• OT: Balkan Folk Music

    From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 13 10:14:59 2025
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    https://youtu.be/pT4IufMeyYA

    Excellent stuff. You can definitely hear the influence on klezmer
    music in it, particularly later on in the video. Love the
    violinist who sings and drags bow hair across the strings for
    effect, looks like his other job is mob boss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4IufMeyYA&t=537s). His singing
    reminds me a bit of an Islamic adhan.
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  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 13 11:55:56 2025
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    On 9/13/25 11:14 AM, jdeluise wrote:

    https://youtu.be/pT4IufMeyYA

    I think it would be better if they uptempo-ed it a bit, don't you?


    Excellent stuff.-a You can definitely hear the influence on klezmer music
    in it, particularly later on in the video.-a Love the violinist who sings and drags bow hair across the strings for effect, looks like his other
    job is mob boss (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4IufMeyYA&t=537s).
    His singing reminds me a bit of an Islamic adhan.
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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?Pelle_Svansl=C3=B6s?=@pelle@svans.los to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 14 00:01:13 2025
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    On 13.9.2025 21.14, jdeluise wrote:

    https://youtu.be/pT4IufMeyYA

    Excellent stuff.

    Never heard anything like this. Heard Grappelli, Reinhardt, and stuff
    but never anything like this.

    You can definitely hear the influence on klezmer music
    in it,

    I'm not sure what those are but I would imagine so.

    particularly later on in the video.-a Love the violinist who sings
    and drags bow hair across the strings for effect,

    I have a hard time with that sound and the song. Love it ... but ... My reactions to that sound were
    1. WT bleep is this!!!
    2. Awesome !!!
    3. Um, Pelle. Step back. You smell blood.

    I sure don't want to know what the lyrics are about. It's not a boy
    meets girl song. It could be a boy ends girl song. The guy sings and
    plays out of this world.

    The guy who plays the xylophone-like thing plays some intersting
    sounding patterns in this song and the others too. I would love to see
    the score for those. I tried to earball some stuff but could only get 1
    out of ten notes. :(
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  • From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 13 13:47:39 2025
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    Pelle Svansl||s <pelle@svans.los> writes:

    On 13.9.2025 21.14, jdeluise wrote:
    https://youtu.be/pT4IufMeyYA
    Excellent stuff.

    Never heard anything like this. Heard Grappelli, Reinhardt, and
    stuff
    but never anything like this.

    You can definitely hear the influence on klezmer music in it,

    I'm not sure what those are but I would imagine so.

    https://youtu.be/DkmFgQ9fM94

    I can see the steam rising from *skriptis' ears. But you can
    definitely hear the similarities.


    particularly later on in the video.-a Love the violinist who
    sings
    and drags bow hair across the strings for effect,

    I have a hard time with that sound and the song. Love it ... but
    ... My reactions to that sound were
    1. WT bleep is this!!!
    2. Awesome !!!
    3. Um, Pelle. Step back. You smell blood.

    I sure don't want to know what the lyrics are about. It's not a
    boy
    meets girl song. It could be a boy ends girl song. The guy sings
    and
    plays out of this world.

    The guy who plays the xylophone-like thing plays some intersting
    sounding patterns in this song and the others too. I would love
    to see
    the score for those. I tried to earball some stuff but could
    only get
    1 out of ten notes. :(

    As I understand it, it's all played by ear so probably every
    performance is slightly unique.
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  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sat Sep 13 14:59:16 2025
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    On 9/13/25 2:47 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Pelle Svansl||s <pelle@svans.los> writes:

    On 13.9.2025 21.14, jdeluise wrote:
    https://youtu.be/pT4IufMeyYA
    Excellent stuff.

    Never heard anything like this. Heard Grappelli, Reinhardt, and stuff
    but never anything like this.

    You can definitely hear the influence on klezmer music in it,

    I'm not sure what those are but I would imagine so.

    https://youtu.be/DkmFgQ9fM94

    I can see the steam rising from *skriptis' ears.-a But you can definitely hear the similarities.


    particularly later on in the video.-a Love the violinist who sings
    and drags bow hair across the strings for effect,

    I have a hard time with that sound and the song. Love it ... but
    ... My reactions to that sound were
    1. WT bleep is this!!!
    2. Awesome !!!
    3. Um, Pelle. Step back. You smell blood.

    I sure don't want to know what the lyrics are about. It's not a boy
    meets girl song. It could be a boy ends girl song. The guy sings and
    plays out of this world.

