I see confused greeks. I hope they research about those important values before they claim it. Misirlou, (Mısırlı in Turkish) means egyptian. A soldier at the end of the WW1 falls in love with an egyptian girl in İzmir(Smyrna), Turkey and the girls sing this song to him. When he returns Greece he uses the melody. If I'm wrong please let me know
Mathematics is cool but surely music is the universal language.
Music is Math.
Women... Besides life, the greatest of God's gifts.
انا اول ماسمعتها عرفت انها موسيقى عربية
This is the most common translation of the lyrics:
Desert shadows creep across purple sands.
Natives kneel in prayer by their caravans.
There, silhouetted under an eastern star
I see my long lost blossom of Shalimar.
Oooooo, Misirlou, you're the moon and sun, fairest one!
Old temple bells are calling across the sand
We'll find our Kismet answering love's command.
You, Misirlou, are a dream of delight in the night.
To an oasis, sprinkled by stars above,
Heaven will guide us, Allah will bless our love.
Not even close
@@thewanderer101s Then, please supply us with the correct version.
@@farshimelt the first two verses roughly translates to:
When the shadows clothes the wasteland
it dwells the deserts and the hills and the sands
and your love doesn't sleep on beauty
both of them in the soul are poetry and fantasy
Ah, Oh Amaal
Wherefrom do I get the remembrance of the long nights
that's from our love and the yearning and the beauty?
That's an epoch that was like an illusion and it's long gone
Ah, Oh Amaal
@@thewanderer101s Thank you.
@@farshimelt you're welcome
This song has an interesting history. From what I've been able to piece together, the Greeks, Turks, Arabs, Muslims and Jews all claim it to be from their respective culture.
This makes me wonder, if all of these ethnic groups are from a common ancestral ethnic origin?
And if y'all think this song's history is crazy, check out the history of "Just A Gigolo." I've traced it back to about 1910, and it might be older than that!
My grandpa maestro Clovis el hajj wrote ans sang this song in 1951
He may have sung it, but the song had been around for hundreds of years.
+Vesok AMV i know it have been there for hundred years but the words (lyrics) on this video my grandpa wrote it
well he did great. I can't understand the language but it sounds very nice
that's so cool!!!
Not hundreds of years. I think it's Greek from the 1920's
My first exposure to this tune was through Agent Orange in 1982.
Nice soundtrack for such a movie as "Pulp fiction"😂
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
2x speed sounds like the Dick Dale version
You broke the code.
Misirlou...a song with 90 years history...
Do they speak Arabic in what?
Yes
Speechless.... So beautiful 🥰
يا أمل!!
Egyptian song .. no wonder .. Egypt, where everything begun
LOVELY!!!! Πολύ Πολύ Ωραίο Ευχαριστώ Πολύ!!!!
Wow! Did not know this was such an old song! Learn something new everyday!
Misirlu was originally a Greek zeibekiko
song.
Turned to oriental rythm by Nick Rubanis who claimed it as his own.
And then it became international and penetrated to so many styles and cultures.
That piano is i n c r e d i b l e
0:27 Atam Huzurlar içinde uyuu canım atam❣💖
atanı siksinler
The title is Ya Amal by Covis El Hajj
Speed 1.5 for pulp fiction theme
The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition influenced by Middle Eastern music.
--> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misirlou
can believe this was covered into the black eyed pease pump it .
First to miserlou,THEN pump it
First to dick dale
Black Eyed Peas sucks!!
Before they pissed off Chuck Norris, they were just called, "The Peas"!
This is , ofcourse a remake. The original song is with slightly different music and Greek lyrics.
Its Arab not greek
It is Mediterranean.. belongs to all of us.
@@hexagonlyrics1595 of course it belongs to all. But a guy wrote it’s music and lyrics. We know who he was, so it happened to be a greek guy. That’s all
Listen at 1.5 speed for it to sound like the pulp fiction version lol
That thing you do 😂
Sanat Güneşimiz Zeki Müren' den "Yaralı Gönül"
Huzur içinde yat, Büyük Sanatkar..
*KORLA PANDIT BROUGHT ME HERE...*
Im Egyptian girl🥰☺️
Can someone PLEASE write the lyrics to this version?
He is singing to a girl called Amal, whose love doesn't sleep, describing how he misses her
@@shofolofo Thanks. I wanted the lyrics to try and learn to sing it, though
EGYPTIAN song 🇪🇬❤️ to Egyptian woman 👑😍
The song is greek though not egyptian . The first recording of the song was of greeks at 1920s and the arabic one in 1948