Re: Turkish legend dies(long)

["JOANNA M" <feedbackmag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know this song that is on a tape I have and its about some guy who spends
all his $$$$ and has to spend the night in this place watching belly dancers
and some guy tries to pick a fight with him and there is a redhead he really
likes that does a special dance.  It sounds soooo Turkish!.  But I dont
think its Turkish they sing in English so they are just being influenced by
the sound.  I come from a place close to Turkey so I know what their music
sounds like.  So does anybody know who this song is by or who sings it????.
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>Hey Bompers,
>
>I know this will mean very little to anyone on the list at this moment.
>         But, at the moment, (as mentioned earlier) I've been listening and
>learning about Turkish beat, and one of the Turkish legends, Baris Manco,
died
>of a heart attack yesterday morning.
>
>Quick Turkish history
>Like everywhere else in the world, Turkish teens started picking up guitars
to
>play rock influenced by Hank Marvin + The Shadows, and then the Beatles and
>the Stones. some Turkish folk elements (folk instruments and folk tunes)
>slipped in occasionaly.then in '68, the top rock musicians in Istanbul had
a
>meeting at the Hotel Konak.  They consciously decided to start putting in
more
>of these
>folk elements and ANADOLU ROCK was born. western rock mixed with Turkish
>folk. they truly created a unique music style.(Crazy huh!)  (There were
>beat bands, soul bands, and garage bands, even girl bands (although I
haven't
>heard any yet (Sorry Glynis))).  Most of these Anadolu bands had lots of
psych
>influence. A lot morepsych was released  there than beat.
>
>One of the greatest artists I've been admiring was Baris Manco,who along
with
>Erkin Koray formed the 1st rock band in Turkey in 1956.  Baris was the
leading
>popularizer of rock in Turkey, performing rock n roll and rhythm n blues
>regularly on the radio here back in 1959. He continued to play rock
>until 1983 when his sound got softer and less interesting. (to people
>like you and me) (actually, most of his recorded stuff from the early
>'60s until the mid to late '70s is worth hearing). However, he was much
>more than a rock n roller in Turkey. His death is considered the passing of
a
>cultural icon whose life and music affected people of all ages in
>Turkey, somewhat analogous to the deaths of Elvis, Frank Sinatra, or
>John Lennon in the US.
>
>As I said, this doesn't mean very much to anyone at the moment, but I am
told
>that the best of this stuff is already being compiled for compilations
through
>a label in Holland.  So when you finally hear it, you know why I was so
amazed
>by his songwriting.            Tony
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