Trance-y kinda tune (Duet with Turkish/Arabic singer)

Dermott Bolger

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Jan 16, 2001, 12:45:30 PM1/16/01

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Evenin' all,

I saw a snippet from a video whilst on hols last weekend.
Sting singing a duet with an Arabic singer. Sting on stage with him
and also in the back of a car (I think)

Very catchy.

Any ideas what I heard?

Kind regards,

Dermott

Luke

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Jan 16, 2001, 1:28:38 PM1/16/01

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Desert Rose.

KTreschitt

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Jan 16, 2001, 1:29:31 PM1/16/01

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It's called "Desert Rose" and it's on his current album, titled, "Brand New
Day". The arabic singer is Cheb Mami, and he is really Algerian, I believe,
and is singing a form of music called rai, which is supposedly very popular in
Europe.

Linda

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Jan 16, 2001, 2:00:34 PM1/16/01

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Desert Rose ....

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Spearmint

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Jan 16, 2001, 2:41:57 PM1/16/01

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KTreschitt wrote:

Europe????????? Must be a different part of Europe from where I live!

Hawkeye13X

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Jan 16, 2001, 5:23:48 PM1/16/01

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Sounds like Desert Rose to me. Great song.

Simon Hansom

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Jan 16, 2001, 5:57:11 PM1/16/01

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France ???

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KTreschitt

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Jan 16, 2001, 6:42:49 PM1/16/01

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>Europe????????? Must be a different part of Europe from where I live!

Whenever I've seen Sting discuss Rai music and Cheb Mami, he's always said
they are both popular in Europe...what part of Europe, he doesn't say.

Linda

Simon Hansom

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Jan 16, 2001, 7:33:20 PM1/16/01

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My brother who plays Flamenco guitar said that some styles have been
influenced by Rai music which is very popular in some France (Paris), where
there is a large Algerian community.

Simon

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Erwin

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Jan 17, 2001, 5:48:12 AM1/17/01

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KTreschitt heeft geschreven in alt.fan.sting:

>>Europe????????? Must be a different part of Europe from where I live!
>
>Whenever I've seen Sting discuss Rai music and Cheb Mami, he's always said
>they are both popular in Europe...what part of Europe, he doesn't say.

In Europe he is almost not known. It's more in the Arabic country's
where he's known.

Erwin

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Vitor Cunha

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Jan 17, 2001, 7:29:22 AM1/17/01

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> >Whenever I've seen Sting discuss Rai music and Cheb Mami, he's always
said
> >they are both popular in Europe...what part of Europe, he doesn't say.

Many parts actually.

> In Europe he is almost not known. It's more in the Arabic country's
> where he's known.

Not quite so. You're right of course but he's huge in France and very
well-known in other european countries where a certain tradition of arabic
influenced music is highly noticable. Also in countries like Romania where
gipsy music is a must - there's a lot of arabic influences in gipsy music.

VC

PM7M

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Jan 19, 2001, 11:18:30 PM1/19/01

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Vitor wrote:

>Not quite so. You're right of course but he's huge in France and very
>well-known in other european countries where a certain tradition of arabic
>influenced music is highly noticable. Also in countries like Romania where
>gipsy music is a must - there's a lot of arabic influences in gipsy music.

I also remember Sting saying Cheb Mami is a well known singer very popular in
France. I saw a CNN WorldBeat segment on Cheb, he was banned from singing in
Algeria, something to do with his beliefs/songs and has become a pop star in
France.

Pat