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Re: Stereotype-bustin' in the Arab world (4.00 / 2)

It's called "perittos" by Despina Vandi - who apparently had a few hits in Lebanon as well. For reasons of comparison (and since this thread is full of female regional singers), here it is, for comparison purposes...

The Lebanese version is most probably a cover, not a ripoff.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom - William Blake

by talos (mihalis at gmail dot com) on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 05:21:37 AM EST
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Huh. Really interesting. The Greek version is quite a bit peppier, and although I don't speak a word of Greek, it seems from the video that it's a much less melancholy "this is my sad fate" kind of message. But there's no denying that the melody is pretty much the same, and the opening and shower scenes from the video are pretty similar too.

I guess it shouldn't be surprising that there'd be some regional "cultural exchange".... But this is still a little different than I would have expected.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 08:16:42 AM EST
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All I know is that when a Greek singer redid the Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" in the 1980s, she was imploring the audience to "give it to her harder."

How's that for cultural exchange?

by Upstate NY on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 02:42:16 PM EST
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