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Songlines #12: Call to Prayer / Adhan
Filed under: Reflections, religion, Songlines, songs | Tags: islam, Music, muslim, Song, songlines
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The Question:
What piece of music means the most to you?
Farrah Jarral, dedicated GP and star of Osama Loves on Channel 4, comes up with a left-field choice (similar in some ways to Songlines #2) – a religious song chosen by a not particularly religious person.
The Song: the Muslim call to prayer, the Adhan
And here’s the song in question:
Previous Songlines:
Songlines #11: Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (Aidan Murtagh of Protex)
Songlines #10: Bach to the Future (James Rhodes)
Songlines #8: I’m Waiting for the Man
Songlines #6 – Pakistan perspectives
Songlines #4 – Thank Christ for the BBC (London Irish)
Songlines #3 – She Moved Through the Fair
Songlines #11: Sheena Is a Punk Rocker (Aidan Murtagh of Protex)
Filed under: irish, Music, Songlines, songs | Tags: Music, punk, songlines
Comments (2) The Question:
What piece of music means the most to you?
The guitarist/vocalist from pioneering Belfast punk band Protex picks a short sharp blast of punk-pop not a million miles away from Don’t Ring Me Up and other Protex 2-minuters.
The Song: Sheena Is a Punk Rocker by The Ramones
Here’s how that inspiration played out:
And here’s the inspiration itself: (2 mins 39 V 2 mins 51 – what’s 12 seconds between friends?)
Songlines #10:
Bach to the Future (James Rhodes)
Songlines #9: The Flower Duet
Filed under: Music, musings, Songlines | Tags: delibes, Flower Duet, lakme, opera, songlines, The Flower Duet from Lakmé, toronto
Comments (3) The Question:
“What song or piece of music means the most to you and why?”
Enigmatic memories of love from Canadian journalist Katie
The Song: The Flower Duet from Lakmé
The Composer: Delibes
Being an opera ignoramus, I consulted Prof. Wiki who told me: The opera includes the popular Flower Duet (Sous le dôme épais) for sopranos performed in Act 1 by Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika.
The Reason:
What a resonant phrase: “Someone I was in love with once.” I was torn as to whether to try delving deeper or leave it enigmatic and retain its poetry. Decided on the latter. That’s probably why I don’t work for the Daily Mail (and why it doesn’t work for me – world without poetry).
Here’s what it sounds like:
Sadly I know it only from some advert – was it for a bank? or a train?
Songlines #7: Soul to Squeeze
Filed under: musings, Reflections, Songlines, songs | Tags: mortality, red hot chili peppers, Song, songlines, songs, Soul to Squeeze
Comments (2) Songlines is a project I’ve been doing for some years (in fact, decades!), recording the answer to the question
“What song or piece of music means the most to you and why?”
from all kinds of people. I am now expanding it to video as well as audio – way back when it started on one of these:
No. 7 is a very moving contribution from Morgan.
The Song: Soul to Squeeze
The Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Reason:
The Song Performed:
And here are the previous Songlines on Simple Pleasures part 4 (these are just a small selection of the Songlines to date)
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