Wednesday, April 23, 2008

An Absurd Turkish Arabesk Song: Tosuno

My comments about Tosuno , which you should definitely see:

After months of struggle, I am happy to listen to my mom and not write
about politics, for some time. It is like writing about the need for shades
in
hurricane season. This doesn’t mean that the things that I am writing are
less
important, but considering the time and politics in Turkey, it seems
irrelevant.
But this thing inside my mind is not resting and I better share
it.

If Pavarotti is dead, do not worry, we have a quick fix for him.
Iborotti is our homegrown musical miracle but intellectual failure. Real
name
Ibrahim Tatli, but uses the screen name of “Ibrahim Tatlises”, meaning
Abraham
Sweetvoice. He is the singer of the people, emperor to the arabesk
lovers, the
symbol of low culture for elitists and folk singer to the
state.

http://www.turkishweekly.net/baris.php?id=266