Jan 13, 2013

Mix - Le papillon noir - mélodies mélancoliques et rythmes dansants du Moyen-Orient

Mise en contexte :

Sabah a le coeur brisé depuis que son amoureux, Sola, est parti en expédition sur le Nil à la recherche du mythique papillon noir. Au retour de Sola à Beyrouth, Sabah le récompensera en exécutant les danses du ventre les plus audacieuses de l'histoire du Moyen-Orient.

Scénario : Le grand Guy d'Amérique
Choix musical : Lg alias Croustille
Film à l'affiche : en mam'né

En attendant la sortie du film le Papillon Noir régalez-vous avec la bande sonore :


1- Al-Ashab / Beautiful Laila
2- Fairuz / Al Birit El Chalabiya
3- Filmon Wahbi / Mali Al-Gara
4- Sabah - Sola Cha Cha Cha
5-? / Egyptian Moon
6- Salag Ragab - Kahn El-Khaleely
7- ? / ?
8- Omar Korshid / Al Hob El Awal
9- Mohamed Jerrari / Sidi Mansour
10- ? / Nada
11- Toni Hanna / Medayye Albi ou Omri
12-Mohamed El Bakar / Raks El Dabka
13- John Berberian Ensemble / Nehevent Longa

8 comments:

linerouge said...

C'est superbe, je viens de découvrir ton blogue via François Donatien. Je vais y revenir souvent, j'adore l'idée et ton choix de musique.

Lg alias Croustille alias Le Grand Guy D'Amérique said...

Merci L.

Anonymous said...

J'ai hâte de voir le film! :)

Hammer said...

Very smooth east-xotica and cha-cha mix! Liked it (not the outro, though). The whole Sabah film could have been a good invention way back at that time, but, alas.

Notes/Comments on The Track-List:
-Al-As'hab (or The Friends - الأصحاب) was a collective of back-singers started by the Rahbani Brothers in the early 60's (This track could be found on the Music From A Millionaire's Playground LP (1965). I had it on my own blog, but MediaFire took it off because of some "Ron Goodwin" copyright shwank. Derp.
-Fairouz' famous song is misspelled here by the way: El-Bint El-Chalabiyah, or 'The Beautiful Maiden'.
-Filmon Wehbe's own is called Melli El-Jarah (Fill The Jar), Ya Abdallah: it's about a very lethargic Abdallah (Muslim name? Dunno) who likes to eat and sit and do nothing. Filmon was always the anarchist.
-Sabah has a handful of cha-cha and ye-ye tunes under her, erm belt. This is from Music From A Millionaire's Playground LP (1965) with Chahine's International Orchestra. Old woman now... she is well, too old to be in any movie.
-This instru is a bit rare and odd to pin down for me as I'm not so into early 60's sounds. But, hmm the band must be from Egypt.
-Salah Ragab is a well-known pianist from Egypt. This is from his famous album with the Cairo Jazz Band which he helped form in the late 60's.
-This upbeat number is again a total mystery. Must be taken from some Egyptian film? Sounds like an Army band playing on one of those mid-60's black-and-white films? Ufft, ugh! I am 404 on that one, but there are more than one song in this: there's a Ya Nawaiem (Oh Fair One): a male-female chorus song cut by sharp yargoul playing (Lebanon?) and heavy darbouka.
-Omar Khourchid? Well... guitar has a god, finally. No further comments.
-Tunisian Mohammed El-Jerarri's famous song Sidi Mansour (Baba Bahri) is a oft-covered wedding and folklore song by many artists around the world.
-Back to the yargoul again, Lebanese folk instrumentalism is so perfect here: Nada. Dunno where have I heard this one, but it must be from a famous Lebanese folk tunes LP. Odd thing is, there is a synth-driven number at the end (before it slips into the next at exactly 40:21). All I can say about this song is that it's a medley-like of one of Farid Al-Atrache's songs (Wayyak, Wayyak - 'With You, With You').
-Tony Hannah is ahem, nowhere to be found: El-Bakkar gets through after the last instrumental with his faux-orientalisme music. Also, John Berberian's oud and the one before are not Middle-eastern music per se. I hate the ending to be honest. But, good, refreshing mix altogether.

H.H.



Lg alias Croustille alias Le Grand Guy D'Amérique said...

Thanks for your comment hammer. really appreciated.

Also thanks forthe useful infos. I understand your point on the end. Looking back at it I should have replace the tow last song of the mix by something else.


phono mundial said...

Cool Mix !! I should share a UK 60's 10" of Fairuz, xhich also contains so called mambos.
here is my last post, about arabic rock & yéyé ..
http://phonomundial.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/oriental-groove-garage-rock/

phono mundial said...

Super Mix ! Reminds me I have a Uk 10" of Fairuz from the 60's,which also contains a so-called mambo... http://phonomundial.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/oriental-groove-garage-rock/

Lg alias Croustille alias Le Grand Guy D'Amérique said...

Thanks for your comment Phonoman !!

I already listen to your mix and it's really good (highly recommended) thanks for sharing !

Take that Fairuz out and play it ! everybody love Fairuz !!!