obviously you got your beatles/harrison tracks like "within you without you", and wagon-jumpers from the era like "paint it black". but also "love buzz" - nirvana/shocking blue, and i always thought "rapture" by blondie had a way arabesque melody. not to mention "pop champaigne" and "arab money"...
help me think of some other good ones!
― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 16:13 (sixteen years ago)
100 Western "rock" songs with (faux-)Arabian/Arabic riffage
― ti's girl on the outside (musically), Wednesday, 20 May 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)
yeah, but that's riffage. i'm talking about the melody, specifically the singing - sorry if that wasn't more clear from the thread title! also, it doesn't have to be rock. there's some overlap i guess (paint it black/love buzz) but hip hop songs like "call me" for instance, or qua'ran by eno & byrne, wouldn't be covered by that that thread, etc
still, youre right, it's a good list. any others?
― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 16:47 (sixteen years ago)