Bodhi
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Uskudara
This popular Ottoman song, as many will know, is played across the the whole of the ex-Ottoman states and beyond. after extensive research I wish to
post a selection of the best versions I have found from many regions, in no particular order:
This is a very traditionally played version from Turkey;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLxdz01Zepo
This one more modern but quite good, also Turkey;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbY17Lr_wu4
This a Sephardic Jewish group in Spain;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wR1Z4oUnX8
This is also in Spain I am not sure is the violin player Spanish but seems probable, Western Violin with Tabla, quite nice;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlDt7c4r-Qs
Here are a few from Bosnia;
This in the Sevdalinka style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqlMZrhpLvE
This a newer version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiXHSyGrCzo
These two are from Croatia;
this is live and very modern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WuOYGYt-Mw
the same group but the studio version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGO99dkid0o
Here I have saved the best for the last!!! Although quite modern and
not entirely serious it gets my vote!!!
here you are, ENJOY;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWiCc_QhXLA
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urus
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TWIMC
a research upon the subject
http://www.scribd.com/doc/80378769/Uskudara
The Oud and The Fuzz
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spartan
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So many Balkan and Middle East nations adopted this particular song.
This is a documentary about the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18t0yNFWAWY&feature=related
More about the lyrics in different languages
http://everybodys-song.blogspot.gr/2009/01/whose-is-this-song-song-lyrics-in.html
More details about a project (see from p.24)
http://www.everybodys-song.net/download/bookletv2.pdf
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There is a more weird and funny story about the origin of this song....
A Scottish band of bagpipes played this piece for the first time in front of the Ottoman Sultan and after that the song became very popular...
But this is very hard to prove.....
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jiggo
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Wonderful piece of music. I like the baglama version, probably because I'm turkish.  )
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Bodhi
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I also like the Baglama version as one of my favourites, but im not Turkish
Regarding the thing about the Scottish band, it is definitely not a Scottish tune, their are no Scottish or British songs in the Nihavent Makam.
However it is possible that a Scottish soldier could have written the melody whilst posted in Turkey! Perhaps the problem with this theory is that the
song to this day does not exist in Scottish folk music, anyway its a romantic idea for this most international of songs.
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John Erlich
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Arabic version - "Banat Iskandaria": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAQSUNoQRxg
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Many Arab Sufis sing the tune with the poem 'Talama Ashku Gharami' ('My Love Ever Pains Me'):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erdpCMG3ZQc
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John Erlich
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Quote: Originally posted by Khalid_Salé  | Many Arab Sufis sing the tune with the poem 'Talama Ashku Gharami' ('My Love Ever Pains Me'):
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erdpCMG3ZQc |
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Thanks for the link!
-JE
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maran
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then you will probably like this one too
http://youtu.be/_JZsy7caeDs
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John Erlich
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| Quote: Originally posted by Khalid_Salé | Many Arab Sufis sing the tune with the poem 'Talama Ashku Gharami' ('My Love Ever Pains Me'):
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erdpCMG3ZQc |
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Jews with roots in the Muslim world sometimes sing the piyyut (religious hymn), "Yodukha Rayonai" to this melody, also. I haven't been able to find
an example on line, but will post if/when I find one.
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Rambaldi47
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| Quote: Originally posted by John Erlich | | Quote: Originally posted by Khalid_Salé | Many Arab Sufis sing the tune with the poem 'Talama Ashku Gharami' ('My Love Ever Pains Me'):
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erdpCMG3ZQc |
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Jews with roots in the Muslim world sometimes sing the piyyut (religious hymn), "Yodukha Rayonai" to this melody, also. I haven't been able to find
an example on line, but will post if/when I find one. |
Here it is on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY7SPqSWsMI
I hear a brief Sahli taqsim at the beginning, the Algerian
equivalent of Nahawand.
This song brings back memories. I used to be religious,
and this song was often sung on Sabbaths dinners.
Nate.
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Here is a jazz version by Lala Kovacev (R.I.P) Group. Melody is played as sung by Kosovo Serbs.
Ich bin ein Balkaner!
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Bodhi
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Ej Branko brate moj,
Dolazi Srbin na hrvatsku granicu, prilazi mu hrvatski policajac i kaže mu na engleskom jeziku da pokaže svoje identifikacije i osobne podatke.
Dolazi do zanimanja i upita ga policajac:
- “Occupation?”
A Srbin kaže:
- “NO, no just visit!”
Pozdrav iz hrvatske i bosne
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fernandraynaud
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That's a bit like the Russian who comes home dragging a bear.
His friend asks "Grizzly?" - "Nyet, strylayet!".
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And then there is this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOMw3oO27kM
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Bodhi
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What a surreal and unexpectedly nice version.
Thanks Greg
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sinanerdemsel
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This is my version of this song recorded for my American musician friends
http://www.helmmusic.com/music-shop-helm-istanbulda.htm
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mourad_X
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what about a heavy metal- 
and a dub-reggae- version
best regards
mourad
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John Erlich
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I don't know about a heavy metal version of "Uşkudara," but there is a heavy metal version of "Nora E-l Nora," a Jewish religious "pizmon" song
in Hebrew, which borrows the melody from Karim Mahmoud's "Samra Ya Samra."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZUcWngEtcM
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