    The guy who plays the xylophone-like thing plays some intersting
    sounding patterns in this song and the others too. I would love to see
    the score for those. I tried to earball some stuff but could only get
    1 out of ten notes. :(

    As I understand it, it's all played by ear so probably every performance
    is slightly unique.

    Indeed, it was *great*, J. It's not possible to *not* be influenced by
    the sound and rhythms.

    And an impressively shifty-looking lot, weren't they? Certainly good
    that they're so musically talented; I can't see any of them as bankers
    or financial advisers, can you?
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  • From jdeluise@jdeluise@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 14 01:38:25 2025
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    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/13/25 2:47 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Pelle Svansl||s <pelle@svans.los> writes:

    On 13.9.2025 21.14, jdeluise wrote:
    https://youtu.be/pT4IufMeyYA
    Excellent stuff.

    Never heard anything like this. Heard Grappelli, Reinhardt,
    and stuff
    but never anything like this.

    You can definitely hear the influence on klezmer music in it,

    I'm not sure what those are but I would imagine so.
    https://youtu.be/DkmFgQ9fM94
    I can see the steam rising from *skriptis' ears.-a But you can
    definitely hear the similarities.


    particularly later on in the video.-a Love the violinist who
    sings
    and drags bow hair across the strings for effect,

    I have a hard time with that sound and the song. Love it
    ... but
    ... My reactions to that sound were
    1. WT bleep is this!!!
    2. Awesome !!!
    3. Um, Pelle. Step back. You smell blood.

    I sure don't want to know what the lyrics are about. It's not
    a boy
    meets girl song. It could be a boy ends girl song. The guy
    sings and
    plays out of this world.

    The guy who plays the xylophone-like thing plays some
    intersting
    sounding patterns in this song and the others too. I would
    love to see
    the score for those. I tried to earball some stuff but could
    only get
    1 out of ten notes. :(
    As I understand it, it's all played by ear so probably every
    performance is slightly unique.

    Indeed, it was *great*, J. It's not possible to *not* be
    influenced by
    the sound and rhythms.

    And an impressively shifty-looking lot, weren't they? Certainly
    good
    that they're so musically talented; I can't see any of them as
    bankers
    or financial advisers, can you?

    There is an appeal to that kind of authenticity. Like some of the
    old blues legends who played to eat and probably never thought
    their recordings would be being played 50-100 years later with
    reverence.
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  • From Sawfish@sawfish666@gmail.com to rec.sport.tennis on Sun Sep 14 09:37:56 2025
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    On 9/14/25 2:38 AM, jdeluise wrote:
    Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> writes:

    On 9/13/25 2:47 PM, jdeluise wrote:
    Pelle Svansl||s <pelle@svans.los> writes:

    On 13.9.2025 21.14, jdeluise wrote:
    https://youtu.be/pT4IufMeyYA
    Excellent stuff.

    Never heard anything like this. Heard Grappelli, Reinhardt, and stuff
    but never anything like this.

    You can definitely hear the influence on klezmer music in it,

    I'm not sure what those are but I would imagine so.
    https://youtu.be/DkmFgQ9fM94
    I can see the steam rising from *skriptis' ears.-a But you can
    definitely hear the similarities.


    particularly later on in the video.-a Love the violinist who sings
    and drags bow hair across the strings for effect,

    I have a hard time with that sound and the song. Love it ... but
    ... My reactions to that sound were
    1. WT bleep is this!!!
    2. Awesome !!!
    3. Um, Pelle. Step back. You smell blood.

    I sure don't want to know what the lyrics are about. It's not a boy
    meets girl song. It could be a boy ends girl song. The guy sings and
    plays out of this world.

    The guy who plays the xylophone-like thing plays some intersting
    sounding patterns in this song and the others too. I would love to see >>>> the score for those. I tried to earball some stuff but could only get
    1 out of ten notes. :(
    As I understand it, it's all played by ear so probably every
    performance is slightly unique.

    Indeed, it was *great*, J. It's not possible to *not* be influenced by
    the sound and rhythms.

    And an impressively shifty-looking lot, weren't they? Certainly good
    that they're so musically talented; I can't see any of them as bankers
    or financial advisers, can you?

    There is an appeal to that kind of authenticity.

    Absolutely. And that was the word that came to mind when I watched it.

    If someone is confused about what "authenticity" means, this video ought
    to clear it up.

    Basically, they show you what's missing in your industrialized, 21st C.
    life.

    -a Like some of the old
    blues legends who played to eat and probably never thought their
    recordings would be being played 50-100 years later with reverence.
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