Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.
Post Reply
HAL9000

Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

Post by HAL9000 »

The Ottoman Turkish Mehter is one of the oldest military bands in the world.

Wonderful music!

These are modernized but not much different from the Ottoman version :

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyoSsNvBpuk

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph5ZiXIlDIU

And these are the more authentic old versions:

3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M06BB0rzJKQ

4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlleTMH8 ... re=related
HAL9000

Re: Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

Post by HAL9000 »

This year (2012) Turkey gained the 7th place (out of 26 countries) at the Eurovision music context. Azerbaijan was the host country, as it was the winner last year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision ... ntest_2012

Can Bonomo represented Turkey with this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PneOwzMz4M

(Can Bonomo actually composed this music and he also wrote the words, he did not just sing the song.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_Bonomo

Here is a video where Can Bonomo speaks to the singer from Azerbaijan who won the 3rd place this year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6akS4_iTIN4

But there has been some controversy about the reason Turkish government chose Can Bonomo to represent the country at the 2012 Eurovision event. Here is a video where that director of T.R.T. (the official Turkish radio and television organization that is a branch of the government), where says (at time t=0:40 in the following video) that the reason Can Bonomo was selected by the Turkish government for this task was because since he is of Jewish ethnicity, as this would make a good impression internationally to demonstrate that Turkey is a tolerant country, and that this would therefore earn some extra points to insure a high rank at the Eurovision music contest.

Here is the government announcement (time t=0:40):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVBePhqHALs

Anyway, in the end Can Bonomo turned out to be OK, and this song was liked at Eurovision.
Last edited by HAL9000 on Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:40 am, edited 2 times in total.
User avatar
YMix
Posts: 4631
Joined: Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:53 am
Location: Department of Congruity - Report any outliers here

Re: Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

Post by YMix »

sDH00orOsys
“There are a lot of killers. We’ve got a lot of killers. What, do you think our country’s so innocent? Take a look at what we’ve done, too.” - Donald J. Trump, President of the USA
The Kushner sh*t is greasy - Stevie B.
User avatar
Typhoon
Posts: 27267
Joined: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:42 pm
Location: 関西

Re: Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

Post by Typhoon »

olr2cDrFkCo

Off topic, but couldn't resist.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
User avatar
Apollonius
Posts: 1065
Joined: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:32 pm

Re: Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

Post by Apollonius »

Some years ago when I was in Istanbul I scoured the record stores for music. I can't say as I'm exactly a fan, but it was interesting.


A lot of Turkish techno-pop used to feature sexy looking ladies on the covers of the albums. I wonder if they are being more discrete these days.
Jnalum Persicum

Re: Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

Post by Jnalum Persicum »

.


Music of a nation mirrors that nation's soul, psyche, feelings and and

will not comment more


.
User avatar
Parodite
Posts: 5643
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:43 pm

Re: Turkish Music - Ancient and Modern

Post by Parodite »

Jnalum Persicum wrote:Music of a nation mirrors that nation's soul, psyche, feelings and and

will not comment more
Thanks
Deep down I'm very superficial
Post Reply